Literary Criticism

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

“I Don’t Want To Grow Up”: On Oliver Ready’s “Persisting in Folly: Russian Writers in Search of Wisdom, 1963–2013”
Josh Billings finds good sense in Oliver Ready’s “Persisting in Folly: Russian Writers in Search of Wisdom, 1963–2013.”
Josh BillingsNov 17, 2017
- Around the World
- Literary Criticism
The Ironies of Style
Matthew Hunter reviews Jeff Dolven’s “Senses of Style: Poetry before Interpretation.”
Matthew HunterNov 9, 2017
Through a Verse Darkly: On Kevin Hart’s “Poetry and Revelation”
One surefire way to ruin a poem is to let a philosopher interpret it. Happily, however, Kevin Hart the philosopher-poet is an exception.
Christopher WatkinNov 8, 2017
Nightmare Consumption: On Dina Khapaeva’s “The Celebration of Death in Contemporary Culture”
Melvin Konner explores “The Celebration of Death in Contemporary Culture” by Dina Khapaeva.
Melvin KonnerOct 31, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Criticism
The Surreal Sources of “Lolita”: Nabokov and Dalí
Delia Ungureanu uncovers the hidden surrealist subtext of Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita.”
Delia UngureanuOct 30, 2017
- Fiction
- Literary Criticism
Hail Wedded Love
Andrew Cutrofello reviews Paul A. Kottman's "Love As Human Freedom."
Andrew CutrofelloOct 27, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Philosophy & Religion
Sing, Muse: Three New Books on Literature and Pop Music
Three books on the links between poetry and pop music.
Franz NicolayOct 22, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Music
After Strange Gods: Modernist Blasphemy Revisited
A new study of blasphemy in modernist literature.
Imogen WoodberryOct 5, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Religion
Demystifying the Contents of the Universe: A New Look at Mina Loy
Jacquelyn Ardam reviews a new critical study of cryptic modernist poet Mina Loy.
Jacquelyn ArdamAug 13, 2017
- Education
- Literary Criticism
Hampering Threadlike Pressure: A New Biography of George Eliot
Paul Delany reviews a new biography of George Eliot.
Paul DelanyAug 6, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
- Literary Criticism
Marketing Modernism
Loren Glass surveys the many strengths of Lise Jaillant's "Cheap Modernism: Expanding Markets, Publishers’ Series and the Avant-Garde."
Loren GlassJul 29, 2017
A Guardian of Good Usage and Grammar
Don Franzen talks to Bryan A. Garner, one of the most prolific and respected arbiters of grammar and usage in the English language.
Don FranzenJul 14, 2017
- Law
- Literary Criticism