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The Nursemaid of Nations: The Beginnings of Banal Nationalism in Childhood

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Thirty years ago, Michael Billig's book, Banal Nationalism, recast nationalism as the force that normalises the division of the world into nations through the process of unmindful reminders serving the political project of nationalism, a project that seems ever more salient today. This article argues for the importance of childhood learning in
Katharine Throssell
wiley   +1 more source

Age and origin of a Cahokian wooden monument at the Mitchell site, Illinois, USA. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Kessler NV   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The afterlife of artists. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023
Cutting JE.
europepmc   +1 more source

Occasion and audience as poetic constructs in early modern occasional poetry

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Occasional poetry, composed for specific events such as weddings or funerals, was a dominant form of poetry in early modern Europe. Despite its historical prominence, the role of the occasion as a literary and rhetorical construct in occasional poetry has been very little studied.
Eeva‐Liisa Bastman
wiley   +1 more source

A Journey Between Science and the Arts: Templates for the Depiction of the Pineapple (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

The Orphans of Bishop Richard Fletcher: New Archival Discoveries on the Siblings of Playwright John Fletcher

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents new archival discoveries concerning the siblings of early modern playwright John Fletcher following the sudden death of their father, Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London, in 1596. Navigating the epistemological limits of adversarial legal records from Chancery and the Star Chamber, the study reveals the tumultuous ...
Domenico Lovascio
wiley   +1 more source

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