His thoughts on the legendary war—documented in Homer’s two epic poems—were prompted by an online controversy over Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey. The British classicist argued ...

After working on director Christopher Nolan ’s award-winning drama Oppenheimer , Benny Safdie ( Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret , The Stars at Noon ,  Licorice Pizza ) has been cast in Nolan’s ...

Best known for his epic poem, “The Aeneid”, Virgil (70 – 19 BC) was regarded by Romans as a national treasure. His work reflects the relief he felt as civil war ended and the rule of ...

Joanne Diaz, a professor of English literature at Illinois Wesleyan University, organized a 10-hour marathon reading of John ...

What would an American epic be like? And the first thing... is that it would celebrate the American self, the I. Poetry and national unity: Kenneth Price, an American literature professor and ...