Re: quick question for those who live in England and know about stars
You're welcome! I found it fun to use, hope you find the same.
View ArticleBBC 18th Century season (UK)
Hi,The bbc have started a season on the 18th Century which started with 'Rule Britannia! Music, Mischief and Morals in the 18th Century' last week and the episodes are still available on iplayer (as...
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Thanks for the heads-up! I'll definitely check it out :)
View ArticleRe: those days?
I grew up in the southern US (east Texas, in fact) in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. High humidity, but otherwise generally clear air and very little light pollution. Lots of stars at night,...
View ArticleRe: Re:but PLEASE do not call the Plough the Big Dipper
fwiw, Sarah, the Pleiades are definitely within the galaxy, extremely young by astronomical standards (“only” 100 million years) and close (“only” 390-460 light years). (Wikipedia, of course, fount of...
View ArticleOrion
Oh, and the Orion Nebula is also part of our Milky Way, not a separate galaxy. (The Astronomy Picture of the Day, one of my favorite sites for favorite sights, cited (and showed) a wonderful pic of it...
View ArticleRe: JA cookie cutters!
When I first saw the "Darcy" I thought it looked like Abraham Lincoln. *shrugs*
View Articlemale heirs
19th century English law and custom regarding the sexes was generally very much in favour of male heirs and the custom of primogeniture (senior male inheriting as head of the family). Although women...
View ArticleElizabeth as a strong female character
I think that the exact reason P&P resonates more strongly to modern audiences than other Austen novels is because Elizabeth is an unusually strong female character for the period. She is the most...
View ArticleRe: Elizabeth as a strong female character
I agree that Elizabeth is a strong female character for the period, but whether Elizabeth is the 'most' clever and/or independent of the Austen heroines is a debatable point. Personally I'd say that...
View ArticleRe: Elizabeth as a strong female character
Both Alan and Jessical contribute to the same point, I think. Austen's popularity owes in part to her ability to create strong heroines who resonate with modern views. She was ahead of her time and...
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Jessical Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I agree that Elizabeth is a strong female> character for the period, but whether Elizabeth is> the 'most' clever and/or...
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Mari Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------She was ahead of her> time and gave us not women as many of the time> tended to be, but as we might wish they would be.One of...
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Actually we know quite a bit of Elizabeth's reading through her dialogue and views. Many things that she says refers to the literature she would have read.You can google intertextuality for p&p...
View ArticleRe: Elizabeth as a strong female character
This is a really good point. Austen's characters are mentally independent, but they're not anarchists.
View ArticleRe: Elizabeth as a strong female character
I think that's very true. The mentally independent Elizabeth is the easiest for a modern woman (or man) to relate to. I think a lot of people have trouble connecting with, say, Fanny Price less...
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Jessical Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Mari Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> She was ahead of her> > time and gave...
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