Social Spectres: an informal research proposal
It’s Friday the 13th – election day 2019. A glum fog hangs on the corners of my colleagues, lecturers and families’ smiles. The farce and self-deprecating humour haunts me. So,…
Tag: english literature
Haunting Texts: Notes from a module
Spring 2019: The final semester of third year has arrived! Yesterday I received my results from semester one English literature module and I was overjoyed with how well I managed…
Spooky Autumn Reads
It’s been over a month since I last posted some bookish things. I’ve been busy working, reading, socialising, you know – all those student things. This academic year is the…
A Note on I Am Legend by Richard Matherson
I have been so excited to read some Matherson, even more so after I read Stephen King’s afterword in my edition of I Am Legend, it was one of the most interesting…
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Mythos is one of my favourite books I’ve read so far this year – it is a compilation of Greek Myths selected by Stephen Fry. Fry’s way of writing is positively…
Bartholomew Fair by Ben Jonson
This was a tricky one. Perhaps the hardest read in a long time, especially considering I was also reading the Illiad by Homer simultaneously (review coming soon)! As well as being one…
Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates
The Everyday Sexism Project started as a website in which people could submit anonymously any harassment, niggles or worries they had experienced – these stories shook the world. So Laura…
Volpone; or, The Fox by Ben Jonson
SPOILERS After studying Volpone; or The Fox by Ben Jonson at A-Level, I was delighted to see that I could experience the play again in my university studies! This play is SO…
