The Wrath of the Gods: Surviving the Pandemic with Petronius, Fitzgerald, and Eliot
The "Satyricon" shaped two of the most important texts of the 20th century — and the Petronian "anti-epic" is still funny, even during Covid.
The "Satyricon" shaped two of the most important texts of the 20th century — and the Petronian "anti-epic" is still funny, even during Covid.
Ted Scheinman revisits “Hamlet” through the eyes of its heroine with “Ophelia,” a film adaptation from director Claire McCarthy and writer Semi...
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James Agee on Twitter. Foreword by Walker Evans.
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A tribute to Sterne on his 300th birthday.
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The New Female Slapstick
IN 1817, HENRY AUSTEN prefaced the posthumous release of Persuasion and Northanger Abbey with a decorous “Biographical Notice” that...