[…] I would faine ſee them meet; that that ſame yong Troian aſſe, that loues the whore there, might ſend that Greekiſh whore-maiſterly villaine, with the Sleeue, backe to the diſſembling luxurious drabe, of a ſleeueleſſe errant.

Posthumous papers may come with the connotation of having been abandoned and therefore of being disorderly, involving a lack of control by the writer; they may, then, seem like a ‘more complete’ archive in one way, as the death of the author might preclude any destruction of parts of the papers. Contrary to that, ‘prehumous papers’ (as it were) strike one as involving more care, since the process of donation is a voluntary one, and therefore might give the impression that the author’s consent is evidence of candour.

‘The ecumenopolitan concept’, said Professor Dix of Nottingham, apparently proposing the ‘dilution’ motion, ‘implies the better use of resources, perhaps a greater use of telecommunications and electronics, and properly planned transport systems. It means a better and more readily accessible countryside…’.

The glorification of women as mothers informed the propaganda of the Nazi years but social reality told a different story. In 1933, a vituperate campaign against 'double earners' forced married women, whose husbands were employed, out of the labour market.