The project can be regarded as an exemplary digital source showing that drug use is still prevalent, and its representations are commonly seen in several literary sources from 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
From scientific perspective, it can be said that drug use related to addiction and substance abuse are important health problems that have negative outcomes. Accordingly, it can be claimed that this action has become an important part of the lives of those who are addicts or constantly using.
The experiences of the users are various; and drug use and these experiences manifest themselves in different parts of their lives from social life to work life. In relation to these, it can be stated that these experiences show themselves in different ways, as well, including literature and art works.
Overview
In this project, topics of drug use and the representations of drug use in the literature in the last...
Today we communicate through texting, email, FaceTime, and telephones. Writing a letter may seem quaint today, but in the nineteenth century, letters were the chief form of communication. Unsurprisingly, letters play a key role in all of Austen’s Regency novels, but most particularly in Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Persuasion (1818). Using antique and reproduction writing implements from my personal collection and materials from the IdeaLab, students will practice writing with dip pens and ink, try cross-writing (a cost saving measure where one turns a letter 90 degrees and writes over it), fold a letter (rather than use an...
The silhouette--a profile typically done in black and mounted on white--was a popular art form during the 18th and 19th centuries. Indeed, the Regency era when Jane Austen was publishing her novels is the recognized golden age of the silhouette. The term "silhouette" derives from a mid-18th-century French finance minister named Étienne de Silhouette, known to cut paper shadow portraits. The silhouette, a personal memento, became fashionable among genteel patrons of 18th-century and 19th-century Europe and America. Portrait miniatures, which often took the form of silhouettes, were also popular Regency tokens of affection for...
Period illustration from "The Regency Reader"
. Silhouette Portrait of the Late 18th Century