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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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Arthur Rackham: Illustrating Dreams
When I close my eyes and think of fairytales, it's Arthur Rackham's world that I envision. On one of the leading figures of the British Golden Age of…
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Nicole Miras
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Crossroads Roundup: (Potential) Face of Cleopatra, St. Nick's Tomb, and Good News for Books
The latest news in art, archaeology, culture, and more.
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Nicole Miras
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The Endurance of "The Nutcracker"
How Tchaikovsky's holiday classic went from being panned by critics to becoming the world's most popular ballet.
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Nicole Miras
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The Many Lives of Arthur Conan Doyle
What to do when your medical practice doesn't have enough patients? You could sail the world, campaign on behalf of psychics, run for a seat in…
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Nicole Miras
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Crossroads Roundup: PhD Student Finds Lost Maya City, Bram Stoker Story Re-Discovered, and a Totally Bananas Auction
Need a break from politics? Read this instead! The latest in art, archaeology, culture and more.
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Nicole Miras
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Who Makes Us Readers?
On discovering a passion for storytelling, reckoning with the devaluation of the humanities, and the people who help us along that journey.
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Nicole Miras
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The Most Scandalous Book You've Never Read
On Mary Elizabeth Braddon's "Lady Audley's Secret" and the Victorian sensation novel.
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Nicole Miras
5
What We Write in the Shadows
In both Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and the vampire sitcom "What We Do in the Shadows," confessionals allow the uncanny and the mundane to collide.
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Nicole Miras
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Escaping to Elfland
On the legacy of portal fantasy in literature, from "The Mabinogion" to Lord Dunsany and C.S. Lewis.
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Nicole Miras
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