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16/04/2015 18:11
"Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain objects and aspects of life."
G. De Chirico
SURREALISM SYNOPSIS
The Surrealist movement was founded in Paris by a small group of writers and...
16/04/2015 18:11
SIGMUND FREUD
Sigmund Freud was born in 1856 from a Jewish family which moved to Vienna 4 years later. In 1873, Freud begun studying medicine at the University of Vienna. He became a doctor in 1881, specializing in nervous disorders. In 1885 he moved to Paris to study with dr. Charcot, who...
16/04/2015 18:10
THE DOUBLE
The idea of a double, or doppelgänger, in literature is a very old concept and one that has brought us many famous works throughout the ages. Doubles are typically used in literature as the kind of ‘evil twin’ of the protagonist (as in Dostoyevsky’s The Double), however the...
13/03/2015 15:30
• The Victorian era was a period of dramatic change that brought England to its highest point of development as a world power.
• The early Victorian period (1830–48) saw the opening of Britain’s first railway and its first Reform Parliament, but it was also a time of economic...
13/03/2015 15:30
Our new website has been launched today. If you take a quick glance at the homepage you will see that it is divided into several sections. The core of the entire work is the "Blog" section which provides an overview of the motif of the double in English literature,...
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