Lines from poems and plays frequently serve as inspiration for later literary allusions. This 12-question quiz is crafted from a running list created by the Book Review’s staff to test your knowledge ...

Literary allusions are everywhere. What are they good for? By A.O. Scott You see it everywhere, even if you don’t always recognize it: the literary allusion. Quick! Which two big novels of the past ...

The New York Times' David Brooks and The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens are ranked among the Atlantic 50 for a reason. Today, the influential conservative columnists tackled the same ...

At a recent White House press conference, reporters were browbeating President Bush with questions about his sale of Harken Energy Corp. stock in 1990, shortly before the price of Harken stock tanked.

I would endorsed the reader’s view had the sports desk used “dark continent’. However, my dilemma arose from the fact that the headline was inspired by Joseph Conrad’s classic, Heart of Darkness. The ...

Those familiar with Sterling Archer know that he’s a hypercapable spy, unapologetic jerk, and also, somewhat surprisingly, something of a bibliophile. His raucous one-liners are frequently peppered ...