weekly posts on literature, languages, and learning
The Weekend Listener is an eclectic weekly list of noteworthy podcasts and radio recordings, old and new, curated for your listening pleasure. Posts in this series are published on Fridays – please search the website for the previous instalments. LANGUAGE The World in Words: How the Basque language has survived The Basque Land, Library of …
Think of literary vampires, and everyone’s first association is bound to be Bram Stoker’s Dracula hailing from that dark, mystifying land of Transylvania. Enormously influential as it has been, Dracula had a notable antecedent in the form of an even more ground-breaking, yet lesser known, vampiric antagonist - Carmilla - created by the Irish novelist …
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"If any of [my stories] succeed in causing their readers to feel pleasantly uncomfortable when walking along a solitary road at nightfall, or sitting over a dying fire in the small hours, my purpose in writing them will have been attained." Montague Rhodes James was a British writer and scholar. While his academic work in …
"...the strangest and maddest of myths are often merely symbols or allegories based upon truth..." H. P. Lovecraft, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" (1931) This August 20 marks the 132nd anniversary of the birth of H. P. Lovecraft, one of the most influential horror fiction writers. During his lifetime his work was either ignored or underappreciated …
If you love a good spook and want to improve your listening skills, why not listen to some scary podcasts? They are readily available, free, you can listen to them whenever you want, and they are just perfect for the season! Here’s a list of the top 5 I’ve been enjoying throughout the past year. …
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