literature

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It’s this exposé of societal absurdity and Meursault’s atheistic refusal to play along with pacifying notions of sin and redemption, that makes“The Stranger” a pinnacle of confrontational literature.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Latitude in Suffolk not only offers music, but also comedy performances from Jack Dee, Lenny Henry and Sara Pascoe and talks on science, literature and poetry between 23 and 26 July.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The literature shows that one of the channels through which energy price shocks, like other commodity price shocks, can impact the economy is the central bank.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Published when its author was 28 years old, the slim, elliptical volume played a central role in Camus winning the Nobel Prize for literature at a time when that distinction still meant something.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

They were so called because, when they wrote, the center of Greek literature had moved from Greece to Alexandria in Egypt.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton