Allergic to Depths

Terry Eagleton is John Edward Taylor Professor of English Literature at Manchester. His books include Literary Theory, After Theory and, most recently, The Meaning of Life.

Other articles by this contributor:

Coruscating on Thin Ice · The Divine Spark

Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching · Terry Eagleton lambasts Richard Dawkins

Mothering · The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín

A Spot of Firm Government · Claude Rawson

Nudge-Winking · T.S. Eliot’s Politics

The Estate Agent · Terry Eagleton spears Stanley Fish

Pork Chops and Pineapples · The Realism of Erich Auerbach

Unhoused · anonymity