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Russell Kirk : a critical biography of a conservative mind
- Title
- Russell Kirk : a critical biography of a conservative mind / James E. Person, Jr.
- Author
- Person, James E., Jr., 1955-
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Madison Books : Distributed by National Book Network, [1999], ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS3521.I665 Z8 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "When people look to the founding of the modern conservative movement, they must ultimately look to Russell Kirk (1918-1994). Author of the groundbreaking treatise The Conservative Mind, Kirk defined conservative political thought for the post-World War II era.
- An imaginative and optimistic thinker, Kirk wrote essays on justice, society, education, economics, history, and literature that are timeless reminders of what Kirk called "the permanent things": honor, courage, character, virtue, constancy, humility, wisdom, order, and prudence. His creative spirit is immortalized not only in his political work, however - Kirk also left behind a rich collection of spine-tingling horror stories and sophisticated novels."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-235) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Memory and the Continuum of Time: Russell Kirk's Life -- 2. A Reminder and a Challenge: The Conservative Mind -- 3. Virtue and the Historical Consciousness: Kirk's Writings on History -- 4. For Virtue and Wisdom: Kirk on Education -- 5. Laws Written and Unwritten: Kirk on the Roots of American Justice -- 6. Horror and Redemption: Kirk's Short Stories and Lord of the Hollow Dark -- 7. Novels Gothic to Baroque: Old House of Fear and A Creature of the Twilight -- 8. To Rouse and Fortify the Living: Kirk as a Critic of Literature -- 9. Toward a Tolerable Social Order: Kirk's Social Criticism -- 10. Two Cheers for the Market Economy: Kirk on "the Dismal Science" -- 11. Kirk's Significance and Influence.
- ISBN
- 1568331312 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 99039707
- OCLC
- ocm42021376
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries