Ernest Hemingway heavily incorporated his life experiences into some of his most famous works. But where did he draw the line between fact and fiction?
What do sphinxes and tombstones have in common? Silence, proverbially—though not when the two came together after the death of Oscar Wilde.
Dante’s decision to write his 14th-century "The Divine Comedy" in Florentine vernacular, not in Latin, shaped the Italian language spoken by 60 million people today.
Larry McMurtry’s 1985 epic western novel, "Lonesome Dove," won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But how well does it portray the lives of cattle ranchers?
This article tells the life and work of Franz Kafka through 15 tidbits that will not transform you into a cockroach if you read them.
To what extent is the epic poem Beowulf a pagan or Christian work?
Mermaids, giants, and witches are some of the supernatural characters readers encounter in the words of the brilliant writer Oscar Wilde.
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) was an English lexicographer and writer whose witty, profound essays and aphorisms redefined Enlightenment-era wisdom.
