...hampe Eliot, a former teacher who wrote poems. It was her who influenced T.S. Eliot most and who directed him towards literary culture. The relation to
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...t situations and thoughts involving the protagonist, Jacob Flanders. Jacob's life and character are presented in this collage: There is not only interna
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...the James Tait Black Memorial Prize both in 1981. Years later, ''Midnight´s Children'' was also awarded with the Booker of Bookers prize as it was cons
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...performance until 1925 because it was considered immoral. One of the play's major themes is the role of women in Victorian society.
...hey are reconciled. However, when Vivie finds out that, despite her mother's wealth, the business is still in operation, she decides to leave and live h
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...9 and by December of the same year more copies had been sold than of Woolf's ''[[Orlando]]'' (1928).
...t such as gender, sexuality, patriarchy. The controversies caused by Woolf’s essay were not only due to the topicality of her ideas but also to the cont
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...la is a tuberculous swelling of the lymph glands that was called “The King’s Evil” because it was widely believed that the touch of the monarch was able
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...of London]] it is an iconic part of the city's skyline. Moreover, St Paul’s is the cathedral of the Diocese of London and therefore is the seat of the
...This one was already a gigantic building which was even bigger than today's cathedral. Until it was struck by lightning in 1561, it was not only the bi
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...h to his wife Henrietta Maria (daughter of Henry IV of France) – the Queen’s House was structurally completed in 1635.
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...that included [[William Lovett]], an activist in the [[London Working Men's Association]]. The charter made six main demands: the vote for every man of
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...d are addressed to a young man; sonnets 18-126 are dealing with the writer's love to the young man; the last sequence (sonnets 127-154) is dedicated to
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...the grandfather of Saleem Sinai in [[Salman Rushdie]]'s novel ''[[Midnight's Children]]'' (1980).
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...first published in 1996. Parodic rewrite of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''.
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...by [[William Wycherley]] first performed in 1676. Inspired by [[Molière]]'s play ''Le Misantrophe''.
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...on four he's a Captain of the British Army. Throughout the whole series he's accompanied by his sidekick [[Baldrick]].
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...ds of living. One example of this method is the [[Salvation Army]]'s three s: soup, soap, salvation.
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...herege]]'s ''The Man of Mode'' (1676) or Sparkish in [[William Wycherley]]'s ''[[The Country Wife]]'' (1675).
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...y Purcell]] that adapts [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''.
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...8. British illustrator and writer. Famous illustrations of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''Salome'' (1894).
...f the subject matter” (Zatlin, 22). Especially his illustrations for Wilde's ''Salomé'' were seen as too sexual and offensive, therefore some of his ini
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...rically, possibly a Roman soldier who protested against Emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians and was executed on 23 April 303. In hagiography
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...g Department Store and featuring the sales personnel of the men's and lady's wear. Catchphrases: "Are you free?" "I'm free".
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...efore his father, therefore nothing came of the plans. The cause of Arthur's death is not really known.
3) One of the protagonists in [[Edmund Spenser]]'s [[epic]] ''[[The Faerie Queene]]''. He embodies the ideal of chivalry and i
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...n Dublin. As its title suggests the book is loosely analogous to [[Homer]]'s ''Odyssey''.
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...therege]]'s ''The Man of Mode''). Also very successful manager of the Duke's Company. Unjustly forgotten as author of [[Restoration Comedy|Restoration C
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...ssed to) or several hundred (contemporary media hype). Owner of the "World's Fair Hotel" in Chicago, among whose guests he chose his victims. He probabl
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...uchamp's ''Bottle Rack'' (1914), a rack for drying bottles with the artist's signature, and ''Fountain'' (1917), a urinal signed "R. Mutt". The concept
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.... It can be almost seen as a case of breaking a butterfly upon a wheel, it's much ado about nothing. Another feature is the extension of the story told.
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...artificial to modern ears, it was very trendy at [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]]'s court during the 1580s. Elaborate rhetorical devices (mostly similes, antit
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