What is Erasure Poetry?
Erasure poetry has been gaining in popularity. Find out what it is and how to create it.
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Marisa
- Nov 13
'The Sound and the Fury' Explained
The Sound and the Fury is a challenging novel. Here are the most searched questions about it answered!
Marisa
- Nov 7
Female Gothic Writers
A little snapshot of women writers whose works fall into the Gothic genre.
Marisa
- Aug 31
Back to School: Dark Academia 101
Curious about dark academia? Here is an overview of what you need to know.
Marisa
- Aug 29
3 Tips for Reading Early English Novels
Early English novels may seem like a slog, but they don't have to be! Here are some tips and tricks to make the experience enjoyable.
Marisa
- Jun 16
What is Free Indirect Discourse in Literature?
What do the works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, and Virginia Woolf all have in common? Ok, ok, well *other* than being kickass...
Marisa
- Feb 14
5 Books to Give Yourself a Self-Love Valentine
Book buying is its own kind of love language. This Valentine's Day, instead of picking up a romance novel, check out these non-fiction books
Marisa
- Jan 7
Has the pandemic stolen your love of reading? Here are four ways to rekindle the love affair
Many say the pandemic has reduced their interest in reading. Here are a few tips to reignite your love of reading.
Marisa
- Oct 28, 2021
10 Facts About Edgar Allan Poe
Biographical facts about Edgar Allan Poe, the famous American Gothic writer.
Marisa
- Oct 19, 2021
That Creepy Feeling You Get with a Spooky Book
Why does somethings seem scary? Read about Freud's theory of the uncanny to understand how writers and movies manipulate our expectations.
Marisa
- Sep 27, 2021
Who's Who in 'The Sun Also Rises'
It is no secret that Ernest Hemingway drew on his personal experiences attending the bullfights in Pamplona to draft his 1926 novel The...
Marisa
- Sep 18, 2021
The Lost Generation in Literature
In his memoir titled A Moveable Feast (1964), Ernest Hemingway recounts how writer Gertrude Stein first heard the term “génération...
Marisa
- Aug 17, 2021
10 Facts About Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’
1. Aware of her growing popularity, Austen had anxiety over how Emma would be received by the reading public, writing: “My great anxiety...
Marisa
- Jul 29, 2021
Literary Cocktail: The French Blonde from 'China Rich Girlfriend'
"As guests walk up the long pebble driveway to the house, a line of French waiters in black Napoleon-collared jackets welcome us with...
Marisa
- Jul 26, 2021
A Historic Glimpse of the French Literary Salons
What is a literary salon? Literary salons have their origins in the Renaissance idea of gathering for debate in the courts of Italy and...
Marisa
- Jul 13, 2021
Six Facts About the Brontës
With three literary geniuses in the family—Charlotte, Emily, and Anne—the Brontës certainly secured themselves a (rightful) place in the...
Marisa
- Jun 30, 2021
Book Diversity in Canadian Literature
Traditionally Canadian Literature, or CanLit, has highlighted voices of European settlers, been divided along English versus French...
Marisa
- Apr 28, 2021
Capturing the Gothic Life of Shirley Jackson on Film
I finally had the time to sit down and watch the 2020 movie Shirley (currently on Amazon Prime), based on a novel of the same name by...
Marisa
- Apr 21, 2021
Charlotte Brontë's Rejected Novel 'The Professor'
On this day in 1816, Charlotte Brontë was born! So, it is only fitting that I recently completed my reading of the first novel she ever...
Marisa
- Apr 11, 2021
School Textbooks Reflect our Societal Values
I recently wrote a post about What Makes a Literary Classic in which I was thinking about what we culturally consider a ‘classic’ and how...