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Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf: The Wolf Inside
“For the mad only.” The placard over the door of Hesse’s Magic Theater is the truest line in Der Steppenwolf, because the book it belongs to is a…
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Kafka’s Metamorphosis: Waking Up as a Verminous Insect
“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.” It is among the most famous…
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D. H. Lawrence: The Body’s Truth in Four Major Novels
At the close of Sons and Lovers, a young man walks at dusk toward the lights of a town, away from the house where his mother lies dead, and the novel’s…
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E. M. Forster and A Room with a View: The Edwardian Heart
A young Englishwoman stands at her pension window in Florence and complains that her room looks onto a courtyard instead of the Arno. A stranger across…
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Stream of Consciousness: How the Death of the All-Knowing Narrator Remade the Novel
Stream of consciousness wasn’t a technique — it was what the novel did when the all-knowing narrator died. A deep essay on modernism, Woolf, and Joyce.
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Dubliners: The Best Way Into Joyce
Should I read Dubliners before Ulysses?
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Virginia Woolf and the Stream of Consciousness
What is stream of consciousness in Virginia Woolf?
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Is Ulysses Worth Reading? An Honest Guide
Is Ulysses by James Joyce worth reading?
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Where to Start With James Joyce
What is the best way to start reading James Joyce?
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Modernism Explained: A Reader’s Guide
What is literary modernism and where do I start?