Literature
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Can Literacy Be Saved?
Students and scholars have lost faith in the civilizing power of fiction.
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Caulfield versus Copperfield
The literature a society reads shapes it—for the worse, in J. D. Salinger’s case.
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Wendell Berry
He not only writes about the agrarian life, he lives it.
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George Orwell’s Concept of Patriotism
He considered internationalism a denial of reality.
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A Cultural Vision for Conservatism
We must conserve the great works of the human mind and imagination.
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Robert Frost
His poetry engages both the political and the transcendent.
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The Hobbit and the Hippie
Despite surface-level similarities, the two are worlds apart.
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Climate Crisis as Divine Comedy
Joy Williams’s challenge to anthropocentric humanism takes on cosmic dimensions.
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Hölderlin and the Modern Sensibility
The German poet and philosopher believed that man could become divine through creativity.
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Canons Win Culture Wars
Rediscovering our heritage is a vital means of renewal.
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