In its closing chapters, the title of A Brief History of Seven Killings is explained. A journalist has written a seven-part … More
Tag: Novel
80. (James Joyce)
A third and final try at the puzzle of variations of style in Ulysses, starting once more with the stopped … More
35. (Henry James)
Propriety and property, position and possession: the late James, James of The Golden Bowl, evolved an entire style to brace these … More
32. (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
A short phrase binds an entire ream of Tennyson criticism: “the art of the penultimate.” That Tennyson’s art looks forward … More
Critical Provisions 