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Joseph Conrad's 'Nostromo'
on Nov 1, 2009 in English literature Nostromo Joseph Conrad This is generally regarded by most Conrad commentators as his greatest novel. It embraces wide ranging themes of political struggle, international capitalism, the expansion of Europe and the United States into Latin America, various forms of persona...
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
on Oct 25, 2009 in grammar English language dictionaries Henry Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage was first published in 1926. It was an immediate success on publication, selling 60,000 copies in its first year, and it went on to become the most influential set of guidelines on grammar and the us...
Shame on the BBC
on Oct 23, 2009 in mainstream media democracy BBC Last night's much over-hyped Question Time was a public disgrace. There was nothing wrong about inviting the BNP leader, Nick Griffin, to participate in a panel discussion format which usually excludes minority views. But the format - and the conduct...
Peggy Guggenheim: Mistress of Modernism
on Oct 19, 2009 in surrealism Peggy Guggenheim modern art Peggy Guggenheim came from a family of rich Jewish business people who had made fortunes as immigrants in the nineteenth century from trade, mining, and eventually banking. Her father was a womaniser who died aboard the Titanic in 1913 - putting on...
Classics Re-visited
on Oct 12, 2009In this short season of cultural nostalgia, I've watched Vertigo and re-read Nostromo - and can honestly say that it's the first time I have properly understood both of them. Or maybe I should say fully understood in the sense of grasping the full pl...
Reading Week
on Oct 8, 2009 in Joseph Conrad Victor Serge product design I'm going back in time in my literary tastes this month - back to some texts I first encountered as an undergraduate. First I started re-reading Nostromo as part of a site update at Joseph Conrad. Then I ordered Literature and Revolution and The Unfo...
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