“The shadow of an amputated limb”–I’ve thrown out that phrase as a description of queerness in literature: the amputated limb … More
Tag: Lewis Carroll
97. (Oscar Wilde)
In The Importance of Being Earnest, Algernon quips: “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s … More
14. (John Ruskin)
The twentieth-century author most often summoned as the sibylline guide to the depths of Ruskin’s oeuvre is Proust. Guy Davenport, … More
7. (Thomas Wyatt)
How to get a handle, not on Thomas Wyatt, but on the elusive power of his verse? One way is … More
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