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Illustration of medieval mystery play.

The Body of Christ

Theology became flesh and blood in the sacred street theater of medieval England.

By James Williford

humanities, July/August, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 4
The hero of Gilgamesh ruled the ancient city of Uruk circa 2750 BCE.

Lessons from a Demigod

Gilgamesh was a brutal tyrant who foolishly tried to defeat death.

By Philip Freeman

humanities, July/August, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 4
James Agee portrait, standing in a window.

Let Us Now Praise James Agee

The journalist who pioneered serious film criticism showed a cinematic touch in all of his writing.

By Danny Heitman

humanities, July/August, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 4
Etching of Rousseau

Friends 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
Wendell Berry with arm around statue

The Thing (or Things) About Wendell Berry

An Appreciation by Mark Bittman

By Mark Bittman

humanities, May/June, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 3
Churchill and FDR at Second Washington Conference

Friends and Allies

Over their staffs' objections, Roosevelt and Churchill set in motion the invasion of North Africa.

By Meredith Hindley

humanities, May/June, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 3
Tobacco wagon

Excerpts from the Writings of Wendell Berry

On work and the work of local culture

humanities, May/June, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 3
"Disatisfied": a woodblock illustration by Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn in New Orleans

The misfit journalist felt at home in the marginalized world he wrote about.

 

By Danny Heitman

humanities, May/June, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 3
Montage of Harriet Beecher Stowe and a family letter.

Parlor Politics

The area of Nook Farm was a hotbed for Stowe and her activist circle.

By Tom Christopher

humanities, May/June, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 3
Portrait of Gouverneur Morris

Ungoverned Passion

Founding Father and ladies' man Gouverneur Morris flees revolutionary Paris to discover the delights of central Europe.

By Meredith Hindley

humanities, March/April, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 2