• The History of Literature

    The History of Literature

    On the Lovability of Keats

    By History of Literature  February 16, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Chigozie Obioma: ‘I Really Do Believe That Fiction Should Say More Than One Thing’

    By History of Literature  February 8, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Searching for Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen’s Would-Be Suitor, Tom Lefroy

    By History of Literature  February 1, 2021
    The History of Literature

    ‘There Are No Slaveholders Here.’ A Letter from Frederick Douglass

    By History of Literature  January 25, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Amyra León on How Frida Kahlo Influenced Her to Write the Wound

    By History of Literature  January 15, 2021
    The History of Literature

    How Nathaniel Hawthorne Distinguished Between ‘Novels’ and ‘Romances’

    By History of Literature  January 11, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Chekhov’s Three Sisters: Comedy, Tragedy, or Foreshadowing of the Bolshevik Revolution?

    By History of Literature  January 4, 2021
    The History of Literature

    How Chekhov Cuts to the Heart in Uncle Vanya

    By History of Literature  December 28, 2020
    The History of Literature

    Rewriting the American Canon with The Book of Firsts

    By History of Literature  December 21, 2020
    The History of Literature

    To Read or Not to Read Proust’s Swann’s Way

    By History of Literature  December 14, 2020
    The History of Literature

    The Triumph of Broadway After 9/11—and How the Show Will Go on Post-Pandemic

    By History of Literature  December 7, 2020
    The History of Literature

    On J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creation of the Modern
    Fantasy Novel

    By History of Literature  November 30, 2020
    The History of Literature

    What Happened to the Classic Western? It Got Better

    By History of Literature  November 23, 2020
    The History of Literature

    The Real Golden Age of
    Science Fiction

    By History of Literature  November 16, 2020
    The History of Literature

    The History of Romance Novels, a Billion-Dollar Industry

    By History of Literature  November 9, 2020
    The History of Literature

    George Orwell’s 1984 is Always Just Around the Corner

    By History of Literature  November 2, 2020
    The History of Literature

    We Have Edgar Allan Poe to Thank for the Detective Story

    By History of Literature  October 26, 2020
    The History of Literature

    What Happens When You Open a Phone Line for People to Gush About Their Favorite Books

    By History of Literature  October 19, 2020
    The History of Literature

    On Edgar Allan Poe’s Creepy Doppelgänger Story, “William Wilson”

    By History of Literature  October 12, 2020
    The History of Literature

    On the Haunting Remorse of Edgar Allan Poe’s
    “The Black Cat”

    By History of Literature  October 5, 2020
    The History of Literature

    Margot Livesey on the Greatest Writers in Scottish History

    By History of Literature  September 28, 2020
    The History of Literature

    On Enheduanna, the First Poet to Ascribe Her Own Name to Her Works

    By History of Literature  September 21, 2020
    The History of Literature

    The Most Savage Book Reviews of All Time

    By History of Literature  September 14, 2020
    The History of Literature

    Why It’s Worth Reading T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (Even When It’s a Slog)

    By History of Literature  September 8, 2020
    The History of Literature

    The Ecstasy of Reading (and Rereading) Anna Karenina

    By History of Literature  August 31, 2020
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