Literature

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckY1txe2xdU&fbclid=IwAR1Jx1hNvZa2Xd9rES1qAT8wg89Rp_nvrMyh3m05p9ywxxTcWG8X-cNPmNM&app=desktop Source: Brittanica.com The Graveyard by the Sea, poem by Paul Valéry, written in French as “Le Cimetière Marin” and published in 1922 in the collection Charmes; ou poèmes. The poem, set...

Death by Rainer Maria Rilke Issue no. 82 (Winter 1981) There stands death, a bluish distillate in a cup without a saucer. Such a strange place to find a cup: standing on the back of...

Mourning Problems by Xi Chuan Source: The Paris Review an ant dies, and no one mourns a bird dies, and no one mourns if it isn’t a crested ibis a monkey dies, and monkeys...

Source: Aeon A woman rests in a field surrounded by apple trees. Savouring the sounds and smells of the shaded grove, she muses on the ‘sacred recess’ of her idyllic surroundings,...

I want only to be a worn-down stone on the ruins of time, a dolmen raised above this forsaken graveyard’s terrain. ( Alain Mabanckou ) Source: The Paris Review Issue no. 229 (Summer 2019)    

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...

Blake’s works offer an alternative to the failures of the Enlightenment, which couldn’t muster a consistent argument for abolition. Source: JStor William Blake, 1807 via Wikimedia Commons By: Ed Simon June 5, 2019 Share Along...

Albert Camus and the problem of absurdity Source: OUP Philosophy The OUP Philosophy list boasts cutting-edge scholarship including monographs handbooks and textbooks - suitable for graduate and undergraduate use, as well...

Source: Open Culture Every artist starts out as a fan, and in general we see the marks of early fandom on their mature work. The best, after all—as figures from...

Source: Literary Hub By Justine Hyde “As we age, we grow embarrassed at our own seriousness, from remembering being that teenager sat in their bedroom, underlining words in a book. But as...