Poetic, Existentialist, and Arthouse Cinema
Rilke's bemusing and never seen before poems come to life with this amazing collection prepared by Will Stone. Poems to Night is a collection of Rainer Maria Rilke's never seen before poems. The poems ranges between 1913 and 1926 but the twenty two poems about night were presented to the writer Rudolf Kassner in 1916.... Continue Reading →
1920 is the year we are in when The Woman in Black opens a cosy Christmas Eve but the atmosphere shifts swiftly when his family starts telling ghost stories. It is the reason why I decided to finally read this short novel, a spooky mood with enough thrills to be prepared for October. Arthur receives... Continue Reading →
James Shapiro's book is a detailed account of what happens leading up to Shakespeare's most influential plays on power cultural identity, and heritage. After King James's ascension to the throne, he insisted on unifying England and Scotland, however, this was not appreciated by the parliament and the majority of English people. Since Elizabeth also dealt... Continue Reading →
For years, I have procrastinated reading Dostoevsky and when I saw the CP Readalong, I joined immediately. It was created by two brilliant bookstagrammers: @readingwiizard and @a.classics.reader We all have heard of Raskolnikov, Anna Karanina, and Dostoevsky before but why is he that important in literature and philosophical studies? In the literary world, he is... Continue Reading →
The poem focuses on African American identity in a period when segregation was legal. It points out the oppression that black people faced such as slavery, Jim Crow Laws, and inequality. These laws were inserted between 1877 until the start of the civil rights movement in the 1950s. Jim Crow laws were any of the... Continue Reading →
"The Color Purple" is a significant work written by Alice Walker in African American literature for its LGBTQ+ and racism-related topics. During my university education, I, with other four women, produced a comparative analysis of the book. Through the feminist theory, we discovered so many other issues this book represented. It gives a voice to... Continue Reading →
Giovanni's Room is a diasporic novel by James Baldwin written in 1956. It is one of the greatest works for African Americans and sexual identity as well as migration literature. The main character David portrays a young African American man traveling to Paris, who is in search of self-acceptance. His views on masculinity and being... Continue Reading →
A niece of Circe and granddaughter of Helios, a play written in 431 BC. Long ago, she was created to be a child murderer by Euripides but she is much more than that. I met Medea from Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica and then Euripides introduced me to a Medea that is relatable in every age. I... Continue Reading →
Betty Friedman’s The Feminist Mystique defines the boundaries of women in post-World War II society. This feminine mystique was a huge problem in the 1950s that the book had a groundbreaking success and sparked the second-wave feminism. Although the critics discuss its unintentional lack of diversity, it gave an opportunity for all the women in... Continue Reading →
Author: Mary Shelley Published: 1818 Period: Romantic Genre: Gothic, Science Fiction, Horror One of the greatest examples of science fiction and Gothic genres from the Romantic Period. The most notable Gothic elements are decay, madness, and dark settings in the novel. However, madness is ambiguously hidden behind the different characteristics such as dramatisation evilness. Victor Frankenstein... Continue Reading →
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