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Oldfield, Sybil. ‘Thinking Against the Current’: Literature and Political Resistance. 2013. Sussex Academic Press, Eastbourne, UK. ISBN: 978-1-84519-689-9

Review by Theresa Wolfwood   “Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.”   Virginia Woolf   This fascinating and informative study of independent thinkers since the 1700s makes compelling reading in a time when media and other social forces discourage and suppress expression of dissent. But it appears that mainstream society has always suppressed and often, still does, persecute those who dare to resist. Starting with the Read more [...]

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