Tag: englishliterature
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The Time Traveler’s Wife-What Is The Appeal?
Maybe it’s because I’m queer, and growing up queer fundamentally changes the way I approach and perceive love, but nothing in The Time Traveler’s Wife feels romantic. It could be that I didn’t give it enough of a chance. Should I continue watching? Should I try to read it? What are your thoughts?
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Queerly Beloved
A rebranding of my blog page to continue the focus on the queer theory, rather than medieval vs modern.
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Queer Doesn’t Always Mean Queer
Lancelot was definitely queer-not just because I think there’s not way he was only interested in women, but because of how queerness often means breaking from acceptable norms, more so than a relationship that steps away from heterosexuality.
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No More Guilty Pleasures
Perhaps the strangest side effect of studying medieval literature, for me personally, is the way in which I interact with all media has significantly changed. I will be the first to speak about my struggle with intense anxiety and imposter syndrome, even writing this very informal blog causes me concern, so it follows that I…
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We Don’t Talk About Bruno
Published in 1972 as the first novel under the new pen name Philippa Carr, The Miracle at St. Bruno’s is the first in Carr’s Daughters of England series, told through a series of first-person diaries written by the eldest daughter of each subsequent generation, from Henry VIII’s reign all the way through WWII.
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Transcribe, Translate, or Adapt?: The Power of a Word
An examination of Beowulf’s opening Old English word “hwaet” and the impact of transcribing vs translating vs adapting.
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Finding the Medieval
When I returned to higher education in my late 20’s, I was not anticipating a pivot into the world of medieval studies. It was my hope, after completing a two year degree in Library and Info Tech, that I would go to University only as a means to complete a BA, focusing instead on the…
Queerly Beloved 