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English literature

A collection of 5 posts
A sculpture of a Megalosaurus in a park in London. The dinosaur is walking on four feet.
English literature

It would not be wonderful

Dickens, reading comprehension, and romance novels
18 May 2025 4 min read
Shakespeare

Comely truth

come (yes, like that) and, of course, romance novels
03 Mar 2024 8 min read

Every beating heart a secret

SONDER, n. This is a new word (we could say “neologism,” sure), coined by the writer John Koenig in 2012 for his project The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. He invented it based on French “sonder” (to probe, to measure the depths of), and German “sonder-,” a prefix that indicates something
04 Feb 2024 8 min read

Gender outlaws

COPE, v. A reader recently asked me about the use of “cope”and “full of matter” in these lines of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, at the end of Act II, scene 1: DUKE SENIOR And did you leave him in this contemplation? SECOND LORD We did, my lord,
12 Feb 2023 7 min read
So long and thanks for all the classic trash

So long and thanks for all the classic trash

Since twitter is in chaos, I’ve been thinking about how much I’ll miss it. I’ve made a lot of good friends there, received a lot of great book recommendations, sold a few books, learned a lot, and for good or for ill, witnessed many world events. And
20 Nov 2022 8 min read
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