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Listen to our audio guide to learn more about John Donne, an early modern poet, preacher and metaphysical thinker. Find it here: oxford.ly/3SEc3nK

Listen to our audio guide to learn more about John Donne, an early modern poet, preacher and metaphysical thinker.

Find it here: oxford.ly/3SEc3nK
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Interested in reading #Colette? Then hear from Michèle Roberts as she looks at how the French writer has seduced audiences through her frank, unsentimental writing style and ability to tackle taboos head on: oxford.ly/4cfo3Dh

Interested in reading #Colette? Then hear from Michèle Roberts as she looks at how the French writer has seduced audiences through her frank, unsentimental writing style and ability to tackle taboos head on: oxford.ly/4cfo3Dh
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Our #QOTD comes from the extensive “Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal”, the early writings of the Brontë siblings. Find them here: oxford.ly/46Ft86y

Our #QOTD comes from the extensive “Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal”, the early writings of the Brontë siblings.

Find them here: oxford.ly/46Ft86y
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In “Black Beauty”, Anna Sewell tells the life story of a horse, from his idyllic early life through times of mistreatment and consequent decline, eventually resolved by Beauty's return to green pastures. #ClassicsInContext Add it to your bookshelf: oxford.ly/3Azy9lq

In “Black Beauty”, Anna Sewell tells the life story of a horse, from his idyllic early life through times of mistreatment and consequent decline, eventually resolved by Beauty's return to green pastures. #ClassicsInContext

Add it to your bookshelf: oxford.ly/3Azy9lq
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Crockett Johnson's beloved character 'Harold' has inspired generations of children with his magical crayon. But while the crayon was purple, is Harold Black? Find out more: oxford.ly/3MlDEqh

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While disability, in our culture, is stereotyped as loss, accessibility is deemed as a gain. Discover Sonya Freeman Loftis' interesting and compelling counter argument to this. Read the blog post today: oxford.ly/3Aq7SWE

While disability, in our culture, is stereotyped as loss, accessibility is deemed as a gain. Discover Sonya Freeman Loftis' interesting and compelling counter argument to this. 

Read the blog post today: oxford.ly/3Aq7SWE
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Find a new read from an old author with Oxford World’s Classics! Have a look through our suggestions below, or discover more classic titles here: oxford.ly/3M19fNI

Find a new read from an old author with Oxford World’s Classics!

Have a look through our suggestions below, or discover more classic titles here: oxford.ly/3M19fNI
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Even if you’re not heading back to school this month, brush up on your knowledge with Oxford World’s Classics! Find more here: oxford.ly/4dR3HBk

Even if you’re not heading back to school this month, brush up on your knowledge with Oxford World’s Classics!

Find more here: oxford.ly/4dR3HBk
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Dive into Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” with a fresh perspective! Enter today for a chance to win your own copy in our Goodreads giveaway!

Dive into Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” with a fresh perspective! Enter today for a chance to win your own copy in our <a href="/goodreads/">Goodreads</a> giveaway!
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In chapter 4 from ‘Literature and the Senses’, Nuala discusses whether identity poetics and partial sight as a formal principle can be combined to challenge the current dehumanization of disabled people by the UK government. Read now: oxford.ly/3M54rY0

In chapter 4 from ‘Literature and the Senses’, Nuala discusses whether identity poetics and partial sight as a formal principle can be combined to challenge the current dehumanization of disabled people by the UK government. 

Read now: oxford.ly/3M54rY0
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"Scripting Empire" by James Procter recovers the cultural history of West Indian and West African writing at the BBC in order to rethink the critical mid-century decades of decolonization, late modernism, and mass migration to the Metropole Discover now: oxford.ly/4cjloIM

"Scripting Empire" by James Procter recovers the cultural history of West Indian and West African writing at the BBC in order to rethink the critical mid-century decades of decolonization, late modernism, and mass migration to the Metropole 

Discover now: oxford.ly/4cjloIM
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Join Tom Jenks on Literary Hub and learn about his love of James Baldwin and his classic short story "Sonny's Blues". Read it here: oxford.ly/4dvW6sa

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“The Last Chronicle of Barset” is the moving conclusion to Anthony Trollope’s series on Victorian rural life. Learn more with our audio guide: oxford.ly/4fU94S4

“The Last Chronicle of Barset” is the moving conclusion to Anthony Trollope’s series on Victorian rural life.

Learn more with our audio guide: oxford.ly/4fU94S4
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Our #QOTD is the perfect reminder of the joys of learning! Find this tale of theft, betrayal, and murder here: oxford.ly/3M6shT7

Our #QOTD is the perfect reminder of the joys of learning!

Find this tale of theft, betrayal, and murder here: oxford.ly/3M6shT7
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"The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Race" explores wide-ranging topics at the intersections of critical race studies and other fields such as trans studies, book history, animal, repertory, disability, and performance studies. Find out more: oxford.ly/3AkrHhU

"The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Race" explores wide-ranging topics at the intersections of critical race studies and other fields such as trans studies, book history, animal, repertory, disability, and performance studies.

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Samuel Richardson’s “Pamela” generated controversy, merchandise, and many an adaptation. Learn more about the latter on OUPblog: oxford.ly/3ArCPtg

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Head over to BBC World Service and learn why Tom Jenks, author of "James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues"", loves this classic Harlem writer. Listen here: oxford.ly/3SRMcZN

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Our #ThoughtoftheWeek reminds us that we often make exceptions for loved ones! Learn more about Nietzsche’s “On the Genealogy of Morals”: oxford.ly/3yBy1kL

Our #ThoughtoftheWeek reminds us that we often make exceptions for loved ones!

Learn more about Nietzsche’s “On the Genealogy of Morals”: oxford.ly/3yBy1kL
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As he wrote his classic short story “Sonny’s Blues”, James Baldwin was influenced by the music of his time. Listen to our playlist of his musical muses: oxford.ly/4fNEERv

As he wrote his classic short story “Sonny’s Blues”, James Baldwin was influenced by the music of his time.

Listen to our playlist of his musical muses: oxford.ly/4fNEERv
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Our #ClassicsInContext author for September is Charlotte Brontë! The daughter of the Reverend Patrick Brontë and his wife, Maria, Charlotte spent most of her childhood and adult life at the remote Haworth Parsonage in Yorkshire. Find her novels here: oxford.ly/4cOhoA5

Our #ClassicsInContext author for September is Charlotte Brontë! The daughter of the Reverend Patrick Brontë and his wife, Maria, Charlotte spent most of her childhood and adult life at the remote Haworth Parsonage in Yorkshire.

Find her novels here: oxford.ly/4cOhoA5