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• Frankenstein Close Reading [The Gothic Imagination]
  Pg. 72 of the Third Norton Critical Edition: “I expected this reception,” said the daemon. “All men hate the wretched; how then I must be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by th
• Blog Post 3 [The Gothic Imagination]
  "The sea, or rather the vast river of ice, wound among its dependent mountains, whose aerial summits hung over its recesses. Their icy and glittering peaks shone in the sunlight over the clouds. My heart, which was before sorrowful, now swelled with something like joy..." (Shelley 71) "The labou
• Song of the Day - Ayra Starr - Rush [History 109 - Making of the Contemporary World]
  From Prof. Sene, this video showcases the 2022 megabit from Ayra Starr. She describes her music as Afrosoul, mixing Afrobeats, classic Yoruba and Beninese music, and pop stardom, a mix of influences that comes easily for Starr, who was raised in Benin and Nigeria. 379 million views and counting. No
• (9/4) Osaka in 1900 [History 109 - Making of the Contemporary World]
  On September 4th we learned about Osaka and Singapore circa 1900. My focus will be on the former. Osaka was the most important commercial center of the Tokugawa era from 1600-1868, though its population stagnated in 1700 and did not increase much for the rest of the era. Japan entered the Meiji Rest