Category Archives: Literature
Angela, the eldest sister: discovering Ms Du Maurier
She was not as popular as her sister. This is a fact. And unfortunately this is one of the first things one hears about Angela Du Maurier when trying to … Continue reading
The Great Gatsby goes mainstream: nightmare or dream?
One year ago this blog generally faced the topic: what happens when a reader sees its favourite book turn into a movie? The question attracts even more approaches today, a … Continue reading
Defining contemporary Japanese literature
Despite living in the age of globalisation, Japanese literature seems to appear on the shelves of other continents’ libraries and bookshops as niche literature, an exclusive genre for the intellectual … Continue reading
The hidden Modernist: the unique style of Stevie Smith
The 1930s were a very peculiar time in the history of English literature. The pessimistic vein of English authors produced some of the darkest and deepest works of the last … Continue reading
Overseas and beyond: Italian authors and the American charm
Italian literature is thousands of years old. Not much younger was it when, in the 1930s, Italian authors and translators started looking a bit farther to find inspiration. American literature … Continue reading
Re-thinking Georgian poetry
When King George V succeeded his father Edward VII, a multitude of events were beginning to manifest. Social instability and international tensions were already paving the way for the ‘war … Continue reading
Previously known as: titles, authors and the artistic concept
George Orwell‘s most popular novel is without a doubt “The Last Man In Europe“. One might see this statement as false, but that book title is what the best-selling novel … Continue reading
A great little poetess called Mireille Havet
Lost for decades but found in 1995, Mireille Havet‘s diary represents a great discovery in the light of depicting life in the 1920s. But, was Mireille Havet definable? At the … Continue reading
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