Maria C. Costa
An EFL teacher ( officially retired...), yet active on Continuous Professional Develpment(CPD). Interested in language education, literature, poetry in particular, and Arts and Humanities.
Neil Gaiman's Journal. Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Culture - Murillo and de Neve: The art of friendship. Andrew Graham-Dixon examines the works of the 17th century painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo on show at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London.
Murillo lived his whole life in Seville; records suggest he left it only once, in 1658. During the artist’s lifetime, plague, famine and crop failure all ravaged the city, halved its population and left the streets teeming with vagabonds and beggar children. Murillo encountered a life of personal hardship himself. The Online Books Page. Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Brain Pickings. Poetry Archive.
S Plays. Shakespeare's Plays Before the publication of the First Folio in 1623, nineteen of the thirty-seven plays in Shakespeare's canon had appeared in quarto format.
With the exception of Othello (1622), all of the quartos were published prior to the date of Shakespeare's retirement from the theatre in about 1611. It is unlikely that Shakespeare was involved directly with the printing of any of his plays, although it should be noted that two of his poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece were almost certainly printed under his direct supervision. Here you will find the complete text of Shakespeare's plays, based primarily on the First Folio, and a variety of helpful resources, including extensive explanatory notes, character analysis, source information, and articles and book excerpts on a wide range of topics unique to each drama. Tragedies. Contests, MFA Programs, Agents & Grants for Writers.
PoemHunter.Com - Thousands of poems and poets. Poetry Search Engine. Brain Pickings.