literature

Much Acclaim About Almost Nothing

June 19, 2013 | Lindsay Marshall

Much Ado About Nothing is easy bait for would-be Shakespeareans. The low-hanging fruit of the comedies, it is the most translatable to a modern audience because of the simplicity of its plot and characters. In some …

Fitted for the Grasping of Truth

March 1, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Martin Luther, Letter to Eoban Hess

“I am persuaded that without knowledge of literature pure theology cannot at all endure, just as heretofore, when letters have declined and lain prostrate, theology too, has wretchedly fallen …

The Limits of Fiction

February 12, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Today, Wheaton College professor and writer Alan Jacobs describes his views on the powers and limits of literature over at The American Conservative. What do you think?

So yesterday Teju Cole posted this reflection on …