Articles with keyword "eighteenth century"
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Inventing the Landscape
Gainsborough abandons portraiture to portray the idyllic in English country life.
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Words. Words. Words.
A new edition of Samuel Johnson’s landmark dictionary illuminates his methods.
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Women of Influence
NEH Chairman Bruce Cole talked recently with ABC and NPR news analyst Cokie Roberts about her most recent book, Founding Mothers, and the role women played in the early days of the Republic.
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A Lot Like Us
Author Richard Brookhiser and NEH Chairman Bruce Cole discuss the modern sensibilities of America's Founders.
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The Mysterious Miss Austen
Two hundred years ago, Pride and Prejudice was anonymously published.
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American Arriviste
The eighteenth-century traveler, writer, and social climber John Ledyard joins Thomas Jefferson and a famed circle of expatriates in Paris.
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How to Be Presidential
George Washington was not born a leader but he carefully made himself into one.







