In 18th-century gothic, music was a light melodic release from dramatic scares. But with the arrival of melodrama in the 19th ...

For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Cal Newport is filling in for Kyle Chayka.

Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a dark and melancholic tone ...

Much of what was great about Chris Jefferies was used to attack him and destroy his reputation when the media, ...