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A seminal work of Victorian literature, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) is considered one of the most influential and popular novels in the English language. Equal parts Gothic romance, science-fiction ...
Howl
Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” was first introduced to the public at a poetry reading on October 13, 1955 (some sources say October 7), at the Six Gallery in San Francisco. Ginsberg’s passionate performance of the poem estab...
Passing
Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing questions the construction of race and gender in the United States through the story of Irene Redfield’s reluctant friendship with Clare Kendry. Although both African American women e...
A Doll's House
A Doll's House is among the most often performed and widely discussed plays by the dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern drama. This play, which portrays the collapse of a middle-class marriage, was one of...
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