Rousseau and Woolf’s Literary Rebellion
By David Redling
The two defy the cultural and societal norms of their times by divulging their traumatic and humiliating memories.
How Does Alice Walker Take Her Coffee?
By Valerie Conklin
“What’s it like speaking to poetry? How do you put your feelings into words so well, that anyone who reads them can feel the same?”
Rhetorical Analysis: “What Do Pictures Want?”
By Eduardo Esteves
… As eras change, the figures we idolize morph into something new that, without knowing, we continue to unreasonably venerate—in this instance, technology and celebrities.
The Decrease in Length of English Sentences: A Historical Overview
By Edward Karak
Writers tailor their writing to their audience. When literacy was concentrated among the upper class, writers appealed to their refined, educated, and aristocratic tastes by writing more elaborate sentences.
WAP: Wigs, Actors and Plays
By Kezia Velista
While the song “WAP” has garnered widespread attention for its sexual lyricism and exuberant choreography, one can imagine that the initial reception of Fantomina also roused scandalous intrigue.
Unlearning Arabian Nights
By Mohammad Neaz
Orientalism is instilled not only throughout “The Arabian Nights” but also throughout various art forms in Western popular culture.
The Pitfalls of Being Extreme
By M'Niyah Lynn
In this play, Molière expresses how carefully weighing situations without relying on extremes is the way to see the world clearly.
Obscenity and Orientalism: How Burton’s Arabian Nights Challenged the Victorian Stance on Sexuality
By Devon Gibbons
One could surmise that Burton’s intention in eroticizing the original narrative was, in a sense, a sort of primitive feminist endeavor.
Examining Bookstores: The Strand
By Nikolaos Panaousis
A perfectly arranged path of book exploration.