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Arts & Humanities > British Literature Analysis of The Hollow Men, by T.S. Eliot

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"All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces; Bright and early for the daily races, going nowhere; going nowhere Their tears are filling up their glasses, no expression; no expression Hide my head; I wanna drown my sorrow, no tomorrow; no tomorrow And I find it kind've funny, find it kind've sad That th... More..

Arts & Humanities > Ancient History Biography: Heinrich Schliemann, Discoverer of Troy

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The year is 1829, the day is Christmas, and the location is a humble preacher's crowded home in northern Germany. A father presents his young son with the 1828 text, Universal History, featuring a fantastic representation of the ancient, doomed metropolis of Troy along with the details of its destruction. The child, fascinat... More..

Arts & Humanities > Classical Lit & Mythology Political issues in ancient Greek writing

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Given that he wrote the Iliad many hundreds of years after the fact, Homer was destined for an eternity of skeptical questions, and not least amongst these questions is the possibility of anachronism. With little more than an ancient song to work from, it seemed almost natural that he would be forced, from time to time, to f... More..

Arts & Humanities > Classical Lit & Mythology Tales of the Heike: A Japanese Illiad

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Culturally Significant Minor Characters in the Tales of the Heike The Tales of the Heike, though often read as a record of bloody civil war and the family ties that caused it, is equally a story steeped in Japanese cultural traditions: a Japanese Iliad, perhaps. Like its Greek cousin, throughout its war narrative, Tales emph... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Conservation Industrialization in Appalachia

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Around the nation, Appalachia is regarded as backwards and static, a set piece right out of America's history, preserved like "a mammoth on ice." The region is the purported antithesis of modernization, the word which now shares its definition nearly completely with progress. The region is seen as antiquated and barbaric at ... More..

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