Criticism – Page 20

Truth and Lies

by Arielle FriendPosted on October 4, 2013September 30, 2022

"Nabokov creates quite a web for his readers, meant to at once ensnare them through Humbert’s beckoning, but also by revealing the web itself through his aesthetic manipulation of language as a medium." An essay on the relationship between ethics and aesthetics in Lolita.

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by Sarah BarryPosted on August 22, 2013May 3, 2020

"With every morally questionable work of art or fiction there are those who become obsessed with 'deliberate moralizing.'" An essay on Nabokov's Lolita.

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The Crown

by Alexandra CarterPosted on August 15, 2013May 3, 2020

“Now mark me how I will undo myself. / I give this heavy weight from off my head”

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Uncivilizing

by Horatia HopperPosted on July 5, 2013May 3, 2020

Civilization as a disease. A call to nature.

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Detail from Georgia O'Keeffe's "Red Hills and Bones," 1941.

Destiny, Manifest

by Michael HaldemanPosted on July 3, 2013September 30, 2022

“This is the nature of war,” proclaims Judge Holden, “whose stake is at once the game and the authority and the justification.” A study of violence in the American West.

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Magazine as Community

by Allison HurleyPosted on May 10, 2013May 3, 2020

Racing the sleep mode and other technological barriers to reading a magazine. A review of Kinfolk.

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Before: Issue One

by The Editors and Allyson PatyPosted on January 8, 2013May 2, 2020

"Before the rest, we bring you the undiscovered gems found across the boroughs we call home." A new publication.

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Loci: Issue One

by The EditorsPosted on January 8, 2013February 23, 2021

"The feeling of a place to the palm of your hand." A new bimonthly publication.

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Native: Issue One

by The Editors and Allyson PatyPosted on January 8, 2013May 2, 2020

"Your guide to New York City’s eateries, cafés, and bakeries brought to you from a local’s perspective." A new publication.

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You Are Now the Other Guy

by Mary KinneyPosted on December 14, 2012May 2, 2020

Experiments with authorship in the "Ulysses of the Internet."

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Signs of the Occupation

by Julian PhillipsPosted on November 29, 2012May 2, 2020

Debating the Syrian Revolution in the graffiti of Majdal Shams.

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Greetings from Herland

by Alexis SmithPosted on October 30, 2012May 2, 2020

The myth of the Amazonian woman has been treated well by time. Originating as the recurrent Greek mythos of women warriors from the geographically unassigned land of Amazonia, towards the 16th century the myth received a rejuvenating shot of popularity. …

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Francis Bacon’s Cruel Optimism

by Matthew MorroccoPosted on October 25, 2012May 2, 2020

"The brushstrokes are somewhat cruel and yet so purely existential that although Bacon exposes cruelty, all I feel is my heartbeat breathing new life into every vein."

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The Chick Lit of Heian Japan

by Alexander KahnPosted on September 23, 2012April 27, 2020

"What might be the import of a literature for and by women in a period when women lacked sexual agency?" Scholarship on the female gaze in the works of Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon

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Truth and Lies

Spoiler Alert

The Crown

Uncivilizing

Destiny, Manifest

Magazine as Community

Drawing Inferences

Before: Issue One

Loci: Issue One

Native: Issue One

You Are Now the Other Guy

Signs of the Occupation

Greetings from Herland

Francis Bacon’s Cruel Optimism

The Chick Lit of Heian Japan