Books, movies, music... the media. They influence and mimic (and steal from) one another, resulting in a rich network of ideas and entertainment. At eNotes, we are unabashedly biased toward the written word (#BookNerdPride), and become giddy when books are the source of motion pictures or other modern cultural benchmarks. While bopping my head to some Lana…
We love our moms, and they love us! But... more often than not in literature, we see somewhat, er, nontraditional relationships between mothers and their children. Some of these relationships are too good (or too bad?) not to comment on, so when we started brainstorming our Mother’s Day post, we kept coming back to the…
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Happy birthday, Sir Barrie! J.M. Barrie, famous for penning the original novel that inspired Peter Pan, was born on this day in 1860. To commemorate, we've put together some of our favorite Barrie quotes (no, we didn't just focus on Peter Pan... though we couldn't omit it entirely). We chose some of our favorite spine-tingling and thought-provoking quotes commenting…
Dusting off your Shakespeare for Valentine’s Day sounds like a great idea. The Bard’s famous words are tried and tested — they’ve been working for four hundred years. But are you sure you know what they mean? And are you sure that’s what you want to say? 1. "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"…
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*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEEEEEEEP* Ah... the charming chime of your 6am alarm clock, making sure you are on your way to first period, or your 7:30am chem class (what were you thinking in scheduling that!?). Perhaps your mornings would be a little less grouchy if you were on your way to study the science of Hogwarts…
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eNoters! We are so close to springtime! Birds, bees, apple trees, and sunscreen. It’s almost in our reach. But when the sun comes back, we lose our (completely viable) excuse to stay in after school/work... with our fuzzy slippers & snowflake jammies, bingeing on Netflix or absorbed in a book all night. Let’s be clear: coming…
The Nobel Committee has announced its pick for the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature, and the winner is Patrick Modiano. Not familiar with the French novelist? You're not alone; Modiano's celebrity is far more modest than that of fellow candidate Haruki Murakami, as well as last year's winner, Alice Munro. Yet he is referred to by…
...and the reviewers who actually read them. 1. People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It Author Gary Leon Hill tells of his family's work luring dead spirits from the bodies of very alive people they've held hostage. There are actually quite a few Goodreads…
