The Birth of Winnie-the-Pooh's Canadian Connection
Winnie-the-Pooh has a surprising Canadian origin! In 1914, Canadian Lieutenant Harry Colebourn purchased a bear cub at White River, Ontario, naming her Winnipeg after his hometown. "Winnie" traveled with him to England and later lived at the London Zoo, where she became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's beloved children's character. 🧸
🇨🇦 #Canada #WinnieThePooh #LiteraryHistory
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/winnie-the-pooh
Before Sherlock Holmes, there was C. Auguste Dupin. Poe's detective appeared in only three stories but established the template for all consulting detectives since.
Jaclyn Lurker examines Poe's "ratiocination" vs "rationalization" - one seeks truth through methodical reasoning, the other twists logic to justify crimes. A fascinating look at the foundations of mystery fiction.
#Literature #EdgarAllanPoe #Mystery #DetectiveFiction #LiteraryHistory
https://jaclynalurker.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-art-of-2025-may-poes-ratiocination.html
Das Kolloquium "'Fragmente aus der Zukunft': Ein Kolloquium zur Romantikforschung" wird am 16. und 17. Juni 2025 an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M. stattfinden.
📌Weitere Informationen + Programm:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/event/fragmente-aus-der-zukunft-ein-kolloquium-zur-romantikforschung-16-17-juni-2025-universitat-f/ @germanistik #fidavlnews @litstudies @italianstudies #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory
#CfP für die Konferenz "Realistinnen! Weibliche Stimmen in der Epoche des #Realismus", die vom 29. bis 31. Oktober 2026 an Universität des Saarlandes stattfinden wird.
🗓️Deadline für Abstracts: 30. Juni 2025
📌Weitere Informationen:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/realistinnen-weibliche-stimmen-in-der-epoche-des-realismus/ #fidavlnews @germanistik @italianstudies @litstudies #LiteratureGender #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory
Die Konferenz "Wiederverwendung und Kreativität. #Ästhetische Praktiken der #Vormoderne" des "SFB 1391 Andere #Ästhetik" wird vom 26. bis 28. Juni 2025 an der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen stattfinden.
📌Weitere Informationen + Programm:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/event/wiederverwendung-und-kreativitat-asthetische-praktiken-der-vormoderne-sfb-1391-andere-asthetik/ #fidavlnews @litstudies @italianstudies @germanistik #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory #Aesthetics
On This Day: May 26 In 1897, Dracula by Bram Stoker was published in London. With one book, Stoker gave the world Count Dracula, rewrote horror literature, and set the template for every vampire story that followed. Some legends refuse to die. #OnThisDay #Dracula #BramStoker #LiteraryHistory
🎭🤔 Oh, you didn't know Robert Musil's forgotten plays inspired his greatest work of fiction? Neither did anyone else, because who reads forgotten plays? But please, let's pretend this revelation is more than just intellectual name-dropping fodder for wannabe literary snobs. 🎩📚
https://lithub.com/the-austrian-writer-whose-forgotten-plays-inspired-his-greatest-work-of-fiction/ #RobertMusil #forgottenplays #literaryhistory #intellectualdiscourse #fictioninspiration #HackerNews #ngated
The Birth of Winnie-the-Pooh's Canadian Connection
Winnie-the-Pooh has a surprising Canadian origin! In 1914, Canadian Lieutenant Harry Colebourn purchased a bear cub at White River, Ontario, naming her Winnipeg after his hometown. "Winnie" traveled with him to England and later lived at the London Zoo, where she became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's beloved children's character. 🧸
🇨🇦 #Canada #WinnieThePooh #LiteraryHistory
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/winnie-the-pooh
#CfP for the conference "Reconfigurations: 20th- and 21st-Century #Literature and the Arts", which will take place at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) on October 4-5, 2025.
🗓️Deadline for abstracts: May 16, 2025
📌Further information:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/reconfigurations-20th-and-21st-century-literature-and-the-arts/ #fidavlnews @litstudies #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory @germanistik @italianstudies
#CfP for the "Romantic-Era #Literature session" at the Pacific and Ancient Modern Language Association (#PAMLA) conference, which will take place in San Francisco on November 20-23 November 2025.
