-
This module will explore kitchen sink realism in British literature and culture, tracing its origins in twentieth-century drama to its resonances in contemporary music and poetry. Departing from the works of John Osborne and his contemporaries, we will examine diverse portrayals of post-war English working-class life, highlighting how social frustration and generational conflicts shaped the…
-
Same As It Ever Was Review. Early in the novel, it becomes clear that Julia’s past has many chapters she is not necessarily proud of, some of which remain unresolved, often disturbing the appearance of placid middle-class mid-life stability she shares with her husband, Mark. While shopping for Mark’s birthday party, she runs into Helen…
-
Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting is one of those novels that you must sit with for a while. When I finished reading it, I wasn’t even absolutely sure whether I could say that I had liked it or not, or if it came down to those terms at all.
