During her reign, Elizabeth I became an icon to worship, the Protestant object of a “royal cult” intended, according to some critics, to “clash with and contest the Catholic worship of the Virgin Mary”. This cult emphasized her virginity and beauty: she was never seen without her whitened ‘mask of youth’.Some historians believe she may… Read More Queen Elizabeth I’s Death
Here is another poem by Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) , which was published in the Nassau Literary Magazine in April 1918 City Dusk Come out . . . . outTo this inevitable night of mineOh you drinker of new wine,Here’s pageantry . . . . Here’s carnival,Rich dusk, dim streets and allThe whispering of city… Read More Another Poem by Fitzgerald
American novelist, essayist, and short story writer Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul, the capital of Minnesota, on 24 September 1896. “The Great Gatsby”, “Tender is the Night” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, are some of his best known works, from which various cinematographic transpositions have been obtained. Few people… Read More A Poem by Fitzgerald
Bruce Springsteen, the famous American singer-songwriter and guitarist, was born on 23 September 1949- “The Boss” nickname was given to him long before he ever became a big star, in his club days, when he was assigned the task of collecting the band’s pay from club owners and then distributing it to the members of… Read More Happy Birthday, Boss
🔵 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield better-known simply as Lord Chesterfield, British statesman and man of letters., was born on 22 September 1694 🔵 Even though for over thirty years he wrote his son Philip, letters full of advice to transform him into a perfect aristocrat, equipped with the essential skills of culture, taste… Read More Lord Chesterfield – Advice – Autumn
Questa settimana Eletta Senso ( Inchiostronerodenso) ha proposto un tautogramma in Ⓣ. Ecco la mia proposta: Tempi travagliati ti trascinano a un tempestoso traguardo.Tuttavia tutto tramuta: tenta di trasformare la tua tragedia in trionfo, tornando tranquillo, tosto e tenace Se volete giocare con noi, i vostri testi saranno riportati qui sotto ⤵️ Stefano- la panca –… Read More Tautogramma in Ⓣ
During the Elizabethan age, the ‘golden age in English history’, the Queen was an icon of the beauty of the time with an impact never surpassed by any other English queen. Besides using the dangerous Venetian ceruse, (see here) Elizabeth I loved lipstick and on her death, also her lips were encrusted with a layer… Read More Queen Elizabeth I’s Lipstick
In 1562, Elizabeth I contracted smallpox which left her face pockmarked (see here). Since the queen had always been proud of her beauty, she feared this would spoil her image, showing a flawlessly fair skin, the typical look of the upper class, nobility and earthly perfection.Since she was aware that as the queen, she couldn’t… Read More Queen Elizabeth I & Venetian Ceruse (part 2)
During the Elizabethan era, white skin was highly desired by women as it symbolized youthfulness and an elevated social class. When Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) one of the greatest English monarchs in history, was 29, in 1562, she was struck by what was initially believed to be a violent fever. Therefore she was ordered by… Read More Queen Elizabeth I & Venetian Ceruse (part 1)
William Carlos Williams (born on 17 September 1883) was an American poet associated with the Imagist movement, who rejected traditional conventions of rhyme and meter, and used brusque, colloquial, and incisive American-English in his poetry. (see here) Here is a poem taken from one of his early collections, “Sour Grapes ” (1921) Arrival And yet… Read More WCW: “Arrival”
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