Stories
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Seeking the hoarder in literature
As she strives to deepen her understanding of hoarding, Georgie Evans turns to books. But depictions of hoards and hoarders are few and often sparse, except in one surprising place.
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Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
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The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
Catalogue
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Ritual and metaphor : sacrifice in the Bible / [edited by] Christian A. Eberhart.
Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
Sacrifices humains : perspectives croisées et représentations = Human sacrifice : cross-cultural perspectives and representations / édité par / edited by Pierre Bonnechere, Renaud Gagné.
Date: 2013- Books
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Scenting salvation : ancient Christianity and the olfactory imagination / Susan Ashbrook Harvey.
Harvey, Susan AshbrookDate: [2006], ©2006- Books
William Blake and the body / Tristanne J. Connolly.
Connolly, Tristanne J., 1970-Date: 2002