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...
This Gallery features visual elements related to Elizabeth Gaskell's narrative "The Old Nurse's Story" in Haunted Victorians: An Anthology of Literary Exhibitions.
This Gallery features visual elements related to Rabindranath Tagore's narrative "The Skeleton" in Haunted Victorians: An Anthology of Literary Exhibits.
This Gallery features visual elements related to Oscar Wilde's narrative "The Canterville Ghost" in Haunted Victorians: An Anthology of Literary Exhibits.
This Gallery features visual elements related to Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's narrative "Sultana's Dream" in Haunted Victorians: An Anthology of Literary Exhibits.
This Gallery features visual elements related to Charles Dickens's narrative "To Be Read at Dusk" in Haunted Victorians: An Anthology of Literary Exhibits.
An exhibit of some of the locations described in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Discusses how certain descriptions allude to different social classes throughout the novel.
"The Fireside Plate," by George Cruikshank for Oliver Twist (1838) by Charles Dickens
This course provides you with the exciting opportunity to engage in primary research by putting together an exhibition on Victorian illustrators. To recall a term from Beverly Serrell’s Exhibit Labels, our “big idea” is an exploration of a range of Victorian illustrators. You may choose an illustrator from the following list, which includes those we have studied this semester (https://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/index.html). Images must be in the public domain, so I encourage students to explore The Victorian Web, the British Library, Wikipedia, and The Fox-Adler Collection from our own...
Create galleries of images related to The Woman Question by researching and gathering images related to our readings here. Please see the assignment prompt in Canvas for more info.
Create galleries of images related to the 99% by researching and gathering images related to our readings here. Please see the assignment prompt in Canvas for more info.
Create galleries of images related to the Black Lives Matter unit by researching and gathering images related to our readings here. Please see the assignment prompt in Canvas for more info.
Existentialism is best defined as a form of philospohy regarding the pursuit of an explanation for human existence. Many people seek to find out why they are here, and what their purpose; with the development of a new country from the seventeenth century onward, countless colonists had to figure out as a community what it actually meant to be an American. Throughout American history, numerous authors and artists alike have ventured to figure out what it meant to them to be American. The goal of this gallery is to observe and recognize this journey of self-discovery.
This gallery will introduce Dark Romanticism, a literary movement that emerged in the 19th century, explored the darker aspects of human nature and the supernatural. Writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville delved into themes of madness, death, and the unknown, creating works that were both haunting and thought-provoking. One of the key elements of Dark Romanticism was its focus on the individual's inner turmoil and struggle with their own demons. Characters often grappled with guilt, obsession, and inner darkness, reflecting the anxieties and fears of society at the time.Through their exploration of these themes, Dark Romantic writers challenged traditional notions of morality and explored the complexities of human psychology. These works continue to captivate readers today with their eerie atmospheres and psychological depth.
This gallery presents a thought-provoking selection of portraits, images, and other visual works of art that represent the death and rebirth of human legacies, nature, literary movements, cultures, ways of life, and other significant, core characteristics that have defined American history and American literature. Works displaying events at the time or looking back on the events that have forced the death of one component of the American way of life and the rebirth of it in a different form from the days of Columbus to the early 20th century shall be included here. These visual works of art will also be heavily tied to American writers who have seen and attempted to comprehend these transitions within the country's history through their literary works.
One of the most well-known cases of paranoia in United States history, the Salem Witch Trials. Throughout the course of history, there have been tales of the "supernatural" such as bigfoot, El Chupacabra, and other mysterious creatures; however, the only one that has been found is the "witch". In a small town in Salem, Massachusetts, widespread panic broke out after two young girls contracted a mysterious illness. After around of a month of this illness, their parents decided to take them to the local minister who deemed this was "witchcraft". Over the course of the next year, the girls and others in the surrounding community turned against each other in fear of being labeled a "witch". The punishment for this label? Death. However, if you admitted to practicing witchcraft, begged for forgiveness for your sins, and pointed out other fellow "witches", you could live. During the span of February 1962 - May 1963, over 200 people were accused of being witches and thirty were found...
Progress has been one of the defining characteristics of U.S. history; from the Industrial Revolution to Westward Expansion to the Race to the Moon, America established itself as the nation of progress. In many regards, this notion of progress seeps into literature as well, which this exhibit will explore.
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When it comes to your everyday history courses, most of the time African American history is glossed over and never talked about. But when African American history is talked about most of the time it is concerning African American males, so with that in mind I decided to take a different route and focus on the African American women and their voices and accompolishments throughout history.
The Salem Witch Trials, infamous for mass paranoia. However, this paranoia was taken to the extreme. Over 200 people were accused of being a witch and thirty were executed because of it. The first of which being Bridget Bishop. Attached is the documentation of the examination of Bridget. During the examination "spectral evidence" was the primary source of information to prove Bishop guilty. Bishop mentions never seeing the four to five people who accused her of being a witch and even that she does not know what a which is; to which the judge says: "How can you know, you are no Witch, & yet not know what a Witch is?". Ironically, it seems as if the judge is playing devil’s advocate to get Bridget to confess to which craft. However, Bishop never confused and was summoned to be executed. On June 10th, Bridget Bishop became the first...
While many people were accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials, Sarah Good is one that stands out. In February of 1692, a warrant for Sarah Good’s arrested was issued. However, there was one issue, Sarah Good was pregnant. Due to this major confliction Sarah was held in a prison until she gave birth. Unfortunately, Good’s child passed away and she was executed in July. During her execution Sarah was asked by the minister to confess to witchcraft and be saved; however, her last words were as so: “You’re a liar! I’m no more a witch than you are a wizard! If you take my life away, God will give you blood to drink!”
This is when the pattern of haste and darkness began in...