Tag: Literary theory
Culture
Orc Marxism
Lee Konstantinou reviews Robert T. Tally Jr.’s The Mismeasure of Orcs, arguing that their inconsistent humanization by Tolkien signals a contradiction central to the fantasy genre.
Lee Konstantinou
April 28, 2026
Anti-capitalism
Class Revenge Fanfiction
Tish Turl writes about the anticapitalist class politics of fanfiction.
Tish Turl
October 14, 2025
Fredric Jameson
The Generosity of Fredric Jameson
Robert T. Tally pays tribute to Fredric Jameson’s tremendous generosity, that is, the late theorist’s drive to both know the world and change it for the better.
Robert T. Tally Jr.
October 8, 2024
Literary theory
Rosa Luxemburg and Postcolonial Criticism
Helen Scott argues that Rosa Luxemburg is a key figure in postcolonial literary criticism whose contributions to the field have tended to be overlooked.
Helen Scott
April 5, 2021