A brilliant examination of literary inventions through the ages, from ancient Mesopotamia to Elena Ferrante, that shows how writers have created technical...

Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on October 16, 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American...

Although Bob Dylan’s music of the 1960s and 70s was highly acclaimed and vastly influential, by the mid 1980s his creativity had dipped so low that he was seriously thinking of...

In "Old English Poetry", Edgar Allan Poe reflects on the character and development of early English verse. He examines the distinctive rhythm, structure, and imagery of...

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is one of the most iconic tragedies in world literature. Set in the Italian city of Verona, the play tells the story of a passionate and...

Phaedra by Jean Racine  is a classic tragedy that explores the destructive power of passion, fate, and moral conflict. Inspired by Greek mythology and the works of Euripides and...

This book brings gathered essays (revised and expanded) by Ana Maria Haddad Baptista, published in several books and magazines about Marco Lucchesi's set of works.Marco Lucchesi...

Throughout the history of the publishing industry, the figure of the author has undergone major transformations. The modernization and development of consumer societies enabled...

To let is the final novel of the trilogy Forsyte. The story is a continuation of the struggle between the two factions within that family: now the shadow of the past comes back to...

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, the child of a family of small-town weavers, and best remembered...