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Classic Literature
Japanese thought can’t be easily characterized by just a few books — but this essential guide is a great place to start.
Step back from the AI maelstrom and explore Lem’s "Summa Technologiae" for a detached look at technology’s role in human evolution.
Joseph Campbell argued that nearly every myth can be boiled down to a hero’s journey. Was he right?
The Trojan War was fought in Finland and Ulysses sailed home to Denmark, says one controversial theory.
Parents will sometimes use children as weapons in their relationship battles — and the fallout can be devastating.
How to say, "In many ways, Proust is similar to Joyce" and get away with it.
These hard-to-finish books are still worth the effort.
From "The Castle of Otranto" to "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, these books changed the literary landscape.
Narnia and early Middle-earth were pancake-esque — but their creators took differing views on de-globalization.
Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.
See the world through the eyes of a horse — or a cake pan.
Every successful leader can mine golden knowledge from the works of the Bard.
The history of hell doesn't begin with the Old Testament. Instead, hell took shape in the 2nd century from Mediterranean cultural exchange.
He is only out-sold by William Shakespeare and Lao Tzu.
The world’s “most produced living playwright” wins out over other contestants, including Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood.
Want to write a time-travel story? Do so at your own risk.
Dive into China's profound intellectual legacy through five seminal texts that have shaped millennia of thought.
Humanity is never fully in control of its creations. This lesson from Mary Shelley has remained relevant for over 200 years.
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The One Ring has its own agency and sentience — and it opens up a wonderful philosophy of things beyond our comprehension.
A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Six authors, six monumental legacies, and a unique thread connecting them: a solitary novel that shines brightly.
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
Voyage into the lawless world of experimental literature.
These initially sympathetic characters take readers down a dark path.
Great writing can unveil the criminal psyche better than any other artistic medium.
Aiming to unlock the secrets of his unconscious mind, Jung experimented with intensive daydreaming.
Ignoring the legacy of William Shakespeare is difficult for any writer, let alone one as quintessentially English as "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien.
When done right, dark humor can help us face inconvenient truths and question stifling social conventions.
Dante’s epic journey through hell and heaven reveal how the poet felt about his own country.
You become the main protagonist in these novels.