Tag: books

  • An Essay on Women’s Fiction in the 20th Century

    An Essay on Women’s Fiction in the 20th Century

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    Catherine Hu
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    “Imaginatively she is of the highest importance; practically she is completely insignificant. She pervades poetry from cover to cover; she is all but absent from history” – Virgina Woolf, ‘A Room of One’s Own’ The existences of women in fiction and reality are inextricably linked: the lives of literary women have, and always will, mirror…

  • Gospel For the Wayward Daughters

    Gospel For the Wayward Daughters

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    Catherine Hu
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    Preface and writer’s note: “How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?” I recently read an excerpt of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Having come across themes of the Southern Gothic in my school studies of Tennessee Williams (who is quickly…

  • Painting Ghosts: A Review of No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

    Painting Ghosts: A Review of No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

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    Catherine Hu
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    Trigger warning: this review contains discussion of mental health, depression, drug abuse, and suicide.  ‘If we knew the antonym of crime, I think we would know its true nature. God… salvation … love … light. But for God there is the antonym Satan, for salvation is perdition, for love there is hate, for light there…