Nicolas Tredell
Nicolas Tredell’s most recent books are Shakespeare: The Tragedies, Novels to Some Purpose and a new edition of Conversations with Critics containing interviews originally published in PNR.He formerly taught at Sussex University and now gives lectures, in person and online, across the globe. He is a writer and itinerant lecturer who has published many books, essays, tales and reviews, and gives talks, seminars and readings, in person and online, across the globe.
Nicolas Tredell's work featured in PN Review comprises 15 reports, 33 articles, 21 interviews, and 94 reviews, over a period of 45 years.
Nicolas Tredell's work featured in PN Review comprises 15 reports, 33 articles, 21 interviews, and 94 reviews, over a period of 45 years.
Further Reading
Report in PN Review 31 (1983) Literary Magazines from the United States
Report in PN Review 37 (1984) Reading Magazine
Report in PN Review 40 (1984) Reading Magazines
Report in PN Review 45 (1985) Reading Magazines (Partisan Review, the New Criterion)
Report in PN Review 59 (1988) Writers at PEN: Lessing and Oz
Report in PN Review 79 (1991) Northrop Frye
Report in PN Review 86 (1992) Greene's Afterlife
Report in PN Review 92 (1993) Speaking of Drama, PEN International Writers Day
Report in PN Review 119 (1998) 'Practically Everything': William Burroughs 1914-1997
Report in PN Review 121 (1998) Sir Isaiah Berlin
Report in PN Review 123 (1998) Jean-François Lyotard
Report in PN Review 123 (1998) Boris Ford
Report in PN Review 218 (2014) A Search for Order
Report in PN Review 221 (2015) The Double Man: Karl Miller
Report in PN Review 235 (2017) Todorov Our Contemporary
Report in PN Review 37 (1984) Reading Magazine
Report in PN Review 40 (1984) Reading Magazines
Report in PN Review 45 (1985) Reading Magazines (Partisan Review, the New Criterion)
Report in PN Review 59 (1988) Writers at PEN: Lessing and Oz
Report in PN Review 79 (1991) Northrop Frye
Report in PN Review 86 (1992) Greene's Afterlife
Report in PN Review 92 (1993) Speaking of Drama, PEN International Writers Day
Report in PN Review 119 (1998) 'Practically Everything': William Burroughs 1914-1997
Report in PN Review 121 (1998) Sir Isaiah Berlin
Report in PN Review 123 (1998) Jean-François Lyotard
Report in PN Review 123 (1998) Boris Ford
Report in PN Review 218 (2014) A Search for Order
Report in PN Review 221 (2015) The Double Man: Karl Miller
Report in PN Review 235 (2017) Todorov Our Contemporary
Article in PN Review 30 (1983) Hegemony by Other Means
Article in PN Review 32 (1983) Never Trust the Critic
Article in PN Review 33 (1983) Anti-Philosophers
Article in PN Review 37 (1984) The Politicization of English
Article in PN Review 38 (1984) I'm Not Complaining: Q.D Leavis and Woman's Estate
Article in PN Review 40 (1984) Rotton Reconstruction
Article in PN Review 41 (1985) Post-Theory
Article in PN Review 47 (1986) Sartre-Barthes
Article in PN Review 49 (1986) Self, Society and Art
Article in PN Review 53 (1987) Critic of Crisis
Article in PN Review 57 (1987) See B. S. Johnson Decently
Article in PN Review 58 (1987) See B. S. Johnson Decently: Part II
Article in PN Review 65 (1989) Uncancelled Challenge: The Work of Raymond Williams
Article in PN Review 67 (1989) Uncancelled Challenge: Raymond Williams II
Article in PN Review 69 (1989) Uncancelled Challenge: Raymond Williams III
Article in PN Review 71 (1990) George Steiner's Real Presences: three perspectives
Article in PN Review 71 (1990) Uncancelled Challenge: Raymond Williams IV
