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A DIRGE ABOUT A ROCK AND HARD PLACE
The English novel is a phenomenon that only took form in the early years of the 18th century, and is generally attributed to Daniel Defoe. Prior to this time, stories were told either in dramatic form on the stage, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Jung, Carol Flyn, Daniel Defoe, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, English literature, George Butte, Henry Fielding, Henry James, Jane Austen, Jane Collier, Jocelyn Harris, Lisa Zunshine, Paul Woodruff, Samuel Richardson, Samuel Richardson Clarissa, Sarah Fielding, Saskia Wickham, Sean Beam, Sir Thomas Roe, Sir Walter Scott
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EAT, DRINK AND BE WARY
”The book was so popular it went into six editions during Burton’s lifetime, and its gratified author was eager to doff his anonymity after the first. It should have been popular. Although it gave expression to the pains of the people (always a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Ben Johnson, English literature, Henry Fuseli, Henry James, Holbrook Jackson, James Shirley The Humorous Courtier, John Boydell, John Fletcher the humorous lieutenant, John Milton, Joseph Wright, Maria Cosway, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, William H. Gass, William Shakespeare, www.tate.org, XTC, XTC Andy Partridge, XTC Colin Moulding, XTC Nonsuch
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CAN'T GET IT OUT OF HIS HEAD
Melancholy, to Robert Burton, the philosopher of melancholy, could encompass many states of mind; mild regret, peaceful contemplation, bitter grief, the hatching of pleasing visions, jealous torments and dementia: I’ll change my state with any wretch, Thou canst from gaol … Continue reading
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Tagged Carrie Ann Baade, Domenico Feti, Dr. Ben Johnson, Dr. Johnson, English literature, Jacek Malczewski, Joan Miro, Midsummer Night's Dream, miro, Robert Burton, Sir William Osler, The Anatomy of Melancholy, William Shakespeare
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A RASCAL'S CONSCIENCE BEING SOMEWHAT ELASTIC
”Defoe is often enough a comic and satirical writer, who balances his enthusiasm for certain kinds of honest projection with a sense of the prevailing dangers of fraud that feeds on modern greed and dreams of instant riches peculiar to … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Defoe, Edward Matthew Ward, English literature, James Charles, James Charles Illustration, James Gillray, John J. Richetti, London Great Fire 1666, Mary Tuffley, Moll Flanders, Puritans and Quakers, Robinson Crusoe, The Dissenters, The Great Plague London, The Plague
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