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Category: Literature

Larkin goes to Church

https://mywordinyourear.com/2025/10/15/church-going-philip-larkin-analysis/#like-6281

Caroline Gordon Remembered

Post author By penwithlit
Post date October 7, 2025
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https://whathappenedtodaytheenglishnook.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/birth-of-caroline-gordon-1895-1981-the-voice-of-southern-form-and-moral-fiction/

Classics Literature politics

Birth of Flann O’Brien (Brian O’Nolan) (1911–1966) – The Trickster of English Metafiction

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Post date October 5, 2025
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Flann O’Brien, born October 5, 1911, turned English into a hall of mirrors — where stories questioned their authors and language mocked its own seriousness. Through wit, absurdity, and linguistic play, he transformed English prose into an instrument of rebellion and reflection, shaping the comic spirit of modern literature.
Birth of Flann O’Brien (Brian O’Nolan) (1911–1966) – The Trickster of English Metafiction

Classics Literature Poetry

Greville’s Austere Voice

https://whathappenedtodaytheenglishnook.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/birth-of-sir-fulke-greville-1554-1628-the-poet-of-courtly-depth-and-metaphysical-reflection/#like-3142

Classics French Literature Poetry

The Bard in Mallarmé

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Literature Poetry politics

The Lost Voice of the Great War

Post author By penwithlit
Post date September 22, 2025
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https://whathappenedtodaytheenglishnook.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/death-of-edward-tennant-1897-1916-the-lost-voice-of-the-great-war/#like-3061

Classics Literature Poetry

Remembering Samuel Johnson

Post author By penwithlit
Post date September 18, 2025
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https://wordpress.com/reader/blogs/237940211/posts/3029

French Literature Poetry

À tous les sables du ciel

Post author By penwithlit
Post date September 15, 2025
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parce qu’on a toujours des herbes dans le sang je plaide pour la verdure je plaide pour la quiétude dans les forges du moment et pour les soleils marbrés qui cognent partout sur les dalles du temps qui reviennent jouer dedans avec tous les vents à la vie voulue à l’été éternel et je vénère […]
À tous les sables du ciel