The 18 th century was, perhaps, the true beginning of the literary era. Before then, most books were completely religious or political in nature. Starting around the time of the 18 th century, however ...

LADIES’ MISTAKES—James Laver— Knopf ($2). Among the lost arts is that of writing verse in “heroic couplets.” Though the 18th Century thought it the only wear for poets, it has since dropped completely ...

It analyzes the forces of corruption and moral probity, capitalism and benevolence—all the rich contradictions and ...

MANCHESTER — Assigned the task of creating 21st-century digital images of pages from books written in the 1700s, employees at Morgan Records Management in Manchester took a unique approach. Combine ...

James Boswell was an 18th Century Scot who was fond of the bottle and of great men’s society. Because he was also a writer of talent and because he turned his admiring passion to such good account, he ...

This course will explore from multiple points of view why ruins are so popular: whether those be architectural, literary, or political, or all of these simultaneously. We will read poetry, novels, and ...

“Spooky Season” makes readers hungry for horror — a genre with literary roots in Gothic fiction. In that case, October is a time to highlight women’s writing — as the Gothic is fundamentally a women’s ...

A rare 18th century Chinese book collection inadvertently was destroyed by Augustana College library staff during a process to eliminate outdated and unused books from the campus library. Professor ...