literary criticism

LIT Theory 004 : Postcolonialism in Literature: Reading from the Margins

Empire Writes Back—And the Center Can’t Handle It From The Professor’s Desk There was a time when literature came wearing a powdered wig and spoke only in the accents of empire. Its maps were colored red, its characters were explorers and missionaries, and its readers were taught to see the world through the monocle of […]

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3. Neoclassics :The Last Flame of Wit — The Age of Johnson and Late Neoclassics

As the Age of Wit reached its twilight, Dr. Johnson and his circle preserved the elegance of reason and prose — even as the heart of poetry began to stir anew. From The Professor’s Desk The Augustan Age had left English letters gleaming with polish, but the polish was beginning to wear thin. The triumph

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