Michael Cart on Why Literary Criticism Matters

In this podcast, Infopeople's resident book reviewer Michael Cart talks about why literary criticism matters -- or doesn't. He lets Mark Twain have the last word.

Citations from this podcast:

• James Ryerson. “The Philosophical Novel.” New York Times. 1/20/11
• “Why Criticism Matters.” New York Times. 1/2/11
• Essays by Elif Batuman, Sam Anderson, Pankaj Mishra, Adam Kirsch, Stephen Burn, and Katie Roiphe
• Mark Twain. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN. Vol. 1. 2010