On Christmas
On Christmas an essay by G. K. Chesterton from All Things Considered, London 1908, plus some links to other posts about Christmas Festival, markets and stories What life and death may be …
An essay on Quotes
An essay on quotes, or better a short essay on aphorisms, quotes, proverbs and this kind of short quick and brillian literary genre by Carl William Brown. An aphorism is nothing else …
The Hierarchy of Power Semantics!
In the beginning was the Plan and the Specification. And the Plan was without form and the Specification it was void. And darkness was on the face of the implementation team. And …
On reading
On reading. A short essay by Isaac Disraeli from the book Literary Character of Men of Genius, a very interesting text that you can freely read with great profit. There is an …
The greatness of Shakespeare
The greatness of Shakespeare, his literary originality shortly explained thanks to some authors quotes and a brief analysis of his style and two of his works. N.B. This is a short excerpt …
Wales history and old customs
Wales history and old customs. A summary of its main events, old customs, traditions, holidays, celebrations, sports, language and literature. Others, who have not, as a rule, gone the length of visiting …
Seven ages of man
Seven ages of man, a poem by the great bard William Shakespeare and a very interesting short essay written by Alex Comfort an English gerontologist and author of many books. The poem …
American English
American English Language, a short essay on the main features of American English, very useful to understand the different development of the two languages. We really have everything in common with America …
American slang Part 2
The counters merely say that the person is rejected – he does not belong to the group. In uttering the counter we don’t care what the person is; we are pledging our …
American slang Part 1
American slang is the body of words and expressions frequently used by or intelligible to a rather large portion of the general American public, but not accepted as good, formal usage by …
Thoughts about literature
I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike – and I don’t think there really is a distinction between the two – are always dominated by fools, knaves, …
Matthew Arnold On Poetry
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) He was a famous poet and essayist of Victorian England. In his Essays in Criticism as well as in his other prose-writings Arnold tried to break down the prejudices …