Because Learning about Words is Fun Merriam-Webster’s word for today:doyen DOY-un noun*1 : the senior or most experienced member of a group2 : the oldest example of a categoryExample s Continue Reading →
John Calvin, Near-Classicist Unlike Luther, Calvin was not a university-trained theologian. He had, of course, been sent by his father to the University of Paris in order to study Continue Reading →
Auden’s Thoughts on Catullus (et al.) From ‘New Year Letter’, Part One:There DRYDEN sits with modest smile,The master of the middle style,Conscious CATULLUS who made allHis gutter-language Continue Reading →