Writers have a long history of being inspired by fairy tales and other classics. Fairy tale retellings are having a moment, especially in the world of young adult literature, and readers have been ...

Close to half of college students participating in a survey admitted to retelling another person’s story as if the experience had happened to them, according to a report in Applied Cognitive ...

The Austen Project continues. Launched in 2013 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of "Pride and Prejudice," the project picks contemporary authors to inveigle Jane's characters into ...

Discuss what myths are and their importance. Watch video clips to identify how and why three modern-day writers reinterpret myths to reflect contemporary themes and points of view. Rewrite a myth in ...

From 2021, childhoods will never be the same again. The fairy godmother who proved to be the light of Cinderella’s life will be donning a new 21st-century avatar in the upcoming cinematic remake of ...

Spoiler alert: The Cuban Missile Crisis ended without the United States and the Soviet Union launching even a single nuclear weapon, and the Allies won World War II. You're no doubt well aware of ...

Stephenie Meyer's much-anticipated new book, "Midnight Sun," retells her first bestselling vampire novel, "Twilight," from the perspective of the perfectly pale, angsty heartthrob Edward Cullen.

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