The Paris Review published my photo of Norman Mailer. It was taken during the Society‘s annual conference in October 2006. The journal actually credits me, not under the photo, but on the contributors page in the back (180). It would have been ultra cool to have had my name under his photo. Still, pretty darn [...]
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Unpardonable Sin
Hawthorne’s Unpardonable Sin, the violation of the “sanctity of the human heart,” is a reflection of Shelley’s Frankenstein. Whether it takes the form of intellectual pride, cold manipulation and observation, or the estrangement of the individual from humanity, the Unpardonable Sin becomes the impetus of the sinner’s suffering and destruction, while at the same time serves as a vehicle for enlightenment.
Notes on “Rappaccini’s Daughter”
Poison is the prevalent gothic element in “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” Poison and its connection with beauty and, in the case of Beatrice, goodness and life also supplies ample Hawthorian ambiguity. All of the characters, in one way or another, are poisoned either mentally or physically. This poison, or poisoning, leads to the tale’s other gothicisms, namely [...]
Revisionary Mythmaking
Adrienne Rich’s essay “When We Dead Awaken” is about what it means to be a woman, and the battles they must fight to write today. It is an essay about revisionary mythmaking and the process Rich had to undergo to define her own idiom as a woman writer. She begins her theme by showing how [...]
