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Diving into the literary.

Essays

Shakespeare, Gender and Renaissance Comedies

Pritha Deshpande -
In Shakespeare and several Renaissance plays, chiefly comedies, a particular aspect that can be singled out for its frequency and its repetition is the...
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D.H. LAWRENCE, ONE OF OUR OWN

Joseph Antony -
“But the coal miner’s son was certainly not a half-wit; he never looked back at the past, as Woolf accuses him, for his own good.”
Essays

Fathers: The Psychologist, the Monster and the Holy Archetype

ALMA Staff -
“While it may have originated from the need to ascertain paternity, fatherhood has long since crossed over the wall of mere biology into concepts of identity, symbolism, and psychological inquiry.”
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The Revolutionary Poetry of Shankha Ghosh

ALMA Staff -
Legendary Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh passed away on the 21st of April, of Covid-19. His literary work and resilient life has inspired generations to stand-up to fascism.
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Five Graphic Novels that Build Powerful Words

Anushmita Mohanty -
The stories in this list cover a host of subjects, from the mundane to the political
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A Real Image

Pavitra Mishra -
The fantastic banality of life in Japanese literature.
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Ruskin Bond “Zigzags” with Humour and Translation

Anushmita Mohanty -
The sound of laughter is indistinguishable across languages.
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“Undifferentiated Brown Stuff”: Daljit Nagra and Travelling Poetry

Anushmita Mohanty -
In this collection, poetry becomes a way of signalling: we are not alone
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The Undaunted Poetry of Louise Glück

ALMA Staff -
"Glück’s voice was shaped by bedtime stories narrated to her by her father, a Hungarian immigrant to the USA, who helped invent the X-Acto knife. The influence shows: her writing is as knife-sharp, incisive, and clean as a bone."
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The Intimate Relationship Between the Private and the Public in Tamil Sangam Poetry

Saranya Subramaniam -
““It seems to me,” she said, “that poetry does two things: it either contracts its surrounding space or expands on it.””

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