Caitlin Stanway-Williams has an undergraduate degree in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham and is about to begin her MA in Creative Writing. So far she has specialised in surreal poetry, focusing on reworking Greek mythology in her dissertation, but is planning on developing into novel writing during her masters year. Image credit:…
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‘The clankless chain hath bound thee’: An exploration of metaphysical paradox and internal opposition in Lord Byron’s Manfred, A Dramatic Poem – Sadia Pineda Hameed
Sadia Pineda Hameed is a third year English Literature student at Cardiff University whose interests include Existentialism and exploring subjectivity in film and literature. Gustave Doré, Manfred and the Chamois Hunter, 1853 ‘The clankless chain hath bound thee’: An exploration of metaphysical paradox and internal opposition in Lord Byron’s Manfred, A Dramatic Poem Much of Lord…
The nature of survival in Auschwitz in Charlotte Delbo’s None of Us Will Return – Jamie Mottram
Jamie Mottram is a final year History student at the University of Birmingham. His primary interest is British history, both modern and pre-modern. The nature of survival in Auschwitz in Charlotte Delbo’s None of Us Will Return Charlotte Delbo became a prisoner in Auschwitz in January 1943, where she survived for roughly a year before…
‘By day and night he wrongs me…I’ll not endure it’: The Gender Politics of Rewriting King Lear – Nora Selmani
Nora Selmani is a final year English and Creative Writing student at the University of Birmingham. Her interests include diasporic literature, feminist readings of everything, and poetry. Kaede and Jiro in Kurosawa’s Ran. ‘By day and night he wrongs me…I’ll not endure it’: The Gender Politics of Rewriting King Lear The tragedy of King…
A discussion of Neo-Victorianism in literary studies and as a new genre in contemporary performance – Kathryn Shaw
Kathryn Shaw studied Drama and Classical Literature and Civilization at the University of Birmingham, and is currently following a masters programme at KU Leuven university in Belgium. She is writing her thesis on Brussels’ Toone marionette theatre, and has an interest in popular performance. Emilie Autumn, credit: fanpop.com A discussion of Neo-Victorianism in…
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