‘Soul’s therapy’: the confessional poets and mental health
Jane Rance explores the lives of three American poets and how their writing encouraged open conversations about mental health.
Jane Rance
The phenomenon of #BookTok
Jane Rance explores how this TikTok community has changed the face of book sales.
Dissolving the boundaries of friendship: Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels
Jane Rance discusses why Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels have achieved so much critical acclaim.
The controversial message of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead
Jane Rance explores how the protagonist of The Fountainhead acts according to the author's views of individualism and how this can be problematic.
The legend behind the Holy Grail
Jane Rance delves into the medieval literature that formed the legend of the Holy Grail.
Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Jane Rance reviews the prequel to the The Hunger Games trilogy while considering the connections and differences between them.
Campus lives: books about university students for university students
Jane Rance discusses her favourite books about being an undergraduate student.
Far from nursery rhymes: William Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’
How William Blake's poems about nature and children also comment upon representations of God and criticise the government.