Ancient ghosts stir
by David Pryce-Jones
The first in a series on “The future of the European past.”
Features
Reflections on the history of “Partisan Review”
by Hilton Kramer
On A Partisan Century: Political Writings from Partisan Review edited by Edith Kurzweil
The killing of History: why relativism is wrong
by Roger Kimball
On The Killing of History by Keith Windschuttle.
Mistaken identities
by John O’Sullivan
On the politics of identity
The multicultural Muse
by John Simon
On The Best American Poetry 1996 edited by Adrienne Rich
Women & politics: Madame de Genlis
by Renee Winegarten
On the career of the writer, teacher & activist.
Mark Twain: more “tears and flapdoodle”
by James Tuttleton
A review of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The Only Comprehensive Editions by Mark Twain
The drawing room comedy of Iris Murdoch
by Brooke Allen
On the author’s work & a new novel, Jackson’s Dilemma.
Homer, Hopper & the critics
by Michael J. Lewis
On recent exhibitions of these artists’ work & Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography by Gail Levin
Poems
Theater
The imposture of Martin Guerre
by Mark Steyn
On Martin Guerre & other plays
Art
“The realest thing I had ever done”: Andrew Forge in New Haven
by Karen Wilkin
On a retrospective of the artist’s work at the Yale Center for British Art.
Is there Meret beyond the teacup?
by Mario Naves
On Meret Oppenheim at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Dance
Figures in the carpet
by Laura Jacobs
On the state of the arabesque in recent dance.
The media
Joe Klein’s tangled web
by James Bowman
On Primary Colors & subsequent controversies
Books
Recasting virtue
by Hadley Arkes
Review of Machiavelli’s Virtue by Harvey C. Mansfield
Empedocles at Dover
by Paul Dean
Review of A Life of Matthew Arnold by Nicholas Murray
Expert testimony?
by Marc M. Arkin
Pevsner’s paradox
by J. Duncan Berry
Review of Building Paris: Architectural Institutions & the Transformation of the French Capital, 1830-1870 by David Van Zanten
The terrible teens
by Diana West
Shorter notice
by Donald Lyons
On A Greek-English Lexicon. Ninth Edition, with a Revised Supplement, 1996 compiled by Henry George Liddell & Robert Scott
Shorter notice
by Daniel Kunitz
Review of Dylan Thomas: His Life & Work by John Ackerman
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George Mackay Brown, 1921-1996
by Robert Richman
On the life & work of the Scottish poet
Notes & Comments
Judgment is forced upon us by experience
by The Editors
On the fifteenth anniversary of The New Criterion
Poetry & tradition
by The Editors
On poetry & poetry criticism in The New Criterion
The future of the European past
by The Editors
On the inauguration of a series of articles concerning the future of Europe’s history & culture