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Who's Your Literary Role Model?73

Who's Your Literary Role Model?

What sort of role models are we presenting in contemporary Young Adult fiction? The comparison between the classic literary heroines and today's heroines might surprise you.

6 comments    reading twilight feminism
New Releases On Netflix Streaming June 201281

New Releases On Netflix Streaming June 2012

Every month on Netflix streaming Netflix releases new material that they have obtained the rights to. While some or all of the movies below may be available for the Netflix DVD program on June 1st they will also be available to the Netflix streaming service. Here are some of the better movie titles scheduled to be released on June 1st 2012 on the Netflix streaming service.

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Turning all to Honey: Imitation, Originality, and Authorship in Renaissance England58

Turning all to Honey: Imitation, Originality, and Authorship in Renaissance England

In the final chapter of Popular Cultures in England: 1550-1750, Barry Reay states that “Historians have an unavoidable transferential relationship with the past.” In trying to understand events that we have never experienced, we inevitably...

0 comments    shakespeare renaissance
Augustine Herman the Bohemian: A Sonnet in Honor of Maryland's and Virginia's First Accurate Mapmaker78

Augustine Herman the Bohemian: A Sonnet in Honor of Maryland's and Virginia's First Accurate Mapmaker

The sonnet is a Sicilian invention. But it makes up a beloved, popular part of both English and peninsular Italian literatures. A sample sonnet tells the story of Czech immigrant Augustine Herman's achievements in the New World.

8 comments    william shakespeare sonnet
The Main Characteristics of Shakespearean Plays: Comedy, Tragedy, History77

The Main Characteristics of Shakespearean Plays: Comedy, Tragedy, History

Shakespeare's plays fall into the categories of Comedy, Tragedy and History.

9 comments    shakespearean drama
Free Things to do in Manhattan during the Summer74

Free Things to do in Manhattan during the Summer

It's hot, it's humid, it smells, it's summer in New York City. But who cares, there's a ton of things to do and some of them are free! That's right, you read it right here, free things to do in New York. So let's get started. Midsummer Night Swing...

2 comments    free movies swing central park
The Best Great Ways to Say I Love You88

The Best Great Ways to Say I Love You

Find the best ways to say "I love you". Simple actions such as holding her hand or leaving a love note can bring an element of freshness to showing how much you care.

153 comments    love life advice
Afternoon Tea with the Queen of England at Buckingham Palace86

Afternoon Tea with the Queen of England at Buckingham Palace

My husband and I had tea, with Her Majesty the Queen of England, in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. We were not alone with her, though, as it was a royal garden party!

24 comments    buckingham palace afternoon tea
Famous paintings of Ophelia by Millais, Waterhouse and other artists81

Famous paintings of Ophelia by Millais, Waterhouse and other artists

The Pre-Raphaelite artists of Victorian England painted many Shakespearian characters, but Ophelia was a particular favourite. The sad death by drowning of Hamlet's sweetheart...

31 comments    painting picture shakespeare
A HubPage Letter of Congratulations67

A HubPage Letter of Congratulations

Mu hubs have been read 10,000 times

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