At Home in Loneliness, Loneliness at Home: Domesticity and the Early Short Stories of Richard Yates

Richard Yates is best known for his 1961 novel Revolutionary Road, which speaks clearly and powerfully to questions of home, escape and ultimate entrapment in the suburban idyll of Eisenhower-era middle-class white Ameri...

Bohemians, Vagabonds, and Wanderers of the “Ragged Promised Land” in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road

The article focuses on the journey into the “ragged promised land” (80) in On the Road. It can be seen as an escape of the main protagonist Sal Paradise from his roots and from the conformity of American society. Kerouac...

Docudrama czyli świadkowanie między trudnymi i łatwymi przyjemnościami

Pisarz, celebryta, influencer? Szczepana Twardocha droga do sławy

This paper is an attempt to trace how Szczepan Twardoch, one of the most popular contemporary Polish writers, has become a celebrity. The author will discuss the beginnings of his literary path, as well as how consciousl...

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