-
A Canticle for LeibowitzThis is a fascinating question, as this novel presents us with a nightmare dystopian future that has already reduced mankind to almost nothing thanks to a nuclear war. In this future, the ignorance...
-
A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter Miller is an interesting author and a little history about his own personal life may help in understanding his writings. He was a World War II bomber pilot, and in one of his missions he...
-
A Canticle for LeibowitzI think that the fundamental question that is posed in the novel is whether or not one has faith in human beings to avoid the problems of the past and not repeat it. The premise offered is that...
-
A Canticle for LeibowitzI would say that Miller's work is highly resonant even though the Cold War is no longer present. The fundamental question that drives the work is whether or not human rationality is something that...
-
A Canticle for LeibowitzIf you take the definition of science fiction to be something like fantasy but still bound at least loosely by scientific principles as they are currently understood, much of the larger plot...
-
A Canticle for LeibowitzOne of the general tenants of St. Augustine's (354-430) worldview was that of a linear historical process -- that the Divine plan for Mankind would unfold as it would, directed by the divinity....
-
A Canticle for LeibowitzThe eye is symbolic of the poet's conscience, as explained in an excerpt from this article by Mark McVann: The poet-sirrah is plagued by his glass eye, which symbolizes conscience, and not only his...
