Dear Friends of the George Santayana Society, Angus Kerr-Lawson and the prize in his honor The Angus Kerr-Lawson Prize is offered in tribute to Kerr-Lawson’s outstanding contributions to Santayana scholarship both as longtime editor of Overheard in Seville and as the author of many articles that appeared in our Bulletin and in other publications. Kerr-Lawson …
Read MoreDear Friends of the George Santayana Society, Overhead in Seville: the Bulletin of George Santayana Society has published every fall since 1983. This year’s issue will mark thirty five years of publication. We also encourage the submission of articles and other works for both this year (2017) and next (2018). Critical and historical essays on …
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To Porter Garnett San Francisco, California. August 15, 1911 I am struck in California by the deep and almost religious affection which people have for nature, and by the sensitiveness they show to its influences; not merely poetically, but also athletically, because they like to live as nature lives. It is a relief from business …
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To Charles Augustus Strong Paris. Aug. 4, 1912 I have been reading the last volume of the Bible (the Epistles & Apocalypse) in your modern edition. I long for notes; but even half understood the stuff is extraordinary. What could be more remote from polite religion than this palpitating, eschatological, revolutionary delusion? And what fisticuffs—controversial …
Read MoreWhat is Citation and Attribution? Attribution or citation is the linking of ideas, concepts, and statements to their correct source. Attribution of quotes is an important part of all academic work. Style manuals produced by scholarly organizations such as American Psychological Association (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association), Modern Language Association (MLA Style Manual), …
Read MoreThe National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), which has generously supported the Santayana Edition since our beginning, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. As part of the celebration, the NEH invites you to email them at neh50@neh.gov and share how NEH grants have made a difference in your career, research, or community. Since Herman Saatkamp received …
Read MoreTo John McKinstry Merriam Via Santo Stefano Rotondo, 6 Rome. January 17, 1948 Dear Merriam, You ask me to write you, for your Class Luncheon, something about the political state of things in the world, and you tell me what the Marshall plan is. I know all about that and the views current here (I …
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