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Sekka Zusetsu: A Book of Snowflakes (1832)
Observations of “snow flowers” made by microscope in Edo-era Japan.
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Typing for Love or Money: The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces
Taking dictation, revising manuscripts, typing copies, literary amanuenses often labour for little compensation and even less recognition. Christine Jacobson explores the neglected efforts of women like Theodora Bosanquet, Véra Nabokov,…
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