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10 hours ago · Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 or equivalent. Description Development of theme, symbolic patterns, and form in the nineteenth-century American novel from a historical, sociocultural, and/or generic perspective.
10 hours ago · Born Mailissa Yamba Butler in 1973, Bisa Butler's early life was steeped in a rich tapestry of cultural influences. Growing up in South Orange, New Jersey, Butler was the daughter of a French teacher from New Orleans and a Ghanaian college president.
10 hours ago · The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera native to Asia.It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail, and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes.
10 hours ago · Wu Zetian's birthplace is not documented in preserved historical literature and remains disputed. Some scholars argue that Wu was born in Wenshui, some that it was Lizhou (利州) (modern-day Guangyuan in Sichuan), while others insist she was born in the imperial capital of Chang'an (today known as Xi'an).
1 day ago · Symbolist art and literature from the turn of the century also had a more general effect on a small number of films made in Italy and Russia. The supine acceptance of death resulting from passion and forbidden longings was a major feature of this art, and states of delirium dwelt on at length were important as well.
1 day ago · LGBT history Memorial to the homosexual victims of Nazism Berlin, Germany Statue of Alexander Wood, Toronto, Canada Natalie Barney historical marker, Dayton, Ohio Anne Lister plaque, York, England Stonewall Inn Plaque, New York City, New York Part of a series on LGBT topics Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Sexual orientation and gender Aromanticism Asexuality Gray asexuality Biology ...
10 hours ago · The mechanisms for the development of a particular sexual orientation remain unclear, but the current literature and most scholars in the field state that one's sexual orientation is not a choice; that is, individuals do not choose to be homosexual or heterosexual. A variety of theories about the influences on sexual orientation have been proposed.
