The Old New Criticism, New Again
In the WSJ, James Seaton reviews Praising It New, an anthology of writing by the New Critics, edited by Garrick Davis. In the space of a short review, Seaton–quite remarkably–manages to blame all of the following for our corrupt contemporary literature-hating ways: Television shows, movies, instant-messaging, Facebook, blogs, “writers with literary pretensions” who are “now … Continue reading The Old New Criticism, New Again