Arts & Letters
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Lure of Orwell
Orwell:The New Lifeby d. j. taylorpegasus books, 608 pages, $39.95 Novelist, biographer, literary historian, wide-ranging and unfailingly…
What I Saw at NatCon U.K.
If you look around you,” one glum questioner remarked in the first Q and A, “this isn’t…
Transgression Is Passé
One of the hallmarks of the modern age has been the death of the sacred. Nietzsche’s Madman…
On Not Being Paralyzed by History (Or the Misunderstanding Thereof)
TRIGGER WARNING: The next few sentences will upset some of you. There is a case to be…
God at the Coronation
To the surprise of many (including myself), the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday was not…
The Ancient Royal Magic of the Coronation
Medieval,” “anachronistic,” “outdated,” “a magic hat ceremony.” These are just a few of the uncomplimentary terms that…
Briefly Noted — 5/23
Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times by aaron sachs princeton,…
The Firm
When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm by walt…
Virgil in Limbo
“There is a place down there, not saddened by torments but only by darkness, where the laments…
Music in the Death Camps
The Hatred of Musicby pascal quignardyale university press, 216 pages, $26 Pascal Quignard’s The Hatred of Music…
Samurai Nationalism
Akira Kurosawa’s Shakespearean masterpiece Ran (1985) shows how even the most universal stories must find purchase and…
The Conservative Christian Case for Single-Payer Healthcare
Caring for one another’s bodies, particularly the bodies of the vulnerable, is one of the most profound…
Misunderstood Missionaries
Karen Swallow Prior’s very interesting forthcoming book The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, & Metaphors Created a…
Men Without Memories
Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Storyby timothy…
Does the Church of England Need Evangelicals?
Does the Church of England need evangelicals? The question is now a pressing one, given that the…
