Literary Criticism

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

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  To Be, or Not to Be, Misunderstood

  The most famous line in literature doesn’t mean what ‘Hamnet’ thinks it means.

  Robert N. WatsonMar 13

  • Film

  • Literary Criticism

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  Prestige Fiction Is Dead

  Evan Brier’s recent book conducts a depressing literary autopsy, complete with case studies.

  Dennis Wilson WiseMar 12

  • Literary Criticism

  • SF

  • Economics and Finance

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  Finding Our God-Terms

  The work of literary critic Mark Edmundson offers a powerful vision for recentering the American university.

  Joshua HallMar 2

  • Literary Criticism

  • Education

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  Davos Mann

  A new book on ‘The Magic Mountain’ grapples with the contradictions of history.

  Anthony Curtis AdlerFeb 26

  • Philosophy & Religion

  • Literary Criticism

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  A Fiction of Global Terror

  Timothy Rideout’s new book shows how precarity among the middle and working classes powers the fears at the heart of 21st-century gothic literature.

  Tracy Fernandez RysavyFeb 19

  • Literary Criticism

  • Economics and Finance

  • SF

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  Making a Literary Future with Artificial Intelligence

  Five writers and AI researchers discuss the future of literature.

  Dashiel Carrera, Katy Gero, Christian Bök, Nick Montfort, Amy CatanzanoFeb 14

  • Science & Technology

  • Literary Criticism

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  Really Classical Figures

  In the wake of Bob Weir’s death, a new book emerges on the Grateful Dead’s overlooked engagement with literature.

  Christian KriticosFeb 12

  • Music

  • Literary Criticism

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  The Crisis at the Heart of Modernity

  Terry Eagleton’s recent book employs his trademark witty style in an attempt to say something new about the era that birthed modernism.

  Arleen IonescuFeb 9

  • Cultural Studies

  • Literary Criticism

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  Incredible Prophecies, Sick Truths

  Oedipal iterations, from Sophocles to Arundhati Roy.

  Ankhi MukherjeeFeb 6

  • History

  • Literary Criticism

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  The Kingdom in His Head

  Aran Ward Sell reconsiders the legacy and complex overlapping ‘failures’ of Mervyn Peake’s final novel, ‘Titus Alone.’

  Aran Ward SellJan 19

  • SF

  • Literary Criticism

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  Not Exactly a Thesis

  Brais Lamela explores fiction, history, and the slipperiness of the nonfiction novel in ‘What Remains,’ newly translated by Jacob Rogers.

  Michael BarronJan 15

  • Literary Criticism

  • Fiction

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  The Long Breath of the World

  On László Krasznahorkai’s sentences and what they require of us.

  Nyuol Lueth TongJan 14

  • Literary Criticism

  • Fiction