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Tag Archives: Literature
The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope by Andrew Delbanco
Picked up The Real American Dream: A Meditation on Hope at Half Price Books awhile ago as I had heard good things about it. It turned out to be an interesting short work on the larger trends of American history – … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Delbanco, History, Literature, non-fiction, United States, Walt Whitman, William Bradford
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The Great Gatsby in 60 Seconds
This has been in the In-Box for a while but I thought better late than never. For more see LitDrift Musician Matt Mazur Tells the Story of “The Great Gatsby” in 60 Seconds
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Tagged F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby, Great Gatsby, Literature, videos, YouTube
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The Children of Odin – The Book of Northern Myths
As regular readers of this blog will know, I have developed a keen interest in myths and fairy tales. Natural I suppose with my history background as myths are the past handed down in storytelling form; not in the modern … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiction, J. R. R. Tolkien, Literature, Neil Gaiman, Norse mythology, Padraic Colum, young adult fiction
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The Magician’s Book by Laura Miller
Cover via Amazon Laura Miller had a problem. When she was young she was absolutely captivated and enthralled with the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. Given a copy of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Children's literature, Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis, fairy tales, Fiction, Laura Miller, Literature, young adult fiction
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Interesting posts from Dan Green: The Pedagogical Habit and The Existing Public Sphere.




