Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Matthew Collings, Phoenix, 6 July 2000
The European Space Agency (Esa) is studying science fiction for ideas and technologies that could be used in future missions.
Mark Ward, BBC News, 11 May 2000
What does it mean, studying world literature? How do we do it? I work on West European narrative between 1790 and 1930, and already feel like a charlatan outside of Britain or France. World literature?
Franco Morretti, New Left Review, January 2000
Colin Lawson, (eds) Maire F Cross and David Williams, Palgrave, 1999
Russell Miller, Pimlico, 4 February 1999
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Wordsworth, 19 September 1998
'Ballet is often accused of offering a prettified version of life, an unreal picture of harsh reality, but that isn't quite so. Ballet presents life as it should be'
Alexandra Tomalonis, Ballet Alert! Onlibe, 1 February 1998
The narration [of history] inspired me with strange feelings. . . . -The Creature (Frankenstein)
Greg Kucich, Prometheus Unplugged, 13 September 1997
'The real purpose of the arts', argues this influential 1997 publication, 'is not to create wealth but to contribute to a stable, confident and creative society'
Francois Matassaro, Comedia, 1996
Roland Barthes, Fontana, 13 September 1993