What Should I Read Next?
by John WilsonThere are many great books soon to be released on this side of the Atlantic. Here's a simple preview to get you ready. Continue Reading »
Adventures in Reading
by Elizabeth C. CoreyI begin with my conclusion: If you are reading this review, then you should probably own this book. This is especially true if you know or care about any children or teenagers. Every parent is aware of the innumerable guides that explain how to raise children, to feed and clothe them, to . . . . Continue Reading »
What Orwell Learned From Chesterton
by M. D. AeschlimanEven after Orwell explicitly diverged from some of Chesterton’s views in the 1930s, under the influence of socialist ideas and hopes, Chesterton’s assumptions and political and ethical conceptions continued to shape him. Continue Reading »
Agatha Christie, Christian Writer
by John WilsonIn a new book, Jeremy Black challenges patronizing conceptions of Agatha Christie as a “cozy” writer, drawing out the Anglican sensibility that undergirds her work. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousMark Bauerlein’s account of the English department’s decline in “Truth, Reading, Decadence” (June/July) makes for good reading. It is true to my experience in the field of literary study and helps give the tragedy our discipline has undergone intelligible structure. For those unfamiliar with . . . . Continue Reading »
A Practical Guide To Reading Well
by Mark BauerleinRobert DiYanni joins the podcast to discuss his new book, You Are What You Read: A Practical Guide To Reading Well. Continue Reading »
Vacationing with Samuel Johnson
by K. E. ColombiniLike a scholastic, Dr. Johnson divides lovers of rustic solitude into subspecies. Continue Reading »
The Slow and Steady Shrinkage of the Humanities
by Mark BauerleinHumanities professors have forgotten the first principle of undergraduate study in the humanities: inspiration. Continue Reading »
Why the Humanities Must Remain Human (Or Die)
by Joshua MayoWith 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 »
The Last Great Homilist
by Matthew WaltherRonald 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 »
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