Black is also a colour used in gothic literature to symbolize evil, death, power, mystery and fear. Black also has negative connotations, especially in poetry, and when combined with red or orange ...

“Man passes … through forests of symbols,” Baudelaire wrote in “Correspondences,” a poem considered the touchstone of the Symbolist literary movement. Baudelaire owed much of his macabre ...

Located on the still-gritty stretch of downtown that abuts Skid Row, The Last Bookstore is a potent symbol of the resurgent literary fortunes of Los Angeles. It has also become one of the finest ...