“All shadow and silence in it” (3.1.247-48): Reticence in Measure for Measure by Denis Lagae-Devoldere

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Masoński kod w twórczości Władimira Nabokowa. Próba interpretacji powieści „Zaproszenie na egzekucję” w kluczu symboliki masońskiej by Nadzieja Kortus

“…This article is an attempt to interpet a work by Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading, with the most important determinants of Masonic culture. …”
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Biblical Turns of Phrase, Repetition and Circularity in Oscar Wilde’s Salome by Sébastien Salbayre

“…Indeed, in Salome, the extremely short accounts of the beheading of John the Baptist that can be found in the Gospels turn into a sexual tragedy in which lust, perversity and frustration are the main motivating forces behind the characters’ actions. …”
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V. Nabokov wobec II wojny światowej – twórcza recepcja i moralna ocena / V. Nabokov and the Second World War - creative reception and moral evaluation by Monika Grygiel

“…Vladimir Nabokov - the Russian and American writer is the author of two novelistic anti-utopias: Invitation to a Beheading and Bend Sinister, in which he expressed his political views, although he usually declared himself as an apolitical writer. …”
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Causes of death among the Ceasars (27 BC-AD 476) by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Seven emperors abdicated before death brought an end to their rule — only 2 died of natural causes. 30 of the 33 murdered were killed by the sword or dagger (5 were beheaded), one was strangled, one was hanged and one was killed by stoning. …”
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