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Arts One Exam prep: Some Thoughts
While the texts/authors in a given Arts One list are presented in a vertical column, the trick to getting the most out of the course (and preparing for its exam) is to think horizontally. A typical Arts One theme will … Continue reading
Echoes of Eliot and Conrad in Levi’s Hollow Men
“This is the way the world ends (x3)… not with a bang but a whimper.” There’s something profoundly unsettling in the notion that something as dramatic as the end of the world could manifest as a fizzle. Some … Continue reading
Echoes of Eliot and Conrad in Levi’s Hollow Men
“This is the way the world ends (x3)… not with a bang but a whimper.” There’s something profoundly unsettling in the notion that something as dramatic as the end of the world could manifest as a fizzle. Some … Continue reading
Bugged by Kafka?
Morrissey once asked: “has the world changed or have I changed?” Were Gregor to pose this question, the answer would hardly keep us in suspense. And yet he barely notices his mutation, rather like the early scenes in Shawn of … Continue reading
Bugged by Kafka?
Morrissey once asked: “has the world changed or have I changed?” Were Gregor to pose this question, the answer would hardly keep us in suspense. And yet he barely notices his mutation, rather like the early scenes in Shawn of … Continue reading
Mad women? from Attica to Attic
The title for this brief post is a bit cryptic and inspired by my reaction to Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper and the way in which this story appears to continue a literary tradition of connecting strong females with madness, one … Continue reading
Mad women? from Attica to Attic
The title for this brief post is a bit cryptic and inspired by my reaction to Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper and the way in which this story appears to continue a literary tradition of connecting strong females with madness, one … Continue reading
