The function of criticism: some Polish examples
by Hilton Kramer
On Four Decades of Polish Essays edited by Jan Kott.
Features
C.S. Lewis, schoolboy among the moderns
by Claude Rawson
On C.S. Lewis‘s like and work.
Raymond Aron, philosopher of liberal democracy
by David Gress
On social and philosophical complications.
“Matisse in Morocco”
by Karen Wilkin
On Matisse’s paintings.
The beatification of Walter Benjamin
by Richard Vine
On Walter Benjamin’s life and philosophy.
Poems
The caller
by Brad Leithauser
Chorus of the dead in the laboratory of Frederick Ruysch
by John Herington
“Coro di morti nello studio di Frederico Ruysch” by Giacomo Leopardi, translated by John Herington.
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Music
The Philharmonic chooses a music director
by Samuel Lipman
On Kurt Masur.
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Theater
British fustian
by Donald Lyons
On Aspects of Love & Lettice & Lovage.
Architecture
How to build a museum: the example of Louis Kahn
by Roger Kimball
On Louis Kahn’s architecture.
Art
Robert Moskowitz at MOMA
by Eric Gibson
On the artistic path of Robert Moskowitz.
Books
Finessing the Five of Hearts
by James Tuttleton
A review of The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams & His Friends, 1880-1918 by Patricia O’Toole.
Inspired illustrator
by Deborah Solomon
A review of Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life by Roxanna Robinson & Georgia O’Keeffe: In the West edited by Doris Bry & Nicholas Callaway.
One poet’s prejudices
by Robert Richman
A review of Under Brigg-flatts: A History of Poetry in Great Britain, 1960–1988 by Donald Davie.
Notebook
That mighty sculptor, time
by Marguerite Yourcenar
Translated from the French by Walter Kaiser.
Notes & Comments
Veritas?
by The Editors
A Pulitzer for–what?
by The Editors