#19th-century-literature

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3 weeks ago

The young Oscar Wilde's Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided

When private property is abolished, there will be no necessity for crime. In Vera; or, The Nihilists, Vera Sabouroff leads a band of nihilists.
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1 month ago

10 Years Ago, The Best Fantasy Epic You've Never Heard Of Flew Under The Radar

The BBC adaptation of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell defies odds, enhancing its source material's complexity and depth without relying on action-driven visuals.
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3 months ago

The American cultural boom a century on: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dos Passos and Louis Armstrong

George Steiner discusses 19th-century literary saturation and the emergence of American literature as a new universal force after Poe's death.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

What's wrong with us? : Novelist Virginia Feito on our morbid obsession with true crime

Virginia Feito's "Victorian Psycho" presents a gothic horror narrative filled with dark humor and violence, showcasing complex characters and unsettling themes.
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
4 months ago

Eva Emery Dye: Oregon author gained national notice with 'The Conquest,' her 1902 novel of the Lewis and Clark Expedition * Oregon ArtsWatch

Eva Emery Dye was the first Oregon novelist to achieve national prominence, combining historical fiction with social activism.
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