For Robert Burns
Let me be clear, I come to praise Robert Burns, not to bury him. It is a worry, you see, when a stuffy academic such as I steps before you to praise a poet that…Continue Reading
Category: Literature
The Carnival of Shadows
STAVE III Being the third in a series of guest posts by Daniel Gabelman Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow Christmas Eve. Yesterday was the final…Continue Reading
A Very Merry UnChristmas
STAVE II Being the second in a series of guest posts by Daniel Gabelman Like The Lord of the Rings films, Peter Jackson has decided to release The Hobbit just in time for Christmas. Despite…Continue Reading
Once upon the Nineteenth Century
STAVE I Being the first in a series of guest posts by Daniel Gabelman Advent is once again upon us. The long dullness of November has finally ended, perhaps with the vestiges of turkey still…Continue Reading
An Unexpected Hero
Editor’s Note: Unsettling Wonder is pleased to welcome our newest editorial assistant, Cayt Addison. A graduate student in literature and an enthusiast for the fantastic, Cayt will be masterminding our social media presence—for which, keep…Continue Reading
Many Happy Returns, Mr Stevenson
Today is Robert Louis Stevenson’s 162nd birthday. Perhaps not coincidentally, it’s also the First Annual Robert Louis Stevenson Day. Now, whether Stevenson Day will ever dethrone the haggis fuelled revelry of Burns Night remains to…Continue Reading