Wild Wild West.
Tychy has had some writing about Roughing It by Mark Twain queued up for some time now. This image should …
Tychy has had some writing about Roughing It by Mark Twain queued up for some time now. This image should …
I had worked through American literature at university, in chronological order, and such was the rush to get to Edgar …
What is the significance of Washington Irving’s combined biography and historical epic Mahomet and His Successors (1849-)? Today it is …
As the USA rolled westwards, the tall tale, a species of folk mischief, had emerged as the acutest cultural expression …
[The following contains spoilers.] Has Thomas Hudson, the hero of Ernest Hemingway’s posthumously-published novel Islands in the Stream (1970), been …
[The following contains spoilers.] Ernest Hemingway had started writing the text that would become Islands in the Stream in 1946. …
For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic will make death come alive again. With the escalating fatalities and the decimation of …
[When I began researching “World War Correspondents” in 2013, it was with the intention of writing a series of articles …
I have a couple of big posts queued up about Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 (1961). One is an article about “Great …
Today the Christmas material in Washington Irving’s The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1819-20) encompasses a jovial and expansive midsection …
[The following contains spoilers.] I never read graphic novels – there is enough on my plate already! – but I …
It is a typical afternoon at the Edinburgh Fringe. I go to the Summerhall to check out the new play …
As she knelt down, the border of her garment was dipped into the pool; she laid her forehead on the …
“Come, my bride!” said those pale lips, “the hearse is ready. The sexton stands waiting for us at the door …
Had a wanderer, bewildered in the melancholy forest, heard their mirth, and stolen a half-affrighted glance, he might have fancied …