The idea that literature contains multitudes is not new. For the greater part of its history, lit(t)eratura referred to any writing formed with letters. Up until the eighteenth century, the only true ...
It’s always risky to make predictions, especially optimistic ones; but I’ve noticed that one of the salutary debates emerging in the new century regarding literary studies -- and by extension the ...
Although I certainly agree with Carlin Romano that Americans in general know little or nothing about literature from sub-Saharan Africa, I wonder what qualifies him to be the judge of the ...
"The Use and Abuse of Literature" by Marjorie Garber (Pantheon, 320 pages, $28.95) Marjorie Garber is a professor of English and of "visual and environmental studies" at Harvard University. She is the ...
The idea that literature contains multitudes is not new. For the greater part of its history, lit(t)eratura referred to any writing formed with letters. Up until the eighteenth century, the only true ...