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Yesterday, FSG published Susan Sontag’s Debriefing, a new collection of the writer’s short fiction. I’m always excited to read more of Sontag’s work—which is convenient, bec…
Sudha Murthy has published several books, mainly through Penguin, that espouse her philosophical views on charity, hospitality and self-realization through fictional narratives. Here is the a list of the books by Sudha Murthy you must read.
A work of literary criticism that analyzes the fundamental peculiarities of obsessing over transience and grief. J. M. Norman looks at two of W. B. Yeats best known poems and, approaching the two works thematically, structurally, and psychologically, tackles the anomalies in his own philosophical way. | Author: J. M. Norman | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Publication Date: Apr 28, 2016 | Number of Pages: 50 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1532962568 | ISBN-13: 9781532962561
There have been many famous fictional detectives in literature over many years. So many that a select few of them have reached a legendary status wherein they are known far and wide.
Perhaps the only belief that today’s writers share is that to produce good writing, you have to revise. This principle appears everywhere—in classrooms, in newsrooms, in writing guides, and especially in author interviews. Though it might seem that it has always been thus, a new book by Oxford University professor Hannah Sullivan, “The Work of Revision,” argues that this obsession with revision is in fact a product of a particular literary movement--Modernism--and the technology then available, namely the typewriter. And now, as composition shifts to living drafts on a computer that may never be printed out, our technology may once again be making significant changes in how we revise, and the style in which we write.
Animal Farm by George Orwell captures the themes of oppression, rebellion and history repeating itself. Animal Farm begins like an ambitious children's tale
Dark academia can be defined as an academic movement defined by an intense passion for learning, an admiration of classics, and a darker aesthetic. Typically associated with intellectualism and featuring education, literature, philosophy and the arts as its focus areas; its followers are passionate readers who frequently share book recommendations or literary analyses online as part of this movement.
The German Student Union (the DSt) conducted a campaign, called The Nazi Book Burnings, to ceremonially burn books in Nazi Germany and Austria in the 1930s. The
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Idiot Signet Classics CQ442, 1969 Cover Artist: James Hill
I’m going to let you in on a little secret about the submissions in my slush pile. When one comes in, the first thing I do–before I have even read the first sentence of the letter–is skim it for the name of a publication I recognize. If I don’t see one, I go back and […]
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This week, PRINT Magazine introduced me to the work of Candace Hicks, a Nacogdoches, Texas-based artist who makes, among other things, gorgeous and beguiling cloth recreations of classic compositio…
Sudha Murthy has published several books, mainly through Penguin, that espouse her philosophical views on charity, hospitality and self-realization through fictional narratives. Here is the a list of the books by Sudha Murthy you must read.
A feminist and formalist analysis of "The Necklace" by the French author Guy de Maupassant.
Share the post "On Writing from Home (and the Rituals of Other Writers)" FacebookTwitterShare… An essay about writing from home, and my obsession with the work rituals of other writers. By Karley Sciortino. This essay was originally written for the current issue of one of my longtime favorite magazines, Apartamento. Above pic of Susan Sontag. I have … Continue reading "On Writing from Home (and the Rituals of Other Writers)"
Here at the Literary Hub office, pretty much every day is Take Your Dog to Work Day. Or so we hope and dream. Sometimes, when we’re lucky, we do have a dog in the office: our current Editoria…
Animal Farm by George Orwell captures the themes of oppression, rebellion and history repeating itself. Animal Farm begins like an ambitious children's tale
In an era where books for entrepreneurs are a super-popular and super-hyped thing on Amazon, it is hard to choose which ones to pick. Even though there are thousands of books for entrepreneurs on the market – not all of them live to your fullest expectations and most of them are a ton of paper waste…
Friends, it’s true: the end of the decade approaches. It’s been a difficult, anxiety-provoking, morally compromised decade, but at least it’s been populated by some damn fine lite…
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid is about a band from the seventies who had a fleeting moment of intense fame, but ironically exploded apart in orgasmic demise. Their music was of such a superb quality that it resonated throughout the decades, despite the band's short duration.
Robert Frost, American poet who was much admired for his depictions of the rural life of New England, his command of American colloquial speech, and his realistic verse portraying ordinary people in everyday situations. Learn more about his life and career in this article.
Things Fall Apart tells two concurrent stories that overlap and counterbalance each other throughout the novel. One of the novel's focuses centers around the protagonist Okonkwo, a fierce warrior who represents traditional African culture. The other focus is on Okonkwo's tribe, Umuofia, as it undergoes a drastic change in all areas of life once European missionaries enter the fray.
This study guide and infographic for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels offer summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other literary devices found in the text. Explore Course Hero's library of literature materials, including documents and Q&A pairs.
