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1 day ago · Alexander Pope, who had a considerable influence on Walpole, was the first significant poet of the 18th century to write a poem in an authentic Gothic manner. [18] Eloisa to Abelard (1717), a tale of star-crossed lovers, one doomed to a life of seclusion in a convent, and the other in a monastery, abounds in gloomy imagery, religious terror, and suppressed passion.
2 days ago · Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain [a] from 1721 to 1742.
1 day ago · On 1 July 1822, Shelley and Edward Williams sailed in Shelley's new boat the Don Juan to Livorno where Shelley met Leigh Hunt and Byron in order to make arrangements for a new journal, The Liberal. After the meeting, on 8 July, Shelley, Williams, and their boat boy sailed out of Livorno for Lerici.
2 days ago · The Gothic style is characterised by features like stained-glass, flying buttresses and spires, giving buildings built in the Gothic style (particularly churches and abbeys), a slightly spooky and sinister silhouette. The Notre-Dame in Paris is a famous example. The Gothic genre of fiction takes its name from the fact that many Gothic novels ...
5 days ago · Ari Barter’s endeavor to cater to her children’s food sensitivities has expanded into a business, Walpole Wildflours, when she started supplying her baked goods to local storefronts earlier this year and established an honor system pickup box at 74 School St. in Damariscotta on Sept. 10.
2 days ago · Walpole Island’s Ferrah Blackbird won a bronze medal with the Haudenosaunee Nationals at the first women’s world box lacrosse championship Saturday in Utica, N.Y. Blackbird, who also plays ...
5 days ago · Actor Shelley Duvall was “in good shape mentally” on her final film set and was motivated to reshape her legacy, according to a new interview with the cast and crew of the film.
