Sunday's Notes

Dinah Birch reviews Mary Beard's It's a Don's Life for the Guardian, 25 October. The book is a edition of Beard's work on her blog, It's a Don's Life, and the debates that have ensued there.

James Glanz,"Henry V's Greatest Victory Is Besieged by Academia," NYT, 24 October, reviews the debate about Agincourt. Silbey pursues the subject in"Agincourt & Iraq," Edge of the American West, 24 October.

Matthew Shaer,"Tackling Knut Hamsun," LA Times, 25 October, reviews Ingar Sletten Kolloen's Knut Hamsun: Dreamer and Dissenter and Monika {Zcaron}agar's Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance.

David Oshinsky,"Picturing the Depression," NYT, 22 October, reviews Linda Gordon's Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits.