Category Archives: Summer 2011

Tricky one: Short stories as novels?

Posted on 05/02/2011 by Therese-Marie Meyer

What do one Brit­ish cult author, mainly of com­ics, and a can­on­ized Cana­dian author have in com­mon? Space as fic­tion­al organ­ising prin­ciple! Both Moore’s Voice of the Fire and Humphrey’s The Frozen Thames are short story col­lec­tions, chro­no­lo­gic­ally arranged, and … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Attention peoples!

Posted on 05/02/2011 by Therese-Marie Meyer

Meet the Gentry: Aleksandr Orlov, here seen with his devoted side-kick, Sergej, enjoy­ing the splend­our of his bub­bly jac­uzzy bath. Orlov may seem like a meme all of his own. Brows­ing around his ever-expand­ing homepage, now includ­ing the vil­lage of Meerkovo … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Verse by Verse

Posted on 04/02/2011 by Therese-Marie Meyer

A ver­it­able smor­gas­board of deli­cious tit­bits, a sample of sheer delights! For the poetry lov­er, romantic, pas­sion­ate, dreamy, funny or oth­er­wise, I hope this will be not merely the place to look for details of upcom­ing course read­ings, but a … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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My Secret Favourite

Posted on 04/02/2011 by Therese-Marie Meyer

“Aus­trali­an con­vict nov­els” is in synch with my cur­rent big research pro­ject,  a com­par­at­ive genre study of all 40something Aus­trali­an con­vict nov­els to date. Which is one of the reas­ons why it has been placed at level III of the B.A. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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