Literature as System: On Yuri Tynianov
Marjorie Perloff revisits the criticism of Russian Formalist Yuri Tynianov, whose essays have been collected in English for the first time.
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Marjorie Perloff revisits the criticism of Russian Formalist Yuri Tynianov, whose essays have been collected in English for the first time.
An admirable but unsatisfying account of why a disaffected man might drift toward extremism.
Shruti Swamy reviews “Acrobat,” a volume of Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s poetry translated by her daughter Nandana Dev Sen.
An inspired tribute to a people taken from their homes and forced into labor.
Aaron Bady untangles the complex relationship between fiction and reality in “Last Words on Earth,” Javier Serena’s novel inspired by the life of...
The formidable Ludmilla Petrushevskaya enchants with her toughness of spirit in this March 2021 interview.
Nathan Scott McNamara interviews editor Valerie Miles about Granta’s list of Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists.
Joe Amendola talks with Michael Cooperson about his translation of al-Ḥarīrī’s “Impostures,” available now from NYU Press.
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt asks Curt Leviant about translating “Moshkeleh the Thief,” a long-lost novel by Sholom Aleichem.
Nathan Scott McNamara asks Mark Haddon about the campaign to put translators’ names on book covers.