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Author: penwithlit
Freelance writer and radio presenter
Written in English (the author’s second language), Slanting Towards the Sea is the debut novel by the Croatian writer Lidija Hilje – a new name to me, but one I will be looking out for again in the future. Published in the UK by Daunt Books – a mark of quality, if ever there was […]
Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje
On November 2, 1960, a London jury declared Lady Chatterley’s Lover “not guilty” of obscenity — freeing not only a book but the English language itself. The verdict ended an era of censorship and began one of honesty, where love, class, and desire could finally be written in plain speech.
The Lady Chatterley’s Lover Trial (1960) – Breaking the Silence of English Literature
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Sketching in SE1
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Freud and Neuroscience
Henry Green (1905–1973) redefined English prose through silence, rhythm, and understatement. His novels transformed everyday speech into art, revealing emotion in the unsaid and poetry in the ordinary. A quiet modernist, Green’s restrained style proved that English fiction could whisper truth more powerfully than it could shout.
Birth of Henry Green (1905 – 1973) – The Quiet Modernist of English Prose
John Hollander (born October 28, 1929) taught English to hear itself. A poet, critic, and scholar, he united intellect and melody, proving that poetry’s structure is not confinement but creation. Through form, rhythm, and reflection, Hollander revealed that English verse thinks musically — every echo a renewal of meaning and sound.
Birth of John Hollander (1929–2013) – The Architect of Form and Sound in Modern English Poetry
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The Flowers of Evil and Fanfarlo
by Charles Baudelaire Two brand new translations of works by Charles Baudelaire. His seminal, controversial poetry collection, The Flowers of Evil, now acknowledged as one of the most important and influential poetry books ever – and Fanfarlo, Baudelaire’s only sustained work of prose fiction, an ironic self-portrait of a young man, a novella which shines […]
The Flowers of Evil and Fanfarlo
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