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Literary Cocktail: Pairing The Clover Club with 'Anne of Green Gables'

Jan 14, 2021

Literary Cocktail: Pairing The Clover Club with 'Anne of Green Gables'

"...so I won't tell you what [Marilla] said we could have to drink. Only it begins with an r and a c and it's bright red colour. I love...

Finding Their Voice: The Female Bildungsroman

Marisa

Jan 3, 2021

Finding Their Voice: The Female Bildungsroman

Is there such a thing as a female bildungsroman? I break it down for you (including some suggested reading!).

Creating Christmas Traditions with Charles Dickens

Marisa

Dec 14, 2020

Creating Christmas Traditions with Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) continues to be read, watched and performed after more than 175 years, and is enjoyed by all...

Literary Cocktail: A Christmas Carol's Smoking Bishop

Marisa

Dec 10, 2020

Literary Cocktail: A Christmas Carol's Smoking Bishop

“A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you, for many a year! I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your...

Tipple in a Teacup: The Lady and Leaf Cocktail

Marisa

Nov 25, 2020

Tipple in a Teacup: The Lady and Leaf Cocktail

Today I have a cocktail recipe that will be both your after-dinner dessert and your cup of tea (pun intended)! I have the absolute...

Holiday Giving 2020: A Gift Guide for Avid Readers (that doesn't include another tote bag!)

Marisa

Nov 13, 2020

Holiday Giving 2020: A Gift Guide for Avid Readers (that doesn't include another tote bag!)

Love bookish gifts, but don’t need another blanket, mug, or candle? Prefer people didn't add to your presonalized TBR pile? I’ve got you...

Marisa

Nov 11, 2020

Remembrance Day 2020 #CanadaRemembers

You may be familiar with his words, but do you know the man who wrote ‘In Flanders Fields’? John McCrae was a Canadian military surgeon...

Reader-Response Theory: Putting the "You" Back into Literary Criticism!

Marisa

Nov 2, 2020

Reader-Response Theory: Putting the "You" Back into Literary Criticism!

When diving into literary criticism, I always encourage people to start with reader-response theory because it is something most people...

The Gothic Bluebook: Terrifying the Masses

Marisa

Oct 30, 2020

The Gothic Bluebook: Terrifying the Masses

While reading Franz J. Potter’s book The History of Gothic Publishing, 1800-1835 Exhuming the Trade (2005), I recently stumbled upon the...

It's Alive! Literary Cocktail: Corpse Reviver No. 2

Marisa

Oct 24, 2020

It's Alive! Literary Cocktail: Corpse Reviver No. 2

When I came across this classic cocktail I knew it would be a perfect fit for spooky season! As we approach Halloween our reading habits...

Review of the Netflix Adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 'Rebecca'

Marisa

Oct 22, 2020

Review of the Netflix Adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 'Rebecca'

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again” (1). Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier has one of the most iconic opening lines in literature,...

Mary Shelley’s “hideous progeny”: Authorial Intent of 'Frankenstein'

Marisa

Oct 16, 2020

Mary Shelley’s “hideous progeny”: Authorial Intent of 'Frankenstein'

Battle of the Editions: 1818 vs. 1831 Many are aware of the myth of how Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) came about: one stormy summer...

Tracing the Vampiric Roots of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'

Marisa

Oct 15, 2020

Tracing the Vampiric Roots of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'

When we think of the vampire of popular culture, we tend to conjure images of aristocrats, seducers, wanderers. Even the sparkling...

A Feminist Legacy: Looking at the Lives and Sorrows of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

Marisa

Oct 8, 2020

A Feminist Legacy: Looking at the Lives and Sorrows of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

Charlotte Gordon’s biography Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley is an excellently...

Exploring the Tradition of the English Gothic Novel

Marisa

Oct 6, 2020

Exploring the Tradition of the English Gothic Novel

A brief overview of the English Gothic novel, with recommended reading. Want more info? Check out series 1 of the Le Salon podcast.

Marisa

Sep 14, 2020

Jane Austen’s “Spicy Allusions”

Jane Austen wrote more than romance! A review of Austen's Unbecoming Conjunctions by Heyday-Stevenson looks at what Austen was really saying

Jane Austen: Romance Authoress or Social Radical?

Marisa

Sep 7, 2020

Jane Austen: Romance Authoress or Social Radical?

Jane Austen is so much more than a romance writer. In The secret Radical, Helena Kelly dives into how Austen wrote about politics and more.

Further Reading: Getting Closer to the Literature you Love!

Marisa

Aug 11, 2020

Further Reading: Getting Closer to the Literature you Love!

What you can expect from the Further reading blog! Easy-to-understand theory, literary themed cocktails, book recommendations, and more!

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