Literature Archive
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![The Irish have had an enormous impact on the literary world, certainly considering their relative small population. Their influence did not go unnoticed, with four writers receiving the Nobel Prize […]](http://the-culture-counter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Slideshow-image-Irish-drama-200x110.jpg "An Introduction to 20th Century Irish Drama")
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An Introduction to 20th Century Irish Drama
Posted on January 28, 2014The Irish have had an enormous impact on the literary world, certainly considering their relative small population. Their influence did not go unnoticed, with four writers receiving the Nobel Prize […] -
![Poetic Justice and Personal Vengeance in Dante’s Inferno Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is widely seen as one of the great works of world literature and a major influence on the […]](http://the-culture-counter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Slideshow-image-Dante-200x110.jpg "A Closer Look at Hell")
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A Closer Look at Hell
Posted on January 20, 2014Poetic Justice and Personal Vengeance in Dante’s Inferno Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is widely seen as one of the great works of world literature and a major influence on the […] -
![Artists and Their Muses, and the Films They Inspired In Greek mythology there were 9 muses, goddesses who provided inspiration to artists in fields such as drama, poetry, dance and […]](http://the-culture-counter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Slideshow-image-artist-and-muse-200x110.jpg "Of Muse and Men")
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Of Muse and Men
Posted on January 5, 2014Artists and Their Muses, and the Films They Inspired In Greek mythology there were 9 muses, goddesses who provided inspiration to artists in fields such as drama, poetry, dance and […] -
![Most people outside of the Netherlands and Flanders are familiar with Dutch literary works through their cinematic adaptations. The Dutch film industry was never shy with borrowing from the literary […]](http://the-culture-counter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Slideshow-image-Dutch-Literature-200x110.jpg "An Introduction to Dutch Literature")
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An Introduction to Dutch Literature
Posted on November 30, 2013Most people outside of the Netherlands and Flanders are familiar with Dutch literary works through their cinematic adaptations. The Dutch film industry was never shy with borrowing from the literary […] -
![Oscar Wilde’s style of writing is usually very lyrical, descriptive, luscious and decadent. He revels in the descriptions of beautiful things and beautiful people. This is most evident in his […]](http://the-culture-counter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Slideshow-image-Salome-200x110.jpg "Biblical Influences on Oscar Wilde’s Salome")
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Biblical Influences on Oscar Wilde’s Salome
Posted on November 23, 2013Oscar Wilde’s style of writing is usually very lyrical, descriptive, luscious and decadent. He revels in the descriptions of beautiful things and beautiful people. This is most evident in his […] -
![On the whole, writers do not tend to hold to retirement age. They continue to write until their deaths, sometimes brought upon more quickly by disease or accident. The result […]](http://the-culture-counter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Slideshow-image-Unfinished-Works-200x110.jpg "Unfinished Works by Great Writers")
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Unfinished Works by Great Writers
Posted on October 26, 2013On the whole, writers do not tend to hold to retirement age. They continue to write until their deaths, sometimes brought upon more quickly by disease or accident. The result […] -
![It is obvious to anyone who read any of his works that Lewis Carroll liked playing with words. Two of his favourite activities were making up new words and rhyming. […]](http://the-culture-counter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Slideshow-image-Phantasmagoria-200x110.jpg "Lewis Carroll’s Phantasmagoria")
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Lewis Carroll’s Phantasmagoria
Posted on October 2, 2013It is obvious to anyone who read any of his works that Lewis Carroll liked playing with words. Two of his favourite activities were making up new words and rhyming. […] -
![“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” – […]](http://the-culture-counter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/apartheid-wc-200x110.jpg "Politics and Language in J.M. Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country")
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Politics and Language in J.M. Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country
Posted on September 25, 2013“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” – […] -
![Many consider Breaking Bad to be the best show on TV at the moment, an honour which has previously fallen on such classics as The Sopranos and The Wire. […]](http://the-culture-counter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Slideshow-image-Breaking-Bad-200x110.jpg "All Hail the King")
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All Hail the King
Posted on September 6, 2013Many consider Breaking Bad to be the best show on TV at the moment, an honour which has previously fallen on such classics as The Sopranos and The Wire. […] -
![William Shakespeare has been an inspiration to countless artists and his influence can be seen up to this day. His play about the procrastinating prince Hamlet in particular has been […]](http://the-culture-counter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Schwarzenegger-as-Hamlet-200x110.jpg "Hamlet: Inspiration from Procrastination")
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Hamlet: Inspiration from Procrastination
Posted on September 4, 2013William Shakespeare has been an inspiration to countless artists and his influence can be seen up to this day. His play about the procrastinating prince Hamlet in particular has been […]