Party Politics Party Politics
Dancing in the Streets is a history of outbreaks of collective joy from Dionysus to the Grateful Dead.
Jan 25, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
The Facts The Facts
In Arthur & George, Julian Barnes mixes fact and fiction, linking Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with a wrongfully convicted Victorian author.
Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
After Hours After Hours
At Day's Close details everything that went on in the pre-industrial night, from fear to licentiousness.
Aug 11, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
Just My Imagination Just My Imagination
Russell Jacoby's study of utopian thought is a flawed treasure.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
Office Politics Office Politics
As one of those pathetic evolutionary throwbacks who has never used e-mail or the Internet, and has hardly ever handled a mobile phone, I can approach this book with all the supr...
Oct 7, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
Human, All Too Human Human, All Too Human
Humanism, like democracy, is a word that labors under an excess of meaning. It can mean acknowledging the value of human beings, or denying the existence of God.
Apr 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
Company Man Company Man
The name Shakespeare in Britain is rather like the names Ford, Disney and Rockefeller in the United States. He is less an individual than an institution, less an artist than an a...
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
Mystic Poet Mystic Poet
Most biographies of literary figures are a wonderful substitute for actually having to read the work.
Nov 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
The Life of the Party The Life of the Party
Interesting Times is a curiously feeble title for an autobiography, rather as if Noam Chomsky were to write an article called "Could America Do Better?" It carries, of co...
Aug 28, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton