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Oct 26, 2023

What Is the True Story of the Real Headless Horseman?

The Legend of Sleepy Hallow is more than a scary story, it is a piece of propaganda that has its roots in American history.

Oct 10, 2023

Edgar Allan Poe’s Detective Stories: A First of its Kind

Poe is credited with creating the first modern detective story in “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (not Conan Doyle!)

Jul 4, 2023

Shakespeare's 3 Play Types Based on the First Folio

See at-a-glance which of Shakespeare's plays are a comedy, history, or tragedy.

Sep 27, 2021

Who's Who in 'The Sun Also Rises'

It is no secret that Ernest Hemingway drew on his personal experiences attending the bullfights in Pamplona to draft his 1926 novel The...

Oct 8, 2020

A Feminist Legacy: Looking at the Lives and Sorrows of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

Charlotte Gordon’s biography Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley is an excellently...