Lang Lang, again
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Duchamp in Kabul
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Crippling classics
On contemporary politics and the study of classics.
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A popular form of monomania
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Two stray notes on “Moby-Dick”
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The appropriation of Locke
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When there were giants: three great classicists
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New moves
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Masked restraint
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Lang Lang, again
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The Critic’s Notebook
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1 Donald Kagan, 1932–2021 by Paul A. Rahe
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Donald Kagan, 1932–2021 by Paul A. Rahe
2 The Orsay experience by James Lord
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The Orsay experience by James Lord
3 A popular form of monomania by Anthony Daniels
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A popular form of monomania by Anthony Daniels
4 Culture as counterculture by Adam Kirsch
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Culture as counterculture by Adam Kirsch
5 When there were giants: three great classicists by Victor Davis Hanson
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When there were giants: three great classicists by Victor Davis Hanson
6 The perversions of M. Foucault by Roger Kimball
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The perversions of M. Foucault by Roger Kimball
7 How to build a museum: the example of Louis Kahn by Roger Kimball
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How to build a museum: the example of Louis Kahn by Roger Kimball
8 Two stray notes on “Moby-Dick” by William Logan
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Two stray notes on “Moby-Dick” by William Logan
9 The case of Harry Houdini by Daniel Mark Epstein
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The case of Harry Houdini by Daniel Mark Epstein
10Crippling classics
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Crippling classics
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