Colonizationism was not merely a part of the debate over wartime emancipation but rather reflected the United States’ race-based imperial ambitions…
Read MoreIn the opinion of some of them the death penalty ought to be replaced everywhere by imprisonment for life. “I don’t agree with you,” said their host the banker…
Read MoreThe Democratic Party has been pulled far enough left that even lots of non-crazy people find us just plain scary…
Read MoreThis essay considers some reasons for lyric’s return in black British poetics by first taking a broad look at the field, and then by attending to the work of several poets writing since the 1990s but publishing most visibly since the millennium…
Read MoreWas Walter Benjamin correct in suggesting a relationship between art and fascism?
Read MoreRecent excavations reveal much about the conduct of siege warfare during the Anarchy and its intersection with larger societal trends…
Read MoreThis new world of ours, structured by the internet, is unrelentingly violent, as it is inimical to human freedom and human thriving…
Read MoreAs power plants find more effective and eco-friendly ways to produce energy, they often increase their output in response to their elevated efficiency. In doing so, they also produce more CO2 than they would otherwise…
Read MoreImprovisation was part of the technological expedition: a mule was responsible for the Danjon telescope while the astronomer lit a fire to make some smoke…
Read MoreIf the Premier League was to market itself as a slick global brand, it needed a product that looked good on television. Muddy, bobbly, patchy pitches would not do…
Read MoreBefore writing off animal trials as irrational acts of an ignorant and superstitious past, consider some recent examples…
Read MoreNow that the Americans have also shown themselves capable of committing to a Maoist-like species of cultural revolution, how much more intensely might we expect their French counterparts to get wrapped up in this new frenzy?
Read MoreIt was not just in liberal consumer societies that families recorded vacations and rites of passage. Home cameras and projectors were also available in socialist societies like the German Democratic Republic…
Read MoreNew Zealand has an innovative legacy of concrete construction dating back to the 1850s…
Read MoreBefore the swallow, before the daffodil, and not much later than the snowdrop, the common toad salutes the coming of spring after his own fashion…
Read MoreEspecially for antiquarian and other independent booksellers, there exists a tension between sharing knowledge and running a business…
Read Moreby Leah Henrickson Introduction In 1984, a curious book was released: The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed. With its bright red cover and substantial size (22.6 x 20.3 x 1.5 centimetres), it stood out on any shelf. What was more striking, however, was the front cover’s claim that the book was “a bizarre and fantastic journey…
Read MoreWhether or not The Trespasser helped Woolf shape Night and Day, there may be glints of Lawrence’s novel in To the Lighthouse…
Read MoreBerfrois is an online literary-intellectual magazine. Berfrois is free of adverts thanks to our supporters. Editor Russell Bennetts founded Berfrois in 2009. His work is featured in The Bookseller, The Coming of the Toads and the Poetry Foundation. Associate Editors Medha Singh is an author, translator and editor based in New Delhi. Her books are…
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