C. K. Chatterton, 1880-1973

Thomas Chatterton (1752–70) was only seventeen when he died of arsenic poisoning. Among his family and friends he was known as a versifier with a fascination for medieval manuscrip...

Thomas Chatterton (1752–70) was only seventeen when he died of arsenic poisoning. Among his family and friends he was known as a versifier with a fascination for medieval manuscrip...

This chapter explains that the movement that eventually came to be known as Romanticism had its origins in politicized canon-formation. A particular literary taste was developed by...

Wilhelm Storck rechnete wohl nicht damit, dass seine Übersetzung der »Sämmtlichen Canzonen« des Camões in Portugal irgendwelche Aufmerksamkeit erfahren würde, als er im April 1874 ...

From 1880 to 1956, when John Osborne transformed the British theater world withLook Back in Anger, British playwrights made numerous lasting contributions and provided a foundation...

In 1973, housewives in California launched what would be the last meat boycott of the twentieth century. And, like its predecessors, the 1973 boycott gained national momentum albei...