Community Casual Hangout
OnlineNew to the Interintellect community or want to hang out with new and other members? Join Interintellect editor and host, Arkadiusz, for a casual hangout. Feel free to bring some…
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The Craft Behind Feminine Fun in ‘Chick Lit’ and Women’s Fiction
OnlineJoin Joseline Yu to unpack the literary merit of novels in the 'chick-lit' genre and other fictional works across various mediums that fall under the umbrella of women's fiction. Women's fiction, especially novels in the 'chick lit' genre, are often seen as light, easy and just for fun. Works targeted towards women are often read…
$10.00
Why You Should Read Henry James
OnlineJoin writer and comedian James Harris for an introduction to the life and work of the American writer Henry James (1843 - 1916) and his contemporary importance. “Mr Henry James is the historian of fine consciences.” – Joseph Conrad on Henry James “We work in the dark - we do what we can - we…
$10.00
Book Therapy: Share Your Life Story and Leave with Ten Personal Book Recommendations
OnlineTo continue this fun Interintellect tradition, we will gather again to share life stories and put together a personal list of 10 recommended books for each participant. Hosted by Interintellect founder Anna Gát. One thing that is better than a Great Book, is a book that is great for you. One of our favourite salon…
Western Canon Book Club: Iliad
OnlineJoin host Joseline Yu to explore the nature of war and fate in the heroic epic Iliad, as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. Homer's Iliad pulses with…
$15.00
SOCRATES
OnlineJoin Dr. Jason Rheins, a scholar of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, for a salon on who Socrates (469-399 BCE) was, and what he can mean for us today. Socrates. The Oracle at Delphi proclaimed him the wisest of the Greeks, yet he supposedly claimed to know nothing but his own ignorance. He was poor…
$15.00
Western Canon Book Club: Oedipus the King and Other Theban Plays
Join host Joseline Yu to delve into the world of Greek tragedy through a discussion on Sophocles' Oedipus the King and other Theban plays, as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. Sophocles' Oedipus the King presents the most well-known version of the story about the doomed king trapped from birth to death by…
$15.00
Art for Art’s Sake: Writing Aesthetic Fiction in an Age of Literary Moralism
OnlineJoin American novelists A. Natasha Joukovsky (The Portrait of a Mirror) and Tara Isabella Burton (Here in Avalon; Social Creature) for a salon on the nature of novelistic responsibility, the prevailing ethos of historico-political utility…
$15.00
Western Canon Book Club: Metamorphoses
OnlineJoin host Joseline Yu for a discussion on Ovid's Metamorphoses to unravel the threads of chaos, love and lust weaved throughout the narrative poem's mythical tales, as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. Ovid's Metamorphoses stitches together various myths to create an all-encompassing story of the changes in history since the creation of the…
$15.00
Western Canon Book Club: The Lais of Marie de France
Join host Joseline Yu to uncover the intricacies of courtly love in Marie de France's lais, as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. Each of Marie de France's lais is a short French poem containing an adventure set in Brittany a long time ago. These adventures blend supernatural elements and chivalrous deeds with…
$15.00
Bards & Heretics: Shakespeare and the Psychology of Secular Belief
OnlineJoin American journalist and critic Elizabeth Winkler (Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies) and novelist A. Natasha Joukovsky (The Portrait of a Mirror) for a salon exploring the secular religiosity behind literature's biggest taboo: the Shakespeare authorship question. In celebration of the paperback publication of Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, we will dive into…
$10.00
Wilde in Hollywood, or How the Golden Age Got Naughty
OnlineHollywood is haunted by the ghost of playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde. But how did Wilde, who died over a decade before the first feature film, help to make the movies? Join Kate Hext, associate professor of English literature at the University of Exeter and author of the new book Wilde in the Dream Factory:…
$10.00