STEFANS• 291 unremarkable glyph with a severe grandeur. The eye is vexed by this
indeterminacy―how large is this thing? Hilder later notes that Gappmayr's poem “can be …

Jamie Hilder shows admirable restraint in leaving it until the fourth chapter of this excellent,
ground-breaking book to embark on the list: that compilation of vague, ill-informed …

The new century is witnessing a remarkable paradigm shift in literary studies, a shift
captured by a few progressively minded critics' move away from a nationalist emphasis on …

10 TRIBUTE TO H. NORTIiROP FRYE sounds of words. And of silences too. His shyness
made silence comfortable, and I don't just mean for those privileged to spend time in his …

I want to thank you, first of all, for allowing this conversation to take place electronically, a
form of communication that I know you have some serious qualms about. You're as averse to …

76 WLT NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2015 their own lives through writing. Ian Hamilton's
hesitant language to retell the death of his father, for example, neatly offsets the luminous …

The Modern Word delights in the language, writing, and pervasive connectivity of
postmodern literature. The site contains all manner of information detailing the life and work …

Figures of the World is an immensely impressive work. It pulls off two highly difficult feats:
first, it offers a model for how to read across languages, cultures, and traditions; second, it …

Adam Kirsch's recent book, The Global Novel, is a study of eight contemporary writers drawn
from around the world: Margaret Atwood (Canada), Roberto Bolano (Chile), Michel …

The twenty-one pieces presented in On Grief and Reason constitute Joseph Brodsky's first
gathering of essays since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987 and since …