Reading literature through the looking glass of theory.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
In these two classic fantasy tales, a young girl called Alice finds herself drawn into another world where she goes through all sorts of surreal experiences from getting advice from a caterpillar t...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
One of the best-known fictional detectives of all time, Sherlock Holmes has captivated readers since the nineteenth century. In fact, he’s as popular as ever today thanks to a bunch of hit TV ser...
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Put together a bunch of schoolboys, no authority figures, and a deserted island, and what do you get? Not children playing nicely, that’s for sure. Finding themselves stranded after a plane crash...
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
This short story from 1891 is narrated by a woman whose doctor husband has decided that she’s suffering from “a slight hysterical tendency.” Sounds fun already, right? Following this diagnosi...
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
This satire follows the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver: an explorer who documents the languages and culture of such strange, faraway lands as Lilliput, Brobdingnag, and Laputa (which, as you can pro...