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What Was Shakespeare's Central Philosophy?

What Was Shakespeare's Central Philosophy?

Life, like theater, is fundamentally a fiction

By Ed Simon | April 25, 2016

If <em>Jane Eyre</em> Came Out Today Would It Be Marketed As Genre?

If Jane Eyre Came Out Today Would It Be Marketed As Genre?

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By Lyndsay Faye | April 21, 2016

Charlotte Brontë May Have Started the Fire, But Jean Rhys Burned Down the House

Charlotte Brontë May Have Started the Fire, But Jean Rhys Burned Down the House

Wide Sargasso Sea and The Limits of Bronte Feminism

By Bridget Read | April 21, 2016

On the Literature of Cyborgs, Robots, and Other Automata

On the Literature of Cyborgs, Robots, and Other Automata

From Mechanical Ducks to Mythic Metal Giants

By Michael Peck | April 21, 2016

Searching for Salvation in Charlotte Brontë's <em>Villette</em>

Searching for Salvation in Charlotte Brontë's Villette

Two Pauls, Two Loves, Two Separations

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