Kit Heyam: The book is the first full account of how King Edward II (1307-1327) got his queer reputation: the story of the development, over the period 1305-1697, of a consensus that Edward’s relationships with his male favourites were sexual and romantic, and that he was murdered by anal penetration with a red-hot spit. NOTCHES: In a few sentences, what is your book about? Through close readings of poetry and drama, alongside chronicle accounts and political pamphlets, it demonstrates that Edward’s medieval and early modern afterlife was significantly shaped by the influence of literary texts and techniques. The Reputation of Edward II, 1305-1697: A Literary Transformation of History provides the first full account of how this reputation developed, providing new insights into the processes and priorities that shaped narratives of sexual transgression in medieval and early modern England. During his lifetime and the four centuries following his death, King Edward II (1307-1327) acquired a reputation for having engaged in sexual and romantic relationships with his male favourites, and having been murdered by penetration with a red-hot spit.
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Meet pippi longstockingTraditional gender roles do not apply to the marvelous Pippi Longstocking. Without adult authority figures, she can manage fine on her own. She can lift and toss around anything and anyone. She speaks her mind, makes up her own games and routines, is highly creative and imaginative, tells fibs for the fun of it, doesn't go to school (or only when she feels like it), has had lots of exciting adventures overseas already (her father was a sea captain), and is physically the strongest person in the world. She's nine-years-old and lives alone with a monkey and a horse in a house in the outskirts of a little Swedish town. Pippi Longstocking was created in 1945, and she is every bit a strong independent girl who lets no one tell her what to do or how to live her life. There's no nauseating preaching or teaching about goodness/Christianity/ladylike manners like in so much of classic children's literature. Episodic with no obvious morals, and that's okay. Because Astrid Lindgren's classic books are for the inner child in all of us.Īll three books in the 'Pippi Longstocking' series are just the right kind of fun, over-the-top silliness, like a comic strip. Pippi would have been one of my childhood literary heroines alongside Matilda Wormwood.īut it doesn't really matter that, in my mid twenties, I only just now started reading 'Pippi Longstocking'. If I had read 'Pippi Longstocking' when I was very young, I'm sure I'd have loved it. He’s moving through life without looking up.īoth men are struggling with social interactions for completely different reasons but somehow, when they meet, they manage to reach each other in a place that is somehow between all the challenges they face. He’s been called names, and the stares and expressions on peoples’ faces are impossible for him to take. When he first meets Hervé he won’t go out unless he’s wearing a hoodie. Luc is recovering from an accident that has left him disfigured. When he’s overwhelmed by the sound and sensations around him, he shuts down. Hervé struggles most with social interactions and physical contact. He’s working, living on his own…but still challenging himself daily with tasks his psychologist gives hm. What a great way to start of 2020! Love On the Spectrum is a beautiful story about living your life when you’re not like everyone else. Just the facts: Character with Asbergers, Character with a physical disability Is it just a trick or a way to bring together two men who could be each other’s lifeline? It was impossible for them to meet, but life sometimes likes to cheat the odds. Luc has been severely scarred by fire and flees human presence to avert the way people glare and frown when they see him. The Official Description: Hervé has Asperger’s, a specific kind of autism that makes him unable to interact with other people. 6/28/2023 0 Comments Purgatorio dante alighieriA dispute between seculars and mendicants delayed his reception as Master until 1257, where his degree was taken in company with Thomas Aquinas. In 1253 he held the Franciscan chair at Paris. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1243 and studied at the University of Paris, possibly under Alexander of Hales, and certainly under Alexander's successor, John of Rochelle. Bonaventure reports that in his youth he was saved from an untimely death by the prayers of Francis of Assisi, which is the primary motivation for Bonaventure's writing the vita. Almost nothing is known of his childhood, other than the names of his parents, Giovanni di Fidanza and Maria di Ritella. He was born at Civita di Bagnoregio, not far from Viterbo, then part of the Papal States. Many writings believed in the Middle Ages to be his are now collected under the name Pseudo-Bonaventure. He is known as the "Seraphic Doctor" ( Latin: Doctor Seraphicus). He was canonised on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V. The seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he also served for a time as Bishop of Albano. Bonaventure ( / ˈ b ɒ n ə ˌ v ɛ n tʃ ər, ˌ b ɒ n ə ˈ v ɛ n-/ BON-ə-ven-chər, - VEN- Italian: Bonaventura Latin: Bonaventura de Balneoregio 1221 – 15 July 1274), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher. 6/28/2023 0 Comments Margot shetterlyHe spent his entire career as an atmospheric research scientist at NASA Langley. My dad worked at NASA he’s a retired research scientist. Margot Lee Shetterly: My mom taught English at Hampton. