Author Archive for J.Y.L.



I am Stuck

I am currently half way through with my essay, and I just realized that I am shifting its focus. My essay is on how the Toy Princess represents industrialization, specifically mechanization. I started out the project with the idea that mechanization destroys creative thinking in the working class, and I found a few good sources [...]

Where is Tucker and David?

As I am researching right now, I can some material from Herbert Tucker’s A Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture. Where can I find the book/material? I remember seeing that Tucker is available at the Library, does that mean that I have to borrow from another campus?

Hey, I can’t find that on E-res, and I am wondering if samething happened to everyone and if someone found the file, can you please tell me how to get there. Thanks!

Help!

I am writing about Anderson’s argument about the sense of time. Does everyone want to explain how the concept works? I understand it somewhat, but I want some comments on it to get a better idea. Thanks and happy writing!

Little Red Cap

My essay will basically be on the question that I came up with in class, which is how is the sense of time portrayed in the Grimm’s tales [such as Little Red Cap] relate to the new apprehension of time that led to the rise of nationalism. I don’t exactly know what resources to use [...]

Cover Letter

I know this sounds really odd, but I was stuck writing the cover letter a couple hours ago. I don’t usually think about my writing process, so I didn’t know to start at first. I am not sure if splitting my original thesis into 2-3 sentences work, because I thought it didn’t really sound the [...]

Hola!

As of now, I still haven’t decided on which version of Cinderellas I will use. I find all the versions very interesting, although I wouldn’t think some of the stories under the “Cinderella” category. But maybe it’s just me. I am thinking of using “Catskin” or “The Princess in the Suit of Leather”, but I [...]