Articles by Gertrude Himmelfarb

Books May 1983

“The Englishness of England”

by Gertrude Himmelfarb

A review of The English world: History, Character, and People by Robert Blake.

Features December 1982

Who now reads Macaulay?

by Gertrude Himmelfarb

On writing and reading history.

Features October 1982

William Cobbett: “an English episode”

by Gertrude Himmelfarb

On Cobbett's ideas and influence.

I A war without heroes by Barry Strauss

II Victorians’ secrets by Donna Rifkind

III Highways to utopia by Roger Kimball

IV The perversions of M. Foucault by Roger Kimball

V A modern classic by Peter Pennoyer