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On both days, the extraordinary beauty of the flame arising from the funeral pile was noticed. The weather was beautifully fine. The Mediterranean, now soft and lucid, kissed the shore as if to make peace with it. The yellow sand and blue sky intensely contrasted with one another: marble mountains touched the air with coolness, and the flame of the... See more

Clay Franklin Johnson • Gothicized, Glamourized, Mythologized: The Funeral of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Gothic Keats Press

Romantic History and

Leigh Hunt describes P.B. Shelley’s funeral. Source: https://tinyurl.com/k3cfab6s

Goldman Sachs’ latest Music In The Air report is forecasting that the “superfan” market could be worth $4.3bn globally next year. The subtext here is that this needs to become a priority focus for the music business as recorded music revenues actually fell short of Goldman Sachs’ expectations in 2024, causing it to downgrade its forecasts for this... See more

O Superfan: How Rock & Pop's Elite Screw their Loyal Supporters – and why it won't Work | The Quietus

State of the Arts and

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Essays and

Culture and Imperialism

An exploration of the cultural and literary manifestations of imperialism in 19th and early 20th century Britain and France, and its relationship with the formation of national identity.

oldemc.english.ucsb.edu

History and Literary Criticism

Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said.

The new Monopoly ‘celebrates women trailblazers.’ But the game’s female inventor still isn’t getting credit.

Antonia Noori Farzan • Article

History and

I. TIME in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things, and drowns them in the depths of obscurity, no matter if they be quite unworthy of mention, or most noteworthy and important, and thus, as the tragedian says, "he brings from the darkness all things to the birth, and all things born envelops in the night."... See more

Anna Comnena: • Internet History Sourcebooks: Medieval Sourcebook

Byzantine and

The Antitrust Division will hopefully respond with “No, your search engine was awesome, but it’s increasingly ad-filled crap. You’re too powerful, you’re too lazy, and America needs some real competition.”

Matt Stoller • The First Big Antitrust Trial of the Century Is About to Start

culture and

Though the letters are written one after the other and the "X" and "P" not combined in a monogram, these are known as Chi-Rho pages.

Chi Rho

Spiritual and

You wretched, dear, resplendent thing.

Esarhaddon selected Ashurbanipal as heir c. 673. The selection of Ashurbanipal bypassed the elder son Shamash-shum-ukin. Perhaps in order to avoid future rivalry, Esarhaddon designated Shamash-shum-ukin as the heir to Babylonia. The two brothers jointly acceded to their respective thrones after Esarhaddon's death in 669, though Shamash-shum-ukin... See more

Ashurbanipal

History and