Love this? Subscribe to Lapham's Quarterly today.
- Published In
-
Arts & Letters
The No. 1 quote critics give me is, “Thom, your work is irrelevant.” My art is relevant because it’s relevant to 10 million people. That makes me the most relevant artist in this culture.
—Thomas Kinkade, c. 1990
- Events & News
- September 15 / Open the seventh seal! The Fall issue of Lapham's Quarterly, "The Future," will hit newsstands on September 15. More
- Reader Survey Take the LQ reader survey! Your two cents will help us keep making history ...
- Editor’s Picks Beyond the Quarterly: LQ favorites and recommendations.
- New Subscription
- Gift Subscription
- Box Sets
- Back Issues
- LQ Store
- Renew Subscription
- Customer Service
- Blogs
-
- Déjà Vu Is history repeating itself? The Déjà Vu blog investigates... Stunt Doubles — A publicity stunt may have caused the crash of the Costa Concordia, and in 1926 a candy company wounds its intended audience. A Vision of Infinite Space — In 4th century China, the heavens were empty of substance, but the 21st century government has again committed to a space program. Cry Me A River — The people of North Korea mourn their leader passionately and violently, much like the mourners of Ancient Greece.
- Roundtable Insight and analysis from renowned writers and thinkers. The Patron Saint of Dark Days — The shortest day of the year can drive anyone a little crazy, including Vincent Van Gogh. Predicting Their Own Demise — We can say what we want about the future of reading, but perhaps we ought to let the novel speak for itself. The Zombie Apocalypse of Daniel Defoe — “A Journal of the Plague Year” might not technically chronicle an undead armageddon, but all the elements of the now popular genre are alive and well.
Comments Post a Comment »
I love the evolutionary map, Four Stories. But the Leviathan evolution is missing a key exploration of the theme, if not the most famous use of the story/image of all: Hobbes' great political work, Leviathan (1651).
I hope you'll commission more art of this sort.
Best, Jonathan Lavery
Posted by Jonathan Lavery on Wed 7 Apr 2010