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Hace 2 días · On his return to Madrid Hemingway wrote his only play, The Fifth Column, as the city was being bombarded by the Francoist army. He went back to Key West for a few months in January 1938.
Hace 2 días · Originating in the Spanish Civil War, the notion of the ‘enemy within’ conveyed by the term ‘fifth column’ has had a long and sinister legacy throughout the modern world. On 17 July 1936, insurgent officers in the Spanish military launched a coup against the democratic Spanish Republic. The uprising failed in its primary objective and ...
Hace 3 días · The first brigades were composed mostly of French, Belgian, Italian, and German volunteers, backed by a sizeable contingent of Polish miners from Northern France and Belgium. The XIth, XIIth and XIIIth were the first brigades formed.
Hace 3 días · Using Literature to Unlock Stories of the Unseen. In the hands of Matty Hemming, GR’24, early 20th-century novels become roadmaps to the politics and norms of their authors’ time. June 24, 2024. Matty Hemming, GR’24, had always been bothered by the way people talked about the ending of the novel Quicksand. Written in 1928 by Nella Larsen ...
Hace 6 días · The Romans first adopted the arch from the Etruscans and implemented it in their own building. The use of arches that spring directly from the tops of columns was a Roman development, seen from the 1st century AD, that was very widely adopted in medieval Western, Byzantine and Islamic architecture. [citation needed] Domes
Hace 2 días · There's been a resurgence of her work given her influence on Elena Ferrante and this year a new, lengthier translation of her novel “Her Side of the Story” has been published. This was originally appeared in Italian in 1949 and a heavily edited English edition was originally published in 1952 under the title “Best of Husbands”.
Hace 3 días · Find Michael Moynihan of The Fifth Column's articles, email address, contact information, Twitter and more
