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	The Good Natur'd Man: Oliver Goldsmith; A Bicentennial Celebration This exhibition honors the scholarship and teaching of Arthur Friedman, distinguished University of Chicago English Department faculty member and editor of The Collected Works of Oliver Goldsmith.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Nov. 1 — Feb. 28, 1975	Subjects English Literature
	The Helen and Ruth Regenstein Collection of Rare Books This exhibition marks a decade of building the Helen and Ruth Regenstein Collection of Rare Books, which was established to enhance the Library's strong collection of English and American literature.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Nov. 1 — Jan. 31, 1976	Subjects English Literature
	James Baldwin Among The Philosophers James Baldwin’s work is widely recognized for its religious overtones and influences as well as for its critiques of racism and heterosexual norms. His work is equally important as a contribution to American philosophy.	Locations Regenstein 4th Floor Reading Room Sept. 25 — Dec. 31, 2017 View web exhibit >>	Subjects African-American Studies Religion English Literature Philosophy
	The Meaning of Dictionaries The exhibit features historical dictionaries from the Special Collections Research Center's holdings, as well as archival materials such as correspondence, page proofs, word citation cards, photographs and other items from the University of Chicago Press Records covering the making of The Dictionary of American English and Dictionary of Americanisms.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center March 1 — July 31, 2007	Subjects English Literature History
	A Medium for Modernism: British Poetry and American Audiences This exhibition examines the concept of literary modernism as it developed through exchanges between British poets and American audiences. Included are manuscripts and letters by Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and W. B. Yeats; printed books; recordings and other materials drawn from the Harriet Monroe Modern Poetry Collection and other Library collections.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center April 1 — Aug. 31, 1997	Subjects English Literature
	Samuel Johnson's Rasselas: From the Library of Gwin Kolb Focused on nearly forty copies of variant editions of this work, the exhibit was scheduled to both mark the bicentenary of Samuel Johnson's death and the on-campus meeting of the Johnsonian Society.	Locations The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center Jan. 1 — Dec. 1, 1975	Subjects English Literature