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Rilke, Joy, and a Spring Morning That Feels Like Fall

May 20, 2023May 30, 2026 Neriman Kuyucu

This is my third attempt to sit down and write an academic post on J.M. Coetzee’s 1999 novel Disgrace, and it gives me joy that I am not writing it. Continue reading Rilke, Joy, and a Spring Morning That Feels Like Fall

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Is Love Truly Blind?: Love and Beauty, or the Lack Thereof

November 6, 2022May 31, 2026 Neriman Kuyucu

Wolf’s analysis is curious, and one with which we are familiar. Does the experiment on whether love is blind ultimately fail then? Is it bound to fail each time? Continue reading Is Love Truly Blind?: Love and Beauty, or the Lack Thereof

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