Last week, we started a new module called Gothic to Modernism. The previous module, Gender and Sexuality, was excellent. As the only man in the class, I loved that I could have my perspective broadened just by being there. Even so, this is the module I was most looking forward to. Gothic often means short … Continue reading French and Irish Gothic
Why a blog?
My name's James. I'm doing an MA in Irish Writing and Film at the university in Cork, Ireland. I suppose I do have to do this for the course but really it's high time I started a blog. I write a lot of stuff in notebooks and such to the extent that even when I … Continue reading Why a blog?
First Impressions on Maud Gonne’s Letters
I got a book of Maud Gonne's letters. It's called The Gonne-Yeats Letters 1893- 1938 but there's only 30 of his, most of which date from 1927 to 1938. In fact few of her letters appear in that section. I'm also expecting her autobiography, A Servant of the Queen, which I hope will come some … Continue reading First Impressions on Maud Gonne’s Letters
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