Two great developments: Chapters and the introduction of a male protagonist! (The Man of Feeling)

First of all I just want to say, Hooray for chapters…..oh how I have longed for thee! Perhaps I am of the simple minded variety, but I must say, chapters do make a world of difference when reading something. I guess it is because it allows you to stop and reflect a bit (that, and [...]

Fantomina

Oky Doky, so Fantomina…….this is perhaps one of the craziest stories in the course for sure. There has been a great debate over whether she is a powerful figure or simply a whore and I’ve decided to throw my hat in with the whore side of things. Although she is definitely a powerful feminine figure [...]

The Gothic….

The Gothic movement has been something which I have been very interested in throughout my career as an English student. After all of the other stuff we’ve read, when I noticed that we were going to be reading some Gothic stuff, I was quite excited. I was very surprised to find out, however, how similar [...]

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