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It has recently been reported that the federal government has warned Internet entrepreneurs, especially eBay sellers that they must pay their taxes or face prosecution. I was personally introduced to the wonders of eBay shopping more than 7 years ago, and since then I’ve been an active buyer of various items and products. One of the obvious reasons ( Read more... )

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In studying the intersections between literature and the theory of psychoanalysis, what remains extremely interesting for me is the enigmatic principle that makes the fantastic persistent in literature and film. In 1970, Tsvetan Todorov concludes his treatise The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre with ( Read more... )

Hi guys!
Has anybody ever written a letter of intent for his/her phd application?

"I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration. Some seem to have but one vulnerable point, or door of access; while others have a thousand avenues, and may be captured in a thousand different ways. It is a great triumph of skill to gain the former, but a still greater proof ( Read more... )

A big hello to all comp.lit. students!
I am interested to pursue my graduate studies in comp.lit. at Toronto University next year.
Originally conducting my study in the English department in Israel, I am completely new to this field and not particularly familiar with the staff.
I will be very grateful if anyone could share his/her experience with me ( Read more... )

Dear friends,
does anybody know, where this Irving's story was first published?
Thank you 

"My native country was full of youthful promise: Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age. Her very ruins told the history of times gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement - to loiter about the ruined castle - to meditate on the falling tower - to escape, in short, ( Read more... )

'Now, Sirs, we may go where we will.' Morgan la Fey