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The Shrewsbury Chronicles : day 1

Je vous offre ici une petite série de quelques articles dans lesquels je vais raconter tout ce qui a concerné le voyage en Angleterre auquel ma collègue m’a convié il y a de cela quelques mois. Commençons par le commencement, voici comment tout cela s’est passé : L : Matt, tu fais quoi vers la …

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An English Romanticism painting of a landscape with trees and hills. William Turner, Dawn in the Valleys of Devon.

English Romanticism (1798-1832)

This is post 4 of 6 in the series “Literary Movements” The 18th Century: the Age of Enlightenment The Gothic and the Fantastic The 19th Century : Romanticism in Art and Literature English Romanticism (1798-1832) 19th Century Literary Movements : Realism and Naturalism British Civilisation and Literature: 19th and 20th centuries English Romanticism began in …

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Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee : chapter analysis photo

Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee : chapter analysis

This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Cider with Rosie” Comprehensive literary analysis articles delving into the depths of the novel Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee. Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee : chapter analysis Relatives in “Cider With Rosie” by Laurie Lee Here is an analysis of each chapter in Cider …

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19th century literary movements : Realism and Naturalism photo

19th Century Literary Movements : Realism and Naturalism

This is post 5 of 6 in the series “Literary Movements” The 18th Century: the Age of Enlightenment The Gothic and the Fantastic The 19th Century : Romanticism in Art and Literature English Romanticism (1798-1832) 19th Century Literary Movements : Realism and Naturalism British Civilisation and Literature: 19th and 20th centuries Introduction Realism and Naturalism …

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The Gothic and the Fantastic photo

The Gothic and the Fantastic

This is post 2 of 6 in the series “Literary Movements” The 18th Century: the Age of Enlightenment The Gothic and the Fantastic The 19th Century : Romanticism in Art and Literature English Romanticism (1798-1832) 19th Century Literary Movements : Realism and Naturalism British Civilisation and Literature: 19th and 20th centuries The Gothic and the …

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Salmonella Dub - Slide photo

Salmonella Dub – Slide

Salmonella Dub est un groupe de Dub/Drum’n’Bass/Reggae/Roots formé en 1992 par Andrew Penman, David Deakins, et Mark Tyler à Christchurch, en Nouvelle Zélande. J’aime bien leur morceau Slide : C’est vraiment l’été quand on se remet à écouter du dub et du reggae !

Réflexions personnelles sur le voyage en Angleterre 2010 photo

Réflexions personnelles sur le voyage en Angleterre 2010

L’autre jour, je vous avais proposé le reportage de 13h15 le samedi sur notre voyage en Angleterre de manière objective. J’aimerais y revenir en livrant ici quelques réflexions personnelles. L’organisation et la préparation du voyage Les élèves ont bûché toute l’année sur la réalisation du dossier : recherches, exposés, mise en page… les différentes pages …

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Introduction to Puritanism and Expansionism photo

Introduction to Puritanism and Expansionism

This is post 1 of 11 in the series “From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877)” From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877) Introduction to Puritanism and Expansionism Antebellum South Life in the Plantations USA: North and South O’Sullivan’s Manifest Destiny The social context of America in the early …

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The American colonies : Religion and Politics photo

The American colonies : Religion and Politics

This is post 4 of 5 in the series “From the Reformation to the birth of the American nation (1534-1776)” From the Reformation to the birth of the American nation (1534-1776) The Reformation in the British Isles English Expansionism The Glorious Revolution of 1688 The American colonies : Religion and Politics USA: Birth of a …

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The Reformation in the British Isles photo

The Reformation in the British Isles

This is post 1 of 5 in the series “From the Reformation to the birth of the American nation (1534-1776)” From the Reformation to the birth of the American nation (1534-1776) The Reformation in the British Isles English Expansionism The Glorious Revolution of 1688 The American colonies : Religion and Politics USA: Birth of a …

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Puritanism : a New World Vision photo

Puritanism : a New World Vision

This is post 1 of 5 in the series “History of American Literature” History of American Literature Puritanism : a New World Vision An authentically American Literature American Literature: a Declaration of Literary Independence The American Renaissance American Modernism in literature The Puritan New World vision in the longer schemes of things English Puritans can …

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The Shamrock Diaries : Day 3

6h30 – lever spartiate vu que le chauffage semble être coupé le matin… Petit déjeûner une demi-heure plus tard en compagnie de Joan qui arbore une magnifique robe de chambre rouge, jaune et bleue – ambiance Austin Powers ! En fait, elle ressemble un peu à la grand-mère dans Titi et Grominet. On discute un …

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