Lewis Carroll revealed that English could think by playing. Through paradox and precision, his nonsense showed that illogic may conceal rigorous logic. By bending syntax and meaning, he expanded English imagination, proving that language gains depth when rules are tested, inverted, and joyfully broken through wit curiosity and fearless play.
Birth of Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) – The Writer Who Taught English How to Play
E. T. A. Hoffmann reshaped literary imagination by turning terror inward. His stories fractured reality, destabilized reason, and made the mind itself the stage of fear and wonder. Through translation, his influence transformed English fantasy, horror, and psychological fiction, expanding narrative depth and redefining how literature explores consciousness.
Birth of E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) – The Writer Who Taught English to Fear the Mind
Identity, dating, and existentialism.
Blink 53: Who Am I? An Existential Perspective
Hey all! I’m speaking about a relationship model that is most common associated with heterosexual couples. BUT BUT BUT here’s the real truth… It’s a relationship model for any kind of relationship when there is an imbalance of power. And Hollywood can claim that it wants strong women all it wants EXCEPT it released that […]
An Old Relationship Model is awful with Spoilers
II PsychologyThis gentlemanhas his bath every morningin the waters of the Dead Seathen he wears a bitter smilefor the business and the customers. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096TTS37J
George Seferis – Collected Poems
Born in Detroit, Philip Levine taught American poetry to listen to labor. His plainspoken English carried factories, fatigue, and moral clarity into verse, proving working-class speech could bear philosophy, anger, and dignity. Poetry learned to speak without ornament, for lives previously unheard, and the language never narrowed again afterward ever.
Philip Levine (1928–2015) – The Poet Who Gave Working-Class English Its Permanent Voice
Hello! I’ve started to study Alison Armstrong to better understand how men operate. A thing that she talks about is the idea of ethics – people struggle with them when they have them. People without them don’t give a shit. This is also true about things like shame. And since a lot of my trauma […]
Trauma meets Shame and Sexuality
For the second leg of my attempt to read Saul Bellow’s novels – or, as I’ve read several already, should I say to enjoy Saul Bellow’s novels – in fact, as I’m not that ambitious, make that to get Saul Bellow’s novels – I thought I would go for one that’s even thinner than Dangling […]
Saul Bellow: Seize the Day
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