Article in PN Review 93 (1993) New World Maps
Article in PN Review 94 (1993) Death and Decipherment:Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault
Article in PN Review 102 (1995) Intimations of Utopia
Article in PN Review 104 (1995) Death of a Critic: on Harold Bloom
Article in PN Review 106 (1995) At the Harvard Club
Article in PN Review 112 (1996) Loyalties and Entitlements
Article in PN Review 119 (1998) George Steiner: The Clamour of Babel
Article in PN Review 138 (2001) Feast at the Spectres
Article in PN Review 144 (2002) The Scrying Game: Marjorie Perloff and the 'New Poetics'
Article in PN Review 146 (2002) Panoramic Sleights
Article in PN Review 153 (2003) Speaking Shards: Randall Jarrell
Article in PN Review 174 (2007) Paths through the Labyrinth
Article in PN Review 236 (2017) A Plurality of Belongings: Tzvetan Todorov
Article in PN Review 258 (2021) System and Agon
Article in PN Review 263 (2022) Pearl of Great Price
Article in PN Review 269 (2023) Vital Tradition
Article in PN Review 32 (1983) Never Trust the Critic
Article in PN Review 33 (1983) Anti-Philosophers
Article in PN Review 37 (1984) The Politicization of English
Article in PN Review 38 (1984) I'm Not Complaining: Q.D Leavis and Woman's Estate
Article in PN Review 40 (1984) Rotton Reconstruction
Article in PN Review 41 (1985) Post-Theory
Article in PN Review 47 (1986) Sartre-Barthes
Article in PN Review 49 (1986) Self, Society and Art
Article in PN Review 53 (1987) Critic of Crisis
Article in PN Review 57 (1987) See B. S. Johnson Decently
Article in PN Review 58 (1987) See B. S. Johnson Decently: Part II
Article in PN Review 65 (1989) Uncancelled Challenge: The Work of Raymond Williams
Article in PN Review 67 (1989) Uncancelled Challenge: Raymond Williams II
Article in PN Review 69 (1989) Uncancelled Challenge: Raymond Williams III
Article in PN Review 71 (1990) George Steiner's Real Presences: three perspectives
Article in PN Review 71 (1990) Uncancelled Challenge: Raymond Williams IV
Article in PN Review 93 (1993) New World Maps
Article in PN Review 94 (1993) Death and Decipherment:Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault
Article in PN Review 102 (1995) Intimations of Utopia
Article in PN Review 104 (1995) Death of a Critic: on Harold Bloom
Article in PN Review 106 (1995) At the Harvard Club
Article in PN Review 112 (1996) Loyalties and Entitlements
Article in PN Review 119 (1998) George Steiner: The Clamour of Babel
Article in PN Review 138 (2001) Feast at the Spectres
Article in PN Review 144 (2002) The Scrying Game: Marjorie Perloff and the 'New Poetics'
Article in PN Review 146 (2002) Panoramic Sleights
Article in PN Review 153 (2003) Speaking Shards: Randall Jarrell
Article in PN Review 174 (2007) Paths through the Labyrinth
Article in PN Review 236 (2017) A Plurality of Belongings: Tzvetan Todorov
Article in PN Review 258 (2021) System and Agon
Article in PN Review 263 (2022) Pearl of Great Price
Article in PN Review 269 (2023) Vital Tradition
Interview in PN Review 74 (1990) in Conversation with Frank Kermode
Interview in PN Review 75 (1990) Christine Brooke-Rose In Conversation
Interview in PN Review 76 (1990) Karl Miller In Conversation
Interview in PN Review 77 (1991) A.S. Byatt in conversation
Interview in PN Review 78 (1991) George Steiner in conversation
Interview in PN Review 79 (1991) Bernard Bergonzi in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 80 (1991) in conversation with Terry Eagleton
