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Language Barriers on the Pont des Arts: Aya Nakamura vs. the Académie Française
My first article as a lobsterman (also known as a harvester) was pessimistically named ‘The Impending Fiasco of the Paris Olympics’. A...
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The Decay of Potential in Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night
The seed of tragedy is sown upon one’s decision to be great. The declaration, so often made in youth, seems to correlate, if not causate,...
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Gathering Dust: What makes a classic?
What makes a classic? As an answer – or to avoid the rather puzzling question – you might name some: Anna Karenina, Nineteen Eighty-Four,...
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New Historicism: The case of T.S Eliot’s Waste Land
What is most interesting about “The Waste Land”, is its relentless reliance on elements of the past. Of course, as much could arguably be...
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Literary travels with The Lobster: Verses of Valour and The Somme
April is perhaps the best month to drive around the battlefields of the Somme. Whilst not experiencing the ‘Rain, midnight rain, nothing...
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