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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Christopher Marlowe – Edward II
On February 26, 1564, the English playwright, poet and translator, Christopher Marlowe was born. Before his death on May 30, 1593, Marlowe had become the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. It is touted that he was a great inspiration … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: 1001 Nights – Second Voyage of Sinbad
We have previously discussed both 1001 Nights as well the tale of Sinbad. This part tells the story of how he came to the land of the rocs and how Sinbad found a way to make a fortune in diamonds. … Continue reading
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Thomas Carlyle – Characteristics
Born on December 4, 1795, Scottish philosopher, writer, essayist, historian , mathematician and teacher Thomas Carlyle was considered one of the most important social commentators in the Victorian era. Aloha Promises Forever as previously discussed Carlyle’s life and legacy … Continue reading
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Sir Thomas Malory – The Holy Grail
First published in 1485, Le Morte d’Arthur or The Death of Arthur is a reworking of existing tales by Sir Thomas Malory that pertain to King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and other tales about the Knights of the Round Table. He … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Sophocles – Antigone
Tradition states that Sophocles perished on January 30, 405 B.C. We have previously discussed the life and legacy of Sophocles elsewhere. We have also discussed the Thebes tragedies. Antigone was written in or about 441 B.C. and is part … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeschylus, Ancient Greece, Antigone, Harvard Classics, Seven Against Thebes, Sophocles, Thebes, Tragedy
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Darwin – The Voyage of the Beagle Chapter 10
On this day in 1839, Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgewood. We have previously discussed the life and legacy of Charles Darwin as well as the work The Voyage of the Beagle with respect to other material from the book. Please review these … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Thomas a Kempis – The Imitation of Christ, Book II
Born in approximately 1380 AD, Thomas a Kempis lived his life as a canon regular priest in the Netherlands and authored the devotional knowns as The Imitation of Christ. It is said that the book is the second most read … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Dante – The Divine Comedy, Canto XXX
In Canto XXX of The Divine Comedy, Dante and Virgil have survived the depths of hell and ascend to the Mountain of Purgatory which is on a displaced rock that resulted from Satan’s fall creating Hell. The mountain’s seven terraces correspond … Continue reading
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics : Herodotus – An Account of Egypt
Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of ‘The Father of History, Herodotus. This gentleman and scholar lived in the fifth century BC and as such was a contemporary of Socrates and Euripides. He was the first … Continue reading
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Tagged An Account of Egypt, Euterpe, Father of HIstory, Greece, Harvard Classics, Herodotus, History
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