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...
Frankenstein: Between Two Worlds
Mary Shelley’s great novel is not a commentary on the Industrial Revolution, nor is it a simple retelling of the myth of Prometheus. It is far more original than...
Decadentismo, simbolismo e outras tendências literárias finisseculares
Fonte: Plataforma 9, 18-10-2020
Ementa: Na literatura ocidental, o final do século XIX foi caracterizado pela proliferação de movimentos literários ou propostas de renovação estética. O esgotamento do realismo na...
Believing in Literature
Source: London Review of Books AUGUST 3, 2020
THE RELATION BETWEEN belief and making is a troubled one. Anybody who has ever banged their fists on the table in an...
On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic
Martin Shaw on Growing Up Christian with a Pagan Underbelly
By Martin Shaw
Source: Lit Hub July 17, 2020
I grew up in a Christian house with a pagan underbelly, and found the...
Edward Gorey’s Designed Book Covers for Classic Novels: See His Ironic-Gothic Take on Dickens,...
Source: Open Culture August 17th, 2020
Twenty years after his death, it's cooler than ever to like Edward Gorey. This is evidenced not just by the frequent posting of his intensively...
Viewing Literature as a Lab for Community Ethics
Source: Lit Hub July 17, 2020
Maren Tova Linett on the Way We Value Human and Nonhuman Lives
By Maren Tova Linett
July 17, 2020
We are all bioethicists now. The COVID-19 pandemic has led...
“Literatura Gótica”: Do Emprego Equivocado da Expressão
Por Fábio Conatus
É descabido o uso do termo "literatura" para integrar a primeira parte de nome que se dê a gêneros, escolas, estilos ou movimentos literários não representativos de...
Edgar Alan Poe | Crítica Literária em Vídeo
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Albert Einstein explica por que é preciso ler os clássicos
Fonte: Open Culture | May 28th, 2020 Tradução por Gotik
Dois conselhos sobre o ato de ler que segui ao longo da minha vida vieram de dois...