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From Fellowship to Fascism? Tolkien, Nationalism, and the Politics of Literary Appropriation

By Eliot Tomlinson Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings have inspired many generations, uniting readers in a shared love for epic storytelling and mythological settings. It promotes empathetical values through the union of the races in the Fellowship. This is why I was amazed to hear JD Vance, a strong anti-abortionand anti-immigration politician, claim that “a lot of (his) […]

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The British Museum is Romanticism’s Cultural Battleground

Written by Marion Gabriel We’ve all been to the British Museum. At least once. Whether to follow grandma in her obsession with antique Asian porcelain, or out of boredom on a rainy Sunday afternoon.  It is true that, with more than 60 galleries, a research library, as well as education programs; the British Museum has […]

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Fantastical lies: Folk tales and the identity formation in Russia

Written by: Polina Evtushenkova Beautiful princesses, brave knights, magical kingdoms in which everyone is happy – I am sure most of you are familiar with these stories since childhood, with the latter story being a bittersweet dream that, until now, never came true. I used to be one of those naïve children who was enchanted […]