• The History of Literature

    The History of Literature

    Beverly Gologorsky on the Turmoil of the Late 1960s

    By History of Literature  May 16, 2022
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    Robin Hemley on Kafka and Writerly Ambition

    By History of Literature  May 9, 2022
    The History of Literature

    What Makes Mysteries so Compelling?

    By History of Literature  May 2, 2022
    The History of Literature

    On the First Work of Literature by an African American Author

    By History of Literature  April 25, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Linda H. Davis on the Literary Fame and Notorious Exploits of Stephen Crane

    By History of Literature  April 18, 2022
    The History of Literature

    On the Creative Partnership of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

    By History of Literature  April 11, 2022
    The History of Literature

    What Literary Techniques Did Sigmund Freud Employ?

    By History of Literature  April 4, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Writers in Odessa, Ukraine’s “Black Sea Pearl”

    By History of Literature  March 28, 2022
    The History of Literature

    When Mark Twain Tried to Start a Publishing Company (and Epically Failed)

    By History of Literature  March 21, 2022
    The History of Literature

    “I am Never Too Busy to Think of S&S.” On Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility

    By History of Literature  March 14, 2022
    The History of Literature

    How to Express Your Love to Virginia Woolf

    By History of Literature  March 7, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Ten Sentences That Defined a Nation: On the Gettysburg Address

    By History of Literature  February 28, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Anna Holmes on the Radical Life of Margaret Wise Brown

    By History of Literature  February 22, 2022
    The History of Literature

    On the Life and Works of Indelible American Poet Gwendolyn Brooks

    By History of Literature  February 14, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Liu Xinwu and the “Scar Literature” of China

    By History of Literature  February 7, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Why Should We Read Anything by John Milton Today?

    By History of Literature  January 31, 2022
    The History of Literature

    On Sophocles, Boswell, and the Power of Literature

    By History of Literature  January 24, 2022
    The History of Literature

    “A Poetic Vision of God.” On an Astounding 1903 Letter by Rainer Maria Rilke

    By History of Literature  January 14, 2022
    The History of Literature

    A Literary History of Dragons

    By History of Literature  January 10, 2022
    The History of Literature

    The Beatles: On the Break-Up and Their Narrative Power

    By History of Literature  January 3, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Phil Klay on Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic, Conservative, and Curmudgeonly Ways

    By History of Literature  December 20, 2021
    The History of Literature

    From Joni to Dylan: On the Bards of 1960s Pop

    By History of Literature  December 13, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic Slaughterhouse Five

    By History of Literature  December 6, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On Eliza Haywood’s Explorations of Gender Politics and Sexual Passion

    By History of Literature  November 29, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Farah Jasmine Griffin on the Lessons and Legacies of Black Literature

    By History of Literature  November 22, 2021
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