http://arcade.stanford.edu/category/tags/auerbach The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-ac http://arcade.stanford.edu/present-tense <p>In my house live a literary critic and a historian. They do not always get along. Aside from differing views on paint colors, dinner choices, and departure times, a regular dispute erupts concerning verb tenses: present tense or past tense? When you write about a book, do you describe its action in the present tense (Hamlet whines) or in the past tense (Hamlet whined)?</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/present-tense">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/present-tense#comments Adorno Auerbach Derrida historicism literary criticism Vico http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1526 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:41:29 -0700 Christopher Warley 1526 at http://arcade.stanford.edu http://arcade.stanford.edu/what-literary-criticism-and-why-would-anyone-want-write-or-read-it <p>You know what kids need these days? Discipline. And heroes. And I am going to try to give them some of both. </p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/what-literary-criticism-and-why-would-anyone-want-write-or-read-it">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/what-literary-criticism-and-why-would-anyone-want-write-or-read-it#comments Auerbach Brooks criticism Jameson http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1202 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:41:33 -0700 Christopher Warley 1202 at http://arcade.stanford.edu http://arcade.stanford.edu/resisting-tragedy-and-satire-don-quixote As I teach <i>Don Quixote</i> once again, I am struck by how difficult it is to avoid converting the book into either a tragedy or a satire.  Auerbach should provide a remedy, but his discussion of the novel's &quot;gay wisdom&quot; does not seem to speak to students.<p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/resisting-tragedy-and-satire-don-quixote">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/resisting-tragedy-and-satire-don-quixote#comments Auerbach Close Don Quixote literary criticism satire teaching tragedy http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/64 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:36:23 -0700 Ricardo Padrón 64 at http://arcade.stanford.edu