Literary Criticism

"Writing only leads to more writing." — Colette

Reaching In
Sandra Swinburne reviews Lynne Sharon Schwartz’s essay collection that brims with intimate glimpses.
Sandra SwinburneApr 26, 2014
- Literary Criticism
- Science & Technology
He Worked at the Writer’s Trade
Greg Barnhisel reviews the letters of the literary eminence Malcolm Cowley.
Greg BarnhiselApr 22, 2014
- Literary Criticism
The Young Man and the Sea
The small, lovely, but difficult, ways human beings heal in a world rife with mistakes and misjudgments, wrongdoing and despair.
James Bernard FrostApr 9, 2014
Applied Enlightenment
Honoring the literary life
Drew CalvertMar 14, 2014
- Literary Criticism
Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood: Writing the Script for Gay Liberation
Christopher Isherwood and Aldous Huxley shared a long friendship as well as a belief in the religious philosophy of Vendanta. The writers’ connection is revealed in A Single Man, Isherwood’s groundbreaking novel.
Katherine BucknellFeb 28, 2014
- Literary Criticism
Serial Reader
Which books does Wendy Lesser love best? J.C. Hallman finds out ...
J. C. HallmanFeb 27, 2014
- Literary Criticism
- Literary Fiction
All Too Human: On Kurt Vonnegut’s Legacy
Tally proposes many specific interpretations of Vonnegut's novels, though his ultimate motive is to lay the broad foundation for ongoing critical studies of Vonnegut.
Matthew Gannon, Wilson TaylorFeb 27, 2014
- Literary Criticism
Forms of Cosmopolitanism
The 150th birthday of Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy has many celebrating, and debating, his legacy.
Karen Van DyckFeb 16, 2014
- Literary Criticism
A Professional Dilettante
Henry Giardina on the biography of Carl Van Vechten, a controversial figure of the early modernist movement.
Henry GiardinaFeb 16, 2014
- Literary Criticism
American Literature and the Composition of Experience
Nicholas GaskillFeb 14, 2014
- Literary Criticism
Say They’re Pretty: On Fictional Characters and Real Life
John RechyFeb 9, 2014
- Literary Criticism
Mourning Tongues: How Auden Was Modified in the Guts of the Living
One of the most extraordinary elegiac conversations of our time.
Nina MartyrisJan 28, 2014
- Literary Criticism