By Times Literary Supplement | Created at 2025-01-14 16:01:56 | Updated at 2025-01-15 12:37:35
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In December, Tristram Fane Saunders appraised Wendy Cope’s parodic poetry; Catriona Seth considered the legacy of Marie Antoinette; Marie Darrieussecq explored the ‘dangerous’ eighteenth arrondissement of Paris; Ian Ground and Simone Gubler examined the philosophy of animals and morality. Here are some highlights from the month:
A house is not a home: The importance of place to James Baldwin
The myth of Marie Antoinette: An average woman forced to rise to exceptional circumstances
Coping strategies: The collected poems of an accomplished parodist and verse technician
Informal empire: The wider impact of India from the Red Sea to the Pacific
All human life is here: The ‘dangerous’ eighteenth arrondissement of Paris
It’s a dog’s life?: Sad human lives measured against those of happy canines
Death becomes them: A philosophical inquiry into how animals perceive mortality
A losing game: The peripatetic life of a modern master
The name’s Smiley: An affectionate return to le Carré’s best-loved character
Kindling self-regard: What readers like most in a book
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