Literature

Let’s explore five major literary works by Samuel Johnson. What are his most important publications about?

Despite her fame as a murder mystery writer, Agatha Christie had a significant—though lesser known—impact on and love for the world of theater.

Linda Nochlin burst onto the feminist scene with this provocative question about women artists. Her answers would make her famous and change art history.

Edgar Allan Poe was a master of Gothic literature. Although his stories are filled with gloom and mystery, they also contain universal truths.

Agatha Christie is a well-known author of the mid-twentieth century, particularly for her wildly popular mystery novels.

Language is a lot looser than most speakers assume. In fact, the adherence to linguistic assumptions is due more to societal expectations than language itself.

Although many people are familiar with the art historical term “Orientalism,” today, far fewer know about the man who coined it.

Dante’s Inferno is hailed as a medieval masterpiece and a precursor to the Renaissance, with T.S. Eliot having ranked it alongside Shakespeare.