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Michael Wilding
William Lane's The Workingmen s Paradise: Pioneering Socialist Realism
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For their part in the I 891 shearers' strike, some eighty to one hundred unionists were convicted in Queensland with sentences ranging fro...

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This paper presents an intriguing analysis of William Lane's *The Workingman's Paradise*, positioning it as a foundational text for "pioneering social...

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Michael Wilding
Joseph Furphy's Such Is Life
Literature

Joseph Furphy's Sltch is Life (1903) opens simply and clearly enough with that memorable, sardonic initial declaration: 'Unemployed at last...

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This paper offers a focused and compelling analysis of the opening of Joseph Furphy's *Such Is Life*, centering on the profound implications of its in...

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Nathalie Freidel
Sévigné vs Madame de Sévigné. Pour une lecture féministe de la Correspondance
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The proposed article, "Sévigné vs Madame de Sévigné. Pour une lecture féministe de la Correspondance," immediately signals a critical re-engagement wi...

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Matthieu Dupas
Le désir baroque du Menteur de Corneille
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The title, "Le désir baroque du Menteur de Corneille," immediately captures attention, signaling an ambitious and potentially very insightful re-readi...

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Sara Harvey
Deborah Steinberger, Women’s Stories in Le Mercure galant (1672- 1710). Feminine Fictions in an Early French Periodical, 2024
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Deborah Steinberger's forthcoming work, *Women’s Stories in Le Mercure galant (1672- 1710). Feminine Fictions in an Early French Periodical* (2024), i...

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Pietro Dalmazzo
Family as the Place for National Discrimination: An Analysis of Beatrice Speraz’s Autobiography
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This essay examines Beatrice Speraz’s autobiography, Ricordi della mia infanzia in Dalmazia (1915), which describes her childhood in Dalmatia and how...

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This essay offers a compelling analysis of Beatrice Speraz’s *Ricordi della mia infanzia in Dalmazia* (1915), focusing on the complex interplay of nat...

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Qiyue Zhang
Silvia T. Zangrandi et al., eds. Scienza e follia: stravaganza ed eccezione. Alchimisti, maghi, scienziati eslegi nella letteratura e nella cultura contemporanea
Literature

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Silvia T. Zangrandi et al.'s edited collection, "Scienza e follia: stravaganza ed eccezione. Alchimisti, maghi, scienziati eslegi nella letteratura e...

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Roberto Viviani
Brendan Hennessey. Luchino Visconti and the Alchemy of Adaptation
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Brendan Hennessey's "Luchino Visconti and the Alchemy of Adaptation" presents a promising title that immediately captures attention within film studie...

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Bradford A. Masoni
Alessandro Cabiati. Baudelaire and the Making of Italian Modernity: From the Scapigliatura to the Futurist Movement, 1857–1912
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Alessandro Cabiati’s study, *Baudelaire and the Making of Italian Modernity: From the Scapigliatura to the Futurist Movement, 1857–1912*, promises an...

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Julia-Rose DiPalo
Marta Arnaldi. The Diasporic Canon: American Anthologies of Contemporary Italian Poetry, 1945–2015
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Marta Arnaldi’s project, "The Diasporic Canon: American Anthologies of Contemporary Italian Poetry, 1945–2015," presents a highly promising and potent...

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