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...English nonsense literature – including Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. But Lear also introduced a unique visual style to his books, pioneering a new kind of poetry that married brilliant wordplay with astonishing artwork. Lear’s poems represent a wonderfully childish, creative antidote to the relentless, and dehumanising, march of Victorian “progress” -...

...English fictions most powerful female protagonists. The life of Eliot herself shaped the book but another powerful influence on Eliot’s work was of the German writer Goethe. Eliot’s only surviving hand-written manuscript resides in the British Library. It reveals a strikingly neat set of volumes with little corrections except from subtle indications in the author’s...

...audience experience Audience interaction and expectation of Shakespeare's plays. Evaluating Shakespeare's work Concluding opinions assessing Shakespeare and his reputation. Shakespeare: Original pronunciation An introduction by David and Ben Crystal to the 'Original Pronunciation' production of Shakespeare and what they reveal about the history of the English language....