Literary Criticism

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

• Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?

  Mark EdmundsonSep 9, 2018

  • Literary Criticism

• The Consolation of Genre: On Reading Romance Novels

  Cailey Hall offers a history of the Romance genre.

  Cailey HallAug 27, 2018

  • Fiction

  • Literary Criticism

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  Can the Digital Humanities Be Human?

  How tagged databases can fruitfully inform literary research.

  Nick MoschovakisAug 22, 2018

  • Literary Criticism

  • Science & Technology

• A Critic’s Ars Poetica

  William Giraldi, author of “American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring,” presents his critical ars poetica.

  William GiraldiAug 21, 2018

  • Literary Criticism

• Stories as Prayer: A Conversation Between Joshua Cohen and Harold Bloom

  The author Joshua Cohen visits Harold Bloom.

  Joshua CohenAug 16, 2018

  • Fiction

  • Literary Criticism

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  Seeing Both Sides of the Shield: On Rebecca Harding Davis

  "When we look for meaning in the lives of historical figures, what we’re often looking for is the reflected image of our own ideas and beliefs."

  Arielle ZibrakJul 21, 2018

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • Gender & Sexuality

  • Literary Criticism

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  An Intensity Leavened by Gentleness

  A new biography of the seminal French literary and cultural theorist René Girard.

  Christopher ShinnJul 20, 2018

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • Literary Criticism

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  The Author Is Not as Dead as Claimed

  Robert Dasaler reviews “The Varieties of Authorial Intention: Literary Theory Beyond the Intentional Fallacy” by John Farrell.

  Robert DaselerJul 17, 2018

  • Literary Criticism

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  On Feeling One’s Way: David Russell’s “Tact”

  Tanya Agathocleous reviews “Tact: Aesthetic Liberalism and the Essay Form in Nineteenth-Century” by David Russell.

  Tanya AgathocleousJul 15, 2018

  • Literary Criticism

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  Who Is a Beneficiary? You Are.

  "The Beneficiary" is not invested simply in exposing liberal American hypocrisy. Instead this is a study of the uneasy place we live intellectually.

  Christina LuptonJun 29, 2018

  • Literary Criticism

  • Philosophy & Religion

  • Politics

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  Fashion It Thus: Stephen Greenblatt’s “Tyrant”

  What Shakespeare’s tyrants tell us about our own political crisis.

  Rhodri LewisJun 24, 2018

  • Literary Criticism

  • Politics

• Literature at Work: A Conversation with Derek Attridge

  Francesco Giusti discusses literary criticism and theory with Derek Attridge, author of “The Work of Literature.”

  Francesco GiustiJun 11, 2018

  • Literary Criticism

  • Philosophy & Religion