Literary Criticism

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

What It Was Like: An Excerpt from Frances Wilson’s “Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence”
LARB presents an excerpt from Frances Wilson’s “Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence.”
Frances WilsonAug 17, 2021
- Literary Criticism
On Pedagogies and Fictions of Black Childhood: Kandice Chuh, William A. Cohen, and Nicole King in Conversation
William A. Cohen, Nicole King, and Kandice Chuh discuss the fiction of Black childhood.
Kandice Chuh, Nicole King, William A. CohenAug 11, 2021
- Literary Criticism
Race and Antiracism in Science and the Humanities
Michell Chresfield and Josie Gill discuss the ways in which scientists and humanists can approach race and antiracism.
Josie Gill, Michell ChresfieldAug 9, 2021
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“Flipping” the History of Literary Studies
John Guillory ventures through "The Teaching Archive," the new history of literary studies by Rachel Sagner Buurma and Laura Heffernan.
John GuilloryJul 29, 2021
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Hollywood Is Thy Name
Two new books explore the movies Hollywood made about Hollywood movies.
Charles MusserJul 19, 2021
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Once Upon a Time: On Margreta de Grazia’s “Four Shakespearean Period Pieces”
Rhodri Lewis evaluates "Four Shakespearean Period Pieces," the latest book from Margreta de Grazia.
Rhodri LewisJul 14, 2021
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The Literary Redline
Emanuela Kucik reviews Richard Jean So’s data history of racism in American publishing.
Emanuela KucikJun 17, 2021
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Of Poets and Critics: A Conversation Between Anahid Nersessian and Michael Robbins
Anahid Nersessian talks with Michael Robbins about what the last year has taught us.
Anahid Nersessian, Michael RobbinsJun 9, 2021
- Literary Criticism
An Antidote to Orthodoxy
J. M. Tyree proposes a Pynchonian band of outsiders and misfits to resist all our current orthodoxies.
Justin St. ClairJun 1, 2021
- Literary Criticism
What Do You Do with a BA in English?
John Lurz reviews the new book by Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé, "A Different Order of Difficulty: Literature After Wittgenstein."Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé
John LurzMay 21, 2021
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Ideal Relationships: On Women and Community in Russian Literature
Sharon Cameron on Anne Eakin Moss’s “Only Among Women: Philosophies of Community in the Russian and Soviet Imagination, 1860–1940.”
Sharon CameronMay 15, 2021
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Lives of the Critics; or, Et in Arcadia Ego
Rebecca Ariel Porte takes in “Gallery of Clouds” by Rachel Eisendrath.
Rebecca Ariel PorteApr 27, 2021
- Literary Criticism