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Reimagining Gothic Literature: Sex, Shame, and Society in Nosferatu (2024)
Film’s treatment of the vampire and gothic horror tradition over the decades is a cultural benchmark…
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The End is Nigh: Literary Perspectives on the Apocalypse
“Crisis!” “Chaos!” “Outbreak!” “Disaster!” These words pop out of headlines every time I open the news…
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My Brilliant Ferrante: A Retrospective on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet
In July of last year, the New York Times ranked Elena Ferrante’s 2011 novel, My Brilliant…
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Lending and Learning: The Revolution of the Library
While I never took the library’s resources for granted, it took learning more about overlapping library-affiliated…
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“But What Was She Wearing?”: Little Red Riding Hood and a Critique of Condemnation in Children’s Literature
The world of Little Red Riding Hood may be full of dark forests and cunning wolves,…
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Japan’s Oppenheimer Problem: Fact, Fiction, and Storytelling in Modern Politics
The Japanese government continues to censor national fact, fiction, and storytelling. To make sense of this…
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Don’t Kill the Bug! Kafka’s Plea for Self Preservation in The Metamorphosis
While these common interpretations of The Metamorphosis are compelling, they often cast Gregor as the culprit,…
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The Ties That Bind: Toxic Motherhood in White Oleander
When we think of famous literary mothers, the nurturing and uncomplicated ones tend to place foremost…
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Soundtrack Your Reading
There are countless moving parts in a film needed to craft an immersive visual experience, aided…
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How “Old” Literature Reminds Us of Our Humanity in the Modern Era
It is easy to become jaded in the modern sphere inundated with constant digital news and…
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