Great Works & Authors

OvidAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown In both Ovid’s light verse and his grander work, the two aspects of the Roman Venus are clearly discernible. ❧ Full name […]

Dante: The Modern Medieval By Jason Baxter Dante’s imagination is not merely a product of its time, but shows a marked kinship with later luminaries. Next year will

BorgesAn Author Profile By John Weeks The mysterious and fantastic world depicted by Borges could be called surreal, but it is suspiciously like reality. ❧ Full name and

Poe:The Gloom Within By Brittany Higdon Poe’s work has endured through marked changes in literary fashion, because he speaks to the darkness in human experience. As much as

KafkaAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard The work of Kafka is nonsensical, dark, directionless—and celebrated. ❧ Full name and titles: Franz Kafka [fränts käf-kà; see our pronunciation guide for details]❧ Dates:

ShelleyAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Practically every sci-fi, horror, and futuristic story owes something to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. ❧ Full name and titles: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, née

MaimonidesAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Maimonides shaped all subsequent schools of Judaism, and even the development of Medieval Christianity. ❧ Full name and titles: Moshe ben Maimon,

IbsenAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Ibsen is among the most influential—and controversial—of modern dramatists. ❧ Full name and titles: Henrik Johan Ibsen [hĕn-rĭk yō-hän ĭb-sĕn; see our pronunciation