Proust and James Joyce were particularly important in helping Alison Bechdel negotiate her complex relations with her father.
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Tag Archives: Importance of Being Earnest
Portrait of the Lesbian as a Young Artist
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged A. A. Milne, Alison Bechdel, Autobiography, Catcher in the Rye, Colette, Fun House, homosexuality, J. D. Salinger, James and the Giant Peach, James Joyce, lesbianism, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Remembrance of Things Past, Roald Dahl, Ulysses, Winnie the Pooh Comments closed
Warning Labels for the Classics
Suggestions that certain classics come with “trigger warnings” leads of the following reflection.
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Lit’s 10 Most Painful Marriage Proposals
Literature 10 most painful marriage proposals.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beggar's Opera, Charlotte Bronte, Daniel Defoe, Far from the Madding Crowd, Geoffrey Chaucer, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, John Gay, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Marriage, marriage proposals, Moll Flanders, Oscar Wilde, Pride and Prejudice, Thomas Hardy, Wife of Bath Comments closed
Portal Fantasies – Nadal Loses, Italy Wins
Judging by the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision and the defeats of Rafael Nadal and the German soccer team, the world passed through a strange portal this past Thursday.
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The Vital Importance of Being Gay
It is possible to read a gay subtext into Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest.” For one thing, “Earnest” was slang for homosexual in late 19th century England, and a collection of homosexual verse entitled “Love in Earnest” was written by an Oxford classmate of Wilde.