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An Annotated Critical Edition Of "The Show Folks!" By Pierce Egan, Audrey Saxton
An Annotated Critical Edition Of "The Show Folks!" By Pierce Egan, Audrey Saxton
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This is a critical edition of Pierce Egan’s 1831 Poem, “The Show Folks!” It includes an introduction written which grounds Egan’s poem in the tradition of Victorian England’s burlesque theater and circus acts. It also includes selected footnotes and appendices in order to further explore the text. At the end is included a list of sources for further reading and research regarding Pierce Egan and “The Show Folks!”
The Texting Smile, Richard K. Angel
The Texting Smile, Richard K. Angel
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There's nothing like dating to turn us into a miserable puddle of falsehood. When we're with the person we like, we fight to play the game and find the right balance of not showing too much interest (so she'll know that you like her) and showing enough (so she doesn't think you don't). It's an art. But when we're only texting, we can behave however we'd like as long as we choose our words carefully; we don't even try to hide our emotions, and the perfect strangers surrounding us see more of our unabashed smile than the object of our …