Public and Private Masculinity: James Joyce’s Preference for Compromised Manhood
Public and Private Masculinity: James Joyce’s Preference for Compromised Manhood in Ulysses’ “Cyclopes” and “Penelope” and the Short Story, “The Dead” &
Freedom and Entrapment: The Romantic and Modernist Poets’ Sense of Self
“Near Glarus, Switzerland, 1781 by John Warwick Smith” Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust on Unsplash Freedom and Entrapment: The Romantic and Modernist Poets’ Sense o
Stephen King on Trump’s Conservatism: Reading Evilness in The Institute
Donald J. Trump’s ascent to the presidency in 2016 seemed to leave an impression in many American conservatives’ minds that their beliefs and ideologies were eventually acknowl
Reading the Revolution Nostalgia
The outside reflection of the French Revolution memories in 19th-century worksfrom two neighbouring countries: Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities and Georg Büchner
I Tracked A Dead Man Down A Trench: A Poem Revisit (or Analysis, If I Dare Say)
‘I tracked a dead man down a trench’ I tracked a dead man down a trench, I knew not he was dead. They told me he had gone that way, And there his foot-marks led. The tr
The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: from Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter
An anthology of great and not-so-great short stories I finished this book on 30 December 2019, the very last book of the year, and the decade indeed. My reading journey of this boo
The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia Huddy & Emily Sutton
A refreshing tale for the Christmas season If you have read Hans Christian Andersen’s short story, The Fir Tree, you would be somewhat familiar with the story of this particu
Bloom by Kevin Panetta & Savanna Ganucheau
A whimsical graphic novel about gay love that warms my heart in this winter season Bloom was a truly heart-warming reading for me. Much enjoyed. It is a love story between Ari (sho
The Night Before Christmas
A Story Retold With New Accompanying Charming Illustrations It’s so sad that I have to begin my writing with such a cliché clause, but I have to. When I was a very young boy, I
Bleach – Eye Candy: A Thought
How Chivalry forces women into the submissive role… Before we venture into a dangerous realm where Bleach fans look at me with the hostility for my act of blasphemy toward their