Colouring the Rainbow
Maria Tatar, John L. Loeb Professor of Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University, falls under the spell of illustrations as she explores their unique ability ...
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The Franchise Affair: A Mystery Without a Corpse
A masterful and chilling mystery (named by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990 as one of the 'Top One Hundred Crime Novels of All Time') ...
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The Wonderful Wizardry of Words
Writing in the Winter 2010/Spring 2011 edition of the Folio Magazine, Maria Tatar uncovers the real magic in L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of ...
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How We See Frankenstein’s Creature
From its birth in the imagination of Mary Shelley, Frankenstein’s creature has taken on a life of its own as one of popular culture’s most ...
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Michael Dirda on American Fiction
Survey the literature of the United States and one emblematic figure occurs again and again: the loner. Deep down, every American male would like to ...