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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Marisa
- Nov 25, 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...
Marisa
- Nov 13, 2020
Holiday Giving 2020: A Gift Guide for Avid Readers (that doesn't include another tote bag!)
Love bookish gifts, but don’t need another blanket, mug, or candle? Prefer people didn't add to your presonalized TBR pile? I’ve got you...
Marisa
- Nov 11, 2020
Remembrance Day 2020 #CanadaRemembers
You may be familiar with his words, but do you know the man who wrote ‘In Flanders Fields’? John McCrae was a Canadian military surgeon...
Marisa
- Nov 2, 2020
Reader-Response Theory: Putting the "You" Back into Literary Criticism!
When diving into literary criticism, I always encourage people to start with reader-response theory because it is something most people...
Marisa
- Oct 30, 2020
The Gothic Bluebook: Terrifying the Masses
While reading Franz J. Potter’s book The History of Gothic Publishing, 1800-1835 Exhuming the Trade (2005), I recently stumbled upon the...
Marisa
- Oct 24, 2020
It's Alive! Literary Cocktail: Corpse Reviver No. 2
When I came across this classic cocktail I knew it would be a perfect fit for spooky season! As we approach Halloween our reading habits...
Marisa
- Oct 22, 2020
Review of the Netflix Adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 'Rebecca'
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again” (1). Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier has one of the most iconic opening lines in literature,...
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...
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...
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...
Marisa
- Oct 6, 2020
Exploring the Tradition of the English Gothic Novel
A brief overview of the English Gothic novel, with recommended reading. Want more info? Check out series 1 of the Le Salon podcast.
Marisa
- Sep 14, 2020
Jane Austen’s “Spicy Allusions”
Jane Austen wrote more than romance! A review of Austen's Unbecoming Conjunctions by Heyday-Stevenson looks at what Austen was really saying
Marisa
- Sep 7, 2020
Jane Austen: Romance Authoress or Social Radical?
Jane Austen is so much more than a romance writer. In The secret Radical, Helena Kelly dives into how Austen wrote about politics and more.
Marisa
- Aug 11, 2020
Further Reading: Getting Closer to the Literature you Love!
What you can expect from the Further reading blog! Easy-to-understand theory, literary themed cocktails, book recommendations, and more!
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