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Tag: Classics

Review: The Bell by Iris Murdoch

The Bell is like a delicious and unlikely combination of two Luca Guadagnino films: Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria.

Classics, Novel

How many men are turned into flowers in Ovid’s Metamorphoses?

Adonis, Narcissus, Hyacinthus: all run afoul of the gods in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Classics

Glittering ichthyosaurs in Heart of Darkness

My favourite imagery in all of literature comes from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.

Classics, Dinosaurs, Joseph Conrad

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