Debussy composed eight sets of three songs between 1891 and 1913. Containing almost all the mélodies of these years, the series tracks his development from post-Wagnerian maturity to 'late' style. While we have several fine readings of...

Structuralism is a form of literary theory which, inspired by semiotics and the linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure, emerged in France in the 1950s. In this week’s episode of What the Theory?, we take a look at how...

Literary critics, writers, philosophers, bloggers--all have tried to tackle where and why and how an author may strike such lightning in a bottle that their works enter the pantheon of “Classical Literature”. Why this book is required...

Fiona Giles retired from the University of Sydney in 2020, where she taught and researched literary journalism, creative nonfiction and feminist theory relating to breastfeeding and maternal sexuality. After graduating from Oxford with a...

Fiona Giles retired from the University of Sydney in 2020, where she taught and researched literary journalism, creative nonfiction and feminist theory relating to breastfeeding and maternal sexuality. After graduating from Oxford with a...