Politics & The Paracademy (Criticism LTD, Episode #8)
An attempt to triangulate politicization, professionalization, and publication by examining several periods in the history of criticism.
Author: Center for Mark Twain Studies
The Trouble Begins in Hartford: Digging up the Past – Then & Now of the Historic Hotel Ampersand
Event takes place on Wednesday, September 20 with virtual and in-person options available
CFP: New York History Conference at Albany, NY (June 20 & 21, 2024)
CFP deadline is January 1, 2024
The Chicago Fight (Criticism LTD, Episodes #6-7)
A deep dive into the Chicago Critics who inspired John Crowe Ransom’s 1937 essay, “Criticism Inc.”
CMTS Announces the 2023 Fall Trouble Begins Lineup
All CMTS lectures are open the public at no cost. We hope to see you at the talks!
The Racist Interpretation Complex (Criticism LTD, Episode #5)
What is the political economy of New Criticism? Are the racist and reactionary Cold War politics of the New Critics immanent to their trademark method: close reading?
Ponzi Austerity & The Monolingual University (Criticism LTD, Episode #4)
Last week, West Virginia University announced that it would abolish its World Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Department, proposing to replace it with automated digital instruction. This is the apotheosis of trends going back decades. In this episode we talk about the effects of monolingual education.
The Trouble Begins in Hartford: All Things Twain in Elmira
The event takes place tomorrow with in person and online options available
Ponzi Austerity In The Age of Cultural Abundance (Criticism LTD, Episode #3)
How has the systemic defunding and deprofessionalizing of humanities academia impacted literary criticism? Why is there such a flourishing culture industry if demand for cultural education is supposedly declining?