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Masculinity and its ability to liberate women in Sophocles' ‘Antigone’ and Aeschylus' ‘Agamemnon’
The representation of masculinity and its ability to liberate women in ‘Antigone’ by Sophocles and ‘Agamemnon’ by Aeschylus Eleonora...
Eleonora Soteriou
Aug 1, 202110 min read


Gender Assumptions in Aphra Behn’s ‘To the Fair Clorinda’ and in John Donne's ‘Sappho to Philaenis’
Critiquing conventional assumptions about gender in Aphra Behn’s ‘To the Fair Clorinda’ and in John Donne’s ‘Sappho to Philaenis’...
Eleonora Soteriou
Aug 1, 20218 min read


The Ballad Inheritance in “The Thorn” and “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere”
The Ballad Inheritance in “The Thorn” and “The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere” Guqing Wang Abstract: The ballad is a distinctive genre...
Guqing Wang
Aug 1, 202113 min read


“Rude as Savages”: The Hypocrisy of Imperialism in Selected Gothic Literature
“Rude as Savages”: The Hypocrisy of Imperialism in Selected Gothic Literature Sally Parsons Abstract: This article explores how Victorian...
Sally Parsons
Aug 1, 202112 min read


Examining the ‘romantic poetic fictions’ of the past within nineteenth- century literature
Examining the ‘romantic poetic fictions’ of the past within nineteenth- century literature. Elin Crotty Abstract: Initially written as a...
Elin Crotty
Aug 1, 202113 min read


Wrestling with God
Wrestling with God: The Narrative of Genesis 32 in “A Little East of Jordan”, “Carrion Comfort” and “The Prodigal” Rosaleen Keehan...
Rosaleen Keehan
Aug 1, 202113 min read


Gothic Sexuality: Feminine Expression and Masculine Anxiety
Gothic Sexuality: Feminine Expression and Masculine Anxiety Rosie Harrison-Nirawan Abstract: In this essay I will argue that Gothic...
Rosie Harrison-Nirawan
Aug 1, 202114 min read


Resistance, Humour and Truth in The Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself
Resistance, Humour and Truth in The Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself Isabel Osborne Abstract: Abolitionist...
Isabel Osborne
Aug 1, 202112 min read


Gothic Temporality: Order and Continuity in Wuthering Heights and The Hound of the Baskervilles
Gothic Temporality: Order and Continuity in Wuthering Heights and The Hound of the Baskervilles Rosie Harrison-Nirawan Abstract: The...
Rosie Harrison-Nirawan
Aug 1, 202112 min read


Who Knows?: Readers and Horizons in “Journey of the Magi”
Who Knows?: Readers and Horizons in “Journey of the Magi” Callum Sutherland *for footnotes, please see attached PDF file. Abstract: T.S....
Callum Sutherland
Aug 1, 20219 min read


Crying Monster: The Personal and the Political in Espionage Fiction
Crying Monster: The Personal and the Political in Espionage Fiction Gwyn Glasser Abstract: Across espionage fiction there is a constant...
Gwyn Glasser
Aug 1, 202114 min read


Distorted Femininity: Challenging Gender Essentialism
Distorted Femininity: Challenging Gender Essentialism in Bridget Jones’ Diary, The Accidental and The Stone Gods Kiera McMillan Abstract:...
Kiera McMillan
Aug 1, 202114 min read


Author Biographies
Elin Crotty Elin Crotty is a recent graduate of English Literature and will begin an MScR in Collections and Curating Practices in the...
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Aug 1, 20212 min read
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