The Wheaton Whistle

We’ve cooked up a “wow!” schedule for Great Books, and you are invited to the feast. First course will be one of the best of Ernest Hemingway’s Nick Adams stories.  In Hemingway’s classically simple language, “Indian Camp” recounts a traumatic and formative event in young Nick’s life.  According to critics, Hemingway develops themes from this [...]

Posted in Events on August 12th, 2010
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This month, the library’s Great Books group will be discussing George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara.  Bev Jirsa, the coordinator, says, “The wit may remind you of Oscar Wilde or P. G. Wodehouse, but what about the underlying message?  Does Shaw really mean that arms manufacturers are morally superior to the Salvation Army?” The meeting is [...]

Posted in Events on October 28th, 2008
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