Professor identifies main author of 1592 play co-written by Shakespeare

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A literary scholar believes he’s identified the anonymous author of the play Arden of Faversham, the first domestic tragedy in...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, The Guardian

Letters from Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Hardy's wife become public

Posted on 04/02/2020 at 02:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Hey, want to think about the past instead of the present? The Guardian has recently posted about letters either from...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia, The Guardian

Meet — and admire — the real person behind Amy March

Posted on 04/01/2020 at 01:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The traditional favorite character in Louisa May Alcott’s beloved Little Women seems to be Jo. But recently, public opinion seems...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, History, Women in literature

Reflections on "Black Beauty" in honor of Anna Sewell's 200th birthday

Posted on 03/30/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Anna Sewell was born two hundred years ago today. We intended to describe her as most famous for Black...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, History, Young adult literature

How classic novels would've closed in the time of social distancing

Posted on 03/26/2020 at 09:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary Hub rewrote the first lines of several classic novels so that they fit social distancing recommendations last week. And...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, coronavirus / COVID-19, Literary Hub

About that F. Scott Fitzgerald quarantine letter ...

Posted on 03/24/2020 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Oprah magazine writer Elena Nicolaou has a few theories on why a parody letter supposedly written by F. Scott Fitzgerald...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, coronavirus / COVID-19

D.H. Lawrence's great-niece finds a postcard he sent his girlfriend

Posted on 03/06/2020 at 01:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Live in an older house and tempted to skip spring cleaning? Don’t — you might find memorabilia from famous authors...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia

Early reviews of "Wendy" pan the latest J.M. Barrie remake

Posted on 02/27/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A new adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan that puts Wendy at the forefront hasn’t exactly overwhelmed film critics. Wendy,...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Movie adaptation

Study: Edgar Allan Poe likely didn't commit suicide

Posted on 02/27/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We still don’t know what killed Edgar Allan Poe, but a new study disputes the assumption that the famous writer...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, History

Typewriters owned by Kerouac and Hemingway head to auction

Posted on 02/26/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’ve ever dreamed of sharing a typewriter with a famous author, today may be your lucky day. (As long...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Memorabilia