Tag: Literature

Representations of violence and torture used to be an integral part of enforcing the social order - but in a world of uncensored live streams and graphic media content, has our attitude to atrocity really progressed - or does it remain an unacknowledged dark obsession of mankind?

It’s easy to be intimidated by poetry. Often it withholds as much as it gives, leaves obscure as much as it reveals. So why read poetry?

The narrative of resistance and domination in relationships has been the recourse of storytellers since pre-Christian times, with the same lurid, visceral quality evident in Greek myth as in the modern trend of disturbingly violent porn. Yet these primal, animalistic tropes of female subjugation now exist in a ‘civilised’ society, whose vernacular is one of #TimesUp, sex positivity and high-street feminism.

The four-day event will include a Hobbit bake-off

The art form which continues to provide the greatest insight into other cultures

The linguistic and cultural superiority that lives on into the digital age

When Laura Freeman was diagnosed with anorexia, literature saved her sanity. She tells Cara Nicholson that her new book may do the same for others

The 18th century novel is surprisingly relevant to the issues facing women today

Did the Swedish Academy miss the subtlety of his writing?

'Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow' offers an unconventional take on the 'Chosen One' genre

Beard’s new book shows that new trolls are using the same old tricks to silence women

You may need these books to survive 2018, if it is as rocky as 2017

Online commentators have transformed a piece of fiction into a relatable thinkpiece, at the expense of its status as literature

Sally Christmas reflects on the importance of diverse literature in the current political climate