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'Carmilla' by J. Sheridan le Fanu , is the first story about vampires, strictly talking, in literature, even prior to Stoker's Dracula. You should give it a try, it's worth it.

Would the forum be so gentle as to help me looking for Emily Dickinson poems where lilies appear? The Lily is a symbol in her poems, I know it, but I can't recall many poems with 'lily' on them, Can...

I'd wish he'd have finished it, too. It's one of my favorite poems.
He actually left it unfinished because he recieved a lot of negative critics because the poem was obscene (remember there's a...

I read Emily's poems for pleasure. In fact, I read one everyday from her 'Complete poems' and I love it. She's just brilliant.

But I like this thread! I mean, it is true that a lot of people read...

Sorry, you're right, the word did exist. I just meant that it was not of popular use to refer to homosexual women. The word got popular use with the first feminist wave, if I do recall correctly. It...

Oh, a lot of things can be destroyed due to inner frustration, but I'm only interested in flowers, because flowers are so fragile and beautiful, and they represent pretty, naive things. The contrast...

I do totally agree with godhelpme2, but I think sometimes it's important to understand the life and feelings of the authors to fully enjoy their works, and to me, Emily is one of those.

OMG, Homer's secret shame xDDDDDD You made my day xDDDDDDD

Flowers are always a hell of a thing when working on symbolism. I still remember the incredible amount of information I did extract from the pear tree in Katherine Mansfield's 'Bliss'... You wouldn't...

My name is Cristina, but even my friends and some teachers calle me 'Fire'. Nick comes from a X-Men character, Jubilee. She's called 'the firecracker' in the comics and I'm a little like her in the...

Have you ever read a book where someone ate a flower? Just like this. If you have, I'd be very grateful if you could let me the title over here.

I'm a huge symbolim fan and recently I've found...

(Ahem, before I start I want to apologize in advance for any mistake in my writing, because I'm spanish and sometimes I tend to do crap with english. I'll try my best. Have mercy on me).

It's...