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Meredith Hambrock on Women’s Ambition, Nazism, and Patriarchy on the 60th Anniversary of a Classic Film

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What the Work of Literary Production Reveals About the Resonance of History

What the Work of Literary Production Reveals About the Resonance of History

Stuart Nadler: “The work is everything, and the work is heartbreaking.”

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How W.H. Auden Made Austria His Adopted Home

How W.H. Auden Made Austria His Adopted Home

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How Ralph Ellison Brought the Complexity of the American Experience to Europe

How Ralph Ellison Brought the Complexity of the American Experience to Europe

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The ghost of Edgar Allan Poe has taken over Eurovision.

The ghost of Edgar Allan Poe has taken over Eurovision.

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18th-Century Vienna Through the Eyes of a Woman Traveler

18th-Century Vienna Through the Eyes of a Woman Traveler

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