Georg Simmel’s essay ‘The Metropolis and Mental Life’ (1903) viewed the city as the arena of modernity, a disorientating realm that generated neuroses such as agoraphobia and claustrophobia. Exploring the metropolis as a psychological construction, Simmel contended that the city harboured a nervous and feverish population plagued with alienation and a sense of dislocation.
A comparative essay about John Keats’ Romanticism and Muriel Sparks’ Feminism through Keats’ poetic works and Spark’s "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie."
A critical analysis of Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel "The Woman Warrior: Memories of a Girlhood Among Ghosts" when used as a literary text in a classroom format.
An overview of Nathaniel Hawthorn’s discernible viewpoint on Puritanism. Includes a detailed study of Hester Prynne, other main characters, and a works cited section.
Brief discussion on Cixous ideas of female writers in a male dominated society