modernism
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‘The Waves’ – A Flower with Six Petals
Virginia Woolf’s The Waves is a tapestry of feelings and perceptions, knit together by 6 friends, a 7th absent one and a narrator who seems…
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Virginia Woolf, the Common Reader?
Virginia Woolf comments on her reading in the second volume of ‘The Common Reader’, published in 1932.
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Children and Parents in ‘To the Lighthouse’
This fourth time reading Virginia Woolf’s ‘To the Lighthouse’ revealed to me the depths in the relations between children and parents.
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The House of Memory
‘A Sketch of the Past’ is one of Virginia Woolf’s autobiographical writings which gives us a sense of the writer’s childhood.
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Katherine Mansfield – Something Hidden, Something Dark
How Katherine Mansfield is hiding sparks of life in the dark and violent details of her short stories.
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Katherine Mansfield Risks Everything
Katherine Mansfield’s personal rebellion and pursuit of freedom, as revealed in her journals, enhance the appreciation of her powerful short stories.
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What the Big Deal about Katherine Mansfield Is
Katherine Mansfield is one of the best Modernist writers of the 20th century and, for many readers, still a discovery which needs to be made.
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6 Hints on How to Read Challenging Books
Struggled with ‘Mrs Dalloway’, ‘Wuthering Heights’ and the like? I’ve been there. Let me help.
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How to Read “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”
D.H. Lawrence’s last novel, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”, is a story of class and forbidden love, filled with explicit scenes of love-making and profane words. But…
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Sylvia Townsend Warner and Her Fantasy Worlds
Sylvia Townsend Warner captivates us with a wide range of literary styles in her books. But there’s an element she always returns to – fantasy.
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