<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Rachel Herschbein]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mostly History]]></description><link>https://rherschbein.wixsite.com/mostlyhistory/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:44:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://rherschbein.wixsite.com/mostlyhistory/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Drawing Connections:]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Country Wife (1675) + Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Anyone who knows me in real life can attest that I have a fascination with both of these pieces of media. Both originally written as plays and adapted for the film camera, these two productions share a surprising amount of dramatic and thematic conventions. Despite the 300 year gap between the two productions, I am determined that there is a common thread connecting my obsessions with these two stories.  I first read William...]]></description><link>https://rherschbein.wixsite.com/mostlyhistory/post/drawing-connections</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad90dc9d17b29f72a8c34e0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:47:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcc861_576ce32f9900411e8ee1ac79f49fff8b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_933,h_868,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rachel Herschbein</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Longevity &#38; Reappraisal]]></title><description><![CDATA[in Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, 1935 In the autumn of 2024, I studied abroad in Bath, England with a program called Advanced Studies in England. The program was  dominated by English-majors and the adjacent subject areas, and so naturally, I felt like I was in heaven. In one of my courses, the focus was on mental illness and its perception in female-focused literature. The reading list included "lunacy-study" classics like Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys, 1966), The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath,...]]></description><link>https://rherschbein.wixsite.com/mostlyhistory/post/longevity-reappraisal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4ec6f0eb09451ed9ad3c0c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:47:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fcc861_7f6e592221a34e26bbce7f0464b5b34a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_536,h_536,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rachel Herschbein</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>