Contradictory ideals of egalitarianism and self-reliance haunt America's democratic state. We need look no further than Donald Trump's 2016 presidential ...

As Curtis Badger will tell you, 'Being a good naturalist has more to do with being an enthusiastic observer than traveling to distant places. It is more ...

In Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies, John M. Belohlavek tells the story of women on both sides of the Mexican-American War (1846-48) as they were propelled ...

From Homer to Tim O'Brien, war literature remains largely the domain of male writers, and traditional narratives imply that the burdens of war are carried ...

How do we understand memory in the early novel? Departing from traditional empiricist conceptualizations of remembering, Mind over Matter uncovers a ...

To join a conversation, one must know what is being said. Writing Early America is a field report on the current state of the historiography on the ...

The term 'culture' has become ubiquitous in both academic and popular conversations, but its usefulness is a point of dispute. Taking the current shift ...

Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Condé, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphaël Confiant-- ...

Founded in May 1783 at Steuben's headquarters near Newburg, N.Y., by officers of the Continental army and navy, the Society of the Cincinnati was ...