Introduction to Allegory
Here’s a poem by William Blake, from his Songs of Experience: The Sick Rose O Rose thou art sick. The […]
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Exploring Literature for A Level Study
On the Availability of Books
It was interesting to see ideas commented on here about a year ago cropping up again this week in an […]
Read more →The Fascination of Shakespeare
There are few living Shakespearean scholars with the reputation of Stanley Wells. For nearly two decades he was Professor of […]
Read more →Zadie Smith Bites Again
Zadie Smith’s first novel, White Teeth, crops up a number of times on the Post Colonial Literature pages on this […]
Read more →Behind George Orwell
George Orwell is well known, primarily for two novels which have enjoyed remarkable success. Many youngsters have enjoyed the animal […]
Read more →Booker Time – and Time for Poetry
We are inching towards Booker time again, signalled by the publication of the nominations for the prize. Some have commented […]
Read more →A Blinkered Approach to Arts and Education
As has been reported widely in the UK, the government has vowed to crack down on what it sees as […]
Read more →Updating the Royal Society of Literature
The Royal Society of Literature has always seen as a rather grand institution, which is not really surprising. ‘Royal Society’ […]
Read more →Ensuring Women’s Voice Are Heard
A couple of weeks ago, Barbara Kingsolver was being celebrated for being the first person to win the Women’s Prize […]
Read more →Mourning and Celebration
The Death of Cormac McCarthy The literary world has been shaken by the death of American novelist Cormac McCarthy, whose […]
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