Interview in PN Review 81 (1991) Roger Scruton in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 82 (1991) Robert Hewison in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 83 (1992) Stephen Heath in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 84 (1992) Brian Cox in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 85 (1992) Catherine Belsey in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 86 (1992) Marina Warner in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 88 (1992) in Conversation with Donald Davie
Interview in PN Review 89 (1993) in Conversation with John Barrell
Interview in PN Review 92 (1993) in Conversation with Colin MacCabe
Interview in PN Review 93 (1993) in Conversation with Richard Hoggart
Interview in PN Review 96 (1994) in Conversation with Lisa Jardine
Interview in PN Review 119 (1998) In Conversation with Philip Hobsbaum
Interview in PN Review 128 (1999) Brian Cox at Seventy: a conversation
Interview in PN Review 162 (2005) Raymond Tallis in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 75 (1990) Christine Brooke-Rose In Conversation
Interview in PN Review 76 (1990) Karl Miller In Conversation
Interview in PN Review 77 (1991) A.S. Byatt in conversation
Interview in PN Review 78 (1991) George Steiner in conversation
Interview in PN Review 79 (1991) Bernard Bergonzi in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 80 (1991) in conversation with Terry Eagleton
Interview in PN Review 81 (1991) Roger Scruton in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 82 (1991) Robert Hewison in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 83 (1992) Stephen Heath in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 84 (1992) Brian Cox in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 85 (1992) Catherine Belsey in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 86 (1992) Marina Warner in Conversation
Interview in PN Review 88 (1992) in Conversation with Donald Davie
Interview in PN Review 89 (1993) in Conversation with John Barrell
Interview in PN Review 92 (1993) in Conversation with Colin MacCabe
Interview in PN Review 93 (1993) in Conversation with Richard Hoggart
Interview in PN Review 96 (1994) in Conversation with Lisa Jardine
Interview in PN Review 119 (1998) In Conversation with Philip Hobsbaum
Interview in PN Review 128 (1999) Brian Cox at Seventy: a conversation
Interview in PN Review 162 (2005) Raymond Tallis in Conversation
Review in PN Review 20 (1981) on Geoffrey L. Hartman's 'Criticism in the Wilderness'
Review in PN Review 21 (1981) on Comparative Criticism: A Yearbook (Vol. 2)
Review in PN Review 21 (1981) on Richard Kostelanetz
Review in PN Review 23 (1982) on David Jones at the Tate
Review in PN Review 24 (1982) on F. R. Leavis
Review in PN Review 24 (1982) on Donald Wesling
Review in PN Review 24 (1982) on J. Mazzaro and C. Molesworth
Review in PN Review 26 (1982) on Christopher Butler's 'After the Wake'
Review in PN Review 26 (1982) on G. S. Fraser
Review in PN Review 28 (1982) on Walt Whitman and Theodore Roethke
Review in PN Review 28 (1982) on Derek Walcott
Review in PN Review 29 (1983) African Epics
Review in PN Review 29 (1983) The Olson-Creeley Letters
Review in PN Review 29 (1983) Bernard Sharratt's 'Reading and Voilence'
Review in PN Review 30 (1983) on 'Inviolable Voice' by Stan Smith
Review in PN Review 30 (1983) on 'Modern Literary Theory' and C. Belsey's 'Critical Practice'
