THE SAGA OF GEIRLAUG AND GRETHARI
An Icelandic saga about the endurance of true love and female power. Which may have inspired Andersen's Snow Queen, but certainly has inspired some of my own works, including the finale of my...
View ArticleA FRENCH PUCK
A French PuckAmong the mountain pastures and valleys that lie in the centre of France there dwelt a mischievous kind of spirit, whose delight it was to play tricks on everybody, and particularly on the...
View ArticleLA FERA FEROTGE - OVIDI MONTLLOR
La fera ferotge.Lletra i música : Ovidi MontllorPer ordre de l'Alcaldees fa saber a tothomque una fera ferotgedel parc s'escaparà.Es prega a les senyorescompren força alimentsi no surten de casafins...
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THE WIT AND WISDOM OF IAGO
IIIIago has no doubt about the borders of what it means to be human, even if we may choose to find, as Othello suggests at the play's end, that he may be literally diabolic, as, after twenty...
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OVER 2000 POSTS... STILL GROWING STRONG!
This blog is growing strong as only the Tyrells can!That's right, it's the way you happen right to hear it! This post, to be more exact, makes 2010!!Still, this is merely the tip of the iceberg...
View ArticleMUSINGS ON SOME AUTHORS' STYLES
Ovidius Naso may be considered the Grimm to dell'Anguillara's Andersen, the former's tales being more laconic and the latter's belle infidèle translations more vivid, more lifelike, with more details...
View ArticleDISCIPULUS REDIVIVUS - OCT. MMXVII
Remark this line:...le corps est d’abord déposé dans un coffre de plomb et de ciment qui arrive miraculeusement à Éphèse où la dame, revenue à la vie grâce à l’intervention d’un puer senex, devient...
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THRICE UPON TRAFALGAR
Alexandre Dumas in chapter CXVI of Memoirs of a Favourite. Pairings: Horatio Nelson/Thomas Hardy:Cependant les deux flottes se rapprochaient l’une de l’autre. En ce moment solennel qui précéda une des...
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IT'S NOTHING... JUST A FEW TENTHS...
Kirakira Precure à la ModeEpisode 36 - My Own ReviewIT'S NOTHING... JUST A FEW TENTHS...Akira checks in on MikuBefore the day of the festival, Akira visits Miku at the hospital. When Akira tells Miku...
View ArticleHOW TO SUCCESSFULLY KILL A CHARACTER
Authors are always being advised to be mean to their characters. Often, that meanness involves killing them off. And even as we may bawl over our beloved characters’ deaths, most of us get a strange...
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LA CADENITA DE ORO - Ada María Elflein
LA CADENITA DE ORO - Ada María ElfleinAllá por el año 1816, vivía en Mendoza, Argentina, una niñita huérfana llamada Carmen. Servía a una familia adinerada, cuyos niños la mortificaban de mil maneras,...
View ArticleES PREFERIBLE CALLAR
ES PREFERIBLE CALLAREn cierta ocasión, una niña que estaba jugando con sus amiguitas entró corriendo en su casa y, dirigiéndose a su madre con excitado acento, le dijo:-¡Ay, mamá, si supieras lo que...
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PLOT TWISTS IN OTHELLO
'Othello' is a violent exploration of love and jealousy, and what separates it. It's one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies; a gripping production that will attempt to deeply connect with audience...
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Ser madre de una hija es ganar una cómplice para toda la vida
Ser madre de una hija es ganar una cómplice para toda la vidaEl día que tú naciste, dejé de ser la hija de mi madre para ser la madre de mi hija. Ese día comenzó la vida para ti… y también una nueva...
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La niña que miró al cielo y descubrió su estrella
La niña que miró al cielo y descubrió su estrellaen EmocionesEsta historia habla de una niña que miró al cielo y descubrió su luz interior al ver el brillo de una estrella. Te confieso que esa niña era...
View ArticleCUENTOS DE POLDY BIRD
CUENTOS TIERNOS de Poldy BirdCajitasJunto cajitas. Cajitas esmaltadas, cajitas de madera pintada, cajitas de cristal, de porcelana, de metal, de cartón, de nácar, todas chiquitas.En esas cajitas guardo...
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THE ROSE OF ELSINORE
"I think nothing, my lord": Emptiness, Absence, and Abused Innocence in "Ophelia, the Rose of Elsinore"Mary Cowden Clarke's cautionary, didactic pre-history of Hamlet's Ophelia uses the character's...
View ArticleCOLD COMES AND GOES, LOVE REMAINS
Cold comes and goes, love remainsavaloncat555Summary:Magic always leaves trace. Magic of immortal things from before time doubly so. Gerda cannot forget and Kai can’t help but remember.Together, they...
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CIEL RENTRE À PARIS?
Kirakira Precure à la ModeMy Own Review - Episode 37CIEL RENTRE À PARIS?Having criticised Ciel’s sweets without even trying them, Madame Solène then takes a look around Ciel’s shop. She isn’t exactly...
View ArticleTAROT - HORSESHOE SPREAD - RENTRÉE UV
Horseshoe Spread24th of October, MMXVIIOn the Eve of:Rentrée - Master's Degree in Creative Translation - University of Valencia1) Forces In Favour:XIII Transfiguration (Death). Change, of the...
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