by admin | Apr 26, 2025 | The Study
Originally posted by: Christopher Gilbert on July 5, 2021 A certain comic spirit, and perhaps more specifically a comic spirit of caricature, has long been caught up with U.S. cultural politics. From the “Join, or Die” provocation that appeared along with Benjamin...
by admin | Apr 26, 2025 | The Study
Originally posted by: Ellen Gruber Garvey on October 28, 2020 EDITOR’S NOTE: For more on the intersections of U.S. literature, politics, & 19th-century scrapbooks, please check out Prof. Garvey’s blog, Scrapbook History. As the November 3, 2020 election...
by admin | Apr 26, 2025 | The Study
Originally posted by: Lubna Alzaroo on August 19th, 2021 EDITOR’S NOTE: For more on the intersections of U.S. literature, politics, & 19th-century scrapbooks, please check out Prof. Garvey’s blog, Scrapbook History. The fight for US women’s right to vote went on...
by admin | Apr 26, 2025 | The Study
Originally posted by: Shelley Fisher Fishkin on September 14, 2017 In literally thousands of extraordinary performances of his groundbreaking show, “Mark Twain Tonight!,” Hal Holbrook has brought Mark Twain alive for millions of people in the U.S. and around the world...
by admin | Apr 26, 2025 | The Study
Originally posted by: Shelley Fisher Fishkin on February 21, 2019 2018 was the first year since 1954 that Hal Holbrook (who retired in September of 2017) did not perform “Mark Twain Tonight!” I compiled this video to honor him on his 94th Birthday (February 17th) and...