You can read self-help books or call in and ask Dear Sugar about your relationship woes, or you can dig into some literary classics to get your head straight about romance this Valentine’s Day. There ...

Jonathan Todres, a law professor at Georgia State University, is the co-author of the forthcoming “Human Rights in Children’s Literature: The Narrative of Law." Updated May 4, 2015, 12:35 PM Politics, ...

Young adult literature is fun. Sure, novels aimed at adults can be really wonderful too, but there is something particularly magical about YA. Books aimed at teens tend to grapple with themes of first ...

I’m setting out this week to establish yet again the enduring relevance of great literature. “Reason not the need!” Shakespeare’s King Lear thunders when his daughters question a retired king’s need ...

Author Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. thinks that future business leaders can learn something from literature's classics. In his book, Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through ...

There is a prevailing notion that children’s literature must have moral lessons. But children’s literature doesn’t always have to be based on morality or have moral lessons. This was the submission of ...

Romeo and Juliet are two impulsive teenagers who meet at a party on a Sunday, get married on Monday, and are both dead by Wednesday, along with a bunch of other people. Sex Lesson: Thirteen—the age ...

Why do we read novels? To a Victorian, the answer might have been obvious: for entertainment and moral instruction. That standard is lampooned by Oscar Wilde in "The Importance of Being Earnest" with ...