Literature

18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Voltaire and the French Enlightenment

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November 9, 2018

18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

The American Gothic

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June 4, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Searching for Ophelia in the Archive

What does the archive offer for the exploration of Shakespeare in the digital age?

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May 17, 2018

18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Beowulf: History, Legend, and Mythology

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May 9, 2018

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

Religious Change and the Ottoman Empire, 1450-1750

What did the rise and expansion of the Ottoman Empire look like in the eyes of European observers? How did the Ottomans shape the political and religious history of early modern Europe?

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March 15, 2017

16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Religious Change and Print Culture in the Reformation

How did the changes in religion during the Reformation shape the medium of print? How did religious leaders and thinkers attempt to interact with their audience(s)? How did the ways in which religious figures used print pave the way for modern mass media?

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December 6, 2016

13th Century, 14th Century, 15th Century, Collection Essays

The Legacy of the Middle Ages in the Renaissance and Beyond

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May 13, 2016

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Daily Life in Early Modern France

How did handwritten documents shape life in the early modern period? What can these documents tell us about the experiences of early modern people?

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August 28, 2015

19th Century, Collection Essays

Victorians and the Hidden Self: Cultural Contexts for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Picture of Dorian Gray

How did writers and audiences in late Victorian England and America explore the idea of a hidden or double self? In what ways did representations of this self speak to changing understandings of sexuality, gender, and class?

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March 12, 2014

19th Century, Collection Essays

The American Renaissance in Context

What was the literary context in which American Renaissance writers wrote and published? How did now-canonical writers respond to popular literary forms?

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January 23, 2014

19th Century, Collection Essays

Literature of the American Civil War

What literature was published and read during the Civil War? How did literature help make sense of the war and the profound changes it brought to the nation?

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December 12, 2013

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

The World of Don Quixote

How did Cervantes’ Don Quixote respond to the social conditions and literary traditions of early modern Spain?

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October 23, 2013