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What is an ode? Reading Keats’ ‘Ode on Melancholy’ to find out

February 28, 2021 Miss JenLeave a comment

Do you have a favourite poet?

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Analysing the theme of duality in ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’

February 21, 2021February 23, 2021 Miss JenLeave a comment

In the age of social media, the line between our public and private selves has never been narrower. 

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Why is ‘Death of a Salesman’ so tragic?

February 8, 2021 Miss JenLeave a comment

You know that something’s great literature when it leaves you with a gut-wrenching feeling. 

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Guilt in poetry: Reading Robert Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ and William Wordsworth’s ‘Extract from The Prelude’

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 Miss JenLeave a comment

One of the most interesting things about literature is what I like to call the ‘certainty of ambiguity’.

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What’s the difference between allegory & fable?

January 4, 2021 Miss JenLeave a comment

Here’s a starter for 10 – what is the point of literature? 

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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Mince pies & juicy persons in Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’

December 20, 2020December 21, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Happy Christmas, all. 

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Comparing love poetry (II): Reading Philip Larkin & Carol Ann Duffy

December 11, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

A friend of mine once said, “what good are emotions if all they do is make you weak?”

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What is an unreliable narrator? Reading Ishiguro & Nabokov to find out

November 24, 2020November 29, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Most of us wouldn’t want unreliable people as friends.

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Comparing love poetry (I): Thomas Hardy’s ‘Neutral Tones’ & Maura Dooley’s ‘Letters from Yorkshire’

November 17, 2020January 31, 2021 Miss JenLeave a comment

(This post contains two detailed videos on the topic.)

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Looking at war poetry (II): Wilfred Owen’s ‘Exposure’ and Ted Hughes’ ‘Bayonet Charge’

October 28, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

(This post contains two detailed videos on the topic.)

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