Theory & Criticism
Love in the Afternoon . . . and Evening: Essays and Conversations on Soap Operas
Paperback
A celebration of the quirks, intricacies and hallmarks of a beloved but culturally undervalued art form: the American soap opera
Canzoniere: A New Translation
Hardback
The iconic Renaissance songbook–an inspiration to love poets since the fourteenth century–in an elegant, fluid and inviting translation
Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction
Paperback
The National Book Award-winning writer’s intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction
Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write
Paperback
In the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the seamstress. Today, it has come for the writer, physician, programmer and attorney
Oscar Wilde: Criticism
Subsequent
Paperback
Edouard Roditi's critical study of Oscar Wilde, originally published in 1947 in New Directions' Makers of Modern Literature Series, was a...