Literary criticism, literature and culture
From Britannica, works of literary criticism have identified an extraordinary array of schools and movements defining the content and styles of novelists, poets, and dramatists who have flourished in the past 100 years. Here is a short list. From Bryn Mawr Classical Review, a review of Oxford Readings in Ancient Literary Criticism; and a review of Ghosts of the Past: Latin Literature, the Dead, and Rome's Transition to a Principate.
From Der Spiegel, German writer Gunter Wallraff wants to stir things up in his hometown of Cologne. He is proposing reading the Satanic Verses in a controversial new mosque. The religious foundation building the mosque says it'll think about it; and a leading historian wants Mein Kampf to be republished in Germany. Copyright issues have kept it off the shelves since World War II, but
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