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Frontispiece to Frankenstein (1831 edition) From the Wikipedia entry on Frankenstein: Part of Frankenstein’s rejection of his creation is the fact that he does not give it a name, which causes a lack of identity. Instead it is referred to by words … Continue reading →

Depiction of Satan (1866) by Gustave Doré Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of … Continue reading →

King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It depicts the gradual descent into madness of the title character, after he disposes of his kingdom giving bequests to two of his three daughters based on their flattery of him, … Continue reading →

Woman with a Dog (1953)

The contrapasso of the sorcerers, astrologers, and false prophets by Stradanus Contrapasso (or, in modern Italian, contrappasso), from the Latin contra and patior, “suffer the opposite,” refers to the punishment of souls in Dante’s Inferno “by a process either resembling or contrasting … Continue reading →

This is the link to another class’ blog and some of the art work the students selected for their presentations. Keep in mind they weren’t reading the same texts. Scroll down to see the headings for Presentations. Gods, Monsters and … Continue reading →

The Vestibule of Hell and the Souls Mustering to Cross the Acheron (1847) by William Blake Sandro Botticelli’s depiction of Dante’s Inferno Salvador Dali’s paintings of Dante’s Inferno Canto I in Italian Norton’s Map of the Inferno Dante’s Commedia it is a … Continue reading →

It is just because the main foes in Beowulf are inhuman that the story is larger and more significant than this imaginary poem of a great king’s fall. It glimpses the cosmic and moves with the thought of all men … Continue reading →

Beowulf Manuscript (c. 1000) Beowulf read in Old English History of the English Language in Ten Minutes Beowulf is a pagan epic poem with Christian additions passed down orally from the southern Swedes to the English in the 5th century when the Anglo-Saxons and Jutes … Continue reading →

These databases are worth perusing for your work of art. Spend some time looking through the various images for inspiration. Art Museum Image Gallery: This will bring you to the list of databases available through the Newman Library. Select “Art Museum … Continue reading →