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Featured Article: Yeongjo of Joseon
]]Yeongjo (1694-1776, r. 1724-1776) was the twenty-first ruler of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. During his 52-year reign, Yeongjo accomplished a number of important reforms in various fields including political organization, culture, and industry. He put an end to the strong political factionalism which had dominated Joseon politics and had detrimental effects on state affairs. Yeongjo was a strong Confucianist, and Confucianism in the Joseon Dynasty reached its peak during his reign and the reign of his successor, Jeongjo.
Popular Article: New Historicism
New Historicism is an approach to literary criticism and literary theory based on the premise that a literary work should be considered a product of the time, place, and historical circumstances of its composition rather than as an isolated work of art or text. It has its roots in a reaction to the "New Criticism" of formal analysis of works of literature, which was seen by a new generation of professional critics as ignoring the greater social and political consequences of the production of literary texts. New Historicism developed in the 1980s, primarily through the work of the critic Stephen Greenblatt, gaining widespread influence in the 1990s and beyond.
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The Abenaki largely relied on horticulture when it came to their diet, which is why villages often were located on or near river floodplains. (source: Abenaki)
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