In the 150 years since Louisa May Alcott introduced readers to the March family with the publication of “Little Women,” Jo March and her sisters have become some of the most iconic and beloved ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes a story is just so dang good, it bears repeating. From James Joyce’s Ulysses to Bridget Jones’s Diary, you’ve probably read a book that was just a modern retelling of a well-established ...

“If one knows hell as home,” Percival Everett’s Jim asks, “Is returning to hell a homecoming?” Everett’s novel James, a retelling of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, places Jim at the middle of the ...

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 ...

The Masterworks Museum, in partnership with Solstice, announced an “unprecedented interactive museum experience that unites health and wellbeing with art and creativity.” A spokesperson said, ...

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.