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Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post The Evolution of Thoreau’s Language in Walden in the group Digital Humanities: 6 years, 3 months ago

In our group’s observations of Henry David Thoreau’s manuscripts, we noticed that his use of language developed over time as conveyed through his revisions, specifically those from Versions A to Versions D (18 […]
Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post The Merits of Applying Digital Analysis Tools to Literary Studies in the group Digital Humanities: 6 years, 4 months ago

As a graduating senior, I have often been asked a variation of the following question: “Why study English?” and my response has always been, and will probably remain: Well, why not study English? One of the mos […]
Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Affectionate Bears and Hostile Humans in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago

“Why do you knock me away without certainty of what is true?”

— Toni Morrison

In the beginning of Toni Morrison’s novel, A Mercy, I witnessed the first act of expulsion that takes place in the novel whe […]
Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Intent and Consequence in the Big Short and The Turner House in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago

In my first
reading of The Big Short, to say that I was confused was a bit of an
understatement. I couldn’t wrap my head around the lack of responsibility that
Wall Street displayed in response to the 2008 H […]
Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Deceitful Exchanges and Tumultuous Storms Depicted in Shakespeare’s King Lear in the group American Studies: 6 years, 6 months ago

Shakespeare’s King Lear deals extensively with the theme of expulsion as depicted through characters like Cordelia, Kent, and King Lear himself and connects almost immediately with seemingly unconventional t […]
Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post The Three Functions of Language in the group Digital Humanities: 6 years, 6 months ago

In his book, The Information, James Gleick touches upon the ways in which language serves as the conveyer of information, which I found particularly interesting in relation to how our computers engage with […]
Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post Themes Across Victorian Literature – Group 3 in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 8 months ago

Group 3: Sandy Brahaspat, Mallory DelSignore, Domenica Piccoli, Jasmine Vrooman

In completing our group project, we decided to use the online software Kumu to map out prevalent connections between themes like […]
Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Resilient Heroines of Victorian Literature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

As I reflect on all of the texts that we explored this semester, it is safe to say that my initial admiration for Victorian literature stands strong as ever. Throughout the course of the semester, I was […]
Sandy Brahaspat wrote a new blog post Amy Levy: A “Jewish Jane Austen” in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

When I was studying abroad in London this past Spring, I frequently visited the small bookstore Persephone Books, an independent bookseller known for reprinting texts written by neglected women writers of the […]
Sandy Brahaspat edited the blog post Group 3 Research: Oscar Wilde’s Infamous Trials in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

In his article, “Re-Presenting Oscar Wilde: Wilde’s Trials, ‘Gross Indecency,’ and Documentary Spectacle,” S. I. Salamensky offers insight on Oscar Wilde’s three infamous trials that criminalised his sexual iden […]

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