Books & EssaysEvery month begins with a paper I wrote about the Arts:Basile Lebret·Follow2 min read·Jun 23, 2021--ListenShareThe Snowpiercer SagaWith the Snowpiercer season 1 finale around the corner, why not dive into the odyssey on which this whole fanchise was…basile-lebret.medium.comChapkoondo, Ring of Fury, Xinjiaquan: The tragic history of Martial Arts in SingaporeWhether in sports or fiction, be they for fighting or pure form, martial arts appear not to resonate with Singaporean…basile-lebret.medium.comThe Three Dark Princes of German HorrorWhen a trip to the used book stores leads you to the discovery of the Gustav Meyrink, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Karl Hans…medium.comA Trail of Lighthouse MoviesRobert Eggers’, Aislinn Clarke’s and Jean Grémillon’s movies seem to all share the same roots.medium.comA brief History of Killing Children through Competition (in Fiction)A paper exploring the history of societal infanticide through games in fiction. For the Greater Good !basile-lebret.medium.comA Trail of… Plagiarism?Did Maurice Renard really copy Edgar Allan Poe? What about Ewers and Erckmann-Chatrian? And McKenzie?medium.comThe Horla as a study of French snobismSomething can be said of the way the French education system treats Maupassant’s most famous fantastic tale.medium.comMarcel Schwob, the French ScheherazadeMarcel Schwob lived in the early 1900s and wrote mostly short fictions.basile-lebret.medium.comOv DissectionMy recollection of a nazi band I grew up with.medium.comCourtesy of Morten Oddvik
