As a second “On the Square” entry today, just posted, Anthony Esolen reflects on Shakespeare’s Christianity through one of his more unusual beliefs: the beauty and necessity of male chastity. This was not much honored, even in his own day, as Esolen shows. Read Desires Run Not Before Honor .
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