gracetheodolyAug 22, 20209 min read"The Poetess in White": How Society Smothered Emily Dickinson's Genius“Matty: here’s freedom” Emily Dickinson said to her niece as they entered her bedroom, Dickinson turning around to mimic locking her...
gracetheodolyAug 22, 20208 min readTell me a story!"Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t...
gracetheodolyAug 22, 20201 min readHenry James and his "New Woman"Was Henry James one of the earliest, if not the first, male feminist? He was by no means the strongest advocate for female rights, but it...
gracetheodolyAug 22, 20202 min readA bit of poetry...Had some fun with a rendition of how I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Being diagnosed with a learning...
gracetheodolyMay 9, 20202 min readIris Murdoch - Philosophy VS LiteratureDame Jean Iris Murdoch was a British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual...
gracetheodolyApr 19, 20204 min readAphra Behn Aphra Behn lived from 1640 to 1689, writing during the Restoration Period (1660-66). She is hailed as Britain's first female novelist and...
gracetheodolyApr 14, 20203 min readWhat is this blog all about?I decided to write this blog after realising how much literature has helped me, be it through times of stress, sadness or even when...
gracetheodolyApr 10, 20205 min readEmily Dickinson's PoemsEmily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. While Dickinson was a prolific poet, only 10 of her...
gracetheodolyApr 10, 20203 min read10 good reads for the perpetually curious1) The House of Mirth - Edth Wharton This is a must read. It gives us an idea of how society functioned before women gained the right to...
gracetheodolyApr 10, 20202 min readFavourite QuotesAi Weiwei "Creativity is like a seed" E.M. Forster (taken from Zadie Smith's occasional essays p15) "A book which does not leave people...
