‘By attributing personal nature and human characteristics onto the bear, Riley and the other Ginkgo poets engage with individuals ‘at a deeper and potentially more affective level’ than science…’
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In the Iliad’s expression of epic characteristics, does the text undermine or reinforce patriarchal ideologies in the oppression of female characters?
‘Helen has been labelled by patriarchal stereotyping as a woman who is good: angelic, gentle and submissive (Tyson 2015: 85). However, in the true eyes of patriarchy, Helen is not good. She is one of the stereotypical bad women…’
Scottish Crime Fiction: Intertextual Gothic Dualisms in Margaret Kirk’s Shadow Man
‘Kirk’s quote is an intertextual allusion to William McIlvanney’s crime novel, Laidlaw…’
People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd
‘A bent on existentialism bubbles beneath the surface of Emmy’s flawlessly crafted Instagram world.’
Here is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan
How does Sarah Crossan render trauma in her poetic novel, Here is the Beehive? Book Description: ‘Ana and Connor have been having an affair for three years. In hotel rooms and coffee shops, swiftly deleted texts and briefly snatched weekends, they have built a world with none but the two of them in it. ButContinue reading “Here is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan”
You and Me by Nicola Rayner
‘Fran is a first person narrator who is defined by her lack of credibility to the reader. Her version of events is unreliable. While her unreliability is apparent early on, Rayner still takes time to handle Fran delicately by allowing these traits to build and surface gradually.’
Inking Prose & Poetry 