🗓️Deadline for abstracts: May 15, 2025
📌Further information:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/romantic-era-literature-session-at-pamla-pamla-annual-conference/ #fidavlnews @litstudies @germanistik @italianstudies #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory
"Rare Gem Alert: First Edition ‘The Waste Land’ Hits the Cotswolds Market!" Discover a literary treasure in the heart of antique heaven—perfect for collectors and poetry enthusiasts alike!
...#FineBooksAuctions #LiteraryFirstEditions #TheWasteLand #TheCotswoldAuctionCompany #ModernistLiterature #TSEliotBooks #CollectibleBooks #LiteraryCollectibles #VintageBooksSale #LiteraryHistory #AntiqueBooks #BookAuctionsUK #LiteratureAuctions #BookCollectibles #WorldClassBooks A…
The Birth of Winnie-the-Pooh's Canadian Connection
Winnie-the-Pooh has a surprising Canadian origin! In 1914, Canadian Lieutenant Harry Colebourn purchased a bear cub at White River, Ontario, naming her Winnipeg after his hometown. "Winnie" traveled with him to England and later lived at the London Zoo, where she became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's beloved children's character. 🧸
🇨🇦 #Canada #WinnieThePooh #LiteraryHistory
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/winnie-the-pooh
Did you know?
In 1877, Henry Spencer Ashbee published an Index of Erotic Literature to preserve forgotten works that society deemed too scandalous. Today, his collection remains a goldmine for researchers, and invites us to challenge notions of Victorian propriety.
#CfP zu "Die Kunst des Beschreibens.
#Ästhetische Diskurse von Autorinnen in der Frühen Neuzeit und #Aufklärung", dem Thema der sechsten transphilologischen ‚Femmes de Lettres‘-Jahrestagung der FONTE-Stiftung, die am 9. und 10. Oktober 2025 an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin stattfinden wird.
🗓️Deadline für Abstracts: 30. April 2025
📌Weitere Informationen:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/die-kunst-des-beschreibens-asthetische-diskurse-von-autorinnen-in-der-fruehen-neuzeit-und-aufklarung/ #LiteratureGender #LiteratureHistory #LiteraryHistory #Aesthetics #Poetics
#CfP for the conference "Medieval Texts and their Social Contexts: Performance, #Performativity, Agents and #Genres", which will take place in Ghent on November13-14, 2025.
🗓️Deadline for abstracts: May 16, 2025
📌Further information:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/medieval-texts-and-their-social-contexts-performance-performativity-agents-and-genres/ #fidavlnews @germanistik @litstudies @italianstudies #LiteratureMiddleAges #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory #Poetics #LiteratureGenre #LiteraryGenre
#CfP für die Konferenz "Denken und schreiben zwischen den Sprachen: Gekreuzte Blicke auf die deutsch-französische #Avantgarde", die vom 6. bis 8. November 2025 am Campus Germersheim der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz stattfinden wird.
🗓️Deadline für Abstracts: 15. Juni 2025
📌Weitere Informationen:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/denken-und-schreiben-zwischen-den-sprachen-gekreuzte-blicke-auf-die-deutsch-franzosische-avantgarde/ #fidavlnews
#Multilingualism @germanistik @litstudies @italianstudies #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory #Poetics #LiteratureTranslation #Translation #LiteratureCulture
#CfP for the workshop "Figures, Types, and Images of the Social in the 19th and 20th Century: Practices of Social Imagining in the History of Knowledge and the Sciences", which will take place at the University of Erfurt on November 20–21, 2025.
🗓️Deadline for abstracts: May 2, 2025
📌Further information:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/figures-types-and-images-of-the-social-in-the-19th-and-20th-century-practices-of-social-imagining/ #fidavlnews @litstudies @germanistik @italianstudies #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory #LiteratureCulture
Die Konferenz "Mediävalismus in der Mediävistik – Epochenschwellen 1900/2000" wird vom 29. bis 31. Mai 2025 an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel stattfinden.
📌Weitere Informationen:
https://www.avldigital.de/vernetzen/details/event/mediavalismus-in-der-mediavistik-epochenschwellen-19002000-kiel/ #fidavlnews @germanistik #intermediality #LiteraryHistory #LiteratureHistory @litstudies
