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A resource for Grimm Fairy Tales.

Considering the talks of fairy tales that have popped up from time to time, I find it interesting that any mention of them has fallen back to mainly Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. So, to better expand everyone’s library of fairy … Continue reading

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A source for Poe and Lovecraft, as well as other writings of Horror.

Considering how we looked at Stephen King and Edgar Allen Poe the other day, I am going to share some links to a website that hosts material from both Edgar Allen Poe and H.P. Lovecraft. This site also has other … Continue reading

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A Great Example of The Golden Age of Comics.

Regarding Kathryn’s brief touching upon comic books the other day. The history of comic books can be divided into several ages with the Golden Age being from the 30’s to the 50’s. The reasons for it being referred to as … Continue reading

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A Concern of Political Monopolisation of Identity.

One thing that has occurred to me throughout the last few classes when discussing LGBT literature is that of being careful not to isolate the identities, and groups associated with such, as under the exclusive reign of the political left. … Continue reading

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Canon as a legacy.

In thinking upon today’s class, I would like to introduce the idea of the current literary canon (in terms of both school and wider culture) as not necessarily in conflict with critical thinking. In other words, a wider canon exists that overlaps … Continue reading

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