New English translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey appear with notable regularity. For the general reader, it’s natural to ask: are they really all that different? And more importantly, do those differences matter?
The answer is: yes—and no.
The Theme & Variations form is one of the simplest in music: a given melody, idea or theme is put through a series of melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, tempo and other changes, revealing different aspects and traits of the original.
Toronto Pursuits’ “Nixing Nihilism: A Survey of Contemporary Philosophy” will serve up a “moral dilemma of the day” for seminar participants to consider.
Truman Capote declared that his choice of material in choosing to write a true account of “an actual murder case was altogether literary.” He wanted to create a “serious new art form: the nonfiction novel.”
It is this world of words we will bring to life in the Toronto Pursuits 2025 seminar Seriously Funny: The Fantastical Worlds of François Rabelais.
Whenever I’ve moved from one city to another, I have had to pack up my extensive (some would say inordinately
There is something I believe about literature: Nonfiction allows us to learn about stuff, but fiction allows us to learn
Although Charles Dodgson died over a century ago, his alter ego Lewis Carroll is still very much alive. Alive as
[Editor’s note: We’re so happy to welcome Rosemary Gould back to Toronto Pursuits for the first time since 2019. She’ll
Just give me the facts, I can figure it out from there. For a long time, this is how many
