Sheila was raised to be a "good girl." To her, that meant always being kind, helpful, and forgiving. For example, even when she was exhausted, she'd make daily dutiful calls or visits to ailing ...

Conventionally, mental conflict has been regarded as at best undesirable, and at worst, pathological. For Freudians, it was the cause and occasion for repression, and for twentieth-century folk ...

Fantasy has long been associated with journeys, prophecies, and battles that decide the fate of worlds. Yet some of the most powerful fantasy novels are not concerned with saving kingdoms at all. They ...