Articles with keyword "twentieth century"
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Remains of the Day
By Amy Lifson
By Between June 14 and July 27, 1794, hundreds of nobles, shopkeepers, clergy, corset makers, vintners, and other “suspicious” citizens were executed by guillotine at Place de la Nation in Paris.
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Hollywood by Design
By Laura Wolff Scanlan
Oklahoma remembers the career of costumier Edith Head.
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Impertinent Questions with Edwin L. Battistella
By David Skinner (Edited by)
On the self-help career of grammarian Sherwin Cody.
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Portrait of the Artist Before and After
By Daniel Grant
Thomas Hart Benton was famous when he wrote his autobiography, forgotten when he updated it.
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The Making of Jonathan Spence
By Frederic E. Wakeman Jr.
From Winchester College to The Search for Modern China.
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American Zenophilia
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Our fascination with Buddha goes well beyond power drinks and movie stars.
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The China Scholar
Jonathan Spence and NEH Chairman Leach discuss key moments in four hundred years of Chinese history.
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That's Amore
By Steve Moyer
Three women in novelist William Faulkner’s life affected his storytelling profoundly through their own literary and artistic abilities. Additionally, one of the three transformed his notions of race.
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Telecommunications Triumphs
By Steve Moyer
Staying up all night working on his code and such for the glory of France, Napoleon still had time for other long-lasting achievements—namely, his optical telegraph.