Articles by Matthew Schantz
August 20, 2012
A Detestable Dichotomy 0
Paulo Coelho recently condemned Ulysses for being all style and no content. In response, Ali Smith makes the case for style.
August 20, 2012
Dostoyevsky, Babel, Brodsky, Pussy Riot? 0
In their closing statements, Russian dissidents du jour Pussy Riot cited the authors who inspired them and placed themselves in Russia’s rich history of imprisoning their artists. Also check out Carol Rumens’s excellent translation of the song that landed Pussy Riot in hot water.
August 20, 2012
Talk about Graphic Novels 0
Why do we strain ourselves to apply scientific methods to the humanities, when the results of such studies always miss the point, asks Maria Konnikova. For those looking to do some field research on the fruits of the growing digital humanities movement before condemning them, the latest issue of the Journal of Digital Humanities is packed with [...]
August 16, 2012
The End of Copyright, The Death of the Novel 0
Would anyone write novels in a world without copyright? According to Tim Parks, they probably would not. For more on the relationship between the market and the product, see Parks’s essay on whether more money leads to better writing.