Modern classics are determined by quality, subject matter, and relevance, along with reader engagement and interest. Modern literature uplifts ... like "Between the World and Me," could earn ...

The literature of Greece and Rome contains such a world, remote from the present and forever akin to it. Nor should a concentration restricted to the Classics be regarded as a narrow programme.

Goethe’s “Die Leiden des jungen Werther” (The sorrows of young Werther) is a classic of world literature. But it also typifies the sorrows of learners dealing with set books school or university. In ...