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Explore Public-Domain Works in History, Law and Social Inquiry
This catalogue groups 95 public-domain works by theme, author, and title. Its organizing logic is relational: historical, legal, and social subjects overlap, and each record links to related works, authors, and subject collections. You can enter through a familiar topic, trace how a question recurs across different works, or follow an author's thread. Source references and editorial notes clarify placement without altering original texts. Use the theme view to see clusters of fiction and nonfiction that speak to each other across eras, the author view to map a writer's range, or the title index for direct lookup. The mix of legal, historical, and social concerns makes this a useful starting point for comparative reading.
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Historical Psychological Social Fiction
Poems with Power to Strengthen t...
Authored by Authors: Mudge, James, 1844-1918 [..., 'Poems with Power to Strengthen t...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Historical Psychological Social Fiction category. An anthology of English poems organized by moral qualities like courage, duty, and faith, compiled by James Mudge to strengthen character. The preface distinguishes it from hymnals by focusing on personal virtue rather than institutional theology. This volume offers essential insights for researchers and enthusiasts alike.
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Collected Poems: Volume Two — A ...
In Histori...
Select Poems of Thomas Gray — Re...
In Adventu...
The Fairy Changeling and Other P...
In Fantasy...
Poems — Themes and Context
In Fantasy...
Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist...
In Science...
Gloucester Moors and Other Poems...
In Adventu...
Revised Edition of Poems — Theme...
In Science...
The Minstrel; or the Progress of...
In Histori...
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