... Auden. One of the main European political events of the 1930s, which drew a response from writers was the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). They felt that its outcome would shape the future, particularly since a second world war seemed close. In 1937, Auden wrote a poem ... content. Granville-Barker was well known as a theatre director, and his highly practical Prefaces to twelve of Shakespeare's plays (1927–47) remain an important contribution to the study of Shakespeare in the theatre. Granville-Barker's plays, such as The Madras House (1910), The Voysey Inheritance (1905 ... of small-...

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... on her image and product endorsements. Her face was universally known, featured on everything from postage stamps to tea trays, yet after Albert's death she lived in seclusion, rarely seeing either her ministers or the public. An icon of motherhood, she detested pregnancy, childbirth, and babies. ... as well. Yet the fabled self-confidence of this overachieving society often rings hollow. Their literature conveys an uneasy sense that their obsession with work was in part a deliberate distraction, as if Victorians were discharging public responsibilities in order to ease nagging doubts ab...

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... 36 Talking of Michelangelo. 37 And indeed there will be time 38 To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" 39 Time to turn back and descend the stair, 40 With a bald spot in the middle of my hair -- 41 (They will say: 'How his hair is growing thin!") 42 My morning ... down. 105. a magic lantern: device that throws a magnified image of a picture on glass onto a white screen in a dark room. 111. Prince Hamlet: not Shakespeare's noble prince, who resisted the temptation to commit suicide in his "To be or not to be" speech (alluded to at line's end), but instead characters like ... and time....

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