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The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
wiley   +1 more source

‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
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Legitimacy and Persuasion in the Anglo‐Scottish Wars of the 1540s

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract The considerable efforts of the invading English to justify their activities and garner support during the Anglo‐Scottish wars of the 1540s are well known. Recent welcome attention to Scottish texts produced during the conflict has begun to correct a previous historiographical imbalance towards English materials.
Amy Blakeway
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Acerca de la teoría de la lírica de František Miko

open access: yesPhilologia Romanistica Cultura
In the second half of the 20th century, František Miko was one of the most important linguists and literary scholars in Slovakia. The aim of this study is to explain the key aspects and specifics of his theory of lyric poetry. The focus will be mainly on
Dušan Teplan
doaj   +1 more source

Model of World of B. Grebenshcikov and Tradition of Russian Symbolism

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2008
The article is devoted to the traditions of Russian poetry in the lyric of B.Grebenshcikov. The author lays emphasis on the problems of connections between Grebenshcikov's lyric and tradition of Russian Symbolism.
O R Temirshina
doaj  

Tewdwr: Eponymous Ancestor of the Tudor Dynasty

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract The standard derivation of the dynastic name Tudor from Welsh Tudur, surname of the grandfather of Henry VII, is problematic on phonological grounds, as well as the fact that Tudur was never used as a surname by Henry himself, being attributed to him only by his enemies with implication of lowly origins.
DAFYDD JOHNSTON
wiley   +1 more source

EMOTION AND RHYTHM: MUSICAL HERITAGES PRESENTS IN THE LYRIC GENRE

open access: yesTravessias, 2010
The lyric genre, according to Salvatore DOnofrio (2005), is directly connected to music and singing in their origin. Such relationship can be proposed since the etymon of the word lyric, derived from lira, a stringed musical instrument used by the Greeks
Cíntia Pires de Lemos Ramires
doaj  

Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

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