Articles with keyword "Literature"
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The Utterly Civilized Wilder
Despite global popularity, the enduring works of Thornton Wilder hold up to critical scrutiny.
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The Voracious Pen of Thomas Carlyle
A young historian pours forth The French Revolution, blood and all, inspiring a generation of Victorian writers.
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British Modernism’s Many Manners
The Bloomsbury group broke ties with Victorian ideals and reimagined British art.
In Focus
Maryland’s Phoebe Stein Davis
Phoebe Stein Davis is determined to make the humanities relevant.
Conversation
Reading Into the Great Depression
Critic Morris Dickstein talks about the culture of the thirties and the demise of theory.
Conversation
Searching for Truth: From Genesis to Genotype
Jefferson Lecturer Leon Kass describes his journey from medical school to the heart of the humanities.
Curio
Chaste Beowulf
From Making Sense: Constructing Meaning in Early English, a selection of papers on Anglo-Saxon and other medieval texts edited by Antonette diPaolo Healey and Kevin Kiernan and published