Today's children are familiar with the Harry Potter and Twilight series but once upon a time, Little Louis – the six-year-old son of Louis XIV of France was lucky enough to have the first collection ...

Fables of Modernity expands the territory for cultural and literary criticism by introducing the concept of the cultural fable. Laura Brown shows how cultural fables arise from material practices in ...

This is traditionally the season of sharing and giving, so think about all the novels and movies that pit the wealthy, affluent, well-to-do overseer against the poor, downtrodden, underling, little ...