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What Is This Thing Called Literature?

Arthur Krystal battles those who don’t want to distinguish between greater and lesser literature. He has a point.

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Humiliation, a Lit Department Game

David Lodge describes a game in “Changing Places” that English departments might enjoy: Humiliation. Check out the rules here.

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Defending the Canon vs. New Attacks

Yale English majors have been complaining about requiring them to study canonical writers. Here’s is why they are wrong.

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