Literature

In the margins

One Hundred Years of Solitude Review: Netflix's Stunning but Imperfect Adaptation
The label “unfilmable” has a surprisingly short shelf life. Over the years, even the most daunting literary masterpieces have been brought to the screen....
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Alyosha Karamazov and his role in The Brothers Karamazov
Alexei "Alyosha" Karamazov is Dostoevsky's hero and anti-Pharisee. "He was simply an early lover of humanity," Dostoevsky writes....
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New Adult romance: A genre that refuses to grow up
There’s a trend sweeping the publishing world: "New Adult" romance novels are dominating bestseller lists, despite being consistently dismissed by literary critics as little more than glittery fluff....
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What it means to be "Faustian"
The concept of the "Faustian" has taken on a life of its own, far beyond the origins of the legendary tale of Doctor Faustus and his infamous pact with the devil....
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Reality Transurfing: The quantum key to manifesting your dreams
What if you could choose your life path as easily as picking something off a store shelf?...
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Is Lord of the Rings a Christian story?
Some misguided readers and pseudo-intellectuals hold the absurd belief that J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, is somehow not a Christian story....
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