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Articles with keyword "twentieth century"

Robert E. Lee astride Traveller

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How Did Robert E. Lee Become an American Icon?

By James C. Cobb

The man was remembered, but not his cause.

Open book

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The Well-Wrought Textbook

By Garrick Davis

The making of the midcentury English department classic, Understanding Poetry.

Cartoonist Clifford Berryman's illustration of 1912 presidential candidates

Curio

1912 Presidential Candidates

Cartoonist Clifford Berryman mocks the confidence level of the 1912 presidential candidates—Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and William Howard Taft—before the election.

Image of choreographer Jerome Robbins rehearsing dancers.

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Dancing American

By Pia Catton

Jerome Robbins built a new style from classical and modern parts.

Image of poster from Lincoln Centennial

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Lincoln’s Centennial

By Anna Maria Gillis

The year was marked by adulation.

Philip Nel

IQ

Impertinent Question with Philip Nel

On the man behind the Grinch.

Image of Thorton Wilder, January, 28, 1962

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The Utterly Civilized Wilder

By Jonathan Leaf

Despite global popularity, the enduring works of Thornton Wilder hold up to critical scrutiny.

Image of Three Mile Island

Conversation

Historian for Hire

By Bruce Cole

Phil Cantelon of History Associates talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the profession outside the walls of academia.

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A Poet’s Inner Eye

By Carol Frost

A literary scholar looks for Elizabeth Bishop in the fishing waters of Florida.

Portrait of Mary St. John Hutchinson

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British Modernism’s Many Manners

By Steve Moyer

The Bloomsbury group broke ties with Victorian ideals and reimagined British art.