Poetry of the Vietnam War
This article explores the political rhetoric of the Vietnam War, and the ways soldiers sought to reconstitute the reality of the conflict.
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meganmaistre
- 2 days ago
- 7 min
Modern Drama 101: Mid-Century British Theatre
This article looks at the state of theatre in Britain in the post-war years.
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Jan 29
- 4 min
Atonement: The Downward Spiral of Childhood
Ian McEwan’s Atonement explores the portrayal of children’s contact with sin and trial.
ella fincken
- Jan 29
- 10 min
Poetry and Politics 101: Post-First World War Poetry
This article explores the modernist disillusionment with post-war society and the bleak turn of poetry in a war traumatised society.
Anny Polyzogopoulou
- Jan 29
- 8 min
British Gothic Literature 101: The Sublime
This article aspires to define the essence of the sublime and delve into the religious interpretations related to it.
ella fincken
- Jan 23
- 5 min
Animal Identity in Marie de France’s “Bisclavret”
This article explores medieval perceptions of identity and the boundaries of the human and the animal in the lais of Marie de France.
meganmaistre
- Jan 22
- 6 min
Modern Drama 101: Existentialism and The Absurd
This article looks at the development of a literature of futility that would lead to the Theatre of the Absurd.
ella fincken
- Jan 16
- 10 min
Poetry and Politics 101: Pre-First World War Poetry
This article will examine Modernist poetry of the pre-war years to shine a new light on the poetics of the early 20th century.
meganmaistre
- Jan 16
- 6 min
"Lolita": Manipulating Readers' Sympathy
An article examining the narrative techniques used in 'Lolita' that attempt to manipulate the reader's sympathy.
Ana Isabel Bugeda Díaz
- Jan 15
- 4 min
Orlando: A Tale of Fury and Love
Virginia Woolf’s Orlando (1928) is mock biography whose eponymous male protagonist becomes a woman.
Anny Polyzogopoulou
- Jan 15
- 6 min
British Gothic Literature 101: Horror & Terror
Exploration of the two different strands of the Gothic - terror and horror - and the legacy of this division in contemporary debates.
jorgeecc1997
- Jan 15
- 6 min
“Our mighty mother!”: Setting up the stream of consciousness in “Ulysses”
James Joyce’s “Ulysses” is a novel that features one of the most characteristic narrative techniques in Joyce’s trajectory as a writer,...
meganmaistre
- Jan 8
- 7 min
Modern Drama 101: Bernard Shaw and Satire
This article looks at George Bernard Shaw's drama as a vehicle to promote his social beliefs.
ella fincken
- Jan 7
- 5 min
Frank O’Hara: A Study of Spatial Romance
This article explores the poem “Having a Coke with You” to discover its dedication to simple imagery, the city of New York, and realism.
Anny Polyzogopoulou
- Dec 19, 2022
- 7 min
British Gothic Literature 101: The Doppelgänger
Analysis of the symbolic significance of human duality in Gothic fiction.
ella fincken
- Dec 19, 2022
- 9 min
Poetry and Politics 101: Victorian Poetry II - The Male Voice and the Vote
This article explores the Chartist's use of poetry as a political force of propaganda, agitation, and voice.
Anna Artyushenko
- Dec 18, 2022
- 6 min
Satirising the Apocalypse in Good Omens
Good Omens is a satirical novel about the Biblical Apocalypse, featuring the Antichrist as the protagonist.
meganmaistre
- Dec 18, 2022
- 8 min
Regressing Adolescence in 'The Catcher in The Rye'
This article examines how the Salinger's protagonist rejects the world of adulthood in favour of the safety and innocence of childhood.
Natàlia Vila
- Dec 18, 2022
- 5 min
The Rise of the Dark Academia Genre
Classical literature, brilliant minds, knowledge, learning, academic devotion, mystery, and a Romantic atmosphere permeate the...
Anny Polyzogopoulou
- Dec 12, 2022
- 5 min
Shelley's "Ozymandias": A Discourse on Arrogance in Leadership
Analysis of the transcience of political power as condemned in Shelley's Ozymandias and examination of arrogance as a leadership trait.
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