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New Historicism – the Relationship Between Literature and History
Rather like Michel Foucault, the New Historicist believes that words are power and that it is through words that we are ‘communicated’ into being. Those who would ‘normalise’ and ‘socialise’ us to their purposes can do this well with facts and reported events that support their goals.
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The Impact of World War I on Modernist Writers
It seems that this knowledge has prevented Clarissa from also committing suicide although why she would want to do so – so privileged she was such – is not completely clear. If, as she believed, her life was a failure then more had to be at root of such failure than the fact that she…
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2013 in review / Happy New Year
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,900 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 7 trips to carry that many people. Click here to…
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Grandma Brown
can’t say i hate ya…didn’t know ya well enough for that…can’t say i love ya neither…knew ya was a Brown rat…
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1933 and FDR’s great ‘the money lenders’ speech – history repeats – what will we do this time?
“Faced by the failure of credit they proposed only the lending of more money.” FDR/ 1933 inaugural speech
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Enjoy the Garden of Eden – Today is an Ace of Coins
When dealing with this energy, it pays to remember that in the Judeo-Christian religion, the first gift from God was the Garden of Eden
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Christ Consciousness at Christmas
Whether or not you celebrate Christmas as the birthday of Christ, a boy named Jesus born in Bethlehem two thousand years ago, by revisiting the concept of ‘Christ consciousness’ you may find the holiday season more meaningful. The Jesuit priest, philosopher, and palaeontologist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, used the term ‘Christ consciousness’ to denote an…
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The Pain of Loss / How to cope astrologically
When one door closes, another opens – or at least that’s what folks say. But it’s nigh impossible to concentrate on the future when the past is making you feel so bad. So how can you facilitate the grieving process – the organic defence system designed to help you navigate through the pain of loss?…
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Date with Fate – Uranus/Jupiter Conjunction in Aries
It hasn’t happened yet – but it will do – next week. Jupiter and Uranus come together in Aries – for the first time in over 80 years – in perfect formation on Tuesday, 8 June 2010, at high noon. Is this important you ask? Yes it is. Jupiter attunes us to the bigger picture…