Tag: research
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How Research Saved Me from the Fate of Ophelia
Research has saved me from the fate of Ophelia, but maybe not in the way you might expect. I have mixed feelings about Taylor Swift’s new song, “The Fate of Ophelia,” even as I find myself unable to stop singing it. I’ve been intrigued by Hamlet’s Ophelia for over 40 years because to me, she…
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Lost City Tropes and Ireland’s Cill Stuifin
Lost Cities, Lifelong I’ve loved “lost city” tropes for as long as I can remember, but it was probably movies like “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Tomb Raider,” “Congo,” and “Jewel of the Nile” (“Romancing the Stone” sequel) that cemented my love for lost city tropes in both fiction and non-fiction. But I think bigger,…
