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Freedom and accuracy in literature
In a moving piece in the New York Times (4 February 2019) Marie Myung-Ok Lee recently asked whether writers should be allowed to write whatever they want about autism. The author, who is hersel ........
Theodor Fontane’s Effi Briest
The year 2019 marks the bicentennial of Theodor Fontane’s birth. The works of the German author have withstood the passing of time, and indeed his books have kept themselves free of dust. Effi ........
Girls and Their Creators: Jane Austen’s Marianne Dashwood and Theodor Fontane’s Effi Briest
My previous blog about Theodor Fontane’s Effi Briest has instigated me to make some comparisons between Effi and Marianne Dashwood, from Jane Austen’s novel Sense and Sensibility. Effi and ........