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  • Cleverness
    H. W. BoyntonDecember 1902 Issue
  • The Pendulum of Taste
    Ivor BrownAugust 1935 Issue
  • Unfinished Business
    Gretchen FinletterMay 1945 Issue
  • From Butterfly to Wozzeck
    Herbert KupferbergNovember 1967 Issue
  • Discoveries From the Past
    Herbert KupferbergDecember 1964 Issue
  • The Unread Giant
    Gordon A. CraigApril 1991 Issue
  • The State of the National

    How Britain’s biggest theater reflects the country’s identity crisis.

    Helen LewisJanuary 3, 2020
    A collage of images including Britain's National Theater
  • Four New Books of Poetry
    W. D. H.January 1876 Issue
  • Words
    Agnes RepplierMarch 1893 Issue
  • Literature and the Ministry
    Leverett W. SpringApril 1892 Issue
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