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Robinson Crusoe and the morality of solitude
Robinson Crusoe, fiction’s most famous castaway, was certainly isolated, but did he suffer the intrinsically modern affliction of loneliness?
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A nasty history of the vaginal speculum
The vaginal speculum carries the weight of generations of preconceptions about morality, blame and attitudes to pain. Lalita Kaplish explores the history of the implement and how societies shaped its use.
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The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
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History of circumcision, from the earliest times to the present : moral and physical reasons for its performance, with a history of eunuchism, hermaphrodism, etc., and of the different operations practiced upon the prepuce / by P.C. Remondino.
Date: 1891- Books
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Considérations sur les mœurs de ce siecle, par M. Duclos, Historiographe DE France, L'Un des Quarante de L'Académie Françoise, & de celle des Belles - Lettres; de L'Académie de Berlin, & de la Société Royale de Londres.
Duclos, Charles Pinot-, 1704-1772.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The history of ancient and modern Egypt: Comprehending A View of the Natural Phenomena; the Efforts of Genius and Art; and the Moral, Religious, Commercial, and Politcal Transactions of the Egyptians, from the earliest Dawn of Intelligence, to the latest Period of authentic Information. Comprizing Likewise, a Comparison Betwixt the Ancient and Present State of Egypt, and a Philosophic View of those Remarkable Productions Connected with the History of that Country. From the most authentic Records. By J. Franklin, Esq. ...
Franklin, J.Date: [1800]-1802- Books
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Theophilus clibber, to David Garrick, Esq; With dissertations on theatrical subjects. I. Of poets and actors, their antiquity, and estimation;- particularly among the Greeks and Romans:- acting of plays encouraged by the greatest men in all ages. II. Socrates, Epaminondas, Cs̆ar, Scipio, Brutus, Ciceso, &c. promoters of dramatic compositions, encouragers of actors, &c. III. The apostles no enemies to plays: quotations form Holy Writ, and of some modern divines in their favour. History of patents and licences, from Queen Elizabeth's time to the present, chiefly granted in favour of the actors. IV. Good conduct of Patentees: pantomimes exploded;- the ill usage of authors considered. V. Some new and revived pieces reviewed. The new manner of acting pointed out. An account of drolls, farces, mock opera's, &c. Extracted from Shakespear's multilated and macerated remains, by the Little Charlatan of the present stage. VI. The rehearsal versed,- mimicry an abuse; specimens of modern genteel comedy. Ditto of modern tragedy. VII. The new manner of acting the chances, - and the morals of that play enquired into. VIII. Seneca,- callipedes, - and a reigning actor, compared. The cause of spouters, &c. Adorn'd wtih a frontpiece, and curious copper-plate.
Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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The Wonderful advantages of adventuring in the lottery !!! Or, the history of John Doyle.
Date: [1800?]