Since Superman first appeared on the cover of Action Comics #1 in 1938, the superhero has changed with the times to remain a relevant icon of American ...

The first superhero team from the Silver Age of comics, DC's Justice League has seen many iterations since its first appearance in 1960. As the original ...

The literary tradition begun by Zora Neale Hurston in the 1930s has since flourished and taken new directions with a diverse body of fiction by more ...

For English instructors at every level, the task of producing a worthwhile, workable plan for each class period can prove challenging. This invaluable ...

A feminist before such a term was created and most famous for The Awakening , the controversial Kate Chopin was also the author of a second novel ...

This collection of essays analyzes the many ways in which comic book and film superheroes have been revised or rewritten in response to changes in ...

This collection of new essays seeks to define the unique qualities of female heroism in literary fantasy from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in ...

Fans have been responding to literary works since the days of Homer's Odyssey and Euripedes' Medea. More recently, a number of science fiction ...

The twentieth century witnessed a dramatic rise in fantasy writing and few works became as popular or have endured as long as the novels of J.R.R. ...

The First Men in the Moon is the last in a series of "scientific romances" begun by Wells with The Time Machine. In the opinion of many, it is ...