At the beginning of the twentieth century, the country’s literature was widely considered provincial. Then Malcolm Cowley set ...

Heretic, debater, wife-snatcher, subject of a posthumous cult: Pico della Mirandola certainly had a wild career. In this smart and rangy book, Wilson-Lee, a Cambridge don, paints a glorious portrait ...

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A Literature in Crisis” and Edward Mendelson’s “The Inner Life of Mrs. Dalloway.” ...

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A heartfelt collection of 22 powerful book quotes that remind you growth is never finished. Each line speaks of healing, ...

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Today, modernist literary icon Gertrude Stein is famous for many reasons. The “autobiography” she wrote of her partner Alice B. Toklas: a gossipy, ironic tour of bohemian Paris, featuring memorable ...

As part of the National Portrait Gallery's education program "Face-to-Face,” Wendy Wick Reaves, curator at NPG, discusses Gertrude Stein and her portrait by Jo Davidson. American expatriate writer ...