Exploring believed what and the effect literal belief in myths had on given social orders. Introduction Anthropologists...
Literature
Exploring the literary context in which American Renaissance writers wrote and published. Originally published by Newberry Digital...
Gothic literature has a long, complex, and multi-layered history. Originally published by Newberry Digital Collections for the...
The travel literature, which did not have Brazil as final destination, could have disproportionate and unsuspected repercussions....
Ovid’s poems in exile have been seen as of fundamental importance for the study of Roman aristocracy...
The myth is likely related to a medical condition with symptoms that may explain many elements of...
Given his positive reference to Genesis, Longinus has been assumed to be either a Hellenized Jew or...
Arjuna takes center stage in the role of the seeker-student to the god Krishna’s role of teacher-guide....
Exploring the knot of spiritual dilemmas played out in the poem and its roots in Melville’s trip...
If King Arthur existed at all, we will probably never know the truth about what he was...
Literary being is beyond our control: maybe in this, and only in this, does it coincide with...
The earliest written works in China are ghost stories and myths. By Emily MarkHistorian Introduction Chinese literature...
Examining ‘suspicious reading’ – allied reading – or reading in solidarity. By Stephen SquibbDoctoral Candidate in EnglishHarvard...
The brilliant, eclectic thinker who wrote the classic dystopian novel Brave New World.. At six feet four and...
Achilles was too proud and bad-tempered for his own good, and his reckless rage would cost both...
The first evidence of Persian literature is usually dated to c.522 BCE with the creation of the...
The Aeneid was written to praise Augustus by drawing parallels between him and the protagonist, Aeneas. Introduction...
The development of Korean literature is quite unique due to the creation of a complete new language...
In ancient texts, apocalyptic messages cultivated endurance and encouragement through dire circumstances. Introduction With streets deserted, hospitals...
How did Twain’s Huckleberry Finn engage and challenge popular ideas about slavery and race in nineteenth-century America?...
How did literature help make sense of the war and the profound changes it brought to the...
The surprising history behind the world’s most famous collection of folk tales. Two hundred years ago, two...
Roughly 1 in 5 of all comic books were romance comics, as publishers scrambled to appease readers’...
The archaic Greek poet is conceived of as the wellspring from which the later Western artistic tradition...
He was the author of the Shāhnāmeh (Epic of Kings), the national epic of the Persian-speaking world....
A number of highly educated citizens could speak and read both Greek and Latin. Introduction The Roman...
Shakespeare drew on earlier depictions of Richard III and other ruthless rulers in order to create his...
Written down in the mid-17th century BCE, the Atrahasis can be dated to the reign of the...
The myth, in time, became the reality. Introduction Originality in literary compositions in the ancient world did...
In the manuscript, each of Khufu’s sons speaks in turn, telling their own tale for their father’s...