Finally, somebody with something sensible to say about the LATBR and its devolution from stand-alone section to part of the culture pages. More reasonableness here. And the NBCC, after a spate of the usual hand-wringing, actually did a mini-interview with LATBR editor David Ulin and learned a couple of reassuring things (what’s NOT going away,… Continue reading »
Archives for Lit Crit
Did He or Didn’t He?
Did Coleridge translate Goethe’s Faust? Two Romanticists say yes. Others say no. Passionate debate ensues. I’ve written about the devilish kerfluffle here. As one of my sources told me, “Coleridgeans are not known for their unanimity.”
Mixing It Up With the Post-Avant
I have been accused, from time to time, of being a mixer. My husband likes to remind me of the time that I posted a perfectly innocent question–about the pros and cons of circumcision–to a parenting listserv. Before long, the pro- and anti- camps were hurling accusations of genital mutilation and cultural imperialism at each… Continue reading »
All the World’s a (Virtual) Stage
If you’re reading one of the Bard’s plays, you can now join the global crowd–online–via Shakespeare’s Global Globe, the brainchild of an English professor at Carnegie Mellon. (Love the orbis-mundi URL.) The Chronicle’s Wired Campus blog has some background. As of 12:59 p.m. EST, 108 people are reading Shakespeare. Well, 108 people have logged on… Continue reading »
Another Plea to Lit Journos
If you find yourself reviewing James Wood’s new book, please don’t invoke Edmund Wilson in your lead. Trust me. It’s been done. Thanks. (More Woodiana here, if you must.)
