Historical Images tell the story of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and a serial killed, the subject of a film from Martin ...

Books that delve into the making of art by the artists themselves are important and refreshing. Many know of The Letters of ...

Editors waited decades for the final manuscript of Chaim Grade’s “Sons and Daughters.” Its appearance shook the Yiddish ...

In their world, a Little Golden Book world, the color is bold, every story is happy and all adults become kids again.

The paintings of Caspar David Friedrich hover between the sublime and the syrupy, occasionally touching down on either side ...

If you’re confused by a turn of phrase in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” or a startling metaphor in Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” just ask the book to explain itself, and it will.

NEW YORK — There’s a reason the terms “romantic” and “romanticism” are so often preceded by the adjective “hopeless.” ...