The Problem of Authorship and Pseudepigraphy in Islamic Intellectual History
By W. Sasson Chahanovich Why should we care about the author? The answer to this question is not self-evident. While
Category: Literature
In Theory: John Raimo interviews Gisèle Sapiro on Writers and Politics in France
John Raimo, a founding editor of the JHI Blog and PhD candidate at New York University, interviews Professor Gisèle Sapiro,
Balcony and Scaffold: Literary Theory and High School English, in the 1960s
This is the second installment in our forum on the Academy and Democracy, hosted with Tocqueville 21. Each author approaches
Translating the Canon
By Contributing Writer Julian Koch Unless we are unashamed linguistic chauvinists, some, maybe most, of the works of literature we
Lu Xun (1881–1936) and Uchiyama Kanzō (1885–1959)
By guest contributor Joshua Fogel Several years ago, I was invited to give a paper at a workshop organized by
Toni Morrison, Historian
By Editor Spencer Weinreich I read the news today, oh boy. As Shakespeare’s Richard II almost said, For God’s sake,