Five books that provide an accessible short introduction to the study of English Literature, selected by Dr Oliver Tearle In a previous post, we offered our pick of ten great books about literature, some of the very best books we’ve read in the course of our research for this blog. […]
A short introduction to the children’s classic, Charlotte’s Web, in the form of five interesting facts 1. Charlotte’s Web was a huge bestseller. It was the last children’s book to appear on the New York Times bestseller list until the Harry Potter series nearly half a century later. It has gone on to sell […]
By Dr Oliver Tearle 1. Nobody knows for sure why limericks are named limericks. There have been numerous theories put forward for why the five-line verse known as the ‘limerick’ is so named, but none of them is conclusive. The name ‘limerick’ was first applied to the five-line form in […]
A short introduction to the classic novel Of Mice and Men, in the form of five interesting facts 1. John Steinbeck’s original title for his classic novella, Of Mice and Men, was ‘Something That Happened’. This deliberately nondescript title was intended to remove any sense of individual blame for the events that occur […]