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The 400th Anniversary: Look Inside Shakespeare’s First Folio

The 400th Anniversary: Look Inside Shakespeare’s First Folio

A Sneak Peak at Rizzoli and The British Library's Facsimile Edition

By Literary Hub | November 13, 2023

Where Everyone is Hamlet: Staging Shakespeare as Political Resistance in China

Where Everyone is Hamlet: Staging Shakespeare as Political Resistance in China

Vikram Nijhawan on the Bard’s Role in 20th Century China

By Vikram Nijhawan | November 13, 2023

The Dalton Gang's Final, Doomed Heists in the Twilight of the Old West

The Dalton Gang's Final, Doomed Heists in the Twilight of the Old West

The Last Bloody, Nasty Days of the Famous Bandits

By Tom Clavin | November 10, 2023

The History of Writing is the History of Humanity

The History of Writing is the History of Humanity

Walter Stephens on Lost Books, Rediscovery, and Ancient Wisdom

By Walter Stephens | November 10, 2023

Drip Painting Was Actually Invented by a Ukrainian Grandmother... Not Jackson Pollock

Drip Painting Was Actually Invented by a Ukrainian Grandmother... Not Jackson Pollock

Noah Charney on the Erasure of Women's Revolutionary Contributions to Art History

By Noah Charney | November 9, 2023

Dinner With A Dictator: What Joseph Stalin Ate

Dinner With A Dictator: What Joseph Stalin Ate

Witold Szabłowski on the Culinary Habits and Preferences of the Soviet Strongman

By Witold Szabłowski | November 9, 2023

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Casey Plett on how Politicians, Media, and Corporations Co-Opt Language

By Casey Plett | November 7, 2023

How American Critics Originated Jane Austen Scholarship

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On the Birth of Austen Criticism

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In Search of Hidden Family History in the Late Ottoman Empire

In Search of Hidden Family History in the Late Ottoman Empire

Alice Sparberg Alexiou on Love and Loss From Jerusalem to Izmir

By Alice Sparberg Alexiou | November 6, 2023

On Art, Music and the Humanist Spirit in the Face of Nazi Atrocities

On Art, Music and the Humanist Spirit in the Face of Nazi Atrocities

From Jeremy Eichler's Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlisted Time's Echo

By Jeremy Eichler | November 6, 2023

The Lifesaving Potential of Latin American Passports in the Warsaw Ghetto

The Lifesaving Potential of Latin American Passports in the Warsaw Ghetto

Roger Moorhouse on the Story of the Desperately Sought-After Document

By Roger Moorhouse | November 6, 2023

Laughing At Evil: When Charlie Chaplin Brought Hitler to the Big Screen

Laughing At Evil: When Charlie Chaplin Brought Hitler to the Big Screen

Scott Eyman on the Making and Legacy of The Great Dictator

By Scott Eyman | November 3, 2023

How 1950s Hollywood Tried (and Failed) to Make Literary Adaptations Big

How 1950s Hollywood Tried (and Failed) to Make Literary Adaptations Big

The Problem with the Classics

By Foster Hirsch | November 3, 2023

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