LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 16th Century

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Poland never possessed noticeable island territories, leading to the natural conviction that a mainland sensitivity dominated. This was also signaled in the shift from the older name for an island, ostrów, meaning a place surrounded by water, to the modern word wyspa, indicating the accumulation of some material. As contemporary Polish literature reveals, there has been a significant shift in Polish representations …

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The 16th century begins with the Julian year 1501 (MDI) and ends with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 (MDC). The Habsburg Spanish Empire, Portuguese Empire, Ottoman Empire, Safavid Persia, Mughal India and Ming China were the most powerful and hegemonic states.

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Evgenii Zamiatin's reputation rests on the pivotal role he played in the development of Russian modernism. Hitherto, however, critical engagement with the experimental nature of his fiction has been largely confined to his middle period: the satirical stories set in Great Britain, the dystopian novel My, and related works. As a writer who came to prominence at the time of the October Revolution, Zamiatin is best kno…

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or as it is known in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, cha…

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The Madrigals of Alessandro Scarlatti. A performance by Consortium Carissimi of six madrigals by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), with discussion by Kelley Harness. Program: O selce, o tigre, o ninfa; Internerite voi; O morte; Arsi un tempo; Mori, mi dici; Sdegno la fiamma. Carrie Henneman Shaw, Soprano, Andrea Leap, Soprano, Alto, William Pederson, Alto, Tenor, Steve Staruch, Tenor, Garrick Comeaux, Bass and Direc…