The Authority with Joseph Pearce
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Joseph Pearce explores the life and impact of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the first Russian author featured in the series. Solzhenitsyn, a dissident during the Soviet era, faced tyranny and terror under the communist regime. Pearce reflects on his personal connection with Solzhenitsyn, having met him in 1998, and emphasizes the author's profound influence on his journey to Christianity through works like "The Gulag Archipelago." Discover the key moments in Solzhenitsyn's life, including his imprisonment, Nobel Prize win, and expulsion from the Soviet Union, and find out why he was a pivotal figure who contributed to the downfall of the Soviet system.
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The Authority with Joseph Pearce is a podcast from TAN that introduces you to the men and women behind history's greatest works of literature. Come along every week as we explore these renowned authors, the times and genres in which they wrote, why scholars praise their writing, and how we, as Catholics, should read and understand their works.
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32. C.S. Lewis
31. J.R.R. Tolkien
30. Evelyn Waugh
29. Graham Greene
28. Maurice Baring
27. T.S. Eliot
26. Siegfried Sassoon
25. Robert Hugh Benson
24. G.K. Chesterton
23. Hilaire Belloc
22. Oscar Wilde
21. Gerard Manley Hopkins
20. Charles Dickens
19. St. John Henry Newman
18. The Brontë Sisters
17. Jane Austen
16. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
15. William Wordsworth
14. William Blake
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