Literature

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.

Tacitus is one of our most important sources for the first 100 years of the Roman Empire, but how reliable is his account of events?

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.

Few diaries are as treasured as the one written by Anne Frank, a precocious, gabby girl living in Holland during World War II.

The 13th-century Icelandic author Snorri Sturluson is our most important source for Norse mythology. But who was he and why did he write his books?