Review in PN Review 30 (1983) on 'The Great Code' by Northrop Frye
Review in PN Review 31 (1983) Benjamin Lease's 'Anglo-American Encounters'
Review in PN Review 31 (1983) Clark Hulse's 'Metamorphic Verse'
Review in PN Review 31 (1983) Allan Rodway's 'Craft of Criticism'
Review in PN Review 31 (1983) Walter Ong's 'Orality and Literacy'
Review in PN Review 32 (1983) on Theo Hermans and Sydney Levy
Review in PN Review 33 (1983) on W. W. Robson, Dannie Abse, Paul Auster and Ronald Blythe
Review in PN Review 33 (1983) on Tzvetan Todorov
Review in PN Review 34 (1983) on Michael Hamburger and André Brink
Review in PN Review 35 (1984) on Gabriel Josipovici, David Piper and Richard Holmes's Shelley
Review in PN Review 38 (1984) on recent American literary histories and criticism
Review in PN Review 38 (1984) on W.E. Henley amd W.H. Davies special issues
Review in PN Review 41 (1985) Edward Said as Critic
Review in PN Review 41 (1985) 'Formations of Pleasure' and 'On Gender and Writing'
Review in PN Review 42 (1985) on A.D. Nuttall's A New Mimesis
Review in PN Review 42 (1985) on Chris Baldick's The Social Mission of English Criticism
Review in PN Review 43 (1985) on Simon de Beauvoir
Review in PN Review 43 (1985) on Fred Inglis's Century of English Social Theory
Review in PN Review 44 (1985) on Christopher Norris's Deconstructive Turn
Review in PN Review 44 (1985) on Recollections & Impressions of the Leavises
Review in PN Review 45 (1985) on 'The Present' (Pelican) and 'Society and Literature 1945-1970'
Review in PN Review 47 (1986) on 'The Function of Criticism'
Review in PN Review 48 (1986) Annotated Bibliography
Review in PN Review 51 (1986) on 'Metafiction'
Review in PN Review 52 (1986) on Sartre's Freud Scenario
Review in PN Review 54 (1987) on The Order
Review in PN Review 54 (1987) on Eva Figes
Review in PN Review 58 (1987) on biblical interpretation
Review in PN Review 58 (1987) on Theories of Discourse
Review in PN Review 60 (1988) on John Sturrock
Review in PN Review 64 (1988) on Patrick Parrinder
Review in PN Review 67 (1989) on Sartre and de Beauvoir
Review in PN Review 73 (1990) on Michael Edwards
Review in PN Review 74 (1990) on Psychoanalysis and Fiction
Review in PN Review 75 (1990) on American Journals
Review in PN Review 75 (1990) on Bernard Bergonzi, Ian Hunter and Thomas Docherty
Review in PN Review 76 (1990) on Stanley Fish, Terry Eagleton and David Lodge
Review in PN Review 77 (1991) on Stephen Bann, Camille Paglia and Robert D. Stock
Review in PN Review 77 (1991) Magazine Montage
Review in PN Review 78 (1991) on Robert Scholes and Paul B. Armstrong
Review in PN Review 79 (1991) on Jean-Paul Sartre, Robert Young, Tony Bennett
Review in PN Review 80 (1991) on Frederic Jameson and Robert Hewison
Review in PN Review 81 (1991) on Christine Brooke- Rose and J. Hillis Miller
Review in PN Review 83 (1992) on Elizabeth A. Marsland and Adrian Caesar
Review in PN Review 87 (1992) on Perry Anderson
Review in PN Review 90 (1993) on Brian Cox's The Great Betrayal
Review in PN Review 91 (1993) on Robert Crawford
Review in PN Review 111 (1996) on Literary Voice
Review in PN Review 116 (1997) on Leavis
Review in PN Review 120 (1998) on Suzanne Guerlac and Gérard Genette
Review in PN Review 124 (1998) on Frank Cioffi
Review in PN Review 126 (1999) on Nicholas Boyle
Review in PN Review 130 (1999) on Perry Anderson and Frederic Jameson
Review in PN Review 134 (2000) on J. Hillis Miller and Manuel Asensi
Review in PN Review 140 (2001) on Felicity Rosslyn
