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Perspectives in Music
Perspectives in Music

By Helena Gandra

The difference between art and non-art is merely one of perception and we can control how we organize our perceptions- Kyle Gann in “No Such Thing as Silence”

The 21st century is an era characterised by diversity. By looking at the 19th and 20thcenturies, one can better understand the music of their own time. The Present is shaped by both a past and a future. Wagner (1813-1883) and John Cage (1912-1992) are key figures in music history and have had a fundamental impact on the music of today.

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Volume 4, ArchivesContent Editorsmusic, history, philosophy, musicality, composers, Nietzsche, artComment
The Universal Panopticon: Julius as an Authoritative Figure in Charles Chesnutt's "The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales"
The Universal Panopticon: Julius as an Authoritative Figure in Charles Chesnutt's "The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales"

By Brittany Collins 

Charles Chesnutt's collection of stories entitled The Conjure Woman, which involve the telling of past plantation stories by an elderly former slave named Julius McAdoo to a curious white couple named John and Annie, were originally published in 1899.

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Archives, Volume 2Content Editorsantebellum, narrative, slavery, literature, plantation, stereotypesComment
How Quickly Nature Falls Into Revolt
How Quickly Nature Falls Into Revolt

By Mike Strumpf

When the first folio edition of William Shakespeare's works was published in 1623, "it was not clear whose idea the collected volume was or even what was the precise motivation for it" (Proudfoot, Thompson, & Kastan-1998, 8), but the inclusion of two actors that worked with Shakespeare in the publication process underscores the importance of accuracy of authorial intent in the volume.

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Archives, Volume 2Content EditorsShakespeare, history, classic, literature, theory, play, analysis, language, genre, DocuscopeComment