People still find it really odd that I should be able to conduct research on literature. For great swathes of the population, research is something that happens in a laboratory and involves test tubes… more →
Tales from the Reading Roompearlpal1 wrote 2 weeks ago: by Paul Collins It’s not much of an exaggeration at all for me to say that if Paul Collins happened … more →
starsailor195 wrote 4 weeks ago: A comendable project, I hope to see the documentary one day: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_ … more →
questionsandanchors wrote 2 months ago: The Monsters rocked my socks off about a month ago. I loaned it to Sonika when I visited her, so sa … more →
franciszka voeltz wrote 2 months ago: 1. last time i drove/rode past this way they were spring-wobbling calves and now, full grown. the ma … more →
litlove wrote 3 months ago: People still find it really odd that I should be able to conduct research on literature. For great s … more →
litlove wrote 3 months ago: Several years ago now, at an open day lunch for sixth formers, my colleague and friend in modern lan … more →
infloox wrote 3 months ago: Today is a big day for literature history! The much-celebrated English romantic poet, Percy Bysshe S … more →
Dave Mazella wrote 3 months ago: After reading D.G. Myers and the Little Professor on the timeliness of literary history, especially … more →
Janeite Deb wrote 5 months ago: Many of us who grew up in the late 40s – early 50s had our Jane Austen force-fed to us in high schoo … more →
Dave Mazella wrote 5 months ago: ["Ossian Receiving the Ghosts of French Heroes" 1802 by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson; image … more →
Katy wrote 5 months ago: The Literary Encyclopedia The Literary Encyclopedia is a growing reference work compiled by internat … more →
litlove wrote 6 months ago: Many years ago, when I was a newly-minted undergraduate, way out of my depth at Cambridge University … more →
Janeite Deb wrote 7 months ago: The reviews are in on Claire Harman’s Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World [ … more →
litlove wrote 8 months ago: I managed to mess up my book reading schedule and haven’t read Stefan Zweig’s The Post Office Girl f … more →
Gabriel San Blogman wrote 8 months ago: Uncle Tom’s Cabin Back in the day on March 20th, 1857, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Ca … more →
litlove wrote 8 months ago: Right, we’re going away for the weekend so I am allowing myself one hour absolutely no more in which … more →
pacejmiller wrote 8 months ago: The Dublin Writers Museum is a must visit for visiting aspiring writers I just got back yesterday fr … more →
litlove wrote 9 months ago: I’ve got a little backlog of reviews to do here. But you know how it is when a book you’ve just fini … more →
beckyminx wrote 9 months ago: It’s generally accepted that horrors iconic monsters have a long and colorful literary history … more →