12 June 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Anne Frank, was born in Frankfurt.
In 1942, on her 13th birthday, she received an empty diary. She perished in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.
'Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character & goodness.' (A.Frank)
Oh hi there! Just me, casually appearing from a behind a big stack of US editions of LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, because the book's out in America today! A huge thank you to @princetonupress.bsky.social 🐈⬛
Buy it here! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
For more about this book, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with author Rhodri Lewis. #books #literature #shakespeare @princetonupress.bsky.social @rhodrilewis.bsky.social
James Bailey
It is a truth universally acknowledged that tragedy is one of the world's highest art forms, and that Shakespeare was one of the form's greatest practitioners. But …
For more about Margaret Fuller, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with biographer Megan Marshall, author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life.
#books #biography #margaretfuller @harpercollins.bsky.social
"Any kind of inhumanity, given practice, becomes human. All the varieties of transgression are buried in the darkness of the world."
– Yasunari Kawabata #botd
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For more about this book, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Marjorie Garber in Episode 808 on the History of Literature Podcast.
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“I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”
– Anne Frank #botd
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In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social offers some reasons to love the poetry of Robert Browning, such as "My Last Duchess." Jacke then talks to author Elisabeth Paling Funk about her book The Dutch World of Washington Irving.
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@jackewilson.bsky.social talks to Marjorie Garber about the long reach of authors like William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Thomas Kyd, and others, whose works exposed the lies and hypocrisies of one of America's darkest periods. #books #literature @yalepress.bsky.social
“Thoughts should be real. Words should have a definite meanings and a man should believe what he said.”
– Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift
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The History of Literature Podcast
The History of Literature Podcast
The History of Literature Podcast
The History of Literature Podcast
The History of Literature Podcast
The History of Literature Podcast
The History of Literature Podcast
In Shakespeare’s Tragic Art, @rhodrilewis.bsky.social offers a powerfully original reassessment of tragedy as Shakespeare wrote it—of what drew him toward tragic drama, what makes his tragedies distinctive, & why they matter.
Now in #paperback!
Find it here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Princeton University Press
www.historyofliterature.com
Robert Browning (1812-1889) is often considered one of the greatest of the Victorian poets. Two developments established Browning as an indispensable figure in the …
In her lifetime, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was widely acknowledged as the best read person - male or female - in New England. Her landmark work, Woman in the Nine…
During the Cold War, hearings led by U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy soon turned into a witch hunt, as paranoia and political opportunism destroyed the careers (and li…
During the Cold War, hearings led by U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy soon turned into a witch hunt, as paranoia and political opportunism destroyed the careers (and li…
Born in 1810, Margaret Fuller Was Labeled a Child Prodigy. She Later Used Her Intellect to Ask Important Questions About Women’s Role in America
by Megan Marshall
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/born...
Books by Margaret Fuller @ PG
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Shakespeare Unlimited released its interview with author Marjorie Garber about her book A TREACHEROUS SECRET AGENT.
Listen here: https://www.folger.edu/podcasts/shakespeare-unlimited/shakespeare-and-the-red-scare/
A world-renowned critic’s haunting and deeply researched account of the subversive acts of literary revenge performed during the Red Scare hearings of the ...
