Marx is, to put it mildly, a controversial figure. But nineteenth and twentieth century history cannot be understood without studying his ideas.

“Jane Eyre” is a classic novel of the Romantic movement, but its moral backbone is what makes its protagonist and her story compelling.

“Beowulf” combines a Christianized worldview with the melancholy themes of the Norse Ragnarok, and in so doing achieves a solitary poetic quality.