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Modern Languages, Basque Studies and Humanities

Historical accuracy and/or authenticity?

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Historical accuracy and/or authenticity?

Is it truly possible to create a historical film that´s both historicaly accurate and yet portray an authentic and compelling view of the timeline depicted?  Many a time we think that if a film contains too much detail about the period in which is set up or follows the historical events too closely it will […]

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Eman aukera bat bakeari

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Eman aukera bat bakeari

Urko Apaolazaren Argiako artikuluan irakur dezakegun lez “2011n ETAk jarduera armatua uzteko hartutako erabakiaren ondorioz presoen kolektiboak hausnarketa abiarazi zuen. Hainbat hilabeteren ondoren, presoek ziklo aldaketari babesa agertu zioten eta […]

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NOW IS THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on NOW IS THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE

The critic William Blackburn recognizes in Writers for Children the power of the work of Rudyard Kipling, “His unrelenting craftsmanship, …

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Doris Lessing dies aged 94

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Doris Lessing dies aged 94

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:Maev Kennedy,  a special writer of the Guardian newspaper, wrote last month about the dead of the famous English writer Doris Lessing. Maev writes about Lessing in a sad way due to the fact that after a long…

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Chaos for 11 days

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Chaos for 11 days

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:The “Queen of Crime” disappeared. No reasons were known for that tragic act. Feelings of sadness and fear were all combined. The uncertainty of what will happen next was in the minds of everyon…

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In memory of “The man who loved the girls”

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on In memory of “The man who loved the girls”

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:Thanks to an article written in the ABC webpage, in which Servando Rocha is interviewed, I came up with something that personally shocked me. As we all know, Lewis Carroll was the author of “Alicia in the …

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Theatre of Shakespeare: Modernity and Fame

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Theatre of Shakespeare: Modernity and Fame

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:As we can see in Michiko Kakutani’s review of one of the latest versions of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare and his works are not save of “actualizations” that often tend to achieve a …

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SHAKESPEARE OR FAKESPEARE?

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on SHAKESPEARE OR FAKESPEARE?

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:The upcoming film “Anonymous” suggests that Shakespeare did not write his internationally well-known works. However, Peter Holland, a Shakespeare expert from the University of Notre Dame, assures that it i…

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SHAKESPEARE DIXIT

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on SHAKESPEARE DIXIT

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:Christina Sterbenz has found out that we say or write several famous phrases which actually came from Shakespeare. She has given thirteen examples taken from various famous Shakespeare’s plays. Let’s see w…

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A Shakespearean mobile phone

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on A Shakespearean mobile phone

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:“Perhaps all the world is a stage. Thanks to these ingenious apps, the world of Shakespeare is certainly much easier to comprehend” claims J.D.Biersdorfer in his article of The New York Times. Sha…

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The Wuthering story of the Brontë family

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on The Wuthering story of the Brontë family

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:After the early death of Maria and Elisabeth, the other three girls (Charlotte, Ann and Emily) were sent to the Clary’s Daughters school where they spend quite a long time, and which give all of them enough …

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Gathering Together Two Generations.

enero 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Gathering Together Two Generations.

Originally posted on Ghosts of literature:Daughter of a farmer and a teacher, born in the center of Ontario (Canada) and a failure on the college, gets a Novel Prize at the age of 82. These two lines are the shortest summary of the life of Alice Ann M…

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