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    The Nutcracker Ballet vs. The Original Story
    Marisa
    • Dec 21, 2021

    The Nutcracker Ballet vs. The Original Story

    After years of cancelled or postponed in-person cultural events due to Covid-19, I recently had the delight to attend a performance of...
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    A Historic Glimpse of the French Literary Salons
    Marisa
    • Jul 27, 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...
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    Six Facts About the Brontës
    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...
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    A Jane Austen-inspired Cocktail Recipe from Toronto’s Famous Last Words Bar
    Marisa
    • May 13, 2021

    A Jane Austen-inspired Cocktail Recipe from Toronto’s Famous Last Words Bar

    I am so thrilled to bring you a cocktail from the amazing literary-themed bar in Toronto, Ontario, Famous Last Words (FLW)! Over the past...
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    Could she have meant that?! Sexual Innuendos in Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’
    Marisa
    • May 10, 2021

    Could she have meant that?! Sexual Innuendos in Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’

    Academic research has a way of opening up the subtext of a work, where the reader can gain a deeper understanding of a reference or turn...
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    School Textbooks Reflect our Societal Values
    Marisa
    • Apr 12, 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...
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    Literary Cocktail: Miss Cathy's Whip
    Marisa
    • Mar 18, 2021

    Literary Cocktail: Miss Cathy's Whip

    "Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling, 'wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the...
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    The French Kiss Cocktail and a Romance Novel: A Perfect Match!
    Marisa
    • Feb 11, 2021

    The French Kiss Cocktail and a Romance Novel: A Perfect Match!

    'Tis the season to read steamy romance novels and clink a glass (or two) with a valentine! This month Le Salon is diving into a close...
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    Classic F#@*ing Literature
    Marisa
    • Feb 9, 2021

    Classic F#@*ing Literature

    Not typical classroom vocabulary, but a historical lesson nonetheless! That oft used F word can be a noun, an adjective, a verb, an...
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    Literary Cocktail: Pairing The Clover Club with 'Anne of Green Gables'
    Marisa
    • Jan 14, 2021

    Literary Cocktail: Pairing The Clover Club with 'Anne of Green Gables'

    "...so I won't tell you what [Marilla] said we could have to drink. Only it begins with an r and a c and it's bright red colour. I love...
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    Finding Their Voice: The Female Bildungsroman
    Marisa
    • Jan 3, 2021

    Finding Their Voice: The Female Bildungsroman

    "Bildungsroman" is a German word meaning novel of education or formation. The term has become a literary category for written works whose...
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    Creating Christmas Traditions with Charles Dickens
    Marisa
    • Dec 14, 2020

    Creating Christmas Traditions with Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) continues to be read, watched and performed after more than 175 years, and is enjoyed by all...
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    Literary Cocktail: A Christmas Carol's Smoking Bishop
    Marisa
    • Dec 10, 2020

    Literary Cocktail: A Christmas Carol's Smoking Bishop

    “A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you, for many a year! I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your...
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    Tipple in a Teacup: The Lady and Leaf Cocktail
    Marisa
    • Nov 26, 2020

    Tipple in a Teacup: The Lady and Leaf Cocktail

    Today I have a cocktail recipe that will be both your after-dinner dessert and your cup of tea (pun intended)! I have the absolute...
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    Mary Shelley’s “hideous progeny”: Authorial Intent of 'Frankenstein'
    Marisa
    • Oct 16, 2020

    Mary Shelley’s “hideous progeny”: Authorial Intent of 'Frankenstein'

    Battle of the Editions: 1818 vs. 1831 Many are aware of the myth of how Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) came about: one stormy summer...
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    Tracing the Vampiric Roots of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'
    Marisa
    • Oct 15, 2020

    Tracing the Vampiric Roots of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'

    When we think of the vampire of popular culture, we tend to conjure images of aristocrats, seducers, wanderers. Even the sparkling...
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    A Feminist Legacy: Looking at the Lives and Sorrows of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
    Marisa
    • Oct 8, 2020

    A Feminist Legacy: Looking at the Lives and Sorrows of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

    Charlotte Gordon’s biography Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley is an excellently...
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    Jane Austen’s “Spicy Allusions”
    Marisa
    • Sep 15, 2020

    Jane Austen’s “Spicy Allusions”

    “...‘unbecoming conjunction’, a term Austen uses to describe what happens when two ideas or images or people, set side by side, reveal...
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    Jane Austen: Romance Authoress or Social Radical?
    Marisa
    • Sep 7, 2020

    Jane Austen: Romance Authoress or Social Radical?

    Readers around the world love her works, but how well do we really know Jane Austen? In her book Jane Austen The Secret Radical (2016),...
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