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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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 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.
Marisa
Aug 24, 2020
Western Literary Theory in 500 Words
Literary theory can feel overwhelming. Here we breakdown the key theories to apply to your own reading (you are probably even doing them!).
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