She could hear the whistles of the trains coming and going, but the deafening roar of a crowd had not reached her yet. The crisp air around her smelled like the looming winter, but that did not matter to her anymore. She was free at last.
Chief Editor's Note: The Dragon And The Knight
I’ll be honest. I spent a long time being all nervous about what I would write my first chief editor’s note about. Obviously, this is very important, if you believe that a chief editor’s note is what sets the tone for an issue, and…this is the first issue of the semester.
In this essay, I study the differences and similarities in the use of fantastic elements in Washington Irving’s short stories ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ (1820) and ‘Rip Van Winkle’ (1819) and James Hogg’s short stories ‘The Brownie of the Black Haggs‘ (1828), ‘The Mysterious Bride’ (1830) and ‘Seeking the Houdy’ (1830).
Freshers of the Apocalypse
Are you wondering what is it like to start off your studies in a year like 2020? Wonder no more! Read on to know what’s in the mind of some freshers this year!
“Nay, Traveller! Rest.”: On Tourism and Literature
Some places just smell like the pages of our books, don’t they? Some of them trigger that “that’s what s/he meant” moment in our lives. Whether through a sudden realization or by actively bringing an author in mind when looking at a landscape, we think of links between what we read and what we see when we are in nature. Read about tourism, literature, and sustainability!