Huck and Pip: The Tale of Two Orphans

By |2016-11-26T10:21:14-06:00October 25th, 2015|Categories: Books, Charles Dickens, Dwight Longenecker, Family, Literature|

“Give your hero family problems!” demanded my screenwriting tutor. “For the film to have depth and meaning, the outward storyline needs to reflect the hero’s inward journey to grow up, overcome his faults, find true love and lasting happiness. The hero must suffer from an inner wound,” he continued, “and his quest to find healing [...]

Poe, Dickens, Ravens, & the Madness of Nevermore

By |2023-01-28T10:16:46-06:00March 20th, 2015|Categories: Charles Dickens, Culture, Edgar Allan Poe, Poetry|Tags: , |

There is something of the madman in every man. There is something of the sadist in every sinner. Is there something of ecstasy in every elegy? So it was with Edgar Allan Poe—and he called it Beauty. It often takes a poet—a poet like Poe—to exhume the mysterious depravity of people. As churchgoers lean into [...]

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