Articles related to "Literary Classics"

Required reading offers insight into British Empire building and the development of psychology as a science through narrative perspective of human motivation.

Move over, hot-of-the-press teen fiction, and make room for these modern literary classics which appeal to "young" adults of all ages, especially the teenaged "YA" crowd.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Mark Twain each wrote American classics that firmly establish these writers as America's most important authors.

During a recent stop in Seattle, S.E. Hinton muses about writing her classic male coming-of-age bibles and being allowed on set as they were adapted for the big screen.

Holidays are the time for unwinding and kicking back with good summer books. With an abundance of reading material circulating, it's hard to know which books offer value.

Writers who are familiar with classic literary works are better able to engage with the ideas deemed most relevant to a culture.

Truman Capote's escapades while drunk are legendary although he tried to stay off liquor and would stop drinking for several months but could not stay away from it.

Find all the information you need on traveling in and around St Petersburg, Russia, here, from the Hermitage to the Dostoyevsky Museum and along the Neva River.

The year 2008 marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of Anne of Green Gables, by Prince Edward Island's Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Want to get in the Halloween spirit? Try an old-fashioned ghost story like Poe's "The Raven" or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Discover Halloween costumes for teenage girls. Select a cool Halloween costume - super hero costumes, Catwoman costumes, Little Dead Riding Hood costumes and more.

Stephanie Plum and her off-beat friends and family are back for another improbable, yet fun romp around South Jersey.

The romance novel industry is hardly the lightweight it's often taken for. In fact, it is a powerful force in book publishing, comprising half the paperback market.

The best Christmas gifts are the ones that can stand the test of time.

Jane Austen's private life is revealed in this BBC feature-length dramatisation when her niece Fanny sought advice on love and marriage.

Vampires: The Immortal Damned is a collaboration of classic vampire stories by authors including Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley.

Use the power of the Ace of Swords Tarot card to create positive change in your life.

The Japanese have used the comic book form to fuse food, culture and story, creating a special type of recipe book called "food manga."

Putting together a list of must read books can be a great way to find inspiration to read new authors and genres and reread old favourites.

Brief biography and works of Irish Playwright and Novelist Oliver Goldsmith, whose one play and his only novel are best-known literary classics.

Brief biography and works of American author and journalist Truman Capote, famous for Breakfast at Tiffany's and other short-stories like A Christmas Memory.

Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking explores Walt Whitman's ideas regarding the cyclical nature of time and the notion of humanity's interconnectivity.

According to Walt Whitman scholars, Whitman was not raised within the tenets of one particular religion, but "Quaker thought always played a major role in Whitman's life"

One of the most familiar stories from childhood is that of 'Black Beauty'. The story gives an insight into the cruelty endured by many horses in Victorian Britain.

In 1889 two women reporters set off to prove that Jules Verne's popular novel was not just imaginary fiction. One is still remembered today, the other forgotten.

These 1940 films from the UK all are in the top ten of the 2000 BFI's list of the Top 100 British Movies.

Extras in the Jungle Book Platinum Edition DVD will spotlight the forgotten character of Rocky the Rhino. DVD hits shelves on October 2nd.

The Ohio Renaissance Festival opens Labor Day Weekend for seven weekends of medieval fantasy set in the historic era of the 16th century complete with Queen Elizabeth I.

With 28,000 e-books and audio books, Project Gutenberg provides an online book catalogue of public domain literature from poetry and the classics to health and science.

With nary an Oscar to be found, this scruffy best of list celebrates the movies that sustained the greatest impact over the past ten years, be they artistic or just fun.