Bats: Out of Hell?
It took an Irish Gothic novelist to tie up centuries of demonic mythology surrounding this leathery, nocturnal mammal.
Source: History Today Volume 70 Issue 10 October 2020
By Alexander Lee
What would vampires...
Greek Mythology 3500 BC to AD 2014 | University of Birminghan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCaDjvcaWpo&t=2804s
The Socialist Fundamentals of Gothic Genre and The Socialist Gothic Subgenre
Source: Lit Hub Radio
We’re back from our lil summer break and shaking off the rust! It’s been hot, but getting maybe better—and we’re trying to take the slow pace...
In a Poem, Just Who Is ‘the Speaker,’ Anyway?
Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so fun to try.
Source: New York Times Published May 8,...
A Little Fellow with a Big Head
Source: Lit Hub
By Margaret Jull Costa July 27, 2020
Fernando Pessoa’s life divides neatly into three periods. In a letter to the British Journal of Astrology dated February 8, 1918, he wrote...
Lord Byron, Drácula, Frankenstein
Fonte: Mundo Fantasmo
Estou há quase um mês atracado com o livro Byron: poemas, cartas, diários, &c (Perspectiva, 2025) de André Vallias, que fez a organização, tradução e introdução ao volume.
São 640...
200 anos de Walt Whitman, o poeta libertário
Walt Whitman, poeta e jornalista norte-americano, nasceu em 31 de maio de 1819. Considerado o poeta dos ideais libertários da Revolução Americana – ocorrida uma geração antes de seu...
Graciliano Ramos: vida e obra do romancista alagoano
Fonte: Jornal do Campus (USP), 27-10-2020
No aniversário do autor, entenda a relevância de seu legado, explicada por um especialista
Uma família retirante composta por um homem, uma mulher, dois meninos...
Literary movements and periods
Source: Literalism
Literature constantly evolves as new movements emerge to speak to the concerns of different groups of people and historical periods.
Middle English (c.1066-1500): The transitional period between Anqlo-Saxon...