A nice post by Father Oakes on the First Things blog:
...within her own chosen sphere she has become, by almost universal consent, one of mankind’s greatest moral teachers. That we have so readily forgotten her lessons must surely have something to do with why the world is now in the state it is in.
He recommends this biography by Park Honan.* Dear Santa, I have been very good this year....
*and yes, the Mommies have finally succumbed and signed up with the Amazon affiliate program. Kids, shoes, food, bandwidth, etc.
Yikes, my Amazon wish list is getting terribly long, and no attempt to direct dh's attention to it has worked thus far. Needless to say, I've added Jane's bio to my list. :)
Oh, and looky there...I think I atually have that Shakespeare bio and Matthew Arnold is one of my favorite poets. So many books, so little time.