Book review – literary criticism
I want Lorrie Moore to be my BFF
Is there anything more depressing than the prospect of reading a writer’s collected essays, journalism and occasional pieces? Most of…
Beyond the looking-glass
Children’s fantasy literature has never been just one thing. Animal fables, folk and fairy tales were not originally intended for…
Shakespeare’s crowning glory
In the 18th century, as Shakespeare began to take on classic status, editors began to notice differences between the texts…
Poison pen letters
Richard Bradford has written more than 20 books of literary criticism and biography. This latest one is a compendium of…
Seeing Dante anew
Reading Dante is an experience of a lifetime. You never come to the end of it. But, like Dante himself,…
Words, words, words
Sam Leith reviews the reviews of David Lodge — and wonders where it will all end
Dutch courage in the trenches
‘You have no idea,’ wrote the publisher Ralph Hodder-Williams in 1929 to one of his authors, what terrible offence Journey’s…
