Words & Worlds

Horizontal illustration of Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller and Catch-22

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Joseph Heller occupies a distinctive place in twentieth-century American literature as a novelist whose work combines sharp satire, philosophical reflection, and innovative narrative form. Best known for his groundbreaking novel...

Joseph Heller and Catch-22

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Joseph Heller occupies a distinctive place in twentieth-century American literature as a novelist whose work combines sharp satire, philosophical reflection, and innovative narrative form. Best known for his groundbreaking novel...

John Barth and Lost in the Funhouse

John Barth and Lost in the Funhouse

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

The American novelist and short story writer John Barth stands as one of the most influential figures in post–World War II American literature. Emerging prominently in the 1960s, Barth became...

John Barth and Lost in the Funhouse

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

The American novelist and short story writer John Barth stands as one of the most influential figures in post–World War II American literature. Emerging prominently in the 1960s, Barth became...

An illustration of Atonement by Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan and Atonement

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Published in 2001, Atonement is one of the most formally intricate and thematically ambitious novels by Ian McEwan. The novel intertwines a tragic love story with a meditation on guilt,...

Ian McEwan and Atonement

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Published in 2001, Atonement is one of the most formally intricate and thematically ambitious novels by Ian McEwan. The novel intertwines a tragic love story with a meditation on guilt,...

Give me a horizontal illustration of The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis.

C. S. Lewis and The Abolition of Man

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

I. The Social, Political, and Cultural Thought of C. S. Lewis Introduction: A Christian Humanist in the Modern Age Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) occupies a distinctive position in twentieth-century intellectual history....

C. S. Lewis and The Abolition of Man

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

I. The Social, Political, and Cultural Thought of C. S. Lewis Introduction: A Christian Humanist in the Modern Age Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) occupies a distinctive position in twentieth-century intellectual history....

Horizontal Illustration of Enemies of the Permanent Things by Russell Kirk

Russell Kirk and Enemies of the Permanent Things

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Social, Political and Cultural Thought of Russel Kirk I. Social Thought: Order, Tradition, and the Moral Imagination The Permanent Things At the center of Kirk’s social philosophy lies the idea...

Russell Kirk and Enemies of the Permanent Things

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Social, Political and Cultural Thought of Russel Kirk I. Social Thought: Order, Tradition, and the Moral Imagination The Permanent Things At the center of Kirk’s social philosophy lies the idea...

A horizontal illustration of The Liberal Imagination by Lionel Trilling

Lionel Trilling's The Liberal Imagination

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Lionel Trilling occupies a distinctive place in twentieth-century intellectual history as a critic who consistently blurred the boundaries between literature, politics, and moral philosophy. Writing primarily in mid-century America, Trilling...

Lionel Trilling's The Liberal Imagination

Amir Hossein Yasini Visti

Lionel Trilling occupies a distinctive place in twentieth-century intellectual history as a critic who consistently blurred the boundaries between literature, politics, and moral philosophy. Writing primarily in mid-century America, Trilling...