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Book of the Month: Amanda Leduc’s Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

Author: Clémentine Beyens Université de Lorraine   Our book recommendation of this month is Amanda Leduc’s Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space. This book questions the use of disability and disabled characters mostly fairytales whether they are ancient tales...

CFP: Honoring Ursula K. Le Guin: Citizen of Mondrath

We’re glad to share the call for papers for the upcoming special issue of Mythlore journal (Spring 2021) “Honoring Ursula K. Le Guin: Citizen of Mondrath”. The journal invites article submissions for a special issue focused on Ursula K. Le...

The ethical and socio-political tension between individuals and society in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and Dave Eggers’ The Circle

Download PDF version This article examines two novels, Atlas Shrugged (1957) by Ayn Rand and The Circle (2013) by Dave Eggers, through the context of American capitalism as a thriving political and socio-economic vision that spans from the 1950s to...