A strain of sorrow and pessimism underlies all of Vonnegut’s fiction, as well as his graduation speeches. But he also insisted that young people cherish those fleeting moments of joy.
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The short stories of modern Iraqi writers Hassan Blasim and Diaa Jubaili show that the 2003 invasion and subsequent war in Iraq are not at the heart of contemporary Iraqi literature.
Without the First Folio, the canon of Shakespeare’s plays would have decisively shifted.
Reading is “sexy”. Maybe it’s because watching someone read exerts a fascination on the beholder, be it St. Ambrose or Marilyn Monroe.
Rereading du Maurier’s story of relentless devastation shows how the writer anticipated some of our most pressing environmental concerns.
There were around 5,000 black Georgians and more black Victorians so black Dickens characters are historically feasible.
The late writer never shied away from hard topics, breaking down walls of silence around topics like disability and rurality in post-war Japan.
Edwina Preston pays tribute to the humble letter: from literary love letters to philosophical lessons to cherished family heirlooms. Letters impart lessons, reveal character – and are a form of art.
An uncompromising writer who wrote about the dark and light of postwar Japan
Franz Kafka was not well known during his lifetime, but his legacy provides a useful and necessary way to confront the current state of global affairs.
Many established poets published lockdown poems offering their perspective on the power of poetry to make sense of the pandemic.
Sensitivity edits benefit copyright holders, who wish to keep less tasteful elements of the works they control out of the public eye.
These new witches are rarely comparable to traditional dirty hags. The new witch is often beautiful, at once dark, gothic, ethereal and wild.
Here, possibly four centuries before women are given a significant voice in heroic poetry in Germany and Scandinavia, a queen speaks out in an English version of a Gothic story.
Polyglot texts — texts that use many languages — have become increasingly common as writers document struggles between regimes of European hegemony and decolonizing movements.
Abridged family versions of classic works aimed at children were published throughout the 20th century.
Victory City marks a return for Rushdie, who has not set a novel substantially on the Indian subcontinent for over a decade.
A photo beamed via a satellite from a smartphone is never the same as the description of a place the lover must try hard to imagine.
Not all writing about the soulmate is positive – an expert in the philosophy of love explains the concept’s thorny history.
The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love between the divine and his people.
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, Creative Writing and Literary Studies, Victoria University
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Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Research, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Honorary Fellow of the School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Contemporary English Literature and Critical Theory, University College Dublin
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Professor, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, La Trobe University
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Professor of English Literature, Anglia Ruskin University