THE tendency to consider centuries as natural periods in the history of culture, and their termini as milestones, indicates a mental habit that is far from logical, but it is one that men do not ...
In 1773, London’s presses produced a small book with a portrait of a young woman, among many other similar copies. The woman wore a respectable bonnet across her forehead, lost deep in thought while ...
For 25 years, Rashidah Muhammad has worked to put the spotlight on African American literature during Black History Month at Governors State University. She is carrying on that tradition this year as ...
This year’s observance of Black History Month carries forward the centennial anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. However, in this reflective season, we find ourselves at a crossroads that would be ...
Larzer Ziff, a globally renowned scholar of American literary culture and intellectual history and an inspirational mentor, died Nov. 25. Ziff, a professor emeritus and research professor in the ...
IN The Great Tradition (Macmillan, $2.50), Granville Hicks has written the first really valuable detailed history of the full sweep of our literature from the Civil War to the present. He has done it ...
For many, Arab-American literature offers a personal window into the rich cultural heritage, traditions, and experiences of Arab-Americans not readily accessible in American popular culture. The scope ...
It’s difficult to know where to start or finish in any discussion of the connection between American literature and the Catholic Faith. The whole topic is fraught with complexity, as is the ...
Josh Clark and Judy Long get to the bottom of how a state historically limited in resources can have such scholarship and enlightenment.