Literary Controversy

The Gothic horror of Alice Munro: A reckoning with the darkness behind a feminist icon

Munro used the power of her fame to keep family secrets buried and create a positive narrative about her husband who was convicted of sexual assault in 2005.

Rebecca Sullivan, The Conversation
· Jul 14, 2024 · 05:30 pm
‘Answered Prayers’: Was it worth it for Truman Capote to write about his society friends’ secrets?

Readers were bemused – what was Capote hoping to achieve by besmirching the reputations of those closest to him?

Alexander Howard, The Conversation
· Feb 25, 2024 · 05:30 pm
What do publishers’ revisions and content warnings say about the moral purpose of literature?

Literature need not produce anything except a readerly response. The alternative is that we are paying to be numbed.

Dan Dixon, The Conversation
· Aug 20, 2023 · 05:30 pm

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Why Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set A Watchman’ cuts close to the lives of many Indians

The conflict between Atticus Finch and his daughter Jean Louise over segregation is similar to ideological conflicts within families in India.

Mrinalika Joseph
· Jul 15, 2015 · 08:30 am