
Accessible literary content from a University of Oxford PhD student in English Lit
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Based on the Oxford University master’s course in modern and contemporary literature.
Here on Demystifying Literature, I’ve explored several personal curriculum style courses: so far, we’ve looked at Shakespeare, Victorian Literature, and...
A step-by-step guide.
Sonnets are, ostensibly, love poems. As such, I think they can be unfairly reduced to over-sentimentality. And like a lot of literary misconceptions, this idea probably emerges in the high school classroom. For instan...
And all of the current discourse surrounding it.
Unless you’re living under a popcultural rock, you’ve heard recently about The Odyssey, whether through Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film, Professor Emily Wilson’s subsequent review of sa...
Or, how to read Shakespeare's humor.
It’s no secret that, sometimes, Shakespeare’s humor just doesn’t land. In fact, I can’t remember a time I ever actually laughed at a Shakespeare play: that is, until I saw them performed on stage.
Go into any bookshop and you will be inundated by Shakespeare: hundreds of editions of the plays and sonnets. Endless biographies. Fictional retellings. It all looks great, and a lot of it is. But literary decision fatigue is very real. Som...
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