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Tutankhamun and Egyptomania; Nosferatu; Pirandello's Henry IV; Einstein, Time and Aboriginal Modernism
An omnibus edition of four things from 1922 with an impact a century later.
Einstein, relativity, time, and indigenous Australian modernism
Einstein's ideas about time and parallels with the indigenous Australian conception of it.
Pirandello's Henry IV and the Idea of Truth
Luigi Pirandello's 1922 play Henry IV and the idea that truth can be what we say it is.
HĆshĆ, the First Aircraft Carrier, and HMS Queen Elizabeth - and Cocaine
HĆshĆ, the first aircraft carrier, and HMS Queen Elizabeth, the most recent.
Nosferatu and Modernist Horror
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, the first vampire film and its influence after a century
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, and Egyptomania
The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, sparking Egyptomania, that continues.
The Shabolovka Tower and the Gherkin, The Criterion, The True Story of Ah Q, Louis Armstrong goes to Chicago
An omnibus edition of four things from 1922 with an impact a century later.
Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago
Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago in 1922 a move with profound influence
Bertolt Brecht's play Drums in the Night
Bertolt Brecht's play Drums in the Night and the concept of alienation in the theatre
The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun
The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun, China's first modernist work of literature
