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  • Notes on the History of Fiction

    Who would give up the Iliad for the “real” historical record?

    E. L. DoctorowFiction 2006 Issue
  • Books of the Month
    April 1887 Issue
  • The Contributors' Column
    C. C. Thackray, L. Emilie Pearsall, Miriam E. Carey, Everett P. Wheeler, and Paulina Cony DrownJuly 1923 Issue
  • Service to Two Titans
    John M. ConlyJanuary 1960 Issue
  • Richard Henry Dana
    Julius H. WardApril 1879 Issue
  • The Contributors' Club
    May 1886 Issue
  • Characteristics of the Elizabethan Literature
    E. P. WhippleFebruary 1867 Issue
  • 'To Die by Your Side': Spike Jonze's Handmade Stop-Motion Love Story
    Maria PopovaOctober 21, 2011
  • The First Emoticon May Have Appeared in ... 1648

    The discovery would push back the pre-history of the emoticon by (at least) 200 years.

    Alexis C. MadrigalApril 14, 2014
  • Brexit’s Front Pages

    How the British press reported on a historic referendum day

    Matt FordJune 23, 2016
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