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Classics

A selection of old favorites.
G. Harold Carswell in his Tallahassee, Florida, chambers, April 1970.

FeatureSupremely Contentious

The Transformation of “Advice and Consent”

By Meredith Hindley

humanities, September/October, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 5
Cartoon showing Pegler charging racketeers with a pen

FeatureWho Was Westbrook Pegler?

The original right-wing takedown artist

By David Witwer

humanities, March/April, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 2
Stein in France with her longtime friend Bernard Faÿ

FeatureThe Strange Politics of Gertrude Stein

Was the den mother of modernism a fascist?

By Barbara Will

humanities, March/April, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 2
Etching of Rousseau

FeatureFriends of Rousseau

Some of the people he has influenced don't even realize it.

By Leo Damrosch

humanities, July/August, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 4
<em>The Apotheosis of Washington</em>

FeatureThe Other Jefferson Davis

The U.S. Capitol, as we know it today, would never have existed without Jefferson Davis.

By Guy Gugliotta

humanities, September/October, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 5
Silhouette of George Washington

FeatureHow to Be Presidential

George Washington was not born a leader but he carefully made himself into one.

By Edward G. Lengel

humanities, September/October, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 5
title page treatment for "Not Exactly A Hermit" by Danny Heitman

FeatureNot Exactly a Hermit: Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau went in for society, but on his own terms.

By Danny Heitman

humanities, September/October, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 5
Photo portrait of Barbara Tuchman

FeatureThe Dramatist

Barbara Tuchman saw history as a grand tragedy

By Meredith Hindley

humanities, September/October, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 5
Guastavino vaulted staircase, 1914

FeatureVaulting Ambition

The artful masonry of Rafael Guastavino rediscovered.

By Craig Lambert

humanities, November/December, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 6
Drawing of Emily Dickinson

FeatureThe Image of a Writer

Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, and the conflict between publication and privacy.

By Randall Fuller

humanities, November/December, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 6