Coming out of a book was always painful ~ Abbie Waxman
it is a universally acknowledged fact, that many of our beloved gothic heroes and villains are, more or less, queercoded.One can observe queer subtext in novels like The Castle of Otratranto (1764) or Dracula…
My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all, I could have been born a…
This is a multi-part essay series, examining Tolkien’s depiction of heroism within The Lord of the Rings, and whether it is possible to say that he was influenced by the Aeneid, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Respectively, each section looks…
hey to another episode of Emily, fourteen, writing semi intellectual articles she’ll definitely be ashamed of one day. however, this day is yet to come so I will continue murdering my keyboard like the…
Though sympathy alone can’t alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable. Dracula, Bram Stoker A literary villain can be understood as an antagonist who is defined by intelligence, immorality and malice,…
I know I wrote one last year but, in my humble opinion, my writing skills have evolved quite a bit over the past twelve months. also, way more important and a bit less arrogant,…
today I want to explore the origins, the definitions and the most beautiful novels of my most treasured genre. without further ado I now invite you into the haunted house of gothic literature; filled…
one has these books, so very precious, that while one wants to keep the story, the characters to oneself, still everybody should read it?the historian is, for me, one of these. “It touched me…
this article is going to hurt. writing these very words hurts. and if you know me, even just a little, please know that my intentions are never, ever, to hurt anyone. which is, in…
hey witchlings. I’m about to spill some tea here. because I’m really really mad. anyone here who didn’t read Lolita? there’ll be some spoilers …so. lolita is a book by the gorgeous Vladimir Nabokov,…