The Criterion is designed to exhibit the top literary analysis work of the year from the English department at College of the Holy Cross.
Current Volume: 2025 (2025)
Complete Issue
The Criterion (2025)
Mackenzie Hughes, Emily Carbone, Marisa O'Malley, Gericho Louis Conge, Afton Fay, Fiona Smith, Gwyneth Morrissey, Niall McKenna, Roan Brimacomb, Sarah Park, and Madeline T. Zafon-Whalen
Essays
Dangerous Possession, Perilous Gaze, and Violent Control in "You Belong to Me," "My Last Duchess," and "Mont Blanc"
Mackenzie Hughes
The Oppression of Embrace
Gericho Louis Conge
Stories of Chiaroscuro Control
Gwyneth Morrissey
Hands in David Copperfield as a Marker of Character
Niall McKenna
Frank O'Hara: The Figure that Remains
Madeline T. Zafon-Whalen
Editors-in-Chief
Ben Lepper '25, College of the Holy Cross
Lucy Campbell '25, College of the Holy Cross
Editorial Board
Helene Cummings '25, College of the Holy Cross
Rhiannon Dyment '26, College of the Holy Cross
Sabine Hinkaty '26, College of the Holy Cross
Niall McKenna '25, College of the Holy Cross
Mairead O'Hara '25, College of the Holy Cross
Katherine Quinn '26, College of the Holy Cross
Sean Tisa '25, College of the Holy Cross