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The English Reader edited by Michael Ravitch and Diane Ravitch

The English Reader

The English Reader

The English Reader is a remarkable resource for scholars and readers of all stripes. Whether we lean toward canon-building or canon-breaking, we English language readers have a literary history in common. This book makes the high points (and even some of the low points) of that history accessible and provides an education for us all.
—Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard University

Featured Writinge

Featured Writing

The Pen & The Mask

A review of STENDHAL
By Jonathan Keates

From The New Republic, June 15 1998

Painted into a Corner

A review of Balthus: A Biography
by Nicholas Fox Weber

From The Yale Review

On William Gaddis

A review of Agape, Agape
by William Gaddis

From The Yale Review

Byron’s Afterlife

A review of Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame
by Benita Eisler

From The Yale Review

Just the Facts

A review of PLOWING THE DARK
By Richard Powers

From The New Republic, May 14 2001

Bustling scene on Bourbon Street, New Orleans with a lively crowd enjoying an evening stroll.
Big Apple, Big Easy

New York, New Orleans and Fate
Essay by Michael Ravitch

From The New York Sun, September 23, 2005

Ladies of the Lake

A review of A PASSIONATE SISTERHOOD
By Kathleen Jones

From The New York Times, April 30, 2000

Nathaniel West
Mr. Lonelyhearts

A review of NATHANAEL WEST: Novels and Other Writings
Edited by Sacvan Bercovitch

From The New Republic, September 13-20, 1999

The Writing On the Wall

An essay on New Orleans after the flood
Essay by Michael Ravitch

The Five Fingers Review, January 2007
An issue devoted to “the intersection of word and image”

Painting in Darkness and Light
A review of M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio by Peter Robb

From Newsday

House of the Spirits

A review of Yeats’ Ghosts by Brenda Maddox

From The New Republic, September 13-20, 1999

On J. M. Coetzee

A review of Disgrace
by J. M. Coetzee

From The Yale Review