Literary Criticism

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

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  An Interview with Ilan Stavans

  Marziyeh Kameli talks to Ilan Stavans.

  Marziyeh KameliJan 10, 2017

  • Literary Criticism

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Strange Weather: Fiction and Climate Change

  Min Hyoung Song reviews Amitav Ghosh’s “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable.”

  Min Hyoung SongJan 1, 2017

  • Literary Criticism

  • SF

  • Science & Technology

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  The Becoming-Literature of the World: Pheng Cheah’s Case for World Literature

  Shir Alon examines the concept of world literature put forward in “What Is a World?” by Pheng Cheah.

  Shir AlonDec 19, 2016

  • Literary Criticism

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  “King Lear” at the Stationers, Again: A Response to Brian Vickers

  Holger S. Syme on Brian Vickers on Holger S. Syme on Brian Vickers.

  Holger S. SymeDec 18, 2016

  • Literary Criticism

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  Dispatches from a Cambodian Literary Festival

  Cambodian literary culture is alive and well, and sometimes visits Cambodia.

  Tillman MillerDec 17, 2016

  • Around the World

  • Literary Criticism

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  Affective Exchange: Amy Hungerford’s “Making Literature Now”

  Louise Hill answers whether "Making Literature Now" is worth your time.

  Louise HillDec 14, 2016

  • Cultural Studies

  • Literary Criticism

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  Up Out of the Darkness: A New History of Monsters

  Colin Dickey reviews Leo Braudy’s “Haunted: Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds.”

  Colin DickeyDec 11, 2016

  • History

  • Literary Criticism

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  Solving Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Elaine Scarry’s “Naming Thy Name”

  Who was Shakespeare’s fair youth? Matthew Harrison reviews Elaine Scarry’s “Naming Thy Name: Cross Talk in Shakespeare’s Sonnets.”

  Matthew HarrisonDec 9, 2016

  • Literary Criticism

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  Viennese Modernism

  Marjorie Perloff’s account of a world no longer there as if it were in the texts of Viennese modernism.

  Vincent SherryNov 27, 2016

  • Literary Criticism

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  Intercultural Influences: On German Literature and Islam

  Benjamin Balint reviews Navid Kermani’s “Between Quran and Kafka: West-Eastern Affinities.”

  Benjamin BalintNov 21, 2016

  • Literary Criticism

  • Religion

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  A Response to Holger Syme

  Sir Brian Vickers defends his book The One King Lear.

  Brian VickersNov 6, 2016

  • History

  • Literary Criticism

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  Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize

  Is it literature: who cares?

  Jon WienerOct 22, 2016

  • Literary Criticism

  • Music