Literary Influence News Today

Nicholas Shrimpton on Matthew Arnold & Oxford’s past.

Jane Austen’s men are central to her immortality and enduring appeal in the twenty-first century. This article links the intertextual imagining and re-imagining of Austen’s men with her own textual practice in the Romantic Era. Drawing on emerging methodologies for identifying and interpreting literary influence in the Romantic Era, threads of influence are established between Austen and contemporary Romantic-Era novelists, including Jane West, Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth, Sydney Owenson an...

Today, Katherine Mansfield is considered one of the most influential modernist writers of the 20th century—but she considered a career as a professional cellist.

This calendar lists events taking place in and around Louisville, from concerts to comedy shows, theater productions, musicals and more.

A listing of events happening at some of the local venues in February and March. Yep, there's also one that happens in the fall.