The Nobel Prize in Literature stands as one of the world's most respected appreciation, which, in the words of Alfred Nobel's will, presents authors every year, who produce "the most outstanding tasks ...

Which older novels, plays and poems by African American writers are being — or should be — rediscovered? By Adam Bradley Artwork by Dominic Chambers and Tajh Rust Adam Bradley, a T writer, is a ...

It was called the American Century, and in Buffalo, New York, it began with the Pan American Exposition of 1901. Powered by Nikola Tesla's alternating current generators beneath Niagara Falls, Buffalo ...

For many, Arab-American literature offers a personal window into the rich cultural heritage, traditions, and experiences of Arab-Americans not readily accessible in American popular culture. The scope ...

James E. Miller Jr. made his scholarly reputation with studies of American authors ranging from Walt Whitman to T.S. Eliot, and he brought the country's literary tradition to life for three decades of ...

An introduction to American literature, focusing on key novels, short stories and poems from the Romantic period through to the postmodern, and their relation to their historical and cultural contexts ...

Literature hews to standards outside of the democratic logic. A canonical work does not attain that status by majority consent. Claims of merit do not require a reader’s consent to be authoritative.

“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” Ernest Hemingway famously declared, dismissing in a stroke The Last of the Mohicans and Moby-Dick, to name ...

Today, we celebrate the 190th birthday of the “father of American literature,” Mark Twain, a storyteller whose wit, wisdom, and honesty spoke to the heart Every child deserves a safe and nurturing ...