Why was the CIA involved in literature? Stephanie and Michelle talk to Dr Alys Moody about the Congress for Cultural Freedom, a CIA-funded group that financed a whole range of literary activities in the mid-twentieth century. They ponder shadowy government organisations, cover-ups, and what happens when a bunch of writers find out that the CIA is funding their conferences.
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"The mother's injuries are to be handed down to the daughter": Love and Destruction in Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata
The Relentlessness of Memory in Michael Haneke's Caché
Classic Teendaptation #6: Get Over It
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Classic Teendaptation #4: Easy A
Classic Teendaptation #3: Clueless ... As if!!!
Classic Teendaptation #2: She's the Man
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Macbeth: The Enduring Appeal of Shakespeare's Scottish Play
Comfort Texts for a Brave New World
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Kafka's Metamorphosis: The Complex, The Ambiguous and the Inexplicable
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Interview with Diana Plater on travel writing
MQ English Department's International Masters students
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