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Proust's Lost Time: Beyond The Madeleines
David Richardson and Michael Norris present a visual glance at Marcel Proust's masterpiece.Series: Proust Beyond The Madeleines
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Edmond Rostand and the Fantasticks
A look back at "The Romanesques", the early satirical romantic comedy by Edmond Rostand ("Cyrano de Bergerac") that would inspire the great Off-Broadway musical "The Fantasticks".
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Lautréamont, the Other
Eamon Loingsigh examines the unusual literary career of Comte de Lautreamont.
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Philosophy Weekend: Kant on Beauty
Tim Hawken investigates Immanuel Kant's notions of beauty.Series: Philosophy Weekend
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Philosophy Weekend: Kierkegaard's Either-Or
Quotes from Soren Kierkegaard's breakthrough Existentialist book about desire, love and marriage, 'Either-Or'.Series: Philosophy Weekend
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Constellation of Genius: 1922 by Kevin Jackson
1922 was a pretty special year for modernist literature. On February 2, James Joyce's 'Ulysses' was published. On October 16, T. S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' appeared.
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Timothy Spall as J. M. W. Turner as Mike Leigh
Timothy Spall plays the artist J. M. W. Turner in a beautiful new film directed by Mike Leigh.
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From Contradiction to Cartoon: Reflections of Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon is barely remembered today, except as a joke. But his influence over the disastrous wars and revolutionary movements of the 20th Century was immense.
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The Genius of David Bowie, in 5 Songs
Five lesser-known epic songs from the complete catalog of David Bowie show the depth and brilliance of his craftsmanship and musical/lyrical vision.
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Glimpses
A few things that have caught my attention: Anomalies by Charlie Kaufman, Elvis Costello's memoir (and the story of his father), everything by Virginia Woolf.
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Revolt on Mount Parnassus: An Allegory in Copy/Paste
"He would take all of the Parnassian movement by storm. His target soon becoming his victim as there was nothing Rimbaud couldn’t accomplish, even as he was ostracized during his life by the school...
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Lost Music: Exploring Literary Opera - A New Podcast!
Timing is everything. An article declaring that indie book blogs are dead made the social media rounds just yesterday, as I was about to announce something new on Litkicks: my first podcast. Well, it's...
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