Articles of Note

After the publication of “The Song of Hiawatha,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was everywhere. Then he was ejected from the pantheon. What happened?... more »


New Books

For James Wood, critics must always answer one fundamental question: “What’s at stake in this passage?”... more »


Essays & Opinions

Want a job in academia? No problem — as long as you specialize in Shakespeare, Romanticism, Victorianism, modernism, and everything else... more »