The Life, Death—And Afterlife—of Literary Fiction
In the golden age of magazines, short stories reigned supreme. Has the digital revolution killed their cultural relevance?
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In the golden age of magazines, short stories reigned supreme. Has the digital revolution killed their cultural relevance?
John Guillory’s Professing Criticism offers a sobering look at the uncertain future of criticism inside and outside the academy.
Thirty years ago, it was common to pick up a newspaper or a magazine and read about high drama in university literature departments. Star professors w
John Guillory’s “Cultural Capital,” published amid the 1990s canon wars, became a classic. In a follow-up, “Professing Criticism,” he takes on his field’s deep funk.
The field has painted itself into a corner. John Guillory offers a way out.