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for length and clarity. I recently spoke with Shetterly about working on Wall Street, dealing with restlessness on the job, and matching one’s temperament to a profession. Not long after that, she wrote a book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race, about the first African American women at NASA it won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work and was adapted into an Oscar-nominated movie in 2016. It was then that she realized there were probably many people who didn’t realize the crucial role that women-and black women in particular-played in the early days of American space exploration. “Why haven’t I heard this story before?” Shetterly’s husband asked. In 2010, Margot Lee Shetterly, the author of Hidden Figures, was sitting in her parents’ home, catching up with her dad about some of his co-workers at NASA Langley Research Center, many of whom were black female scientists. 6/28/2023 0 Comments The Snowman by R.L. StineWhile this list may look a little slim given the the author whose work we're covering, it makes sense when we look at it in the context of the holidays. (This says nothing of the one off books he has written!) However, what I wanted to do with this list was to distill it down to some essential R.L. Considering that the popular Goosebumps series alone has sold over 200 titles, one can only imagine how many books the Fear Street, Mostly Ghostly, Rotten School and The Nightmare series have sold. announced that new books are on their way.Īs I researched all the works of this prolific, young-adult fiction author, it became clear to me that Stine's works have covered a lot of ground. Stine Books for the Holidays, especially seeing how R.L. With Christmas approaching and reading becoming a lost art, it only seems right to merge horror and yuletide cheer with, 5 R.L. Sure, Halloween is well represented but other holidays certainly have their due as well. Stine and the holidays have in common?" Well, if you know anything about this legendary, young adult fiction author's oeuvre (he's sold over 400 million copies of his various books), then you know that it covers a lot of ground. I know what you're thinking, "What could R.L. 6/28/2023 0 Comments Alice hoffman the book of magicLegend has it that their ancestor, Maria Owens, abandoned by her lover and accused of witchcraft during the Salem trials, cursed her bloodline to prevent her daughters suffering as she did. The Owens women have always had grey eyes, a spark of magic, and bad luck in love. I was over the moon, then, to learn that The Rules of Magic is a prequel starring the aunts and their brother Vincent, set mostly during their youth in New York City during the 1960s. I wanted to be them, and I wanted their stories. I loved their comfort with each other, their confidence with magic, their authority, their power. The book focuses on Sally and Gillian as adult sisters, and on Antonia and Kylie, Sally's teenage daughters – but I always loved best the elderly aunts, Francis and Jet. The film gave me women loving and fighting with and for each other, in a house and garden (and kitchen) to spend the rest of my life lusting after the book gave me poetry, the names of flowers, and generations of Owens sisters. I loved both, talked passionately about how very different they were from each other, how glad I was that I'd seen the film first so as to appreciate it on its own terms. I saw Practical Magic the film when I was 14, a little while before I read Practical Magic the book. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Rules of Magic Author Alice Hoffman He's also left a severe shortage of funds. Their father was killed in WWII, leaving behind these two children, and their beautiful young mother, the grieving widow. The Wallaces live in a huge crumbling English country house, Milton Magna, their father's legacy to them. Set in 1950's England, it tells the story of Penelope Wallace and her rock'n'roll obsessed younger brother, Inigo. I bookmooched this one from Ireland, so read it in this edition with the rather sweet UK cover (I prefer this one to the North American cover). This last week has been all about comfort reading for me, and here's a book I'd specifically saved - on Danielle's recommendation - for a comfort read. The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets / Eva Rice We will review any pandemic restrictions and make a final decision regarding the in-person by May 20th 2022. If attending in person, overnight accommodation is not included in the fee and is the responsibility of the participant. We are planning to offer this workshop in-person in a venue in Oxford, UK plus online with a mixed training model for increased accessibility. This workshop is only open to mindfulness teachers and professionals who have already completed the introduction to trauma sensitive mindfulness workshop with David Treleaven. Taught by David Treleaven, author of the book Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, you’ll have the opportunity to practice TSM in a number of ways: in personal meditation sessions, through teach-back sessions with other participants, and through dialogue with David. In this live training will help you deepen your skills around Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness (TSM). Deepen Your Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness Training 6/27/2023 0 Comments Dickens nicholasIn the letter, sent to campaigning politician Lord Robert Grosvenor in July 1838, Dickens thanks his friend for sending him the cutting of an incriminating newspaper advertisement for Winton Hallwhich promised the parents and guardians of young children “no vacations”, hinting that unwanted stepchildren or illegitimate offspring might be left with no questions asked, as long as payments were received. A handwritten letter written from Dickens details research he had carried out before inventing Squeers and clearly suggests that a Mr Twycross of Winton Hall in Westmoreland (now part of Cumbria) provided the prototype, and not William Shaw of Bowes Academy in Yorkshire, as academics have usually maintained. But this Thursday a key piece of literary evidence is up for auction in New York. |