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1 day ago

The Moon and The Zoo': Simon Armitage poem celebrates 200 years of ZSL

The poem opens as the world sleeps, and the moon slides in under the turnstile after dark, moves in a silent arc at an ancient pace, dabs its ointment on the gibbon's paw, nitpicks its way through the troop of gorillas, smooths the silverback's fur.
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fromOpen Culture
6 days ago

Leo Tolstoy Calls Shakespeare an 'Insignificant, Inartistic Writer.' Then George Orwell Fires Back

Leo Tolstoy's radical conversion to Christian anarchism led him to vehemently oppose patriarchal institutions and advocate for the Russian peasantry.
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fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

When Did the Natural World Stop Feeling Sublime?

Coleridge's poem illustrates the tension between nature and industrialization, highlighting the unseen consequences of human actions on the environment.
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1 month ago
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Our 'Frankenstein' Fixation - Harvard Gazette

Frankenstein endures as a cultural touchstone over 200 years after publication due to its nested narrative structure and the monster's eloquent humanity that challenges initial perceptions of monstrosity.
fromThe Walrus
1 month ago
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Frankenstein Taught Me the Classics Are Alive, They're Really Alive! | The Walrus

Frankenstein explores themes of unchecked ambition and responsibility, paralleling modern concerns about artificial intelligence and the creation of consciousness.
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fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

Our 'Frankenstein' Fixation - Harvard Gazette

Frankenstein endures as a cultural touchstone over 200 years after publication due to its nested narrative structure and the monster's eloquent humanity that challenges initial perceptions of monstrosity.
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fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

Frankenstein Taught Me the Classics Are Alive, They're Really Alive! | The Walrus

Frankenstein explores themes of unchecked ambition and responsibility, paralleling modern concerns about artificial intelligence and the creation of consciousness.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Why Tennyson Feels So Modern

Young Alfred, Lord Tennyson absorbed unsettling scientific ideas, shaping his melancholic temperament and the themes of belief crisis in his poetry.
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2 months ago
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Sex, obsession, and a hint of BDSM, is Wuthering Heights suitable for teens? A mother and her 15-year-old daughter watch together

fromIndependent
2 months ago
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Sex, obsession, and a hint of BDSM, is Wuthering Heights suitable for teens? A mother and her 15-year-old daughter watch together

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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Poem of the week: To Wordsworth by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Shelley accuses Wordsworth of abandoning radical political commitment, mourning lost intensity and accusing him of an easier resignation of moral and poetic power.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

'Wuthering Heights' Is Not The Sicko Gothic Fantasy We Were Promised

Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights impresses visually but fails to deliver the provocative, scandalous reinterpretation many expected of the classic novel.
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fromThe Nation
1 month ago

The Bad Vibes of "Wuthering Heights"

Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights prioritizes contemporary aesthetic over literary faithfulness, reducing Brontë's complex novel to a shallow love story that reflects modern short attention spans rather than engaging with the source material's depth.
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1 month ago

Lazy? Ridiculous? Choke-on-Your-Tongue Hot? Jezebel Debates 'Wuthering Heights'

The film's sexual content is muted and vanilla with no nudity, prompting viewers to desire more erotic intensity despite strong performances and a praised soundtrack.
fromVulture
2 months ago

Yes, Wuthering Heights Is a 'Hurlevent'

"Hurlevent": Is that like when you watch 28 Years Later? Is it some kind of French adjective that's like, "This movie is so emotional you'll cry until you yak"? Even so, why would the cast and crew of the film take photos in front of a random word and not, say, the title of the film? These questions, while well-intentioned, proved very stupid:
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fromVulture
2 months ago

Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights emphasizes tactile, erotic visuals and lush spectacle, trading sustained thematic depth for provocative, bodily cinematic moments.
fromArchitectural Digest
2 months ago

An Exclusive First Look at the Surreal, Symbolism-Packed Sets of Wuthering Heights

In Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights, the moors of Yorkshire are wet with rain, fog-and symbolism. The rugged landscape separating the titular home from the neighboring estate, Thrushcross Grange, represents danger and harshness, but also a kind of wild freedom for the star-crossed lovers Catherine and Heathcliff, who explore the land together in childhood and spend their adult lives yearning for each other.
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