Words & Worlds
Evelyn Waugh and Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century British fiction, is known equally for his satirical brilliance and his deeply rooted traditionalism. His social, political, and cultural...
Evelyn Waugh and Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century British fiction, is known equally for his satirical brilliance and his deeply rooted traditionalism. His social, political, and cultural...
Alexis de Tocqueville and "Democracy in America...
Alexis de Tocqueville stands as one of the most penetrating observers of modern democracy. His works—Democracy in America (1835–40) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856)—brought together political analysis,...
Alexis de Tocqueville and "Democracy in America...
Alexis de Tocqueville stands as one of the most penetrating observers of modern democracy. His works—Democracy in America (1835–40) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856)—brought together political analysis,...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge and On the Constitution...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was not only a major Romantic poet and critic but also a profoundly original social and political thinker. His intellectual development moved from early revolutionary enthusiasm...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge and On the Constitution...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was not only a major Romantic poet and critic but also a profoundly original social and political thinker. His intellectual development moved from early revolutionary enthusiasm...
Mathew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy (1869)
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) stands as one of the Victorian era’s most influential cultural theorists. His writings—especially Culture and Anarchy (1869), Essays in Criticism, and his numerous lectures—constitute a sustained attempt...
Mathew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy (1869)
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) stands as one of the Victorian era’s most influential cultural theorists. His writings—especially Culture and Anarchy (1869), Essays in Criticism, and his numerous lectures—constitute a sustained attempt...
T.S. Eliot and Notes Towards the Definition of ...
In Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot reflects on what culture truly means, how it develops, and what conditions allow it to flourish. Written in postwar Europe (1948),...
T.S. Eliot and Notes Towards the Definition of ...
In Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, T.S. Eliot reflects on what culture truly means, how it develops, and what conditions allow it to flourish. Written in postwar Europe (1948),...
Edmund Burke and Reflections on the Revolution ...
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) was born in Dublin, Ireland, to a mixed religious family — his father, Richard Burke, was a Protestant lawyer, while his mother, Mary Nagle, was Catholic. This...
Edmund Burke and Reflections on the Revolution ...
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) was born in Dublin, Ireland, to a mixed religious family — his father, Richard Burke, was a Protestant lawyer, while his mother, Mary Nagle, was Catholic. This...