Literary Criticism

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Of Literature and Fossil Fuels
Why isn't literary fiction worrying about climate change? Yugank Goyal reads Amitav Ghosh to find out.
Yugank GoyalSep 30, 2016
- Literary Criticism
- Nonfiction
Serious Literature: On Hua Hsu’s “A Floating Chinaman”
Min Hyoung Song explores the legacies of Pearl S. Buck and H. T. Tsiang in Hua Hsu's "A Floating Chinaman."
Min Hyoung SongSep 25, 2016
The Text Is Foolish: Brian Vickers’s “The One King Lear”
Holger S. Syme reviews Brian Vickers’s “The One King Lear.”
Holger S. SymeSep 6, 2016
- Literary Criticism
Writing Like a State: Wendy Griswold’s “American Guides”
Donal Harris reviews Wendy Griswold’s “American Guides: The Federal Writers’ Project and the Casting of American Culture.”
Donal HarrisSep 4, 2016
- History
- Literary Criticism
Like Glimpses Through a Window: Fredric Jameson on Raymond Chandler
Angela Woodward investigates “Raymond Chandler: The Detections of Totality” by Fredric Jameson.
Angela WoodwardSep 3, 2016
Reading in a World of Wonderlands
Have you really read "Alice in Wonderland" until you've read it in Esperanto? Rebecca L. Walkowitz finds out in her review of "Alice in a World of Wonders."
Rebecca L. WalkowitzAug 31, 2016
Act Naturally: Pretentiousness, Coolness, and Culture
Barrett Swanson reads two new books on the presentation of the self.
Barrett SwansonAug 15, 2016
- Literary Criticism
- Philosophy & Religion
Like a Poem: On Ben Lerner’s “The Hatred of Poetry”
Brandon Kreitler on Ben Lerner's "The Hatred of Poetry".
Brandon KreitlerJul 22, 2016
- Literary Criticism
- Poetry
Damned Poetry: On Ben Lerner’s “The Hatred of Poetry"
Becca Rothfeld on Ben Lerner's "The Hatred of Poetry".
Becca RothfeldJul 22, 2016
- Literary Criticism
- Poetry
The Hangman of Critique
Are we in the Postcritical Age?
Lee KonstantinouJul 17, 2016
- Literary Criticism
The Nomadic Humanities
A proposal for a new paradigm: the Nomadic Humanities.
Catharine R. StimpsonJul 12, 2016
Death by Prefix? The Paradoxical Life of Modernist Studies
What is modernism, anyway?
Gayle RogersJul 3, 2016
- Literary Criticism