Discover seven essential American authors whose works have left their mark on the world of literature through their depth, originality and narrative power.

Columnist, author, and linguist Richard Lederer spent about six months writing his latest book, “American History for ...

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Lightning flashes across the sky, illuminating a castle. A ghost calls out the name of a lover who once spurned them.

The book’s investment in questioning the roles for women in 19th-century society are shockingly similar to some of the ...

He’s been called “the Lincoln of our Literature” for the transformative figure he ... There is no better expert to ...

Some themes that find their way into Gothic literature, especially American Gothic literature, are the cultural ‘ghosts’ of ...

One of the most beloved families in American literature will take the stage at Quincy High School. "Little Women," a stage adaptation of the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott, will be performed at the ...

Croatian Publisher Ivan Sršen discusses the surprising success of Sandorf Passage, a U.S. publishing house focused on ...

At the turn of the century when children’s literature was rife with moral lessons and cautionary violence, L. Frank Baum set ...

Netflix's film is based on a 1955 novel about a man who goes in search of the father he’d never met — only to discover that his father is dead, and the village he inhabited is haunted by ghosts.

As they pushed through a wooded continent, the earliest American settlers saw devils and witches—often in the guise of ...