In this blog post, we’ll explore the life and works of Charlotte Dacker against the backdrop of 19th-century London, focusing on how ‘Joploya’ and ‘Desire’ raised questions about women’s desires and social constraints. Charlotte Daker had several names. Before marriage, she was known as Charlotte King, taking her father’s surname, and when publishing literary works...
In this blog post, I analyze Radishchev’s critique of serfdom and autocracy as revealed in his “Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow,” and examine how he came to be reevaluated as a revolutionary symbol by figures ranging from Herzen to Lunacharsky. Radishchev and His Revolutionary Legacy We Are Sympathizers (Мы сочувственники). On July 30, 1918, the Soviet People’s Commissariat, led by...
In this blog post, I will briefly summarize the key plot points of each part of ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ (Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and Houyhnhnm) and explain how they connect through different themes and events. Preface The work’s preface contains two prefaces. One is a letter from Gulliver to his cousin Simpson, and the other is a letter from the publisher to the...