Performing Arts
Poetry and music, for instance, both have style, rhythm, imagery, and patterns. Literary works have been connected to music at several points in history, including through jazz music in the Harlem Renaissance and through protest music during the Vietnam War. …
The nature of artistic merit is less easy to define than to recognize. On the contrary, a scientific exposition might be of great literary value and a pedestrian poem of none at all. Throughout history, there have been numerous examples …
In Asia, the transmission of folklore, mythologies as well as scriptures in ancient India, in different Indian religions, was by oral tradition, preserved with precision with the help of elaborate mnemonic techniques. Some examples of this biographical literature were written …
Religion has had a major influence on literature, through works like the Vedas, the Torah, the Bible,and the Qur’an. The Adventures of Pinocchio is a canonical piece of children’s literature and one of the best-selling books ever published. Our editors …
Do you have a pile of books gathering dust that you told yourself you’d finally get around to this summer? Rather than making it another daunting task, get inspired to pick up a great work of literature by considering the …