Author
Robert Alexander
Robert Alexander is a retired literature and great books professor who has taught at the University of Notre Dame, Magdalen College, and the University of Dallas.
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Articles in Communio
3 Articles
Apocalyptic Readings of Moby-Dick: What Ishmael Returns to Tell Us
Appears in The Council of Nicaea 1700 Years Later · Winter 2024 · Vol. 51, No. 4
"Ahab’s tragedy is the tragedy of modern man in a condition of constant spiritual disintegration: he has the sensibilities of a religious man attempting to deal with religious problems but with the mindset of a modern man who has been encouraged either to deny God or to see him as evil."
Twice-Told Tales on The Scarlet Letter: Assessing a Reassessment
Appears in The Spirit of Unity · Spring 2023 · Vol. 50, No. 1
Othello: Iago’s Dark Powers and the Empiricist Mindset
Appears in Marriage and Family · Summer 2022 · Vol. 49, No. 2
“The connatural ties between all things by virtue of the love that created them no longer exist, and what stands in their place is a man-made, contractual world one step removed from nature—that is, a world in which people are encouraged to live in fictions they create for their benefit or convenience.”