Topic: “Criticism”
Features April 2017
The function of criticism
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On T. S. Eliot’s essay on the evaluation of literature.
Books January 2017
The italics of life
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Oct 25, 2016
The Critic’s Notebook
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Our “post-beauty” art world, two solemn string quartets, and more from the world of culture.
Books October 2016
Mr. Tough Love
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Notes & Comments September 2016
The New Criterion at thirty-five
On the legacy and bright future of our middle-aged magazine.
Features March 2016
Auden’s voice
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On W. H. Auden’s collected prose.
Features November 2014
Virgil Thomson: assessing the critic
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On the sharp-tongued music critic of the 1940s.
Features September 2013
Against aesthetics
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On criticism & rejecting aesthetic statements.
Features March 1993
Clement Greenberg & the Cold War
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On the history of Clement Greenberg and Soviet Russia.