In his fourth book of essays, acclaimed cultural critic Arthur Krystal surveys the world of letters in its academic, literary, and populist incarnations--just to make sure those divisions still apply. What he finds is that the ground has shifted.
In his fourth book of essays, acclaimed cultural critic Arthur Krystal surveys the world of letters in its academic, literary, and populist incarnations--just to make sure those divisions still apply. What he finds is that the ground has shifted.
Arthur Krystal has written for The New Yorker, Harper's, American Scholar, the Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times Book Review, and other publications. He is the author of The Half-Life of an American Essayist, Agitations: Essays on Life and Literature, and Except When I Write: Reflections of a Recovering Critic. He lives in New York City.
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Author's Note 1. Prélude. 2. A Sad Road to Everything 3. Easy Writers: Guilty Pleasures without the Guilt 4. It's Genre. Not That There's Anything Wrong with It 5. What is Literature? 6. Should Writers Reply to Reviewers? 7. LISTEN To The Sound It Makes 8. Listing Toward Oblivion 9. Erich Auerbach: The Critic in Exile 10. The Shrinking World of Ideas Postscript
Author's Note 1. Prélude. 2. A Sad Road to Everything 3. Easy Writers: Guilty Pleasures without the Guilt 4. It's Genre. Not That There's Anything Wrong with It 5. What is Literature? 6. Should Writers Reply to Reviewers? 7. LISTEN To The Sound It Makes 8. Listing Toward Oblivion 9. Erich Auerbach: The Critic in Exile 10. The Shrinking World of Ideas Postscript
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