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The book is particularly good at tracing the incremental shifts in Wilde’s posthumous reputation, culminating in the serious scholarly attention of the post-1945 era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Béatrice’s world is inside scholarly libraries and teak-paneled restaurants with colleagues, where screens are blessedly few.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Whatever the scholarly truth, it’s safe to say that “Pericles, Prince of Tyre,” to give this late romance its full title, is a patchwork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Arday said the criticism had gone "far beyond scholarly disagreement".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The most pedantic difficulty—and the one that has undoubtedly spilled the most scholarly ink—is the question of which version of the stade Eratosthenes used in his work.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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