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My academic studies over the last eight years have proved a great learning curve for me, both academically and personally. I have changed and grown so much in both aspects that describing it is somehow difficult. One very important aspect … Continue reading →

Frederick Douglas and Human Rights Violations against Women Abstract “When the true history of the antislavery cause shall be written, women will occupy a large space in its pages, for the cause of the slave has been peculiarly a woman’s … Continue reading →

My Thesis will be based on Frederick Douglas and Human Rights Violations against Women. Douglass was a slave, fugitive slave, campaigner, abolitionist, author and civil servant. He worked tirelessly to highlight the plight of enslaved people, their extreme lack of … Continue reading →

Frederick Douglass and His Two Wives Our MA English Modernities Mini-Conference took place last Thursday, 6th April 2023 at UCC. What a fantastic day it was. As I had to present my own presentation via teams from home, I followed … Continue reading →

One of the most interesting and inspiring authors I came across to date is Frederick Douglass. He was a former slave who escaped from Maryland to New York and became a public speaker a Public Speaker,  Author, Editor, Abolitionist and … Continue reading →

Hello all, I have just finished writing an essay on William Golding’s The Inheritors. This was a really challenging topic to discuss. I choses a question regarding the fact that it may be “A Literature of Atrocity” and how Golding … Continue reading →

While I am busy with my own blog, I have been reading some of the blogs by other students in my class. They are really interesting, and developing so well. I have posted some of the links here so you … Continue reading →

Hello again! Last week as part of my MA in English we had an assignment to edit a Wikipedia page. I chose William Golding’s The Inheritors. I recently read this for a module and it is really interesting. It deals … Continue reading →

So before I move on to the next reading, I thought I might share the following I just jingled! I promised a little poem about my dog and best friend Gracie…… Gracie…. When life hands a bad deal You always … Continue reading →

I have just attended this webinar by Illuminations at the University of California, Irvine. The speakers were author and Harvard Lecturer Jeffery Wilson along with actor and writer Thomas Varga. This was inspirational in two ways. Firstly, the introduction by … Continue reading →