August 7, 2012

NOTE: I wrote this article for Classical Conversations, but we thought our readers might also like a look. “How do I teach literary analysis?” This is the most common question I hear at the various homeschool conventions and conferences we attend. It’s understandable. Our culture – especially our academic culture – is obsessed with analysis, […]

“Half a league half a league, Half a league onward,” So starts one of the most famous poems in English Literature. Famous, yes, and these days debunked. What is the use in an old worn out Tennyson poem full of jingoistic and even dangerous sentiment? If you don’t mind I would like to tell you.