"The old mysteries have given way to a new style,"" This quote alone illustrates the changing nature of gothic literature through the centuries. Indeed, the styles of texts presenting vampirism have greatly altered with the times, reflecting a large proportion of societal values. In the novel Dra...
The Treaty of Waitangi is a significant event in New Zealand history that has caused many debates among historians due to the many differing perspectives towards the events that took place. The Treaty takes its name from the location in the Bay of Islands where the first signing occurred in 1840 on...
These Atlantis writers fall into four main categories: 1) Those who accept Plato's story as perfectly true. 2) Those who believe that Atlantis did exist, but not in the Atlantic Ocean, and suggest various other locations. 3) Those who claim that the Atlantis story is a compilation of legends and historical facts relating to various peoples and different ages. 4) Those who believe that the story is fictitious and an invention of Plato's imagination. ... To quote the Critias : "It produced and brought to perfection all those sweet scented stuffs which the earth produces now, whethe...
It is possible, using Bolitho's and Thompson's works as a starting point, to present a historical argument about sumo that disorients the assumption that sumo today embodies the unbroken legacy of the past, and instead to present a much more contextual and problematizing account, focusing on the role of social and political pressures, as well as individual agency in the creation of sumo "tradition." ...
