In addition, the first flowers Perdita had given are "flowers of winter", whereas now she gives them flowers of (mid)summer, wich, in Perdita's words, are appropriate for "men of middle age". hot …

Sep 1, 2023 · Sarojini Naidu was an Indian poet whom many sources refer to as "the Nightingale of India" (this source also mentions the nickname "Bharatiya Kokila", which I assume means the s...

Oct 10, 2017 · As Spagirl commented, it is an epigraph. As the great and powerful Google puts it (borrowing from , which in turn borrows from Oxford dictionary), an epigraph is a short quotation or …

6 days ago · Faulkner wrote or at least published from 1929 to 1939 eight books, including (except for A Fable — 1954) all his most influential works. Considering that some of these are quite long and …

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4 days ago · The detective Pepe Carvalho is the central character in a series of 25 crime novels by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. In the stories he is assisted, and sometime hindered, by a cast of …

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Aug 2, 2020 · The second part, the last two acts, is the story of Florizel’s love, Perdita’s recognition, and the revival of Hermione. Shakespeare’s main source, Greene’s Pandosto, is almost entirely confined …