Devil’s Delight: Georgette Heyer’s Eighteenth-Century Romances
Georgette Heyer is best-known for her frothy Regency romances, set during the early nineteenth century (in the days of Jane …
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Culann’s Hound 32: An Unknown Hero
When I visited the British Library in London, I was surprised to find it uncrowded. The British Museum is mobbed …
Jane Eyre on Page and Screen 19: Reunion with Rochester
“Yes, I love Jane Eyre,” said an English professor friend of mine. “But… that ending!” She shook her head, smiling …
Culann’s Hound 31: These Dreams
The Emain Macha of my tale is Navan Fort in County Armagh, a hilltop site first occupied in the Neolithic period. At times …
The Cook, The POTUS, His Wife and Her Lover
When Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover was released twenty-eight years ago, it went unrated in the US …
Culann’s Hound 30: Warp-Spasm
“Warp-spasm” is translator Thomas Kinsella’s word for ríastrad, the distortion Cúchulainn undergoes when he falls into a battle rage: The …
Cauliflower “Bread”
I am a reluctant member of the low-carb club, because Middle Age settles on a person right where it says: in …
Culann’s Hound 29: Crossroads
The Irish mór rígain or “Great Queen” (Morrigan) was a goddess of warfare and fate. Like many Irish deities, she sometimes manifested …
The People Speak: Ciarán Hinds in “Jane Eyre”
As part of my Jane Eyre blog series, I’ve been reading through lots of reviews on Amazon to see how film versions …
Culann’s Hound 28: Bitter Honey
Modern artwork of Aoife and other warrior women tends to be highly sexualized, and (to my knowledge) no ancient images of …
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