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The story of Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt (originally published in 1952) is an interesting one to say the least. Highsmith originally published the book under the name Claire Morgan because she feared becoming "a lesbian book writer" and...

It is strange that there are very few mentions of Athenagoras' writings by other early Christian apologists, because he was well-known, and was also considered influential amongst both his peers and early Christians alike. He was respected for the...

Graham Greene's A Gun for Sale (1936) is not one of Greene's best novels, but it is perhaps one of his most important. It set the stage for what was to come in his ultra-famous novel Brighton Rock, which tells the story of, as the title and some...

It's very likely that few people today who are not serious literary scholars have ever heard of Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh's excellent satirical novel mocking the rich and decadent society of London after World War I (published in 1930). However,...

Mrs. Spring Fragrance (1912) is a collection of short stories by Sui Sin Far (who published the collection under the name pen name Edith Maude Eaton). Although not incredibly popular, the collection was incredibly important because it marked the...

If given the opportunity to name one of the best films ever made, many would justifiably cite Robert Wise's The Sound of Music (1965) as their favorite. Adapted from the 1959 stage play of the same name, the film tells the true story of the Von...

When Grease was released in the summer of 1978, few people would have predicted that it would become one of the movie industry's biggest cult hits of all time; nor would they have imagined that generations yet unborn would know the movie's lyrics...

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (released in 1991 and called T2 for short) is one of the few cases in film history where a sequel is considered better than the original film (in this case, 1984's The Terminator). Directed and co-written once again by...

Guy de Maupassant is one of the most popular writers of the second half of the 19th century. He is the author of six novels, 260 short stories, essays, articles, poems and plays. In 1880 with the publication of “Boule de Suif” Maupassant appeared...

Cereus Blooms at Night was written by Trinidadian filmmaker/artist/writer Shani Mootoo. The book tells the story of an older lady named Mala Ramchandin through the eyes -- and mouth -- of a lively and energetic nurse named Tyler. Set in the...

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum was adapted for the big screen in 1975 from the German language novel of the same name by Heinrich Boll, one of Germany's foremost post-War writers, and the recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Grain is a collection of poem written by John Glenday and published in 2009. Glenday's poetry style is quite lyrical, and he infuses many emotions into his writing. Some of the most interesting poems within Grain include a rendering of the popular...

First published in 1990, Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment explores the intersectionality of race, gender, and class within the framework of black feminist theory. Written by sociologist and scholar...

Based on Jordan Belfort's book of the same name, Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) tells the story of Belfort's (as portrayed by Leonardo Dicaprio) career as a stockbroker and his time at his own firm, Stratton Oakmont, where he and...

When Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, and Kathy Bates first appeared in a movie together the result was box office gold, lavishly sprinkled by the moviegoing public and critics alike; what a good idea, then, to bring the trio back together for a...

Most people are familiar with the film version of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa; fewer are familiar with the play, and some did not realize that the big screen classic was ever a play at all. Yet this is probably the most famous of Friel's...

Warm Bodies is romance novel with post-apocalyptic and zombie themes, written by Isaac Mario. The book was released on October 14, 2010 by Atria Books. This was Marion’s most notable work, having received critical acclaim from The Guardian and...

Play is one of the many experimental one-act dramatic presentations written by Samuel Beckett in a career devoted to questioning the conventions and properties of stage drama. Utilizing such standard traditional literary terminology, it is the...

The Passion of Saint Perpetua, Saint Felicitas and Their Companions is one of the oldest and also one of the most important of the texts written by early Christian martyrs. At the time, speaking out in praise of Jesus, and refusing to denounce...

Things: A Story of the Sixties, is the debut novel of the French author Georges Perec. The novel was first published in 1965 in France, under the title "Les Choses", which, in French, means "Things". Quickly after publication, the novel gained...

First published in 1992, Poor Things is a novel by the Scottish author and artist Alasdair Gray. The novel is set in the Victorian era, and takes into account some of Gray's views on inequality and relationships. The main character of the novel is...

Are people mad because of society's influence upon them, or is their insanity something that occurs from within, independent of the world and what is happening in it? This is the central question that German psychologist, philosopher and Marxist...

Behind the Scenes at the Museum is a novel by British author Kate Atkinson, this being her first novel publication. Published by Doubleday on 2 March 1995, the book itself stands at 381 pages. It follows the story of a girl named Ruby Lennox who...

The Grand Highway, originally titled Le grand chemin is a French movie directed by Jean-Loup Hubert, produced by Pascal Hommais and Jean Francois Lepetit and starring Richard Bohringer and Anémone. It was initially released in France in 1987,...