The Grimpen Mire

Even Sherlock Holmes sinks up to his knees in its muck. The meticulous entomologist, Stapleton loses his footing in a frenzy and…

White Trash, Fat Chicks, and British Literature

The concept of social class is a powerful force. Our class has the ability to determine who we might date, to which clubs we might belong, and where we might live. This certainly isn’t a new phenomenon; it has been evidenced in history and…

Modernism Modernized: Interpolation And Interpretation in Kipling and Coupland

In Modernism Modernized, I plan to examine the narrative themes and techniques used in Modernist and proto-Modernist works and show how those themes and techniques are expanded and extrapolated…

The Problem of the Globe in Postapocalyptic Lit

Ever since Fear the Walking Dead completed its first season, I’ve been trying to come up with a satisfying answer to one of the questions frequently posed by critics of the show: why didn’t social media matter more in the zombie apocalypse…

Personally Discovering 20th Century British Lit

Writing Like A Modernist: Part 1 of 4