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Given that Milton’s Paradise Lost has been critically evaluated for centuries, the epic poem presents many themes and questions for the reader to untangle. This rich text has elicited critics to analyse Milton’s cosmology, theology, politics, and his views on authority, free will, and women. Work has been previously done to chart Milton’s universe, and Satan’s traversal through it. For my dissertation, I will be positing that we can reimagine this journey as one through spheres of wombs. I am interested in comparing and contrasting these spheres through their creative power or lack thereof, metaphorical insemination and asexual reproduction, the male womb, impotent versus fruitfulRead More →

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Last week my class presented the Textualities ‘26 conference at UCC. The presentations varied not only across Med/Ren and Modernities, but across an assortment of topics regarding binaries, narrative, thresholds, and antiheroes. The day opened with a bang, with Francis talking about body horror in film, from the 80s to the present. I’m a fan of the topic—I love horror movies and grotesque imagery that makes you recoil, yet captivates and thrills you. The panel continued exploring bodies and binaries, including my fellow Med/Ren student Sally, who analysed gender and nature in ‘The Wife’s Lament’ and Tolkien. The next panel explored ‘hidden narratives,’ from Adrian’sRead More →