Two Roman queens may have inspired Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth
William Shakespeare has been credited with no less than inventing the human, but fresh research from Dr. John-Mark Philo of East Anglia University suggests that the bard’s Lady Macbeth might… Read more »
50 Shades of literary theory: How the novel and the film reflect (and destroy) three centuries of theory
I watched the 50 Shades of Grey film on Wednesday evening, which sounds like a confession but is merely a statement of fact. It felt like the most natural conclusion… Read more »
Nation shocked to learn that Dan Brown has bland taste in books
Fires from the tumult of Thursday night are still raging across the hills of this shaken nation. The mobs of a disaffected and grieving public that swarmed through every city… Read more »
Adam Kirsch talks to M.H. Abrams, one of the original editors of the Norton Anthology of English Literature
High school English lit is a land ruled by anthologies, and one anthology in particular: the Norton Anthology of English Literature. This week in Tablet, Adam Kirsch has a long… Read more »