Pride and Prejudice

From “Pride and Prejudice” to “Percy Jackson”: When do remakes work?

February 11, 2024

There’s a good chance your favorite movie is an adaptation. L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was adapted for the screen at least seven times before Judy Garland starred in Victor...

Cabral: On “Delilah Green Doesn’t Care” and queer rom-coms

July 28, 2022

As a rom-com enthusiast, I have a set list of tropes I enjoy and those I don’t. While I could spend hours on the couch with a book featuring a well-developed friends-to-lovers relationship, I’ve been...

Newman: On necessities, luxuries and labor in the humanities

April 21, 2017

You love your lit courses — you know you do. Perhaps Dickens was your favorite: You could almost feel the London fog swirling into your lungs. Or how about that wild and crazy Chaucer class where you...

Burg: Stop comparing the movie to the book

November 23, 2014

I had so been hoping that “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1” would actually open on Thanksgiving weekend in a burst of delicious food-based irony. But I think the holiday atmosphere extends backward...

The Steam Press: Discover your literary valentine

February 10, 2014

Greetings, culture lovers! Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and if you’re single, with only a romance novel and chocolate for company, commence with the tears. But don’t despair just...

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