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Marie Antoinette's Pink Diamond at Auction, the Restoration of an Early Portrait, and a Very Scandalous Dress
France's ill-fated queen in the headlines this week.
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Nicole Miras
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This Hat Killed 200 Million Birds Every Year
During the Victorian period, the lust for rare plumage reached staggering heights.
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Nicole Miras
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The Dress that Started a Revolution
Before there was the 1920s flapper, there was the Delphos gown.
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Nicole Miras
3
The Fight Against Zombie Culture: the New Feudalism, Revisited
Why the humanities matter now more than ever
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Nicole Miras
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So, Where Do the Fairies Actually Come From?
At the end of our series, we address the question that has pestered folklorists for generations.
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Nicole Miras
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Annwn, Otherworlds, and Kingdoms Under the Earth
In the late Middle Ages, the fairy emerges as a distinct, folkloric figure.
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Nicole Miras
A Midsummer Nightmare?
William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" includes one of the most famous literary depictions of fairies. How do Oberon and Titania compare to…
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Nicole Miras
Who Was the Real St. Valentine?
And how did medieval ideas regarding courtly love inform the way we celebrate Valentine's Day?
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Nicole Miras
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Robert Kirk and the Fairy Romantics
Today, we're diving into Reverend Robert Kirk's seminal work, "The Secret Commonwealth" (1691), and how over a hundred years later, Sir Walter Scott…
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Nicole Miras
The Battle of the Victorian Fairies
In the well-to-do households of Victorian cities, fairies were being scrubbed and starched to suit a new, child-friendly image. But in the countryside…
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Nicole Miras
Flower Fairies, Photographic Hoaxes, and the Post-War Imagination
In 1920, photographs of the Cottingley fairies took the world by storm as "evidence" of an eternal, elfin realm. But the image of the flower fairy was a…
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Nicole Miras
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On the Other Side of the Mist
Fairy folklore has enchanted audiences for centuries. In this series, we'll explore how the fairy has evolved over time, and what this says about our…
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Nicole Miras
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