I've been reading summaries and literary/historical analysis' of the Tristan and Isoldelegend(s) on and off for the past few days. Unfortunately I have been unable to find the actual text of the stories so I've had to resort to summaries of the early and later versions of the legend. The summaries of the legend have fascinated me though. At first ( Read more... )

The Tell-Tale Heart and Rappaccini's Daughter are my favorite "scary" stories. In that same token, 1984 is my favorite "scary" book. I think what makes them so frightening and [admittedly] exhilarating is the fact that that the events could really happen. Individually and socially. In some ways they're pictures of what is happening now ( Read more... )