First published in German in 1804, under the nom de plume "Bonaventura," The Nightwatches of Bonaventura is a dark, twisted, and comic novel, one part Poe and one part Beckett. The narrator and anti-hero is not Bonaventura, but a night watchman named Kreuzgang, a failed poet, actor, and puppeteer wh[...]

This is a brief and accessible introduction to the thought of the great Franciscan theologian St. Bonaventure (c. 1217-74). Cullen focuses on the long-debated relation between philosophy and theology in the work of this important but neglected thinker, revealing Bonaventure as a great synthesizer. C[...]

George Washington Cable (1844-1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native Louisiana. His fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner. Cable was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He served in the Confederate Army during the A[...]

Abbé Liévin-Bonaventure Proyart

Författarens biografi:
Abbén föddes 1743 och dog 1808. Abbé Proyart var en författare och en katolsk präst. Han var monarkist och antirevolutionär. Han var naturligtvis emot revolutionens fasor men också emot filosofernas inflytande. Han emi[...]