Providence: Studies in Western Civilization (ISSN1063-7974) was published four times a year in Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. It was sponsored by Providence College and is dedicated to interdisciplinary studies in Western Civilization from a Judeo-Christian perspective.
This Journal is no longer being published.
Volume 4, Number 2, Spring 1999
Complete Issue
Providence: Studies in Western Civilization Spring 1999
Providence College
Frontmatter
Frontmatter
Providence College
Essays
Song of the Cicada: Starting Points for a Conversation about Composition as Participation
Thomas D’Evelyn
Homer’s Civilization
Bert Hornback
The Courage of Truth and the Confidence of Faith: Thomas Aquinas in the Context of the Encyclical Fides et Ratio
Zachary Hayes, OFM
Poetry
Reviews
Opened Ground and Seamus Heaney: Edward McCrorie on Seamus Heaney and on Helen Vendler
Edward McCrorie
Harmful Eloquence: Nina Coppolino on M. L. Stapleton
Nina C. Coppolino
Chaucerian Polity: Joseph Grossi on David Wallace
Joseph Grossi
The Book of Saints: John Langlois, O.P. on Lesley Whiteside
John Langlois, O.P.
Heritage of Ireland: Karen Holland on Nathaniel Harris
Karen A. Holland
Social Ethics: Andrew Payne on Jenny Teichman
Andrew Payne
Two Sisters in The Spirit: Matthew Dowling on Hans Urs von Balthasar
Matthew J. Dowling
Official Secrets: Richard Grace on Richard Breitman
Richard J. Grace
The Collapse of the Soviet Military: Margaret Manchester on William E. Odom
Margaret M. Manchester
Notes on Contributors
Notes on Contributors
Providence College
Publisher
Providence College Press
Editor
Brian Barbour
Associate Editors
Alice H.R.H. Beckwith
Rodney Delasanta
Mario DiNunzio
Laurent Gousie
Richard Grace
Thomas Grzebien
Violet B. Halpert
Leonard P. Hindsley, O.P
Laura Landen, O.P.
Patrick V. Reid
Technical Editor
Robert Booth
Copy Editor
David A. Warner
Editorial Assistants
Gretchen Post
