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The Overwhelming Power of Beauty: Deconstructing Edith Hamilton’s <em>Mythology</em> for Modern Times

The Overwhelming Power of Beauty: Deconstructing Edith Hamilton’s Mythology for Modern Times

Kathryn Lofton on Greek and Roman Classics, Scholarship, and Religion

By Kathryn Lofton | June 8, 2021

How Many of the 100 Most Famous Passages in Literature Can You Identify?

How Many of the 100 Most Famous Passages in Literature Can You Identify?

Winner Gets a Prize*

By Emily Temple | February 24, 2021

50 Great Classic Novels <br>Under 200 Pages

50 Great Classic Novels
Under 200 Pages

Getting You Through February

By Emily Temple | February 17, 2021

Want to Feel Better? Stop Reading New Books.

Want to Feel Better? Stop Reading New Books.

That's Right.

By Emily Temple | November 11, 2020

The Encyclopedic Genius of<br> Melville's Masterpiece

The Encyclopedic Genius of
Melville's Masterpiece

On Moby Dick as a Way of Seeing the World

By Suzanne Conklin Akbari | August 1, 2019

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

On the Virtues of "Civic Friendship"

By Edith Hall | January 23, 2019

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Restoring Power to the Women of Ancient Myth

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By Kimberly Glyder | March 9, 2018

How the Oldest Stories Can Give Us the Best Perspective

By Veronica Esposito | October 23, 2017

Reading Jane Eyre While Black

Reading Jane Eyre While Black

The Privilege of Escapism is Not Allowed for Me

By Tyrese L. Coleman | August 28, 2017

From Penelope to Pussyhats, The Ancient Origins of Feminist Craftivism

From Penelope to Pussyhats, The Ancient Origins of Feminist Craftivism

On Subversive Uses of Women's Handicrafts Throughout History

By Stephanie McCarter | June 7, 2017

Elizabeth Harrower, A Great Russian Master (from Australia)

Elizabeth Harrower, A Great Russian Master (from Australia)

Joan London in Praise of 'The Watch Tower'

By Joan London | January 25, 2017

My Longest Healthy Relationship is with the Dead Poet Catullus

My Longest Healthy Relationship is with the Dead Poet Catullus

The Story of a Poet Told Through His Poems

By Daisy Dunn | July 27, 2016

<em>Don Quixote</em>: Sloppy, Inconsistent, Baffling, Perfect

Don Quixote: Sloppy, Inconsistent, Baffling, Perfect

On the Magical Hyper-realism of a 400-Year-Old Classic

By Ilan Stavans | October 7, 2015

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