Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 1, 2025
January 14, 2020
George Eliot Meets Spinoza
One of the author’s most constant companions was a philosopher who had been dead for well over a century.
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January 13, 2020
Joshua Reynolds’ General Truths
Revisiting the English painter’s portraits of Mai and Ostenaco.
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January 06, 2020
Felix the Cat Gets Shipped to the Front
On a proto-pacifist animated film that forced viewers to look at the devastation of war.
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December 27, 2019
The Rest Is History
Teotihuacan, the forebear of a Christmas prince, and Aramaic.
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December 24, 2019
2019 in Review on Roundtable
A look back at the essays and excerpts published on the Quarterly’s website this year.
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Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.