Hector Hallett

University of York

Founder and Chief Editor of The Astyanax.

Contributing since June 2026 · 4 essays · 7 lectures · 1 piece of fiction & poetry · 207 reads

Essays & Criticism

Literature

Essay

Conformity and Rebellion: Joyce and Bennett on Education and Identity

How A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and The History Boys stage the conflict between institutional authority and the self.

Hector Hallett · 6 September 2026

Literature

Essay

The Illusion of Choice: A Reading of Larkin's 'Dockery and Son'

On time, habit, and the futility of the paths not taken.

Hector Hallett · 6 September 2026

Literature

Essay

The Creature as Eve: Liminality in Shelley’s Frankenstein

and the Fragmented Self in Early Modernist Thought

Hector Hallett · 12 June 2026

Literature

Essay

Paris France, Gertrude Stein

To Be Fashionable and To Be Logical

Hector Hallett · 12 June 2026

Lectures

Classics

Lecture · 43 min

Homer's Iliad Explained: Books 6–12

Hector Hallett · 30 August 2026

Literature

Lecture · 10 min

Why the Women Die in Frankenstein

A video essay

Hector Hallett · 27 August 2026

Classics

Lecture · 17 min

'Peira' in Books 2–5 of Homer's Iliad

Hector Hallett · 29 July 2026

History

Lecture · 47 min

Mad, Bad, and Dangerous: Lord Byron (Part 1)

Hector Hallett · 16 July 2026

Literature

Lecture · 9 min

On Being Lost: Dante's Inferno

Hector Hallett · 6 July 2026

Classics

Lecture · 22 min

'Kleos' in Book 1 of Homer's Iliad

Hector Hallett · 26 June 2026

Literature

Lecture · 1h 14min

James Joyce: Why He's Worth the Effort

Hector Hallett · 19 June 2026

Fiction & Poetry

Poetry

Ios, Greece

A Homeric style poem on the theme 'Riddle' for the Oxford Tower Poetry Competition 2026.

Hector Hallett · 28 August 2026