Between 1346 and 1350, the Black Death, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, ravaged regions across Western Eurasia and North Africa. The prevailing belief among historians has been that the ...

The award ceremony for the Eighth Blancpain-Imaginist Literary Prize was held in Beijing on November 1, 2025. Young author ...

The 10th grade Literature exam in Ho Chi Minh City in 2026 will have two parts but will be designed to integrate reading and writing, enhancing students' critical thinking and expression skills.

Mr. Howard, a retired book editor, is the author of the forthcoming “The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature.” Critical discourse concerning the state of literature in ...

But this vision of genius is a poor fit for many great artists, and it tends to obscure what makes them and their work ...

A new study shows how a medieval text was misread as history, shaping how the Black Death’s spread was understood for ...

A growing number of historians of Hindi literature believe that the Hindi literary tradition begins with the invention of the Sufi romance and its first known example, the Candāyan (1379 CE) of ...

High school teachers can use texts from the canon to promote the skills their schools or states have identified as essential for graduates.

In a landmark move that strengthens integration between publishing and drama production in the Arab world, the Sharjah Literary Agency (SLA) has partnered with Cedars Art Production (Sabbah Brothers), ...

Originally published as The Modern Prometheus in 1818, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has become a cultural and literary ...

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As a Catholic Christian, I can’t accept—and you can’t accept—that we enter this world out of nothing and return to nothing.