Arts & Letters Daily (10 Sep 2008): "
Ben Franklin liked to present himself as a small-town boy bewildered in the big city. This urbane, highly intelligent man was anything but... more
In 1904, Max Factor huddled in a forest with his wife and children, hunted by the Czar's men. Hollywood was still a long way off... more
Thirty years ago, U.S. academics carried with them to England copies of David Lodge's comic classic, Changing Places. But times have changed, writes Elaine Showalter... more
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