Oct 4, 2021PhilosophyThe Stranger by Albert CamusIn Albert Camus’s The Stranger, you are put in front of the immediate ambiguity of the world. The kind that you experience in ordinary...
Sep 16, 2021FictionThe Sea, The Sea by Iris MurdochThemes of solitary existence, retrospective reflections, and confronting intense suppressed feelings dominate the story so far......
Aug 25, 2021FictionHarold Bloom on the importance of reading children's literatureHarold Bloom recommends 41 stories and tales and 83 poems for children in his book, Stories And Poems For Extremely Intelligent Children...
Aug 10, 2021ClassicsThe symbolic significance of John Milton's Paradise LostWhether it is Satan awakening in Hell among the Rebel angels or the sentimental rigor with which Satan provokes the temptation and fall...
Jul 9, 2021FictionThe profoundly psychological world of Hermann Hesse's SteppenwolfA psychological study of an individual rather than a large group of people, so that it’s more private and intimate. That is what makes...