by J.W. Carey | Jan 3, 2016 | Essays & Articles
I recently sat down to write the obligatory “The Future of Literature” post that everyone seems to be rolling out now that we’ve crashed into the new year with reborn opinions and increased senses of self-worth and optimism. However, as I was doing so, this one phrase...
by J.W. Carey | Dec 23, 2015 | Essays & Articles
Widely unknown in modern Britain (I was aware that it had existed at some point, but it was only the news that it was being brought back that encouraged me to actually read up on the subject), the Left Book Club was a publishing group with (as you might be able guess...
by J.W. Carey | Dec 21, 2015 | Essays & Articles
I’ve been thinking, recently, about the idea of literary fiction and its merit. I think most writers come up against the idea of their work having merit at some point in their careers/lives. It has been, for the most part, one of the most divisive aspects of modern...
by J.W. Carey | Oct 16, 2015 | Essays & Articles
So, the other day, I wrote a little bit about humanism, what humanism means to me, blah blah blah, whatever, if you want to read it go right ahead. Anyway, through the course of it I made several references to “good” – now, the idea of good has had tens, if not...
by J.W. Carey | Oct 14, 2015 | Essays & Articles
So, recently, I wrote a few blog posts covering the basics of existentialism and I was extremely quick, as I recall to jump on the ol’ “Existentialism is a Humanism” argument. It occurred to me, however, as I sat here reading Gogol’s Dead Souls, that many people may...
by J.W. Carey | Oct 8, 2015 | Essays & Articles
In of itself, the term absurd is a synonym for ridiculous or preposterous. In the past I have also seen it described as anything, whether a thought process or a physical action, which is inconsistent with reason or common sense. For my part, I tend to lean towards the...
