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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…
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„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…
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„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…
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„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…
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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…
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„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…
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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…
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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…
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„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…
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Romantic Circles ist ein virtuelles Forschungsportal zur englischsprachigen Romantik. Die Seite ist in acht Bereiche aufgeteilt: 1. “Electronic Editions” features new volumes of edited Romantic-era texts along with commentary and annotation by leading contemporary scholars…