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
Category: drama
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 →Thirty Years of Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt, the American novelist, has been featured quite heavily over the last few days, as it is 30 years […]
Read more →Free Speech, Banned Books
Free speech is a central tenet of democracies; everyone must be able to express their opinions, disagree and debate, even […]
Read more →The Challenging Drama of Harold Pinter
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter is a remarkable play. It is staged quite frequently, and I have seen it in […]
Read more →Angry Young Men at the Kitchen Sink
This week, I was struck by this article in The Guardian, about the humble beginnings of a literary publisher. Back […]
Read more →Maya Angelou Still Rising
Times, they are a-changin’, sang Bob Dylan. He’s not just a singer, remember, but the winner of the Nobel Prize […]
Read more →Farewell to Antony Sher
At last we near the end of the autumn term and head towards Christmas. I hope that Santa has been […]
Read more →New Sonnets Win Prize
‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ ‘My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun.’ You might be familiar […]
Read more →Wuthering to New Heights
Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is an extraordinary novel. Published when its author was 29 years old, it has become the […]
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