Ink & Essence
A curated collection of scripts, essays, and reflections on the beauty of culture.
“To be thus is nothing, But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear’d: ’tis much he dares; And, to that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety. There is […]
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When we speak about the function of literature and the purpose of literary culture in the human mind, two aims are usually invoked – seemingly opposed, yet not truly incompatible. The first is literature as an art form. In the nineteenth century, a way of classifying certain human creations emerged: certains works served no obvious utility […]
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From the nineteenth century to the present day, the tradition of Russian literature, above all in narrative, has produced a body of classics cherished throughout the world. Even those who have never read a single line of Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, or Anton Chekhov nonetheless carry a familiar image: the Russian novelist as a bearded […]
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When we speak of “literary criticism” today, two approaches usually come to mind. Each is embodied in a distinct type. The first is the “sensitive” critic, who writes primarily about his or her own emotional responses to literary works. In this view, criticism is not a rigorously intellectual activity, comparable to a science, but a […]
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Abstract / Resumo Interview JM: Professor Haack, I’ve been reading your memoir, “Not One of the Boys: Memoir of an Academic Misfit,” which is very informative and delightfully candid. I was particularly interested to see that you were the first person in your family to go to university, and that you actually made it to […]
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