Interesting facts about the classic nonsense poem, ‘Jabberwocky’ 1. The poem ‘Jabberwocky’ gave us a number of new words which are now in pretty common use. The most famous of these is ‘chortle’, a kind of laugh that is a blend of a ‘chuckle’ and a ‘snort’. But the poem […]
Fun facts about the life of William Faulkner, author of The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner (1897-1962) is one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century. He is known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County in his […]
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) English poetry is a broad field, so any attempt to tell its history in a short blog post is going to have to paint pretty broad brush strokes. But one way of avoiding too many sweeping generalisations about ‘big’ movements in poetic history can […]
Fun trivia about Tarzan and his creator, Edgar Rice Burroughs Ray Bradbury called Tarzan’s creator ‘probably the most influential writer in the entire history of the world.’ What prompted such a statement? There’s no doubt that Edgar Rice Burroughs’ creation has become world-famous, but what is it about Tarzan that […]