There is a shift away from teaching classic literature in the schools, according to a report by the Brown Center. Michael Godsey, a high school English teacher at San Luis Obispo High School in ...

In 2012, the web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries took the literature-loving internet by storm. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries was the first of its kind: a web series adapted from classic literature, in ...

I am appalled at the changes being instituted in classic literature, in particular, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer." From an educator's standpoint, I find it reprehensible to teach ...

Tolstoy, Austen and Dickens. The legends of literature like F. Scott Fitzgerald, who could convey stories with immaculate detail and clarity, seem to have been forgotten in the 21st century. In the ...

There are some classics that every Catholic should have on his bookshelf. Oh yes, of course, there are the sterling writings of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien; but there are so many great works of ...

Teachers at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Washington, voted in February to remove "To Kill a Mockingbird" from required reading material for ninth graders, while still allowing teachers to teach the ...

Classic literature provides a return to earnestness and exuberance amid a world of aloof, detached media. Classic literature adaptations also reflect the popularity of reading online. BookTok features ...

Classic literature has long served as inspiration for artists in different fields, and the world of cinema is no exception. The intersection of classic elements and modern twists helps pay homage to ...

Long before the formulas of science or the logic of psychology, existed classic literature romance that was fluent in the language of yearning. Not the loud, performative, sad songs in the background ...

AMES, Iowa – Generations of students have read Shakespeare and Hemingway for high school literature class and Jeanne Dyches, assistant professor in Iowa State University’s School of Education, would ...

When I was a boy about 11, I committed a crime that changed my life. I stole a book. I was a book thief. I found it in another kid’s desk and began reading, hiding it behind some boring textbook, and ...