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romanticism
October 21, 2022
Magazine
Adam Kirsch
The Tumultuous Lives of the First Romantics
At its peak in the eighteenth century, Jena in Germany may have had a higher concentration of geniuses than Renaissance Florence or ancient Athens—and plenty of drama.
July 1, 2020
Jo Livingstone
A Satire That Demolishes the Influencer Industry
Leigh Stein’s novel “Self Care” drowns wellness Instagrammers in their own moon juice.
March 21, 1923
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Ernest Boyd
Realism in France
Honoré de Balzac and an assessment of the importance of realism in French literature
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