Many regard this as Paul Elmer More’s most important essay. Certainly, it is the article that inspired the “moral imagination” of Irving Babbitt, T.S. Eliot, Russell Kirk, and Winston Elliott. pem disraeli and conservatism Source: Paul Elmer More,… Read More
Originally published in March 1930, “A Revival of Humanism”–a fascinating critique of More’s best friend, Irving Babbitt, appeared in More, On Being Human (Princeton University Press, 1936), 1-24. PEM Revival of Humanism
More’s rather intelligent screed against the philosophy behind World War I. Enjoy. pem lust for empire Source: Paul Elmer More, “The Lust for Empire,” THE NATION (October 22, 1914), 493-495.
A wonderfully insightful essay on St. Augustine by one of the greatest men of letters of the past century, Paul Elmer More. The essay is a bit older than the book, but here’s the version from the 1909… Read More
Hilaire Belloc, “Capitalism and Communism–the Hellish Twins,” ENGLISH REVIEW 54 (1932): 122-134. belloc hellish twins
Source: Allen Tate, “The Man of Letters in the Modern World,” WORLD REVIEW 44 (1952): 12-18. tate man of letters 1952
Source: Allen Tate, “Spengler’s Tract Against Liberalism,” AMERICAN REVIEW 3 (1934): 41-47. tate 1934 on spengler
Source: Allen Tate, “American Poetry Since 1920,” THE BOOKMAN 68 (1928-1929): 503-508. tate on poetry 1929
Allen Tate, “The Fallacy of Humanism,” HOUND AND HORN 3: 234-258. tate fallacy of humanism
Source: Allen Tate, “What is a Traditional Society?” THE AMERICAN REVIEW 7 (1936): 376-387. tate traditional society 1936
I first read this in the fall of 1985, and it hit me hard. I was pretty much a moderate atheist at that point, but the sermon still meant a great deal to me. It’s stuck with me… Read More
rak gissing 1950 Source: Russell Kirk, “Who Knows George Gissing,” WESTERN HUMANITIES REVIEW 4 (Summer 1950): 213-222.
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