Category: Book Review

Thoughts: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

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A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Wolf Final Verdict: Perfection YTD: 22 I finished reading Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own two days ago, and I have been thinking about it ever since. I imagine that I will be thinking about it… Continue Reading “Thoughts: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf”

Category: Book Review, British Literature, Essay, Favorites, Gender Studies, Literature, Modern March, Modernism, Non-Fiction, Virginia Woolf, writing

Thoughts: Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

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Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 21 Plot/Story: 4 – Plot/Story is interesting/believable and impactful (socially, academically, etc.) Miss Lonelyhearts is the journalistic pseudonym for a male newspaper man who aspires to have his own gossip column.  The… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West”

Category: 1001 Books, 2013 Challenges, American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Classics Club, Fiction, Modern March, Modernism, Nathanael West

Thoughts: As You Like It by William Shakespeare

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

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As You Like It by William Shakespeare Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 14 I have been away from Shakespeare for far too long. I have taken two courses in Shakespeare, one in college and one in graduate school. In both cases, we… Continue Reading “Thoughts: As You Like It by William Shakespeare”

Category: Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Comedy, Drama, Gender Studies, Homoeroticism, Homosocial Relationships, Pastoral, Play, Shakespeare

Thoughts: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 12 Graham Greene is considered by many to be one of the most important 20th Century English writers. His novels are always highly masculine and usually carry a complicated… Continue Reading “Thoughts: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene”

Category: 1001 Books, 2013 Challenges, 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, Adultery, Book Review, British Literature, Classics Club, Fiction, Graham Greene, Jealousy, Masculinity, Modernism, PhD, post-World War II, Power, Religion, Sin/Redemption, War, World War II

Thoughts: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 11 I first read Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in graduate school (2007?), as part of a 20th Century American Literature class. I loved that class, and the professor, because we read primarily… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos”

Category: American Lit, Anita Loos, Book Review, Epistolary, Feminism, Fiction, Gender Studies, Jazz Age, Literature, Modernism, PhD

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