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The Bible 10 Jan 2013 | 03:12 am
authorized King James Version edited by Robert P. Carroll Reading the Bible for my English studies, who would have thought that. I do understand why, no worries. Fortunately I did have a good bas...
Classical and Christian ideas in English Renaissance Poetry 10 Jan 2013 | 02:55 am
by Isabel Rivers a students' guide 1979/1994 Not an easy read. Chapter by chapter it was quite a lot of information to chew. But... the result was satisfying. It was all very interesting to know more...
Chaucer's Language 10 Jan 2013 | 02:51 am
by Simon Horobin 2007, UK Oh... and in my previous entry I forgot to mention another great help with reading Chaucer in Middle English: Chaucer's Language. This book offered so many tips and explanat...
The Riverside Chaucer 10 Jan 2013 | 02:37 am
by Lary D. Benson 1987/2008, UK For our philology course of this semester we have read the Canterbury Tales in Middle English. With a little (or a lot of) help of the footnotes, the glossary, and lot...
Twelfth Night 10 Jan 2013 | 02:06 am
by William Shakespeare 1601/1623, UK I must admit I always avoided reading Shakespeare. Because it felt too overwhelming to read it. And I kind of feared this part of my English studies because of th...
One out of many 10 Jan 2013 | 01:13 am
by V.S. Naipaul Trinidad/UK, 1971 Very impressive story and kind of familiar. Migration into a totally foreign and new-to-you country and culture is scary, integration is hard... especially if you do...
The Garden Party 10 Jan 2013 | 12:20 am
by Katherine Mansfield New Zealand/UK, 1922 Wow, what a story! It's a short one but a beautiful one. Great descriptive details of a garden party in preparation. I felt like being a part of it. In th...
The Dead 9 Jan 2013 | 10:29 pm
by James Joyce 1914, Ireland James Joyce's name I only knew from walking through Dublin and the Writers Museum. I got interested in him years ago but so far never got the chance to read him. So this ...
Heart of Darkness 9 Jan 2013 | 09:22 pm
by Joseph Conrad 1902, UK I had a hard time getting through this novella at first and if it wouldn't have been an obligatory read for my English studies for sure I would have stopped reading after a ...
Wise blood 9 Jan 2013 | 07:49 pm
by Flannery O'Connor 1968/1980, USA Our tutor said about this novel that depending on the backgrounds everyone reads it differently. Now that goes for every book I guess but in this book just a littl...
