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Antonin Artaud

Antonin ArtaudSourceURL: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/antonin-artaud Poetry Foundation Antonin Artaud, considered among the most influential figures in the evolution of modern drama theory, was born in Marseilles, France, and he studied at the Collège du Sacré-Cœur. He moved to Paris, where he associated with surrealist writers, artists, and experimental theater groups during the 1920s. When political differenc...

Mortality Throughout History: 5 Types of Memento Mori

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Empowering Poetic Defiance

Empowering Poetic Defiance: Baudelaire, Kant and Poetic Agency in the Classroom Many strategies for incorporating poetry into non-poetry classes, especially outside of English and associated disciplines, appear to make poetry subservient and secondary in relation to the prose content of the course. The poet under consideration becomes a kind of involuntary servant to one or more prose authors, forced to "speak only when spoken to," and effectively prevented from challenging the ideas of the...

A contribution to the history of common salt

A contribution to the history of common salt. Source: Kidney International Supplement . Jun1997, Issue 59, pS-127-S-134. 8p. Author(s): DeSanto, Natale G.; Bisaccia, Carmela; Cirillo, Massimo; DeStanto, Rosa Maria; DeSanto, Luca Salvatore; DeSanto, Daniela; Papalia, Teresa; Capasso, Giovambattista; De Napoli, Nicola Abstract: Salt has influenced human nutrition, health, politics, taxation, economy, freight, transport, and commerce throughout the ag...

How Sex Plays a Significant Role in Children’s Literature

Become a memberSign inOpen In AppHow Sex Plays a Significant Role in Children’s LiteratureTom Sawyer & the Absence of Sex (from Para.doxa)Jerry GriswoldFollowDec 5, 2016 · 8 min readPhoto credit: WikpediaThough it might at first seem an unlikely assertion, sex plays a significant role in Children’s Literature. One of the cornerstones of our very definition of childhood–evident, for example, in our system of movie ratings–is the taboo that surrounds knowledge about sexual matters. Such a r...

PLTxt- How Sex Plays a Significant Role in Children’s Literature

Become a memberSign inOpen In AppHow Sex Plays a Significant Role in Children’s LiteratureTom Sawyer & the Absence of Sex (from Para.doxa)Jerry GriswoldFollowDec 5, 2016 · 8 min readPhoto credit: WikpediaThough it might at first seem an unlikely assertion, sex plays a significant role in Children’s Literature. One of the cornerstones of our very definition of childhood–evident, for example, in our system of movie ratings–is the taboo that surrounds knowledge about sexual matters. Such a r...