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Renowned historian Anthony Grafton invites us to see the scholars of early modern Europe as laborers. Bookish but hardly divorced from physical... Læs mere
The alternate self is a persistent theme of modern culture. From Robert Frost to Sharon Olds, Virginia Woolf to Ian McEwan, poets and novelists—and... Læs mere
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Versions of the Snow White story have been shared across the world for centuries. Acclaimed folklorist and translator Maria Tatar... Læs mere