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Early Stuart Libels view detail comment email this

This site provides "early seventeenth-century political poetry from manuscript sources. ... Though most of the texts are poems of satire and invective, others take the form of anti-libels. ... These poems throw new light on literary and political culture in England in the decades from the accession of King James I to the outbreak of the English Civil War. The edition is divided into chronological and thematic sections." From two history professors.
http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/
Topics: History By Place, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry

Last updated Oct 15, 2005


The Reading Cure: How to Organize a Book Group With a Social Conscience view detail comment email this

This opinion piece provides suggestions for starting a reading group centered on "socially conscious and political novels." It includes ideas for forming and running the group and a briefly annotated list of reading suggestions that includes both classics and contemporary novels. From the website for Mother Jones magazine.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2005/10/reading-cure
Topics: Activism, Hobbies, Literature & Books

Last updated Sep 15, 2009





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