Britton, R. K. The Modern Language Review 74, no. 3 (1979): 607–16. ‘‘History, Myth and Archetype in Borges’s View of Argentina” is an article written by R. K Britton and published in The Modern Language Review on the…
Gready, Paul. Comparative Literature Studies 46, no. 1 (2009): 156–76. ‘Novel Truths: Literature and Truth Commissions’ is an article that was written by Paul Gready and published by Penn State University Press in…
Theidon, Kimberly. 2014. In Drugs, Security and Democracy Program Working Papers on Research Security 2: 1-20. In this article, Kimberly Theidon shines a light on the immense emotional weight that comes with carrying…
Maiangwa, Benjamin, and Sean Byrne. Storytelling, Self, Society 11, no. 1 (2015): 85-110. The article begins by setting out the context of Northern Ireland following the Good Friday Agreement, arguing that the region…
Berman, Michael. New Internationalist (December 1987). In this article, philosopher Marshall Berman discusses urban blight, not from a scholarly perspective, but from a personal one. He reflects on returning to the…
Machado, Carmen Maria. The Paris Review, August 29, 2019. This article discusses the character Beth March in Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women as well as Alcott’s sister, on whom Beth is based. It highlights the…
Crowley, John. Conjunctions no. 46 (2006): 213-230. This article is a personal essay on the power of storytelling in the face of violence, conflict, and grief. Author John Crowley, who is both an academic and a fiction…
Dadlez, Eva and Lüthi, Daniel. The Journal of Aesthetic Education 52, no. 2 (Summer 2018): 81-94. This article uses literary theory to argue that comedy in fiction can enlighten in the same way as tragedy. Authors Eva…
Adolf, Antony. Peace Research 42, no. 1 / 2 (2010): 9-21. This brief introduction to peace literature explains the main tenets and concepts used in the burgeoning field. Author Antony Adolf argues that peace literature…
Maddocks, Melvin. The Sewanee Review 112, no. 1 (Winter 2004): 22-34. This article examines the relationship between comedy and war, seeking to understand why comedy is used so often in war narratives. It surveys a…