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Written by Bronte CronsberrySeptember 2, 2019

Translated Into Relevance: An Under-Researched Opinion on Modern Shakespeare

Reading Shakespeare is often one of the most reviled parts of high school English for the average student while beyond the walls of the classroom there is still a large theatre community that is built around keeping Shakespeare’s plays alive. William Shakespeare died in 1616 so his plays are far from recent which raises questions […]

Written by Bronte CronsberryJune 20, 2019

This Close to History: An Examination of Guy Gavriel Kay

An element of the past is often central to fantasy texts, they are set in worlds where characters fight with swords rather than guns and cell phones are more impossible than magic, but the degree of history that slips in shifts a great deal with the author. Canadian writer Guy Gavriel Kay is praised for […]

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