Tom L
@tom-laughlin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, English, Acadia U
Having completed Eagleton's recent book on "Cambridge" Criticism (Eliot, Richards, Empson, Leavis, Williams) and then followed it up with Simon During's latest on the new "conservative" turn in literary studies, I felt inspired to pick up Leavis himself and dive into New Bearings in English Poetry.
January 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Having completed Eagleton's recent book on "Cambridge" Criticism (Eliot, Richards, Empson, Leavis, Williams) and then followed it up with Simon During's latest on the new "conservative" turn in literary studies, I felt inspired to pick up Leavis himself and dive into New Bearings in English Poetry.
The age demanded an image
Of its accelerated grimace
Of its accelerated grimace
January 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The age demanded an image
Of its accelerated grimace
Of its accelerated grimace
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First syllabus draft of the new year
January 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
First syllabus draft of the new year
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'The sky is grey, the creature feels the weight of the stone in her hand. A being stirs into life. She is like the giraffe, who does not know she is a monster.'
December 29, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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