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Modern Fiction v Modern Atheism

Richard Moss argues that the fictions of postmodern literature offer a more subtle view of religion than that provided by the new atheists.

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The Importance of G.K. Chesterton

Michael Shallcross explains why Chesterton deserves to be revived as an important political commentator, literary critic, and author.

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Sickness and Selves: Seventeenth-Century Life Writing and the Modern Illness Memoir

David Thorley assesses what 17th century writers can teach us about our twenty-first-century obsession with misery memoirs.

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