A great work of literature can feel equally enthralling, be it through vivid characterization, an auteur-like control of the scene, or a particularly vibrant setting. Books that achieve this ...

This is an understandable impulse, given how so many great works of literature — from Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur to Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Mists of Avalon — have drawn on the ...

Poland’s mountain ranges have served as subject, backdrop, and inspiration for many great works of literature. The 19th-century poet Adam Asnyk, for example, not only climbed Poland’s highest ...

Ever pretended to read a great work of literature when all you’ve done is watch it on TV? You’re not alone. To celebrate their latest TV adaptation of War and Peace, the BBC has commissioned a ...