Evan Kindley (Books)

Evan Kindley Books

Evan Kindley is a literary scholar and critic whose work delves into nuanced textual analysis and literary trends. His essays appear in leading literary journals, offering insightful explorations of both contemporary and historical literature. Kindley's critical approach examines complex themes and styles, providing readers with a fresh perspective on literary works. His writing contributes to understanding how literature shapes our thought and society.

Questionnaire

168 pages
6 hours of reading

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Questionnaires are everywhere: we fill them out at doctors' offices and at job interviews, to express ourselves and to advance knowledge, to find love and to kill time. But where did they come from, and why have they proliferated? Evan Kindley's Questionnaire investigates the history of “the form as form,” from the Victorian confession album to the BuzzFeed quiz. By asking questions about the questions we ask ourselves, Kindley uncovers surprising connections between literature and science, psychology and business, and journalism and surveillance. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.