The relationship between the human and the divine in The Saga of the Volsungs is best exemplified by Odin and the Volsung family, firstly in Odin’s efforts to ensure the continuation of the Volsung family line, then in the manner in which Odin...

Krishan Kumar claims that HG Wells “never wrote a proper utopia, in the strict sense”. This may seem a paradoxical statement in regards to the author famed for being the leading apostle of science utopias, and lends itself to the question: “what ...

"An expression of culture" [1] is what defines architecture. Recognized as the "first major arts in the arts' classification, architecture is part of the 9 major arts as well as the fine arts" [2]. The history of architecture is more or less...

In Christina Rossetti’s poem “The Prince’s Progress” and William Morris’ poem “Rapunzel,” the princes make choices which directly affect the fate of the princesses that they are pursuing. The princesses are depicted as unable to carry on their...