Category Archives: Murphy, Paul

Free Speech in America

Paul Murphy is the author of The Meaning of Freedom of Speech; First Amendment Freedoms from Wilson to FDR and World War I and the Origin of Civil Liberties in the United States, which he draws on in this historical overview … Continue reading

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(1) The Faerie Queene; (2) Digging Up the Past; (3) Review of A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul; (4) Tribute to Hugh Holman

John Wall addresses myth and adventure in Edmund Spenser’s epic poem The Faerie Queene. Wall describes Spenser’s work as “didactic and delightful,” highlights the political context for The Faerie Queene, and touches on the role that escapism plays in our … Continue reading

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