Tony McKenna reviews Shakespeare’s Tempest and Capitalism: The Storm of History, by Helen C. Scott, which is a fruitful and dialectical analysis revealing organically the aesthetic character of the... Continue reading
Tony McKenna praises Marxist Literary Criticism Today (Pluto Press, £19.99) for its clarity, coherence, and insightfulness For the last few decades the world of ‘Marxist’ literary criticism... Continue reading
Tony McKenna reviews After Life, the new black comedy-drama written by Ricky Gervais for Netflix Ricky Gervais has two seminal qualities which make him a wonderful writer. ... Continue reading
Tony McKenna looks back at Stephen King’s IT Some years ago, a study was carried out into the fears of young children in the night. Just before the... Continue reading
Tony McKenna argues that the historical necessity embedded in the story and characters of Game of Thrones means that there is only one way it can end. Winter... Continue reading