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Steven J. Venturino

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Top Ten Literary Theory Tips, for Anyone

This weekend Chicago will host the annual convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA). This year’s gathering will attract more … More

beauty, book clubs, fiction, intention, literary theory, MLA, Modern Language Association, narrative, onomatopoeia, tips, Toni Morrison, top ten, zombies

Analysis and “Ruining the Fun”

“Secondly, and more seriously, it has been deduced from this belief that you are liable to destroy the poem if … More

analysis, literary criticism, literary theory, new criticism, poetry, William Empson

Jamesian

“You after all then now don’t?” Henry James (The Sacred Fount). Henry James (1843-1916) is notorious for writing things like … More

Henry James, literary theory, novel, The Sacred Fount

Brooks and Poetic Language

“But the poet has no one term. Even if he had a polysyllabic technical term, the term would not provide … More

ambiguity, Cleanth Brooks, connotation, literary theory, paradox, poetic language, poetry, tension

Earliest Tweets

Since I’ve removed the “Of Tweets” menu tab, I’ve included below some of my earliest tweets and their sources. Unlike … More

Edward Branigan, film theory, Jacques Derrida, Jesper Svenbro, literary theory, narration, unconscious

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