” Yet MacDonald wrote more than fantasy
First published in English in 1954
Douglas—The Man Who Knew Too Much seeks the light at every turn and embraces the truth at the end
We have no altars except those which are yours
these essays confront the difficulty of assessing the proper locus of conscience in moral theology—a difficulty as palpable today as when debates over casuistry and probabilism raged
Rossetti: His Life and Works Helen C. White ” Yet MacDonald wrote moreBy Evelyn Waugh A plain account of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, his life and works, may merit interest and attention for two reasons, writes Evelyn Waugh. First, taking Rossetti simply as a character for a story, his life is one of intense interest; second, his turgid and perverse genius provides a needed kick to conventional aesthetic standards. A fascinating account of Rossettis consistently mysterious, at times vapid, but ultimately tragic life