Literature Blog
Without literature, life is hell.
-Charles Bukowski
From Dostoevsky to Dickenson, from the Bronte sisters to the Grimm brothers, from Shakespeare to Kafka, lets dive into these timeless stories and find out the secret ingredients that make them so inexpressibly unforgettable. This is a place to find all your favorite authors and drown in all the symbolism and similes. So dust off your old copies and bring your treasured hardcovers. Here’s your sign to study Literature!
LIST OF POSTS
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Hell Is Other People (But So Is Heaven)—Sartre’s No Exit & The Good Place
INEZ: Wait! You’ll see how simple it is. Childishly simple. Obviously there aren’t any physical torments—you agree, don’t you? And yet we’re in hell. And no one else will come here. We’ll stay in this room together, the three of…
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The Rover by Aphra Behn: The Prologue. Let’s Kick it Off!
Hey, I was reading The Rover by Aphra Behn as part of my college syllabus for my second semester and…I had some pretty unexpected revelations during it. Both of them also being…kinda contradictory. Here’s how it happened. The first realization…
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“Rape of the Lock” by Pope: A Complete Guide to Canto 1
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a petty social dispute is exaggerated and elevated to the grandeur and significance of an…epic battle? And what happens if a genius of a poet transforms a real life incident, a quarrel…
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Best Reads This Summer. Here is Your Summer Reading List 2025!
Best reads this summer! Your informational, overachieving, nerdy summer reading list. Hah! The long days are back. Last summer, the one of 2024, I wrote a post containing some 51 things to do this summer. This time around as I…
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“Astrophel and Stella” by Philip Sidney: Sonnet 1 (A Writer’s Rant!)
I had decided to write a post on Tumblr about this when I realized that it deserved to be converted into a literary analysis article instead. I am reading the first sonnet of Astrophel and Stella by Philip Sidney for…
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“A Monster Calls” by Patrick Ness: Book Review
I remember watching a movie and loving it. I remember reading a book and crying over it. The two acts were done a couple years apart. They were both brought about by this book I am talking about today: A…
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The 2025 Guide: How to Learn a New Language by Yourself This Year
Your complete guide on how to learn a new language by yourself in 2025 New year’s finally here! All those goals you’d wanted to breathe life into, all those dreams you had, all the resolutions you’d made in the past…