The latest news is that Beyoncé named one of her new babies after a Persian poet. Everyone is abuzz with discussions of who this man was and what exactly this means. Although the poetry was written in the 13th century, it has gathered popularity in the west beginning in the early 21st century. So who […]
Tag: Literature
The Story Behind Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was not a children’s author. Not an author at all. He was a mathematician, and was more at home with numbers than words. Dodgson was a bachelor living in the college town of Oxford, England. In 1856, Christ Church, where he was a member, had a new dean appointed. Henry Liddell, a […]
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Written on November 10, 2016 by AG at 8:41 PM | 0
AG, Ancient (pre BCE), Fertile Crescent, Rest of the World
AG, Ancient (pre BCE), Fertile Crescent, Rest of the World
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, despite clear division between them, Humanity, the Wild, and the Divine are inextricably linked in a synergetic relationship. Throughout the text, a significant emphasis is made on the differences between this triad. However the events of the story itself only prove their strong inter-connectivity. In the text, Humbaba was a […]
Romeo and Juliet – An analysis of Historical accuracy
So we all read Romeo and Juliet at High School, right? Shakespeare’s classic love story. Except it wasn’t, it was a tragedy. So knowing what we know about Tudor/Jacobean history, how accurate was the Bard in his portrayal of love gone awry? Does this story really reflect what we know or surmise about the period? […]
Enheduanna- Princess, Priestess, Poet
There have been authors since the first person told a story around a fire. The first in history that we can call by name is Enheduanna. Enheduanna was born the daughter of Sargon of Akkkad, the first ruler to unite central and southern Mesopotamia. For this he went down in history as Sargon the Great […]