This essay deals with one of Samuel Beckett’s more narrative short plays, Krapp’s Last Tape. While many theorists have delved into the idea that Beckett’s plays belie a certain amount of difficulty and struggle when it ...
Many readers and teachers approach Harper Lee's novel as a moral fable or self-interpreting text, because of its strong emotional appeal to readers. Beyond its sentimental surface, however, Lee's text both demonstrates and ...
In this work, I examine the intersections of race, architecture, and consumption in “Po Sandy,” a late nineteenth-century work by Charles Chesnutt. Whiteness, in Chesnutt’s conception, emerges through violent performances ...