Maclay School's Journal of Creative WritingOn our title: We take the title of this journal from a novella of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The novella is an existential piece, written before Dostoyevsky's greatest works and before Existentialism had really taken root in literature. The unnamed narrator is frequently named an anti-hero and is described by the note on the back of the Dover edition as a "profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-an...

Per quale ragione «L’ho sposato, lettore mio» è una delle frasi più celebri e citate della letteratura inglese? La risposta, tutt’altro che ovvia, risiede nel capolavoro da cui è tratta: Jane Eyre (1847), la storia di un’orfana che, grazie alla sola intelligenza e caparbietà, riesce a convolare a nozze con il nobile signor Rochester. Per affermare il suo successo, e il cambiamento della propria condizione sociale, invece di dichiarare «mi ha sposata, lettore mio» – com’era da aspettarsi ne...

In its first ten years, a small Midwestern cinema has attracted some of the most intriguing and groundbreaking filmmakers from around the world, screened the best in arthouse and repertory films, and presented innovative and unique cinematic experiences.Indiana University Cinema tells the story of how the cinema on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington grew into a vibrant, diverse, and thoughtfully curated cinematheque. Detailing its creation of a t...

Diese erlesene Sammlung präsentiert einige der bemerkenswertesten weiblichen Hauptfiguren, die jemals literarisch verewigt wurden und sich kompromisslos über die sozialen Schranken und moralischen Leitlinien ihrer Epoche hinwegsetzten. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei Frauen, die nach Autonomie, Leidenschaft und persönlicher Entfaltung streben – und bereit sind, etablierte Normen zugunsten ihres Freiheitsdrangs zu durchbrechen. Inhalt: Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Shirley (Charlotte Brontë) Lel...