In Faulkner’s Shadow is a lively literary memoir set in Oxford, Mississippi, the hometown of famed novelist William Faulkner. Oxford has produced more writers than most places. There’s competition, Lawrence Wells says, to see who... Read More

"From Us to Me" is a strong case study of Israeli films and their use in representing and shifting national identities. Dror Izhar’s "From Us to Me" is a fascinating look at Israeli cinema and its role in both creating and mirroring... Read More

"What Is Shakespeare?" gathers varied and fascinating material related to Shakespeare’s plays. Ted van Griethuysen’s thoughtful analytical text "What Is Shakespeare?" concentrates on the performance and poetry of Shakespeare’s best... Read More

"Disfigured" is a fascinating exploration of how disabilities are treated within fairy tales and of how those treatments help to shape social attitudes and perceptions. Part literary examination, part cultural critique, and part memoir,... Read More

In the first essay of her collection "Where There Is Danger", Luba Jurgenson writes, “Bilingualism is waiting for its chronicler, someone down-to-earth who follows each step of the bodily clues to the constantly shifting center.” As... Read More

Sarah Cole’s fascinating literary investigation "Inventing Tomorrow" shows how H. G. Wells’s work is relevant and meaningful today. Beginning by juxtaposing Virginia Woolf’s heady novels with H. G. Wells’s brash journalistic... Read More

"The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy" is a piquant, far-reaching study of tragedy as an art form. Defining the nature of theatrical tragedy is a formidable task; everyone from Aristotle to Nietzsche has taken a crack at it. In his... Read More

"A Tale Told Softly" is a powerful work that reveals the possible real message in William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. William Shakespeare may have composed his famous “problem” play The Winter’s Tale for entertainment, but... Read More