A conversation with Anthony Esolen about Sigrid Undset and how her life and work teach us not only about the past and ourselves but also how it indicates a way forward in our current moment.  He also takes up the categories of Catholic literature and overlooked authors such as Henryk Sienkiewicz.  Esolen concludes by discussing and reading a dramatic monologue from his poem, "The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord" (Bartimaeus) and reflects on the forgotten purpose of poetry and art.

 

 

The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord by Anthony Esolen

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts