In the early 19th century, the European world had just defeated an imperialist tyrant, Napoleon Bonaparte, only to find the continent’s recently conquered monarchs quickly back in force. Intent on ...

Brooding, sensual, violent, intelligent, and single-minded. Edward Cullen. Han Solo. Killmonger. Lestat. What do all these characters have in common besides being heartthrobs? They share a common ...

Byronic heroism is its antidote or vicarious satisfaction. In the eastern tales that follow Childe Harold the hero is no longer a pensive but an active wanderer, a corsair or chieftain still ...

SPARKENBROKE — Charles Morgan —Macmillan ($2.75). When Charles Morgan wrote The Fountain (1932) it was variously hailed as a big book, a pretentious imposture, a masterpiece, a phony. Sparkenbroke ...

It’s time to talk about Deacon. Gallant Deacon, sensitive Deacon, mournful Deacon, the show’s very own Deacon ex machina. The pulchritudinous guitar player has lately become the achy heart of ...