Transcending the Mundane: On Fictional Characters in Search of Utopias

Transcending the Mundane: On Fictional Characters in Search of Utopias

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How Oscar Wilde Created a Queer, Mysterious Symbol in Green Carnations

How Oscar Wilde Created a Queer, Mysterious Symbol in Green Carnations

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How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

Tara Isabella Burton on the Combination of Isolation, Vulnerability, and Hunger for Knowledge

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Searching for Meaning in Times of Despair: A Reading List

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Tara Isabella Burton on Spiritualists, Idealists, Cultists, and More

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