Word: italicism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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On a door marked 219 on the second floor of the Jonas Clark building at Clark University is taped a faded italic newspaper headline reading "Clark Won't Change" and next to that a white index card labelled, "Dr. ALAN F. GUMMERSON."
This flourish of a book takes Raleigh from the year 1603, when he was condemned to death for his supposed part in a plot against James I, the new king, to 1618, when James finally enforced the sentence. Raleigh was a complex figure-a scholar, poet, courtier, soldier, explorer, promoter...