Adaptation
William Deresiewicz
If art is a product of the mind, and the mind a product of evolution, is art a product of evolution?
Literary Criticism
2009
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Into the Wardrobe
Jordan Davis : Autobiography & Memoir
Laura Miller's study of C.S. Lewis falls short of providing a coherent theory of Narnia's magic.
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Back Talk: Elaine Showalter
Christine Smallwood : Feminism & Women
A conversation with the author of A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx.
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An Alienation Artist
Alexander Provan : Biography
Unraveling the Kafkaesque mystique of Franz Kafka.
2008
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Trilling's Sandbags
Re-reading a literary critic who regarded intelligence as a moral imperative.
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How Wood Works
James Wood may be the best literary critic we have, but the status he enjoys reveals just how far we have fallen.
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A Great Deal of Work
George Scialabba : Non-Fiction
Edmund Wilson's politics have long been criticized, but his views were more nuanced than you might think.
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