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Muriel Draper, a much-overlooked author and tastemaker in early-twentieth-century New York, was a cosmopolitan woman with eclectic interests, including mysticism, the Soviet Union, and the Harlem Renaissance. Today, Draper is best known through the voice of others and their remi…

The fight for the liberty of the press was an ongoing struggle in France since the French Revolution in 1789 and it remained a factor until July 1881, when liberal press laws were enacted by the Republican officials in charge of governing the country at the time. The press was t…

This dissertation analyzes the interplay between reality and fiction in four of Javier Marias's novels, Todas las almas, Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, Negra espalda del tiempo and Fiebre y lanza, and in selections from his journalistic articles. It focuses on the antirealis…