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Publisher: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Gravely Gorgeous: Gargoyles, Grotesques & the Nineteenth-Century Imagination 
 This site is a companion to an exhibit about the admiration by Victorians of the Gothic style of architectural decoration of cathedrals, which featured gargoyles ("decorative waterspouts that preserve stonework") and grotesques (that "serve a variety of other practical and ornamental functions, as corbels or capitals, for instance"). Includes a gallery of images and a glossary. From the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/gravely/overview.html Topics: Architecture, Christianity Last updated May 11, 2006 Cornell University Library: French Revolution
This site describes the French Revolution materials at the Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. "The collection is strongest in the areas of economy and finance, the Revolutionary government, and Revolutionary culture, with unusual strength in popular culture." Digitized sample materials are available for three of the four collections described on this site. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/frenchrev.html Topics: History By Place, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 12, 2005 Women in the Literary Marketplace, 1800-1900
"The books and letters in this exhibition present a cross section of writing by English women in the nineteenth century -- a period when women entered the literary marketplace in unprecedented numbers." Some of the exhibit topics include early role models, women poets, publishing, "new women" novels, and journalism. From the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/womenLit/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Women Last updated Feb 7, 2008 |
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