All posts tagged "literature"
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18.5K3Arts and LeisureWallace Stevens, Humdrum Hartford Lawyer By Day, Drunk and Belligerent Poet by Night
Wallace Stevens was a plodding insurance executive in Hartford for nearly all of his adult life, except when he spent winter vacations...
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20.5K3Business and LaborPolly Peabody, The Bohemian Blueblood Who Invented the Bra
Inventing the bra was possibly the least interesting thing Polly Peabody did in her life. Born Mary Phelps Jacob, she was called...
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9.6KArts and LeisureNew England in Early Film
A century before the film Manchester by the Sea was nominated for six Academy Awards, New England played many a starring role on...
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23.8K1Arts and LeisureHarriet Hosmer, Pioneering Woman Artist
Harriet Hosmer was one of the best known artists — and one of the best known professional women — of her time....
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10.8K1ConnecticutSix Historic Places Connected to Illicit Love Affairs
Illicit love affairs are as much a part of history as are war and elections, and the New England Historical Society doesn’t...
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43.6K5Arts and LeisureThe Crucible, or How Arthur Miller Got the Salem Witch Trials Wrong
Arthur Miller ostensibly wrote his classic drama The Crucible about the Salem witch trials of 1692, but he aimed it at Sen. Joseph...
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