Among the many dramatic episodes in the brief life of the poet Nakahara Chūya, the most infamous involves a love triangle between the poet, an aspiring actress called Hasegawa Yasuko, and the critic ...

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However, in 2022, before Fontaine and his research team were able to draw any conclusions, the manuscript was sold at an ...

UNESCO added “Al Orjoza fi teb,” the most celebrated work of Andalusian philosopher Ibn Toufail, to its Memory of the World ...

Challenging word-based games are not a modern invention. In early medieval England there was a strong appetite for word puzzles.

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

Adorned with hand-drawn figures and ornate calligraphy, it features the prayer poem O Vernicle ... of the best-preserved examples ever found". Dr Thomas said the manuscript is in "incredible ...

It is the second known manuscript version of this poem, but more importantly ... during this troubled period as well as an excellent example of the political re-use of Shakespeare's writings.

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And the claim of a lack of mourning is undercut by no less than Jacobean author Ben Jonson, whose esteemed poem “To the Memory ... Case of the Ancient Voynich Manuscript Earlier tests they ...

Northwestern University students and faculty collaborate on language and cultural revitalization projects, highlighting the ...

Peruse enough bookstores – or just stroll past their window displays – and you’ll certainly have encountered the design trends adorning our best (and bestselling) literature. Illustrations abound: ...