Department of none
by William H. Pritchard
On Harold Bloom’s new book on Shakespeare’s King Lear.
Features
Sent to Coventry: Larkin’s “I Remember, I Remember”
by William Logan
On Philip Larkin’s poem of homecoming.
Schiller’s bell
by Michael J. Lewis
On Friedrich Schiller’s “Das Lied von der Glocke.”
Armored animal
by Eric Ormsby
On Marianne Moore’s life and poetry.
Conversions & verses
by Ryan Wilson
On Michael D. Hurley’s Faith in Poetry: Verse Style as a Mode of Religious Belief.
Arms & the age
by Peter Filkins
On David Ferry’s new translation of The Aeneid.
On xenitia
by A. E. Stallings
On exile & on homecoming.
Theater
History lessons
by Kyle Smith
On Later Life at the Clurman Theatre, Amy and the Orphans at the Laura Pels Theatre & Party Face at Stage II.
Art
Zurbarán at the Frick
by Karen Wilkin
On “Zurbarán: Jacob and His Twelve Sons, Paintings from Auckland Castle” at the Frick Collection.
Exhibition note
by Marco Grassi
On “The Holy Name—Art of the Gesù: Bernini and his Age” at the Fairfield University Art Museum.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “M. C. Escher: Infinite Dimensions” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Head of the Charles
by Dominic Green
On “Charles I: King and Collector” at the Royal Academy of Arts, London & “Charles II: Art & Power” at the Queen’s Gallery, London.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Stephen Shore” at the Museum of Modern Art, “California Landscapes: Richard Diebenkorn | Wayne Thiebaud” at Acquavella Galleries, and “Sean Scully: Wall of Light” at Mnuchin Gallery.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Alexandre Tharaud, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Ying Fang, Nicolas Altstaedt and Fazil Say at Carnegie Hall; Emmanuel Pahud at the 92nd Street Y; and the New York Philharmonic.
The media
Trying times
by James Bowman
On media foolishness.
Books
Most popular
Notebook
Paint it black
by Julia Friedman
On the Puritan aesthetic of #MeToo.
Notes & Comments
Fahrenheit 451 updated
by The Editors
On the Amy Wax controversy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Sermonizing on the Mount
by The Editors
On new faculty regulations at Mount Holyoke College.