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Classics

A selection of old favorites.
Moliere dining with Louis XIV

FeatureBurying Molière

How the French Revolution reappropriated the favored playwright of Louis XIV.

By Steve Moyer

humanities, May/June, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 3
Image of Dolley Madison.

FeatureThe Politics of Love

Dolley Madison gained influence through kindness.

By Catherine Allgor

humanities, January/February, 2010, Volume 31, Issue 1
Image of Lincoln at McClellan's camp

FeatureLincoln the Great

Though He Didn’t Look That Way at the Time.

By Wilfred W. McClay

humanities, January/February, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 1

FeatureDarwin the Young Adventurer

The budding naturalist avoids life as a minister and finds himself aboard the Beagle.

By Janet Browne

humanities, May/June, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 3
Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary

FeatureWhat Samuel Johnson Really Did

He made dictionaries matter.

By Michael Adams

humanities, September/October, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 5
Image of Wallace Stegner

FeatureProud Flesh

A recollection of Wallace Stegner.

By Kenneth Fields

humanities, July/August, 2009, Volume 30, Issue 4