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How Hitler Nearly Destroyed the Great American NovelWhen Houghton Mifflin published ‘Mein Kampf’ in 1933, it sparked what could be the strangest saga in publishing history Ryan HolidayMediumDec 21, 2018 There are horror stories about what can go wrong on release day, and then there is the story of John Fante. There has always been a rich genre of heartbreaking tales of wha..

Life Begins at BaronMarcel Proust among the grand women of the belle époque Marcel Proust began writing as a snob but ended it as the great critic of snobbery. How a dandiacal dilettante became a penetrating social observer Joseph Epstein Weeky Standard December 9, 2018 at 7:12 AM Marcel Proust Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty Proust’s Duchess How Three Celebrated ..

The Dictionary and Us David Skinner The Weekly Standard, December 2, 2018 Every edition of the ‘American Heritage Dictionary.’ Color images first appeared in the fourth edition (2000). TWS A half-century ago, the new American Heritage Dictionary distinguished itself by assembling a “usage panel” of expert language users. Now that the panel has been shuttered, a look bac..

큰 생각을 위한 작은 책들에피쿠로스 『저작집』 김환영 중앙일보 지식전문기자월간중앙 2018.12월호 세계 가톨릭 교회의 중심인 이탈리아에서 『저작집』이 폭발적인 반응을 누린 것은 아이러니다. 『저작집』은 ‘신(神)을 배제한’ 행복의 비결을 논하고 있기 때문이다. 에피쿠로스주..

BLOAT Why the Hell Are We Still Reading Ernest Hemingway? He never goes out of print. He’s still taught in schools. But most of his novels look more ponderous and posturing (silly, even) with each passing year. Ah, but those stories. Allen Barra12.10.18 5:12 AM ET Earl Theisen Collection/Getty As the light industry of books on Ernest Hemingway continue to spill over into the..

Dismiss <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.newstatesman.com/sites/default/files/styles/nodeimage/public/Longreads_2018/11/2018_48_rebecca_hendin_tribes.jpg?itok=Em0V5ZKk" alt="" /> REBECCA HENDIN Show Hide imageBooks The complex roots of populism Populism succeeds by separating us into “the people” and “the corrupt elite” – but its causes are deeper and ..

Should Studying Literature Be Fun?‘No’ is too often the answer, as scholars signal their professionalism Jordin Isip for The Chronicle By Timothy Aubry The Chronicle of Higher EducationDecember 02, 2018 However inclined by their training to vacillate, scholars in the humanities are increasingly being asked to take sides. Should they support or oppose their students’ effor..

Literary Hoaxes and the Ethics of AuthorshipWhat happens when we find out writers aren’t who they said they were.By Louis Menand New Yorker December 10, 2018 Issue When truth is imperilled, what can we learn from cultural impostors? Illustration by Eiko Ojala If a book is good, if it’s artful, entertaining, and informative, should it matter who the author is? Once upon a ti..

Marie Adélaide of France, c.1748–52, by Jean-Etienne Liotard Books of the Year 2018From autofiction to ‘unbooks’ and ‘Ancient Mariner novels’ 0 --> -1 --> TLS November 20, 2018 This year’s contributors: A–D Terri Apter, Mary Beard, Lucy Beckett, Jonathan Benthall, Paul Binding, Beverley Bie Brahic, William Boyd, David Bromwich, Stephen Brown, Clare Carlisle, Al..

We Need to Destroy the Blurbing Industrial Complex Marie Myung-Ok Lee MM The MillionsNovember 28, 2018 | 2 books mentioned 2 11 min read In 1856, an obscure-ish writer, frustrated by the non-recognition of his newest self-published oeuvre, took matters into his own hands. He sent copies of his book of poems, unsolicited, to the literary luminaries of his day. One luminary, Ralp..