Arts and Letters in Jacksonian America (Full Lecture)
A detailed look at the rise of romanticism and transcendentalism in Jacksonian America.
Timeline, Jacksonian America
Early Republic Timeline, 1807-1848; Birzer 1807 Jefferson Embargo 1809 James Madison becomes president Jefferson Embargo repealed 1810 Henry Clay elected Speaker of the House Fletcher v. Peck 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe 1812 War of 1812 begins
Over at TIC: Thomas Jefferson, Polar Star
My praise of Thomas Jefferson, our most brilliant president. http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/05/thomas-jefferson-polar-star-discovery.html
Biography and the Art of Being Human
A thought experiment: try to recreate everything you’ve done since you started reading this article. Every thought, every distraction, every movement, every feeling. Have you wanted some coffee? Have you thought about closing this page? Have you scratched that itch on… Read More
The Best of John Dickinson, Pennsylvania Farmer
[Unless otherwise noted, all quotes come from Forrest McDonald, ed., EMPIRE AND NATION (Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 1999). As always, all honor to Liberty Fund] In response to the Townshend Acts, Dickinson published his Letters from a Pennsylvania… Read More
Audio Lecture: Founding of American Republic 1
If you’re interested in the American republic and the founding period, this is my first lecture of the spring 2016 semester. If you’re so inclined. . . enjoy!
Allen Tate on Oswald Spengler
Source: Allen Tate, “Spengler’s Tract Against Liberalism,” AMERICAN REVIEW 3 (1934): 41-47. tate 1934 on spengler
Conversations with Paul Elmer More, 1943
Source: J. Duncan Spaeth, “Conversations with Paul Elmer More,” SEWANEE REVIEW 51 (Autumn 1943): 532-545. Enjoy! conversations with PEM
Russell Kirk on Alexis De Tocqueville, 1953
“Tocqueville is a writer who should be read not in abridgment, but wholly; for every sentence has significance, every observation sagacity. The two big volumes of Democracy in America are a mine of aphorisms, his Old Regime is… Read More
Kirk’s On the Shoulder of Giants (Selections)
“Thus there cannot be brothers and sisters in a mystical sense without a mystical father. There is no brotherhood of mankind, in short, without the fatherhood of God. The Christian calls this kinship in Christ.” (420-421) “Among the… Read More
Kevin J. Anderson’s SUPERSTARS WRITING SEMINAR
Reposted from the CU CTP: Please consider this post as a PSA for Colorado rather than for conservatism. I have no idea what Kevin J. Anderson’s politics are, and, frankly, I’m happy knowing him only as a person… Read More
Stormfields 