Monthly Archives: February 2013
A Day With the Pre-Raphaelites
I had been late to class one day and probably missed all of Professor Hensley’s lesson regarding the Pre-Raphaelites and their works of art. Therefore, my first encounter with them came when I went to the National Gallery of art … Continue reading
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It’s Not a Disney Movie
In “The Blessed Damozel,” Rossetti describes a woman in heaven watching her lover on the Earth below. He portrays the woman as “still” (16) and behind the “gold bar of heaven” (2). This description of a static and elevated female … Continue reading
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Mill on Progress
According to Mill, in Chapter 1 of On Liberty, liberty only divides men “in the stage of progress into which the more civilized portions of the species have now entered” (Mill, 5). It is on the very notion of separating … Continue reading
Encyclopaedia of British Slave-ownership
Hey guys! While trolling the internet I came across this project called the Encyclopaedia of British Slave-ownership that a team from the University College London, led by Dr. Draper, is about to unveil tomorrow. It is a online database that details who … Continue reading
Uncovered Poems by Kipling
George Orwell once described Rudyard Kipling as a “jingo imperalist,” and indeed, Kipling and his work have often been in the shadow of his politics. Recently, scholar Thomas Pinney discovered fifty unknown poems by Kipling as he was rummaging through … Continue reading
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