An important debate in modern literary criticism concerns the exact relationship between the ancient epic and the novel
In this new collection, Eugene Goodheart, scholar of English literature, essayist, and public intellectual, reveals himself in a way that will interest readers already familiar with his expansive body of work as well as those new to his writing
Politicians and pundits often scorn polarization and compromise the intransigence of the former and the feebleness of the latter without suggesting an alternative way
Complaints about the decline of critical standards in literature and culture in general have been voiced for much of the twentieth century
This collection of essays and reviews written between 1960 and 1985 are a deliberate response to the current, increasingly specialized forms of criticism.
In recent decades the humanities have been in thrall to postmodern skepticism, while Darwinists, brimming with confidence in the genuine progress they have made... Læs mere