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How Anxiety Evolved Through the Middle Ages and Early Modern Europe

How Anxiety Evolved Through the Middle Ages and Early Modern Europe

“To many in the Western world, the fact that the mind was free but separate from the heavenly soul was unbearable.”

By Tracy Dennis-Tiwary | May 18, 2022

William Pei Shih Reads from His Story “The Enlightenment”

William Pei Shih Reads from His Story “The Enlightenment”

Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast">On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast

By Storybound | August 31, 2021

Why Should You Read?

Why Should You Read?

Will Self Wonders What the Hell We Think We’re Doing

By Will Self | April 22, 2021

Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Ritchie Robertson on the Reading Revolution of the 18th Century

By Ritchie Robertson | February 23, 2021

Will Self on What to Read: Canons to the Left, Canons to the Right, and Everything in Between

Will Self on What to Read: Canons to the Left, Canons to the Right, and Everything in Between

“As widely and as deeply as possible.”

By Will Self | February 19, 2021

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