The Paradox of Travelling to the Past

Shelby Fielding
5 min readSep 22, 2021

An essay about digesting the “classic” works of art & the difficulties that come with them.

“Required Reading” is a frequent definition given to particular works of literature. Sometimes, it’s understood with works highlighting racial inequity or patriarchial systems or homophobic histories, all of which should be sought out to rectify one’s prejudices, if not required to assist in those…

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