Michael PattenFeminism and Objectification in The Sun Also RisesThe Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway’s monumental 1926 novel, has often been heralded as a seminal work of modern American fiction…Apr 11, 2022Apr 11, 2022
Michael PattenMeditations on the Narrative of Frederick Douglass“…I could think of nothing, scarcely, but my life; and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty. I have observed this in my…Apr 11, 2022Apr 11, 2022
Michael PattenThe Amoral Identity Politics of StuffAgain and again, the narratives of Contemporary literature demonstrate themselves to be an inquisition into the existential. This is…Apr 11, 2022Apr 11, 2022
Michael PattenWhat I learned from Salman Rushdie and a Children’s StoryIn the context of a burgeoning neo-liberal, post-colonial global society, Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories, published in…Apr 13, 2021Apr 13, 2021