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Linda Nochlin, 86, Groundbreaking Feminist Art Historian, Is Dead

Linda Nochlin, 86, Groundbreaking Feminist Art Historian, Is Dead | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
She earned a place of honor in art-historical and art-world circles with her provocatively titled 1971 essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”
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Essay: 'Drawn from history'  by Nicola Streeten - How comic books have treated serious themes, here focusing on narratives of the Nazi genocide, and the role of comics as a platform for women artists

Essay: 'Drawn from history'  by Nicola Streeten - How comic books have treated serious themes, here focusing on narratives of the Nazi genocide, and the role of comics as a platform for women artists | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
The comics form, with its strong visual and dramatic ... element, has proven to be effective at helping us to engage with difficult subjects
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A superb, informed and insightful essay by Nicola Streeten, herself an illustrator, graphic novelist and also the first British woman to publish a graphic memoir,  'Billy, Me & You'.
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Classic Appreciation: Rosamond Lehmann's Debut Novel, 'Dusty Answer' (1927)

Classic Appreciation: Rosamond Lehmann's Debut Novel, 'Dusty Answer' (1927) | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
  In 1926, when British publishers Chatto & Windus accepted Rosamond Lehmann’s first novel, Dusty Answer, they had modest hopes of its success. Young authors and tales of youthful experience dominated the market at the time, a craze sparked by Alec Waugh’s autobiographical best seller The Loom of Youth, published in 1917, when he was …
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