A popular form of monomania
by Anthony Daniels
On the development of a new morality.
Features
Two stray notes on “Moby-Dick”
by William Logan
On contemporary reviews of Moby-Dick and Melville’s journey on the Acushnet.
The appropriation of Locke
by Joseph Loconte
On the Enlightenment thinker’s religious convictions.
When there were giants: three great classicists
by Victor Davis Hanson
On Donald Kagan, John Patrick Lynch, and Leslie Threatte.
Poems
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Reflections
Uncut gems
by James Panero
On the new Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals at the American Museum of Natural History, New York.
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Theater
A shaky new season
by Kyle Smith
On Pass Over at August Wilson Theatre, Trial on the Potomac: The Impeachment of Richard Nixon at the Theatre at St. Clement’s, and The Book of Moron at Soho Playhouse.
Art
Medieval Spain at The Cloisters
by Karen Wilkin
On “Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith” at The Met Cloisters.
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Music
Salzburg chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the 2021 Salzburg Festival.
The media
No regrets
by James Bowman
On the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Books
Citizens lamed
by Wilfred M. McClay
On The Dying Citizen by Victor Davis Hanson.
The Bate Gatsby
by Paul Dean
On Bright Star, Green Light by Jonathan Bate.
Conventional thinking
by Marc M. Arkin
On Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution by Gordon Wood.
Clive Bell’s chimes
by Brooke Allen
On Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism: A Biography by Mark Hussey.
Material objections
by James Franklin
On George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life by Tom Jones.
Fierce man of the fens
by Simon Heffer
On The Making of Oliver Cromwell by Ronald Hutton.
A timely translation
by Michael Fontaine
On The Aeneid by Vergil, translated by Shadi Bartsch.
Way down south
by Jeremy Black
On Confederate Exodus: Social and Environmental Forces in the Migration of U.S. Southerners to Brazil by Alan P. Marcus.
Out of respect for my hat
by Harry Adams
On The Edwardians and Their Houses: The New Life of Old England by Timothy Brittain-Catlin.
Notebook
Donald Kagan, 1932—2021
by Paul A. Rahe
Remembering the late historian and classicist.
Notes & Comments
Duchamp in Kabul
by The Editors
On a new cultural imperialism.
Crippling classics
by The Editors
On contemporary politics and the study of classics.