Archive for the ‘Literature’ Category
Lady Explorers
March 5th, 2010 | 3 Comments
It took a lot of gumption and even more courage for women of the Victorian and Edwardian eras to pack their trunks and set off for parts unknown. Despite the sharp edge of colonialism’s knife for the oppressed, the movement of European and American powers into Asia, Africa, South America, and the islands dotting the [...]
The Souls of Black Folk: Arts & Literature
February 15th, 2010 | No Comments
Literature
Paul Laurence Dunbar
James Weldon Johnson
Frances E. W. Harper
Pauline Hopkins
Alice Dunbar Nelson
Art
Edmonia Lewis
Meta Vaux Warrick
Henry O. Tanner
E. M. Bannister
May Howard Jackson
Music
Harry T. Burleigh
E. Azalia Hackley
Thomas G. Bethune
Scott Joplin
James Reese Europe
Will Marion Cook
J. Rosamond Johnson
Marie Selika
Flora Batson
The Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes
January 4th, 2010 | 2 Comments
Contrary to popular belief, Sherlock Holmes was rather a cutting-edge Victorian gentleman. Guy Ritchie’s version of Conan Doyle’s immortal sleuth does err on the side of too much physicality, but otherwise, Holmes was a fighter as well as a deducer. The sport in which he indulged was bartitsu (Doyle misspelled it as “baritsu”, though scholars [...]
Vintage Reviews: When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart
August 19th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Since acquiring my Sony Reader, however temporary, I’ve found reading old books from Project Gutenberg has become a lot easier. I connect the USB cord to my laptop, download the book in ePUB or HTML form to the Reader, et voila! I have a novel or short story written by popular Edwardian writers at my [...]
