Thursday, August 23, 2007

The Journey: A Faraway Land Discovered

Welcome, my young brothers, to this dramatic field of existence called, literature—the backdrop of which is a land once known as Britannia, a faraway country discovered and conquered by invaders from present-day Ireland, Italy, Germany, France, and Scandinavia.


It is a land, green and gentle, that is rife with a rich history, a history that sets us on the road, a journey of exploration that will have us map the human experience as written about through the ancient ages in poetry, song, drama, and of course the novel.


It is an epic story of sorts, and you are the protagonists, the heroes engaging the authors and their works in a dialogue for truth, for beauty, for mystery.


Be prepared to enter into and discover eternity through the literature of England, spanning a vast timeline from the Old English and Medieval Periods through the Renaissance and Enlightenment through the Romantic and Victorian Periods on to the present-day stuff of the Modern and Post-Modern world.


It will be good, my fellow wanderers, but only so long as you choose to enter this arena willingly and with the intention to LIVE!!!

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