Author Archives: Brady Freitas

“The Waste Land” by T.S. Elliot is one of the works, if taught in-detail, the student is subsequently exposed to a plethora of other literature, historical events, and the creation of literary movements. To elaborate, teaching an entire semester of a college-level course on “The Waste Land”, students will gain a better understanding of modernismContinue reading “Teaching “The Waste Land””

     The Rector by Margaret Oliphant’s follows the story about a rector who replaces the death of Carlingford’s old rector. Even though Carlingford is a fictional town, we can relay back to our textbooks definition of Victorian Realism and see how Oliphant uses realist aesthetics throughout The Rector.      The Broadview Anthology of British LiteratureContinue reading “Victorian Realism- The Rector by Margaret Oliphant”

     Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen carries the tradition typically seen in British literature  (for the time period) of women being pursed in a manner that might be seen as toxic today. Men pursuing women is nothing new; however, with a 21st century lens we can understand more fully the problematic traits that (perhaps) peopleContinue reading “A Villain in Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey””

Wordsworth Preface to Lyrical Ballads urges poets and the genre of poetry to take a more holistic approach to writing a poem. What I mean by this, is that poetry should not have to follow austere and arbitrary rules, when in reality the objective and enjoyment that comes from poetry is the emotion and passion ofContinue reading “Blog Post 1- “This Lime-tree Bower my Prison”