![]() While I enjoyed this novel, I feel I could have experience a different plane of appreciation had I just applied myself a little harder in that class. And…now I find that unfortunate because we definitely studied the Irish identity in Modern literature, and that is a major theme in Rebel Sisters. ![]() Victorian literature and Modern literature? Puh! That stuff could hardly hold my attention. It’s something that resonated with me, and now that I think about it, that’s probably why I’m so keen on the Steampunk subculture it seems to celebrate many of the same things. I happily devoured Romantic literature, which was a reaction to the Industrial Revolution and Age of Enlightenment, and it celebrated nature, spirituality, individuality, creativity, and purity. The class surveyed Romantic, Victorian, and Modern literature. ![]() Upon finishing Rebel Sisters by Marita Conlon-McKenna, I was filled with regret that I didn’t pay better attention in the British Literature class I took my sophomore year of college. ![]()
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