Many literary classics have a way of appealing to our lizard brains while making us question why we're so compelled by them.

Just what is the "Great American Novel" may never be agreed upon, but classics like The Great Gatsby and The Last of the ...

Shortly after I moved to New York at the age of 19, a friend bought a set of the Great Books of the Western World, published by the Encyclopedia Britannica. It's a wonderful set. The concept was to ...

With the first volume of a new series and an instructional book on magic, the “Watchmen” author wants an imaginary revolution. By Sam Thielman Sam Thielman is a reporter and critic based in Brooklyn.

T he American left is a pretty cerebral lot: It contains a lot of grad students, underemployed humanities majors and hyperliterate autodidacts, and this educational glut is often grounds for criticism ...

The most immediate source of controversy in any Great Books course is its name, which inevitably prompts the question: What makes a great book? And more importantly, who? This was the first question ...

John J. Miller brings The Great Books podcast to a close. John J. Miller brings The Great Books podcast to a close. John J. Miller is joined by Peter Meilaender of Houghton University to discuss The ...