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A Few Strange New Hybridities in Literature

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Daniel

Of late, my rather strange and serpentine reading habits have yielded up examples of what might be called literary hybridities, where genres and styles work to subsume or coalesce. Of course, such genre bending is not even remotely new but … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews | Tagged Absurdism, Abuse, Angela Carter, Aqueous Books, Art, avant garde, Basil King, Beloved, Bhanu Kapil, Black Mountain, Blasphemy, Book Review, Borges, Carolyn Zaikowski, City Lights, City Lights Press, Colonialism, Daniel Staniforth, Dzanc Books, Eco Poetry, ekphrasis, Elizabeth Robinson, Escapist, faery, Fantasy, fiction, Flash Fiction, Genre, George Gissing, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Graphic novels, Green Man, Hieroglyphs, Historical novel, History, Hoffman, Hybrid fiction, hybrid literature, Hybrid poetry, iain sinclair, Imagination, Jack Collom, Jonathan Carroll, Kafka, Kenneth Patchen, Klee, Learning to Draw, Leaves of Grass, Literature, Marsh Hawk Press, Martin Anderson, Mayflies, Monkey Puzzle, Monkey Puzzle Press, mythology, Nancy Stohlman, Native American, Nature Poetry, novel, Nymph, Omnidawn, Paintings, Pastorale, poetry, Pure Slush Books, Red Fox, River, Romantic, Ros Barber, Sara Veglahn, Saxon Churches, Scandinavian, Selah Saterstrom, Shakespeare, Shearsman Books, Short Stories, Skylight Press, small press, Surrealism, Thames, Toni Morrison, Underwater, Victorian Novel, Vixen, Voyeurism, Walt Whitman, Wilkie Collins, Women in White | Leave a comment

Writing the Unicorn: The Paradox of Historical Fiction

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Daniel

“Luckily Nicolas didn’t have to answer, as he couldn’t have spoken. I had placed my hand on his bulge, which was as hard as a tree branch. I had never touched one before.” It was at that precise point when … Continue reading →

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Tudor History – Give me the Warts!

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Daniel

As someone interested in Tudor history I’m often tempted to have a peek at new television and film adaptations of the period – but have learned to temper my hopes and expectations in doing so. In the old days it … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Uncategorized | Tagged Anne Boleyn, British History, charlton heston, Costume Dramas, duke of anjou, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan, English history, Epic films, Film, Helen Mirren, Henry VIII, henry viii and his six wives, Hilary Mantel, Historic films, Historical Fiction, Historical novel, History, Lady Jane Grey, mary of guise, mary queen of scots, Mary Tudor, Movies, Ray Winstone, Richard Burton, Television Drama, The Tudors, Tudor History, Tudors | 1 Comment

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A Few Strange New Hybridities in Literature

Writing the Unicorn: The Paradox of Historical Fiction

Tudor History – Give me the Warts!

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