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Sasha
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Just finished the section on Montaigne, Rabelais and Shakespeare. Left me with the thought that the evaluation of art in letters is a continual project. Each age celebrates its favorite authors for its own reasons.
— Dec 16, 2012 05:12AM
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Sasha
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Linguistics, art movements, psychology, etc. 1890s to the beginning of the 20C.
— Mar 20, 2013 09:07PM
Sasha
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Discussion of Shakespeare in light of 19th century European Romanticism was illuminating.
— Mar 02, 2013 07:46PM
Sasha
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Just finished the discussion of Continental and British Romanticism.
— Feb 10, 2013 12:19AM
Sasha
is on page 311 of 828
Recently finished the discussion of the court of Louis XIV, the sun king, and how he used his image and his favors to direct the course of social influence.
— Dec 24, 2012 05:19AM
Sasha
is on page 194 of 828
Finished the cross-sections of Spain and Venice during the 17C. Surprised by his comments on the Germanies after the Thirty-Years'-War: "the seemed...dull, patient, defenseless drudges, their heads full of fanciful dreams and murky philosophy, and their art, language, and manners backwards and coarse." (178)
— Dec 21, 2012 06:44AM
Sasha
is on page 90 of 828
Just finished an excellent chapter on Renaissance artists and a few examples of talented women of the sixteenth century.
— Dec 15, 2012 05:49AM
