The greatest pieces of literature would be nothing without their characters. This could be regarded as an obvious statement, of course stories cannot be made without the people — and sometimes animals ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information An established journal of literary criticism publishing substantial essays reflectinga variety of critical approaches and covering ...

Writers have used cars to invent experiences we could never imagine. When a horseless carriage hurtled down the road towards Toad, Ratty and Mole in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind In The Willows, it ...

So, in a recent British poll on the most romantic literary character of all time (men, that is; they dealt with women in an earlier poll), top honors went to Rochester, the brooding hunk at the heart ...

Our favourite character has a rainbow in her personality and wardrobe. With her colourful clothes and her bright personality, she helped bring the wheelchair-ridden and depressed Will out of his shell ...