Death pervades the juvenile poetry of Ann and Jane Taylor. Despite their commitment to the pedagogy of death, however, a singular lack of spiritual content or religious consolation distinguishes their first and, in many ways, their most famous works, Original Poems for Infant Minds (1804-1805) and Rhymes for the Nursery (1806). At the same time,…[Read more]

A look at the life of this band leading up to its “Whale Tent” revue and beyond

This paper examines the use of the Gothic mode in historical television drama to suggest it is used to emphasise engagement with historical traumas, and suggest that these traumas still have relevance today. This emphasis works by engaging with the associations that are acquired around the Gothic mode through experience, recognising the aesthetic…[Read more]

The paper sheds light on the epistemological mutations that are related to the emergence of the “paperless studios” at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). The “paperless studios”, which were conceived in 1992, established a new set of terms for the on-going conversation on the role of digital t…[Read more]