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literature

The Literary and Cultural Dialogue Between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

Only few literary figures were able to capture the public imagination as powerfully as Sylvia Plath, whose name is known from The Bell Jar and the fig tree analogy. In...

film

Obsession and the Renaissance of the Horror Film

Horror has shaped popular cinema for more than half a century, but only recently has Hollywood begun treating it as worthy of prestige recognition. For decades, critical attitudes toward the...

reflections

It Takes a Whole Village to Educate a Child

In Portugal, there’s an old saying that goes: “É preciso uma aldeia inteira para educar uma criança”, which means something like: “It takes a whole village to educate a child.”...