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The Hopkins Conundrum: A Tragic Comedy About Gerard Manley Hopkins and Five Shipwrecked Nuns (2017) 38 cópias
A Right Royal Face-Off: A Georgian Comedy Featuring Thomas Gainsborough and Another Painter (2019) 10 cópias
The Hurtle of Hell: An Atheist Comedy Featuring God and a Confused Young Man from Hackney (2018) 9 cópias
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I think we are experiencing a cycle of history; extraordinary new achievements in science result in a freakishly credulous public. Think of the fairy hoax that took in much of Victorian England as well as mesmerism, etc. And intimidation by label is a weirdly powerful weapon right now; call someone a "racist" for saying most people have ten toes and they will stop asserting their belief in public. A few will remove a toe, just to be on the safe side.
I have been wondering for a while why I grew up believing that everybody thought the earth was flat until 1492 and this book helpfully explains that it is due to a biography of Columbus written by Washington Irving in the early 1800s. A really powerful myth, that.
The surreal Twitter/X dialogues scattered throughout the book are painfully hilarious.… (mais)