VOLUME 7(1) • 2024
John Clare and the romantic universe
Abstract. John Clare (1793–1864), the “green man” of English literature, is one of the most fascinating romantic poets, who wrote prolifically excellent poetry, yet struggled hard for a long time for a hearing in academic circles. Even if today the situation is better than it was a few decades ago, ..
The Emperor’s new clothes: using fable as a creative tool to integrate psychology
Abstract. Psychologists have often expressed discontent at the fragmentation and lack of unification in the discipline. The present article considers the fable as a potential unifying tool that may integrate distinct psychological topics. Using the fable of The Emperor’s new clothes, the present art..
Shadow lines into the present: Joseph Conrad then and now
Abstract. Joseph Conrad died 100 years ago, the same year as Kafka. The two could even have met at Berlin’s Anhalter Bahnhof on a specific day in 1914. Though they are worlds apart, one can still find parallels: emotional ones like guilt and fear, a seismographic sense of the future, intuitions abou..
Harold Bloom et al on J. D. Salinger’s major short fiction
Abstract. Harold Bloom’s J. D. Salinger (1999; Bloom’s major short story writers) encourages readers to not only revisit literary works by famous American writer J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), but also delve into the mysteries that have not yet been uncovered in prior research. Although containing as f..
Robert Silverberg on drug themes in SF: toward an expansion of consciousness?
Abstract. Robert Silverberg’s volume Drug themes in science fiction (Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1974) delves into the SF literature published in the 1960s through the 1970s as part of a research series for the National Institute on Drug Abuse in California. Silverberg makes a s..
William Blake in Romanian translation: Vala – a critical bilingual edition
Abstract. Vala (1796–1807), an epic poem of four thousand lines, and known to exist only in manuscript (not converted into illuminated painting), is William Blake’s most enigmatic masterpiece, standing in creative rank next to Jerusalem (1804–1820) and Milton (1804–1808). Vala is a powerhouse of rom..