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German publishing history

Imagine this: more than 2,000 boxes overflowing with letters, photographs manuscripts, and notes, some by the most famous writers of the 20th century. The literary researchers’ gift from heaven landed recently at the German Literature Archive in Marbach.

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Chelsea teacher releases first folk album

Nine months out of the year, local resident John Zainea can be found lecturing his students on the importance of English literature and social studies at Chelsea High School. However, in the summer, the shirt and tie come off and Zainea gets down to business doing what he loves most –– writing and recording music.

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Dudley visits Senegal

David Dudley, a professor and Chair of the Department of Literature and Philosophy at Georgia Southern University, is recently back from a two-week trip to the West African nation of Senegal. The trip was part of a grant won by two GSU History Professors, with the goal of increasing international content and awareness in the curriculum of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Dudley …

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‘Inseparable,’ by Emma Donoghue

Inseparable Desire Between Women in Literature By Emma Donoghue (Alfred A. Knopf; 271 pages; $27.95) In asserting that nothing has really happened until it’s been recorded, Virginia Woolf overlooked the rather unbecoming reality: Even with a clear cipher…

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Shmoop Adds Online Photo Slideshows to Help Teachers and Students See US History, Civics, and Literature Like Never …

Shmoop, a publisher of fun, smart digital learning materials, added photo slideshows to more than 100 of its free online Learning Guides. Shmoop added thosands of historical photos and works of art to its US History, Civics, and Literature Learning Guides.

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Sacrificing educated workforce won’t help

In 1790, President George Washington proposed to Congress the establishment of a national university. “Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness,” he declared, recommending “the promotion of science and literature.” In 1796, he told… George Washington - United States - United States Congress - History - Presidents

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Suspects cite ‘noble’ motivation

Va. men facing terror charges say secret trips abroad were for friendship, “fun,” to help orphans. Friendship - Relationships - Poetry Quotations and Literature - History and Scholarship - Greetings Pages

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Book Review: Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness by Lisa M. Hamilton

Deeply Rooted is a compulsive page-turner that looks not only into the source of our food, but into what makes us human. Arts - Literature - History - Historians - Right-wing politics

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In Memoriam: Martin Price, Distinguished Scholar of 18th-Century English Literature

Martin Price, Sterling Professor Emeritus of English and one of the 20th century’s most distinguished scholars of the Augustan Age and the history of the novel, died on April 10. He was 90 years old.

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Textbook on Bible criticized by ACLU

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia has asked a Chesterfield County textbook-review committee to drop one of the books being considered for a proposed Bible class. A fax sent Wednesday by the ACLU to textbook-review committee members Ed Witthoefft and Gayle Hines urged them not to use the book “The Bible in History and Literature,“ prepared by the North Carolina-based National Council …

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