Monthly Archives: May 2019

In favour of intensifiers

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Ingrid Tieken

And here is Ekaterina Krokhina’s second blogpost, nicely continuing her findings after the first. A good example of work in progress.            I am really very much indebted to you for your well-filled and very interesting letter (1832; Charlotte Brontё to … Continue reading →

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Musical Correctness: “One Stroke and You’ve Consumed My Waking Days”

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Ingrid Tieken

And here is Ilse Stolte’s first blog post for the MA course Late Modern English Letters: In Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical on Alexander Hamilton’s life (1757-1804) – aptly named Hamilton – a lot is said (or sung) about letters. One song … Continue reading →

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