LiteratureThe Past is Female: Exploring the Socio-Sexual Liberation of Historical Women in Carol Ann Duffy's The World's WifeNandini Sood - British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s The World’s Wife presents a fresh outlook on myths and fairy tales, by retelling them through sociosexually liberated women. The poems feature many themes such as murder, sexuality and childhood that are presented... Keep Reading »
Fragile Aesthetics: The Problematics Behind Thomas Gainsborough's Landscape PaintingsConnor E. Yen - The 17th and 18th centuries saw a wide proliferation of aesthetic discourse through which the picturesque emerged to capture the type of beauty derived from the exchange of in vivo vigor for the spirit of artistic medium. While the metaphysical project of 18th century... Keep Reading »
Love and Imperialism: Reading Whitman's Leaves of Grass Through Edward Carpenter and Maurice BuckeWilliam R. Fuller - This paper explores the complexity of Whitman’s nationalism and, with reference to Leaves of Grass (1856), examines the apparent paradox between Whitman’s poetry of love and recognition and his imperialistic impulses. This paper draws upon the work of Edward... Keep Reading »
Gothic Romance in The Haunting of Bly Manor: The Modern Transformation of the Victorian GothicLotte de Boer - This article explores the expression of the Gothic romance genre in the 21st century, by examining Mike Flannagan’s The Haunting of Bly Manor. Very little literature focuses on contemporary expressions of this genre. The Gothic reflects the social, cultural,... Keep Reading »
Going in Circles: Temporal Mobility and Migrant Agency in Hamid's Exit WestMeghana L. Maddali - Escaping from your past is hopeless. However, under circular time, running from anything is completely useless––no matter what it is, it will always catch up to you. While Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West mainly depicts a world where well-defined geographical... Keep Reading »
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