Review in PN Review 145 (2002) on Anthony Easthope
Review in PN Review 146 (2002) on de Bolla's Art Matters
Review in PN Review 148 (2002) on Christine Brooke-Rose
Review in PN Review 150 (2003) on Maeve Brennan's Larkin
Review in PN Review 150 (2003) on Peter Abbs
Review in PN Review 152 (2003) on Peter McDonald's Serious Poetry
Review in PN Review 154 (2003) on books about Ford Madox Ford
Review in PN Review 156 (2004) on George Steiner
Review in PN Review 181 (2008) on John Osborne's Larkin
Review in PN Review 182 (2008) on The Modern Element
Review in PN Review 195 (2010) on Stephen Medcalf
Review in PN Review 223 (2015) on Wendy Pollard’s Pamela Hansford Johnson
Review in PN Review 226 (2015) on Derek Attridge
Review in PN Review 229 (2016) on Harold Bloom
Review in PN Review 230 (2016) on Gregory Woods
Review in PN Review 230 (2016) on Larkin’s photographs
Review in PN Review 231 (2016) Jonathan Culler
Review in PN Review 232 (2016) on Nikki Skillman
Review in PN Review 232 (2016) on Sean Ashton
Review in PN Review 234 (2017) on Terence Cave’s Thinking with Literature
Review in PN Review 262 (2021) on Beauvoir & Derrida
Review in PN Review 267 (2022) on How Computers Have Become Creative Writers
Review in PN Review 282 (2025) on Martin Mittelmeier’s Naples 1925
Review in PN Review 21 (1981) on Comparative Criticism: A Yearbook (Vol. 2)
Review in PN Review 21 (1981) on Richard Kostelanetz
Review in PN Review 23 (1982) on David Jones at the Tate
Review in PN Review 24 (1982) on F. R. Leavis
Review in PN Review 24 (1982) on Donald Wesling
Review in PN Review 24 (1982) on J. Mazzaro and C. Molesworth
Review in PN Review 26 (1982) on Christopher Butler's 'After the Wake'
Review in PN Review 26 (1982) on G. S. Fraser
Review in PN Review 28 (1982) on Walt Whitman and Theodore Roethke
Review in PN Review 28 (1982) on Derek Walcott
Review in PN Review 29 (1983) African Epics
Review in PN Review 29 (1983) The Olson-Creeley Letters
Review in PN Review 29 (1983) Bernard Sharratt's 'Reading and Voilence'
Review in PN Review 30 (1983) on 'Inviolable Voice' by Stan Smith
Review in PN Review 30 (1983) on 'Modern Literary Theory' and C. Belsey's 'Critical Practice'
Review in PN Review 30 (1983) on 'The Great Code' by Northrop Frye
Review in PN Review 31 (1983) Benjamin Lease's 'Anglo-American Encounters'
Review in PN Review 31 (1983) Clark Hulse's 'Metamorphic Verse'
Review in PN Review 31 (1983) Allan Rodway's 'Craft of Criticism'
Review in PN Review 31 (1983) Walter Ong's 'Orality and Literacy'
Review in PN Review 32 (1983) on Theo Hermans and Sydney Levy
Review in PN Review 33 (1983) on W. W. Robson, Dannie Abse, Paul Auster and Ronald Blythe
Review in PN Review 33 (1983) on Tzvetan Todorov
Review in PN Review 34 (1983) on Michael Hamburger and André Brink
Review in PN Review 35 (1984) on Gabriel Josipovici, David Piper and Richard Holmes's Shelley
Review in PN Review 38 (1984) on recent American literary histories and criticism
Review in PN Review 38 (1984) on W.E. Henley amd W.H. Davies special issues
Review in PN Review 41 (1985) Edward Said as Critic
Review in PN Review 41 (1985) 'Formations of Pleasure' and 'On Gender and Writing'
Review in PN Review 42 (1985) on A.D. Nuttall's A New Mimesis
Review in PN Review 42 (1985) on Chris Baldick's The Social Mission of English Criticism
Review in PN Review 43 (1985) on Simon de Beauvoir
Review in PN Review 43 (1985) on Fred Inglis's Century of English Social Theory
