White Patronage of the Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance is not characterised as being a white intellectual and cultural movement. On the contrary, it is considered to be...
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Martin Chef
- Dec 18, 2022
- 7 min
A. Moore’s The Saga of The Swamp Thing: Beyond the Nature vs Culture binarity
According to Global Footprint Network, in 2022 the Earth Overshoot Day fell on July 28. The current economic model based on the resources...
Charlie Hartley-O'Dwyer
- Dec 10, 2022
- 8 min
The Body in Coates' Between the World and Me
How does Ta-Nehisi Coates portray the body in his autobiography Between the World and Me?
Anna Artyushenko
- Nov 27, 2022
- 8 min
Witchcraft in Literature 101: Gothic Tendencies in Lives of the Mayfair Witches
Anne Rice (1941-2021) is an American writer, whose fiction belongs to the supernatural, horror, and gothic literature.
meganmaistre
- Nov 20, 2022
- 7 min
Navigating Personal Tragedy in "Slaughterhouse-Five"
This article evaluates Slaughterhouse-Five as an auto-biographical outlet for the author's personal experiences of war.
Maialen De Carlos
- Aug 30, 2022
- 5 min
American Gothic: Shirley Jackson
This article analyses the influence Shirley Jackson has made in contemporary gothic literature through her short story The Lottery.
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Aug 29, 2022
- 8 min
The Bell Jar: Subversion, Identity, and Downfall in Plath's Bildungsroman
The Bell Jar illustrates the quest for female identity while subverting the conventions of the Bildungsroman and the autobiography
Dino Mušić
- Aug 28, 2022
- 7 min
Theory of Fantasy Literature 102: On Superhero Fiction
Superhero fiction is one of the most popular sub-genres of fantasy currently. Where does it stem from and what are its key markings?
Marcelina Marcjoniak
- Aug 22, 2022
- 4 min
Lovecraftian Cosmicism & James Webb Telescope Pictures
On July 11 2022 US space agency NASA enthusiastically presented the very first pictures taken by a James Webb Space Telescope introducing...
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Aug 16, 2022
- 7 min
Postmodern Retellings 101: Anne Sexton’s Rapunzel
Anne Sexton re-writes Rapunzel to explore teen romance and girlhood.
Melis Güven
- Aug 7, 2022
- 4 min
Confessional Poetry: Sylvia Plath
Being one of the prominent confessional poets, Sylvia Plath transmutes her feelings such as confusion, anxiety, and doubt into her poems.
Maialen De Carlos
- Jul 30, 2022
- 6 min
The American Short Story and Realism: Raymond Carver
This article will analyse the figure of Raymond Carver and his work "What we talk about when we talk about love".
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Jun 28, 2022
- 5 min
Postmodern Retellings 101: Sylvia Plath’s The Princess and the Goblins
Sylvia Plath explores Sleeping Beauty to analyse desire and punishment.
Maialen De Carlos
- Jun 28, 2022
- 4 min
The Innovation of the American Short Story: Ernest Hemingway
In this article, I will continue explaining the evolution of the American short stories by analysing the figure of Ernest Hemingway.
Isabel Panadero
- Jun 19, 2022
- 7 min
Horror Fiction 102: The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher is one of Poe's most famous tales and a key work in Horror Fiction.
Maialen De Carlos
- Jun 13, 2022
- 4 min
The Beginning of the American Short Story: Edgar Allan Poe
In this first article I will explain the beginnings of short stories and about Edgar Allan Poe, the one who shaped this genre.
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Jun 10, 2022
- 5 min
Gender Power Dynamics in Atwood’s Bluebeard’s Egg
Margaret Atwood’s Bluebeard’s Egg explores gender tensions and power dynamics embedded in a traditional couple.
Nikolett Mondovics
- Jun 1, 2022
- 7 min
Ligeia: Demoness or Damsel?
This article explores how the interpretation of Ligeia's character from Poe's short story changed over time.
Jessica Vizuette
- May 10, 2022
- 8 min
Gothic Elements in The Fall of the House of Usher
This article discusses the main Gothic elements in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".
Dino Mušić
- May 2, 2022
- 6 min
Theory of Fantasy Literature 101: What is Fantasy?
This first part of a 101 series on fantasy seeks to present how difficult it is to truly define fantasy and the fantastic.
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