‘Beware the Cat’: The First English Horror Novel
In the first English horror novel, Beware the Cat, William Baldwin satirizes and mocks the Catholic Church’s naïve superstitions and alleged pagan practices.
english literature
Generosity, Love, Forgiveness: ‘Mr. Dickens and His Carol’
Rather than once again exploring the all-too-familiar territory of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Samantha Silva's debut novel contextualizes the work's origins and gets inside the mind of its creator.
An Otherworldly Vision: ‘Milton and the Making of Paradise Lost’
William Poole manages to deliver a spectacularly structured, tightly written, and captivating addition to literary studies.