Becoming-insect through Clarice Lispector’s “The passion according to G.H.”
If I confirm my self and consider myself truthful, I’ll be lost because I won’t know where to inlay my Continue reading
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[Hegel’s Glas]ses
It is a rare opportunity for a philosopher to have occasion to comment, not upon the written content of a Continue reading
The Quixote Sub Specie Aeternitatis: The Philosophical Significance of the Spanish Golden Age
Todo es mentira, ya verás La poesía es la única verdad Sacar belleza de este caos es virtud – Continue reading
Creating a Character, 2: Bernard Malamud and J.G. Ballard
The question remains: How does a skilled writer establish a good character in so few pages? And how does it relate to their overall style and composition?
Hemingway and Modernity’s Necropolis
The works of Ernest Hemingway have always aimed to elucidate the looming presence of death as it follows his characters Continue reading
Simulacrum in Literature: Baudrillard and Barthelme
Simulacrum, like many terms surrounding postmodernism, has been defined in a number of ways. Perhaps the simplest definition of the Continue reading
Creating a Character: Carver and Cheever
The short story, the ever neglected cousin of the novel, requires many of the same techniques used in the composition Continue reading
