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Day 32 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeMay 8: Sheridan's SCHOOL FOR SCANDALBehind the Screen in t h e School for Scandal Lady Teazle hides in haste when her husband is unexpectedly announced. Situations which set many tongues wagging and fed the fire of gossip in Scandal-land, startle the reader. Read from Sheridan's SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL ..... Vol. 18, pp. 164-176 May 9: Schiller's ON AESTHETIC EDUCATIONRelation of Art to FreedomWho has ever thought the arts had anything to do with freedom? Schiller did. Forced by a German noble to enter a military school, he escaped. Struggling to achieve freedom, he wrote a series of letters on the relation of art to freedom. Read: Schiller's ON AESTHETIC EDUCATION ..... Vol. 32, pp. 209-217 May 10: Raleigh's DISCOVERY OF GUIANAA Knight Among Cannibals Savages who drink the powdered bones of their dead mixed with wine, Amazons who hold riotous festivals, the worship of golden statues, all the primitive wonders of Guiana are described by the famous Elizabethan gallant, Sir Walter Raleigh. Read from Raleigh's DISCOVERY OF GUIANA .... Vol. 33, pp. 326-341 May 11: Webster's THE DUCHESS OF MALFILatest Gossip in MalfiLatest news abroad in Malfi: The Duchess has run off with her butler. But this happened before the days of newspapers or radio, so Webster made from it an exciting play. Read from Webster's THE DUCHESS OF MALFI .... Vol. 47, pp. 721-737 |