Month: August 2015

Criticism

Bathsheba Everdene & The Predicament of the Attractive Woman in Power

Thomas Hardy has many masterpieces in his oeuvre (Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure are other strong contenders among Hardy’s best), but Far From the Madding Crowd stands out as his most accurate depiction of an attractive woman’s struggle with power. The heroine of the story, Bathsheba Everdene, is confident, proud and very well-aware of the effect she has on men. Over the course … Continue reading Bathsheba Everdene & The Predicament of the Attractive Woman in Power

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Fiction

Toronto, An Abyss of Tim Hortons Cups

There is little negative that can be said of Toronto. It is clean and friendly and everyone seems to possess a marked amount of self-control with regard to sexuality. Perhaps the only trash you’ll ever see on the ground is a paper cup with the Tim Hortons logo on it. I was unaware of who Tim Horton was before setting foot on Canadian soil, but … Continue reading Toronto, An Abyss of Tim Hortons Cups

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Criticism

Ron Kolm Resuscitates 80s New York in Duke & Jill

For anyone who has ever moved to New York with the sort of romantic idea of struggle that seems to exist only in Susan Seidelman movies, yet was disappointed to find a lack of any grit in a post-Bloomberg era, Ron Kolm is the man to help you find your way back to that time you so desperately wanted to be a part of. His … Continue reading Ron Kolm Resuscitates 80s New York in Duke & Jill

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Criticism

Zeno’s Conscience & The Vindication of Self-Publishing

Self-publishing, although increasingly easy to do with the conveniences furnished by the twenty-first century, still remains, by and large, looked down upon by the literary powers that be. And yet, so many fantastic works have been put forth into the world in this manner. From Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past to James Joyce’s Ulysses, the masterworks that have been birthed thanks to the sheer tenacity … Continue reading Zeno’s Conscience & The Vindication of Self-Publishing

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Criticism

Go Set A Watchman, Atticus Finch & Killing Your Idols

The outpouring of interest in and hostility toward Harper Lee’s unpublished first draft (billed as a sequel) of To Kill A Mockingbird raises the question of why it is so generally loathed by enthusiasts of the original. Go Set A Watchman, at its core, is a good novel–one that, at best, far outweighs most of the slop modern writers are putting out today and, at … Continue reading Go Set A Watchman, Atticus Finch & Killing Your Idols

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