Cultural realism: reconsidering magical realism in the works of contemporary American women writers This book is committed to women as writers and storytellers; all the selected novels are female-centric in that the main characters are women. The authors, also women, … Weiterlesen
„Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origin of this personification of the English everyman and his development as both British and Britain in the following centuries. He first appeared along with Lewis Baboon (French) and Nicholas Frog (Dutch) in 1712 … Weiterlesen
„Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential novella of John Polidori (1795–1821) published in 1819 and attributed first to Lord Byron (1788–1824) who had started a version of it in 1816 at the Villa Diodati in the Year Without A … Weiterlesen
„Hilary Mantel galt seit dem Erscheinen der Romane «Wölfe» und «Falken» als Königin des Historienromans. Am 22. September [2022] ist sie im Alter von 70 Jahren gestorben.“ (WDR, Thomas David) Sie können die Sendung aus dem Jahr 2018, die zuletzt … Weiterlesen
„Jeder kennt Miss Marple und Hercule Poirot, die schrulligen Stars aus Agatha Christies Krimiwelten. Die „Queen of Crime“ ist mit mehr als zwei Milliarden verkauften Büchern die erfolgreichste Kriminalschriftstellerin der Literaturgeschichte. Vor mehr als hundert Jahren schrieb sie ihren ersten … Weiterlesen
Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. Das Portal „British Pathé“ sammelt solche Nachrichtensendungen: British Pathé is considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world. Spanning the years from 1896–1978, its collections include footage … Weiterlesen
Das Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, kurz ODNB, umfasst über 60.000 Biographien von Personen, die alle Aspekte der Geschichte Großbritanniens entscheidend geprägt haben: Monarch*nnen, Politiker*nnen, Künstler*nnen und Wissenschaftler*nnen aller Disziplinen. Die abgedeckte Zeitspanne reicht zurück bis ins 4. Jahrhundert v. … Weiterlesen
„British Movietone is arguably the world’s greatest newsreel archive, spanning the period 1895 to 1986.“ heißt es im Willkommensvideo auf dem YouTube-Kanal „British Movietone“: Discover British Movietone’s newsreel archive, which contains many of the world’s enduring images and is rich … Weiterlesen
„Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. This week, 99pi is featuring an episode from the … Weiterlesen
„Actor, comedian and Author Ben Miller discusses the colourful, complicated and uncompromising life of William Hazlitt. Born in 1778 William Hazlitt is considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, but for centuries, … Weiterlesen
Unbelief in interwar literary culture: doubting moderns Unbelief offers a new account of the relationship between literary and secularist scenes of writing in interwar Britain. Organized secularism has sometimes been seen as a phenomenon that lived and died with the … Weiterlesen
„Albert, Prince of York, genannt „Bertie“ kam am 14. Dezember 1895 zur Welt. Er war der zweitälteste Sohn von König George V. und damit auch Nummer zwei in der Thronfolge. Als sein Bruder, König Eduard VIII. 1936 abdankte, um die … Weiterlesen
Aviation in the literature and culture of interwar Britain Aviation in the Literature and Culture of Interwar Britain looks at the impact of aviation in Britain and beyond through the 1920s and 1930s. This book considers how in this period … Weiterlesen
Imperial paradoxes: training the senses and tasting the eighteenth century At war for sixty years, eighteenth-century Britain and France experienced demographic, social, and economic exchanges despite their imperial rivalry. Paradoxically, this rivalry spurred their participation in scientific and industrial developments. … Weiterlesen
„Fin de siècle,“ murmured Lord Henry.„Fin du globe,“ answered his hostess.„I wish it were fin du globe,“ said Dorian with a sigh.„Life is a great disappointment.“ Oscar Wilde – The Picture of Dorian Gray Kein “disappointment” für alle, die sich … Weiterlesen