Literature http://www.npr.org Literature en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:31:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Literature http://www.npr.org A Lively Mind: Your Brain On Jane Austen Could modern cognitive theories explain character development in one of Jane Austen's most famous heroines: <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>'s Elizabeth Bennett? Reading sessions inside an MRI scanner are shedding light on the question. Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:31:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/09/162401053/a-lively-mind-your-brain-on-jane-austen?ft=1&f=128388323 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/09/162401053/a-lively-mind-your-brain-on-jane-austen?ft=1&f=128388323 Could modern cognitive theories explain character development in one of Jane Austen's most famous heroines: Pride and Prejudice's Elizabeth Bennett? Reading sessions inside an MRI scanner are shedding light on the question.

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]]> Photographing Literature's Famous Food Scenes What are scuppernongs? Scout's meal in <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> is just one of many re-created and captured by Dinah Fried. Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:45:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/09/20/161372360/photographing-literatures-famous-food-scenes?ft=1&f=128388323 http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/09/20/161372360/photographing-literatures-famous-food-scenes?ft=1&f=128388323 What are scuppernongs? Scout's meal in To Kill a Mockingbird is just one of many re-created and captured by Dinah Fried.

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]]> The Fine Line Between Historical And Fiction Jessica Francis Kane studied the Bethnal Green tube station disaster, then spent years writing a novel centered around the day's horrific events. It's forced her to consider the line between historical and fiction. Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:17:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2011/06/07/137003959/the-fine-line-between-historical-and-fiction?ft=1&f=128388323 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2011/06/07/137003959/the-fine-line-between-historical-and-fiction?ft=1&f=128388323 Jessica Francis Kane studied the Bethnal Green tube station disaster, then spent years writing a novel centered around the day's horrific events. It's forced her to consider the line between historical and fiction.

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]]> Let's Not Kill ALL The Lawyers Atticus Finch, the most ethical lawyer in fiction.  But maybe that's not saying much? Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2010/07/08/128387579/let-s-not-kill-all-the-lawyers?ft=1&f=128388323 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2010/07/08/128387579/let-s-not-kill-all-the-lawyers?ft=1&f=128388323 Atticus Finch, the most ethical lawyer in fiction.  But maybe that's not saying much?

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