![]() “ But there was longing, too, in the way I looked at Lorna. In the novel’s prologue, Jess looks back on her feelings for her teacher: Like Julian Morrow– The Secret History’s Classics professor–Lorna Clay is described as an extremely charismatic figure. Specifically, Lorna is teaching about Agatha Christie, whose works are a major part of the atmosphere of Weinberg’s novel. The protagonist, Jess Walker, is a British undergraduate student who enrols at a university in Norfolk to study English Literature with the famous professor Lorna Clay (author of the best-selling The Truants). Kate Weinberg’s debut novel The Truants fits into this mold. For example, the main characters in The Secret History are Classics students. ![]() They often feature characters who are deeply involved in the humanities and liberal arts. These works are variations on the “campus novel” but of a much more sinister kind, usually involving themes of murder and suicide. Donna Tartt’s The Secret History has been credited with inventing the genre of “dark academia”. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |