The fictional realm with its characters and situations provides me with a mechanism to cope with the challenges of the real world.
Tag: English literature
Tribute to a Teacher: Upal Deb was Two People
A lecturer of English literature at Assam's Bongaigaon College, Deb will be remembered for his immense knowledge of poetry, his work in translation and for changing lives.
An Ode to ‘Wuthering Heights’
The Emily Bronte book is seen as a love story more than a story about abuse and trauma because Heathcliff and Catherine have no identity beyond each other.
Readers on Goodreads #ReadWomen, and So Should English Departments
We scraped data from Goodreads and found that most Goodreads book club members were likely to have read books in common by women authors.
‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ – Still for the Heretics, Dreamers and Rebels
First published in 1865, Lewis Carroll's children's book has never been out of print.