I don't know if this is a fragment, a pamphlet, a reprint of an extended essay, but here it is: The Historic Thames
Thomas Chatterron's faked 15th century poems The Rowley Poems
E-Book/E-Text Announcements: July 2004 Archives
Were you all aware of the availability of these e-books? If so, shame on you for not telling me.
This collection includes:
The Golden Legend Jacobus de Voraigne
Steedman on the Saints
Documents of the Council of Trent
Writings of St. Catherine of Genoa
For Greater Things: The Story of St. Stanislaw Kostka
Memoir of Father Vincent de Paul
etc.
Go and see, wonderful resources!
A correspondent sent me this wonderful link. I'll be adding it to my side-column later.
Procopius--The Secret History of the Courts of Justinian a.k.a. The Secret History second only to Suetonius in gossipy vitriol, this history of the the Court helps us to better appreciate the derogatory adjective "byzantine."
John Webster--The White Devil Read it to truly appreciate the greatness of Shakespeare, but also for its sheer lurid awfulness--not in prose or poetry but in story conception.
