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Book News - June 2016 - Dragon in Knots

Book News - June 2016

HWÆT, WE GAR-DEna in geardagum, þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon! Great news! Beowulf is now online. Both the Old English text and various Modern English translations have...

Book News - June 2016

HWÆT, WE GAR-DEna in geardagum, þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon! Great news! Beowulf is now online. Both the Old English text and various Modern English translations have...

"DESHERITEE" by Malvina Blanchecotte - Dragon in Knots

"DESHERITEE" by Malvina Blanchecotte

For many books, different editions are broadly similar, with a few corrections and updates in later editions. This is not the case for Malvina Blanchecotte's Rêves et Réalités. Later editions...

"DESHERITEE" by Malvina Blanchecotte

For many books, different editions are broadly similar, with a few corrections and updates in later editions. This is not the case for Malvina Blanchecotte's Rêves et Réalités. Later editions...

"LA RÊVEUSE" by Malvina Blanchecotte - Dragon in Knots

"LA RÊVEUSE" by Malvina Blanchecotte

If you have been following this blog series, welcome back!  If you are just now tuning in, I recommend catching up by reading this brief biography of Malvina Blanchecotte.  The...

"LA RÊVEUSE" by Malvina Blanchecotte

If you have been following this blog series, welcome back!  If you are just now tuning in, I recommend catching up by reading this brief biography of Malvina Blanchecotte.  The...

Malvina Blanchecotte (Biography) - Dragon in Knots

Malvina Blanchecotte (Biography)

Autodidact, seamstress, teacher, single mother, poet   In 1830, the Souvilles, a working class family in Paris, had a baby girl. Augustine Alphonsine Malvina was largely self-taught and learned English,...

Malvina Blanchecotte (Biography)

Autodidact, seamstress, teacher, single mother, poet   In 1830, the Souvilles, a working class family in Paris, had a baby girl. Augustine Alphonsine Malvina was largely self-taught and learned English,...

A UNE INCONNUE - poem by Malvina Blanchecotte

"A UNE INCONNUE" by Malvina Blanchecotte

You are probably wondering who Malvina Blanchecotte is. She is an obscure member of a largely ignored group of writers: women poets of the 19th century. I would like to...

"A UNE INCONNUE" by Malvina Blanchecotte

You are probably wondering who Malvina Blanchecotte is. She is an obscure member of a largely ignored group of writers: women poets of the 19th century. I would like to...