Review in PN Review 44 (1985) on Christopher Norris's Deconstructive Turn
Review in PN Review 44 (1985) on Recollections & Impressions of the Leavises
Review in PN Review 45 (1985) on 'The Present' (Pelican) and 'Society and Literature 1945-1970'
Review in PN Review 47 (1986) on 'The Function of Criticism'
Review in PN Review 48 (1986) Annotated Bibliography
Review in PN Review 51 (1986) on 'Metafiction'
Review in PN Review 52 (1986) on Sartre's Freud Scenario
Review in PN Review 54 (1987) on The Order
Review in PN Review 54 (1987) on Eva Figes
Review in PN Review 58 (1987) on biblical interpretation
Review in PN Review 58 (1987) on Theories of Discourse
Review in PN Review 60 (1988) on John Sturrock
Review in PN Review 64 (1988) on Patrick Parrinder
Review in PN Review 67 (1989) on Sartre and de Beauvoir
Review in PN Review 73 (1990) on Michael Edwards
Review in PN Review 74 (1990) on Psychoanalysis and Fiction
Review in PN Review 75 (1990) on American Journals
Review in PN Review 75 (1990) on Bernard Bergonzi, Ian Hunter and Thomas Docherty
Review in PN Review 76 (1990) on Stanley Fish, Terry Eagleton and David Lodge
Review in PN Review 77 (1991) on Stephen Bann, Camille Paglia and Robert D. Stock
Review in PN Review 77 (1991) Magazine Montage
Review in PN Review 78 (1991) on Robert Scholes and Paul B. Armstrong
Review in PN Review 79 (1991) on Jean-Paul Sartre, Robert Young, Tony Bennett
Review in PN Review 80 (1991) on Frederic Jameson and Robert Hewison
Review in PN Review 81 (1991) on Christine Brooke- Rose and J. Hillis Miller
Review in PN Review 83 (1992) on Elizabeth A. Marsland and Adrian Caesar
Review in PN Review 87 (1992) on Perry Anderson
Review in PN Review 90 (1993) on Brian Cox's The Great Betrayal
Review in PN Review 91 (1993) on Robert Crawford
Review in PN Review 111 (1996) on Literary Voice
Review in PN Review 116 (1997) on Leavis
Review in PN Review 120 (1998) on Suzanne Guerlac and Gérard Genette
Review in PN Review 124 (1998) on Frank Cioffi
Review in PN Review 126 (1999) on Nicholas Boyle
Review in PN Review 130 (1999) on Perry Anderson and Frederic Jameson
Review in PN Review 134 (2000) on J. Hillis Miller and Manuel Asensi
Review in PN Review 140 (2001) on Felicity Rosslyn
Review in PN Review 145 (2002) on Anthony Easthope
Review in PN Review 146 (2002) on de Bolla's Art Matters
Review in PN Review 148 (2002) on Christine Brooke-Rose
Review in PN Review 150 (2003) on Maeve Brennan's Larkin
Review in PN Review 150 (2003) on Peter Abbs
Review in PN Review 152 (2003) on Peter McDonald's Serious Poetry
Review in PN Review 154 (2003) on books about Ford Madox Ford
Review in PN Review 156 (2004) on George Steiner
Review in PN Review 181 (2008) on John Osborne's Larkin
Review in PN Review 182 (2008) on The Modern Element
Review in PN Review 195 (2010) on Stephen Medcalf
Review in PN Review 223 (2015) on Wendy Pollard’s Pamela Hansford Johnson
Review in PN Review 226 (2015) on Derek Attridge
Review in PN Review 229 (2016) on Harold Bloom
Review in PN Review 230 (2016) on Gregory Woods
Review in PN Review 230 (2016) on Larkin’s photographs
Review in PN Review 231 (2016) Jonathan Culler
Review in PN Review 232 (2016) on Nikki Skillman
Review in PN Review 232 (2016) on Sean Ashton
Review in PN Review 234 (2017) on Terence Cave’s Thinking with Literature
Review in PN Review 262 (2021) on Beauvoir & Derrida
Review in PN Review 267 (2022) on How Computers Have Become Creative Writers
Review in PN Review 282 (2025) on Martin Mittelmeier’s Naples 1925