Digital Archives Give You Free Access to Thousands of Historical Children’s Books | Open Culture — Read on http://www.openculture.com/2020/03/digital-archives-give-you-free-access-thousands-of-historical-childrens-books.html
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Heavenly Geometries | America on the Brink | Issues | The Hedgehog Review
In an 1849 letter to a friend, five years before she began to translate the Ethics, Eliot wrote, “For those who read the very words Spinoza wrote…… Read more “Heavenly Geometries | America on the Brink | Issues | The Hedgehog Review”
Hermaphroditus and Salmacis | History Today
The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, moved the Habsburg court from Vienna to Prague in 1583. Thanks to his patronage, the Bohemian capital attracted many of the…… Read more “Hermaphroditus and Salmacis | History Today”
Edith Wharton’s Moroccan Clichés | History Today
Some reviewers disagreed with her and In Morocco prompted political debate. ‘All the properties of an Arabian Nights tale are here’, wrote Irita Van Doren in the…… Read more “Edith Wharton’s Moroccan Clichés | History Today”
The Philosopher and the Detectives: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Enduring Passion for Hardboiled Fiction | CrimeReads
The scene is London; the year, 1941. Ludwig Wittgenstein, likely the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century, has taken a hiatus from his Cambridge professorship to do…… Read more “The Philosopher and the Detectives: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Enduring Passion for Hardboiled Fiction | CrimeReads”
Writing Self, Writing Empire by Rajeev Kinra – Paperback – University of California Press
Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan “Brahman” (d. c.1670), one of the great Indo-Persian…… Read more “Writing Self, Writing Empire by Rajeev Kinra – Paperback – University of California Press”
A cultural history of theatre in antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The cultural history of theatre in Antiquity (meaning Greek and Roman civilisations) is the first volume of a collection of six books that explores the cultural history…… Read more “A cultural history of theatre in antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review”
Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece, Featuring 4,000 Illustrations: See Them Online | Open Culture
Not many readers of the 21st century seek out the work of popular writers of the 19th century, but when they do, they often seek out the…… Read more “Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece, Featuring 4,000 Illustrations: See Them Online | Open Culture”
Joy Harjo on the Power of Poetry, and on Building a Comprehensive Canon of Indigenous Poems – Chicago Review of Books
“It is poetry that holds the songs of becoming, of change, of dreaming, and it is poetry we turn to when we travel those places of transformation,…… Read more “Joy Harjo on the Power of Poetry, and on Building a Comprehensive Canon of Indigenous Poems – Chicago Review of Books”
Five Books about the Writing Life | Book Marks
Claire Messud, the author of Kant’s Little Prussian Head & Other Reasons Why I Write, shares five books in her life — Read on bookmarks.reviews/five-books-about-the-writing-life/
