5 Different Types of Narrators
Here's how to tell the difference between 5 types of narrators, with examples.
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Marisa
- Dec 30, 2022
Measuring the Representation of Women in Fiction
The Bechdel-Wallace Test is a feminist way critique of art. By answering 3 key questions, you can evaluate if a work has rounded female char
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- Nov 23, 2022
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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- Nov 22, 2022
What happens in The Sound and the Fury?
A great study guide for The Sound and the Fury--what happens in each section, past and present, and why Caddy is important.
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- Nov 13, 2022
'The Sound and the Fury' Explained
The Sound and the Fury is a challenging novel. Here are the most searched questions about it answered!
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- Nov 7, 2022
Female Gothic Writers
A little snapshot of women writers whose works fall into the Gothic genre.
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- Aug 31, 2022
Back to School: Dark Academia 101
Curious about dark academia? Here is an overview of what you need to know.
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- Aug 29, 2022
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.
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- Jun 16, 2022
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...
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- Jan 7, 2022
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.
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- 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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- Oct 28, 2021
10 Facts About Edgar Allan Poe
Biographical facts about Edgar Allan Poe, the famous American Gothic writer.
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- 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.
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- Oct 19, 2021
Get in the Halloween Mood with these Short Stories
Get ready for halloween with these spooky short stories.
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- 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...
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- Sep 20, 2021
The Hemingway Special Cocktail (Papa Doble)
While Ernest Hemingway's oeuvre speaks for itself—The Sun Also Rises (1926), A Farewell to Arms (1929), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940),...
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- 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...
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- Sep 2, 2021
Getting Serious About Humour!
It may seem like it removes the funny ha-ha part of humour to talk about why we laugh, but there is a good reason to take a closer look:...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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