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Literature as empathy: A call for stories that bridge divides and ignite understanding
We need to read good literature to help us once again find connection with one another. Tragically, we have been desensitised ...
X has been used to represent love and kisses for centuries. But how did it start?
While the origins of the cross as a kiss are still debated, the answer likely lies in the letters of working-class lovers ...
7 best Jane Austen movies and shows, ranked
When it comes to Jane Austen-inspired books and movies, Helen Fielding’s book-turned-movie “Bridget Jones’s Diary” is one of the most recognizable. Not only did the novel help shape the modern ...
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A Stunning John Constable Sketch That Hadn’t Previously Been Recorded in the Literature Is Heading to Auction
Experts think the early 19th-century artwork could be an early draft of the British painter's "View of Dedham Vale From East ...
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18th century amputations: two case reports
Hospitalised children predate 19th-century specialist children’s hospitals. Before Lister and anaesthesia, surgery was generally of short duration. In the 18th century, paediatric surgery was ...
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‘Galleries want comfortable social realism’: Why British art has a class problem
With more than 150 works of painting, photography, film, sculpture and ceramics exclusively by working-class British artists, the exhibition at Two Temple Place aims to “unpack a century of ...
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Reclaiming our stories: The case for Bangladeshi literature in English curricula
For years, only the Shakespeares and Dickenses of the world have been the mainstays in our English classrooms, with no room for the Rokeyas — voices that resonate with our culture and identity. It’s t ...
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How a Piece of 19th Century Fiction, a Disenchanting Love, the Circus, and More Inspired Peggy Lee’s “Is That All There Is?”
Remembering Peggy Lee's version of "Is That All There Is?" Mike Stoller said: "Peggy's is really the essential version of ...
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ARAB3081: Literature of the 19th-Century Arabic Nahda
Other: see Chairman/Chairwoman of the Board of Studies in MLAC or his/her representative. The module aims to introduce students to the literature of the 19th-century Arabic nahda ('revival') through ...
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Tag Archives: 18th and 19th century British literature
(IN BRIEF) Professor Daisy Hay, a biographer and expert in 18th and 19th-century British literature, has been elected to the Council of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL). Hay, a Fellow of the RSL ...
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The British Raj through George Orwell’s eyes: How colonial India shaped the literary legend
Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century. Orwell was born in 1903 to Richard Walmesley Blair, a mid-level administrator in the British Indian Civil Service, overseeing the production of opium ...
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19th Australian Infantry Battalion
The 19th Battalion was raised at Liverpool in New South Wales in March 1915 as part of the 5th Brigade. A large number of the 19th's original recruits had already served with the Australian Naval and ...