Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...

The hidden work of poet Alfred Tennyson has been revealed by researchers at the University of Oxford. A project led by Dr Michael Sullivan, from the university's English Faculty, used a combination of ...

As the world marked World Poetry Day, a quiet unease settled among Arab poets, a sense that the currents of their art were shifting, perhaps drifting away from familiar shores. They spoke of a ...

It’s surely something to celebrate that the most famous Scot in world history is a poet. Royalty and dictators get far too much attention as ...

Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include: -- Poet Ovid in 43 B.C. -- Writer Henrik Ibsen in 1828 -- ...

In yesterday’s newsletter, Bill quoted Philip Larkin’s “Homage to a Government,” on Britain’s quiet post-WWII retrenchment: ...

If you’ve ever stepped foot in Mexico, you’ve likely encountered one of the country’s most surprisingly defining features: an ...

On March 20, the Jiangsu Performing Arts Group announced the lineup of its theater festival week in Beijing, with four stage ...