The Slow and Steady Shrinkage of the Humanities

by Mark Bauerlein

Humanities professors have forgotten the first principle of undergraduate study in the humanities: inspiration.  Continue Reading »

29 Mar 2018

Why the Humanities Must Remain Human (Or Die)

by Joshua Mayo

With diverse theoretical agendas replacing the arts of truth-seeking in universities, it’s no surprise that the numbers of humanities students are dwindling. Continue Reading »

6 Dec 2017

The Last Great Homilist

by Matthew Walther

Ronald Knox:A Man for All Seasons edited by francesca bugliani knox pontifical institute of medieval studies, 416 pages, $65 The greatest writer of English prose in the last century, P. G. Wodehouse excepted, was not Lytton Strachey or Logan Pearsall Smith or the E. M. Forster of Pharos and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2017

Really Modern English

by Anthony Esolen

Reynard the Fox: A New Translationtranslated by james simpsonliveright, 256 pages, $24.95 A few weeks ago I found in my mailbox a brand-new, plastic-sealed, hardcover copy of Shakespeare’s complete works, sporting on its cover a close-up hellfire picture of a jester’s cap and bells, which looked . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2016

Shakespeare’s Religion

by Robert S. Miola

In 1613, at the end of his career, Shakespeare joined John Fletcher to dramatize the reign of Henry VIII—the king who broke with Rome and started the Protestant revolution in England. The play ends with Thomas Cranmer’s rhapsodic paean to the once and future queen, Elizabeth, who would . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2008