"Have you ever heard of Dr. Johnson, of Samuel Johnson?" Aldo, Professor Aldo, introduced himself with this question to those ...

He was an English lexicographer, playwright, critic ... where he focused solely on his literary career. Just over a year later, in May of 1738, Samuel Johnson’s first major work was published.

Johnson’s Literary Depot, located at 333 E. Main Street, is a “place where people can be themselves,” according to co-owner Andrew McElroy, who runs the business with his wife, Ally.

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

Johnson, whose long list of TV and film credits includes Secret Life Of Us, Molly (the Molly Meldrum mini-series) and cop drama Rush, is also the driving force behind the Love Your Sister cancer ...

literary criticism, novels, children's literature, travelogues, and folklore studies. His landmark books, such as Folk Literature of the Bodos: An Introduction, A History of Bodo Literature ...

He finished all the coursework and exams for a Ph.D. in literature, and he was a literary critic before he started writing about movies. But when most writing about poetry is done by poets and ...

Dashiell Hammett, the well-known author of “The Maltese Falcon” and “The Thin Man,” established a newspaper called the ...

Most of his essays are also true works of art in the field of literary criticism, both in their content and style. His way of explaining profound concepts with accessible language and ...

Lakers legend Magic Johnson let Redick hear it for the decision that may have cost the Lakers their season. “I don’t know if it smart to play LeBron and Luka the entire second half after only ...

Every age sees the apocalypse in its own image, as the distinguished literary critic Frank Kermode observed in his book “The Sense of an Ending.” The apocalyptic imagination, he argued ...