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Brad Miner on The Compleat Gentleman - Brad Miner

The notion of the gentleman has been out of fashion for some time, especially because of its connection to boorish, Victorian-era stoicism. However, Brad Miner believes that the example of the gentleman is ripe for recovery, and far from being a stick-in-the-mud, the "complete" gentleman is a passionate warrior, lover and monk. Read more...

Bright Spots: The Harlem Studio of Art - Roger Kimball

So much distasteful rubbish is foisted upon us today in the name of culture that it is easy to fall prey to despondency and think: "The game's up! Our culture is rotten to the core. Cyril Connolly was right when he complained that it was "Closing time in the gardens of the West." It's easy, but it's mistaken. Really, if you look, there are plenty (well, some) bright spots in our culture. Read more...

C. S. Lewis: The Reluctant Convert - Frederica Mathewes-Green

In later life, C. S. Lewis — "Jack" to friends and family — would say that it all began with a toy garden. Read more...

C.S. Lewis Letters to Sheldon Vanauken - C.S. Lewis

These letters by C. S. Lewis were written to Sheldon Vanauken, who ultimately wrote the best-selling book A Severe Mercy. Mr. Vanauken asked Lewis for the right to use the letters in his booklet "Encounter with Light," and Lewis gave permission. Mr. Vanauken subsequently put the letters in the public domain. Read more...

Calamities of art - Roger Kimball

Let your imagination run riot: whatever grotesquerie you conjure up — from the numbingly banal and commonplace to the repulsively pathological — rest assured that it has been eagerly proffered and just as eagerly embraced as art. And if by some fluke you named something that has not yet done duty as art — no matter: it is merely an oversight and will be corrected within a season or two. Read more...

Calvinist America and the Catholic Contribution to Culture - DONALD DEMARCO

The most powerful, the most imaginative, the most startling, and the most unforgettable refutation of Calvinism in America is found in Herman Melville's classic, Moby-Dick. Read more...

Catholic Authors and Liberty of Conscience: 1649-1771 - ANNE BARBEAU GARDINER

Considering all the dangers and obstacles they faced in those days, it is astonishing to see how many books our Catholic authors managed to print. Read more...

Catholic Poem in Time of War: The Lord of the Rings - Ken Craven

In The Lord of the Rings, I believe Tolkien does exactly what he said he was doing, communicating a religious, Catholic vision through a Secondary World. Read more...

Chesterton's Long-Lost Novel Found - Paul Burnell

Forget Shakespeare In Love … here’s G.K. Chesterton in love. A previously unpublished novel by the celebrated Catholic convert from England has been unearthed and was due to be released in the United Kingdom this month. Read more...

Children's Literature for Christmas - WYETH O. BURGESS

With enjoyment as well as instruction in mind, Wyeth O. Burgess offers the following suggestions, for young readers from about age four to early teens. Read more...

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