Literary Criticism

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Splintered Temporalities: On Cindy Weinstein’s “A Question of Time”
Sharon B. Oster ponders “A Question of Time,” the recently published book edited by Cindy Weinstein.
Sharon B. OsterOct 7, 2020
- Literary Criticism
Between Irritation and Oyster: On Bob Blaisdell’s “Creating Anna Karenina”
Janet Fitch is enlightened by Bob Blaisdell’s biographical study of Tolstoy, “Creating Anna Karenina.”
Oct 4, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
- Literary Criticism
What We Talk About When We Talk About Magical Realism
Fernando Sdrigotti seeks to break Latin American writers free from the magical realism pigeonhole.
Fernando SdrigottiOct 2, 2020
The Frontiers of Form
Rachael Scarborough King on three books that consider the way forward for New Formalism.
Rachael Scarborough KingSep 19, 2020
- Literary Criticism
Ghosts on the Page: Alice Cary’s “Hagar: A Story of To-Day” and Other Lost Books
Reckoning with the ghosts of neglected women authors.
Leanne PhillipsSep 19, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Literary Criticism
Blackademic Lives Matter: An Interview with Lavelle Porter
Patricia A. Matthew interviews Lavelle Porter about his recent book, "The Blackademic Life: Academic Fiction, Higher Education, and the Black Intellectual."
Patricia A. MatthewSep 9, 2020
- Education
- Literary Criticism
Finding My Way: A Conversation with Alden Jones
Dinah Lenney talks with Alden Jones about her latest book, “The Wanting Was a Wilderness.”
Dinah LenneySep 4, 2020
A Hope Machine: On Jeffrey Brooks’s “The Firebird and the Fox: Russian Culture under Tsars and Bolsheviks”
Caryl Emerson pursues “The Firebird and the Fox: Russian Culture under Tsars and Bolsheviks” by Jeffrey Brooks.
Caryl EmersonSep 2, 2020
Heartbroken Patriots
Greil Marcus’s new book interrogates American myths of success and belonging via adaptations and revisionings of “The Great Gatsby.”
Robert LossAug 29, 2020
Beats and All
Loren Glass reviews "The Beats: A Literary History," a new book by Steven Belletto.
Loren GlassAug 17, 2020
The Last of the Hedgehogs
A collection of scintillating interviews with a celebrated French cultural theorist.
Chris FlemingAug 16, 2020
- Literary Criticism
- Philosophy & Religion
An Experimental Biography: John Schad’s “Paris Bride: A Modernist Life”
Is John Schad’s family archive as fictitious as, say, Clarissa Dalloway? And does it matter?
Gerri KimberAug 15, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
- Literary Criticism