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THE CRUISE OF THE NONA IBD

HILAIRE BELLOC
OS JUSTI PRESS
06 / 2023
9781960711557
Inglés

Sinopsis

InáThe Cruise of the âÇÖNona,âÇÖáHilaire Belloc sets off 'to sail the English seas again, and to pursue from thought to thought and from memory to memory such things as have occupied one human soul.' On one level a breezy record of an adventurous journey, underneath the surface, a wise and insightful study of modern life, particularly in its transition from the Victorian to the early modern period. BellocâÇÖs prose glitters and crashes like ocean breakers.Belloc sees sailing as an analogy to life: full of 'great visions' and 'intolerable tediums,' 'alive with discovery, emotion, adventure, peril, and repose.' For Belloc, the sea 'presents, upon the greatest scale we mortals can bear, those not mortal powers which brought us into being. It is not only the symbol or the mirror, but especially is it the messenger of the Divine.'áBelloc leads his reader over the changing seas, treating of many questions, including:How did the Vikings land in what are today impassable harbors?When and why did the British Parliament become so corrupt?What is the difference between prose and rhetoric?Can you trust learned scholars?Are sea monsters real?WilláAlice in Wonderlandáremain a popular book?Why are oceans so different from one another?Is 'equality' a Catholic doctrine?Mulling over half a century of memories and experiences, the seaman-philosopher shares a hundred and one reflections, flights of fancy, and tongue-in-cheek observations on England and Europe, Catholicism, atheism, sailing techniques, and common-sense. From his memories of the outbreak of the first World War to denunciations of rationalism, this cruise can transport the reader from his armchair to the lashing spray and biting wit of this monumental figure of English literature.This new edition from Os Justi Press is entirely re-typeset, and includes a new Foreword by Joseph Pearce.