‘From her pen sprang unforgettable females’: 16th-century Spanish author’s knight’s tale given reboot Beatriz Bernal’s pioneering novel features brave, chivalrous women who ride dragons and her adapter wants his illustrated version to reach young readers By Sam Jones
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‘From her pen sprang unforgettable females’: 16th-century Spanish author’s knight’s tale given reboot
Beatriz Bernal’s pioneering novel features brave, chivalrous women who ride dragons and her adapter wants his illustrated version to reach young ...
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The Gnostic Gospels: An Introduction to the Forbidden Teachings of Jesus
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The Gnostic Gospels: An Introduction to the Forbidden Teachings of Jesus
It would be impossible to understand Western civilization without understanding the history of Christianity. But in order to do that, it may serve ...
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Virginia Woolf Thought Katharine Mansfield Stank Like a “Civet Cat Taken to Streetwalking” Gerri Kimber on the Literary Legacy of an Early Master of the Short Form
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Virginia Woolf Thought Katharine Mansfield Stank Like a “Civet Cat Taken to Streetwalking”
The long weekend that Katherine Mansfield spent at Garsington Manor, the home of Philip and Lady Ottoline Morrell near Oxford, from July 13-17, 191...
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Why Was Joan of Arc Executed in 1431? "In 1431, Joan of Arc, the young rebel who helped Charles VII claim the French throne, was executed as a heretic. Why?"
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In 1431, Joan of Arc, the young rebel who helped Charles VII claim the French throne, was executed as a heretic. Why?
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The Hidden History of Women Game Designers Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters. By: Carmel Raz
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Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.
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A history of punctuation How we came to represent (through inky marks) the vagaries of the mind, inflections of the voice, and intensity of feeling by Florence Hazrat
Beside the point? Punctuation is dead, long live punctuation | Aeon Essays
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Kafka becomes more accessible Soon the first English Kafka books will enter the US public domain. The Castle, one of several Kafka works translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, gets there in 17 days. By John Mark Ockerbloom
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Franz Kafka’s work is now known around the world, but it couldn’t be read in English until after he died, and there’s still limit...
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