September 2006
The New Criterion at 25
A look back at twenty-five years of high culture.
A look back at twenty-five years of high culture.
On Richard Weaver, the author of “Ideas Have Consequences.”
The director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art talks with The New Criterion
The trials of literary longevity.
On the household gods of liberalism.
On anti-nationalism and public debate.
Joris-Karl Huysmans’ devilish prose
Or, life without virtue.
On Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia.
Intellectuals endangered, men of letters extinct?
On Kingsley’s Christian conflicts.
Meet our new rulers, the Supreme Court.
The influences of the architectural triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White.
A reconsideration of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Black Mischief.
A criticism of MFA programs and writing workshops, especially as they affect two recent works of fiction.
A survey of the summer theatre scene.
On examining the unexamined in modern American art.
“Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris” at the National Gallery of Art (July 16, 2006-October 15, 2006) is reviewed.
On an examination of Gentile de Fabriano’s artwork.
On the rise of Classical Realism and its dean, Jacob Collins.
A survey of the music world.
What’s the point of the summer media?
A reflection on the sophistication and fun of children’s verse.
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