On the Moral Purpose of Literature
In Shakespeare’s Comedies: A Very Short Introduction, Bart van Es briefly discusses Samuel Johnson’s gripe with what Es calls “the apparent lack of utility to the…
A Reply to Mark Edmundson’s
“The Ideal English Major”
I came upon Edmundson’s article published in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s The Chronicle Review via a Facebook post. I thought to myself, Interesting! I’ll have…