Russell Kirk A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind,9781568331317

Russell Kirk A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind

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ISBN13: 9781568331317
ISBN10: 1568331312
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-10-20
Publisher(s): Madison Books
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Summary

This first full-length treatment of Russell Kirk's life and accomplishments blends new biographical insights and critical perspectives about the author of the ground-breaking The Conservative .

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Memory and the Continuum of Time: Russell Kirk's Life
1(29)
A Reminder and a Challenge: The Conservative Mind
30(27)
Virtue and the Historical Consciousness: Kirk's Writings on History
57(24)
For Virtue and Wisdom: Kirk on Education
81(15)
Laws Written and Unwritten: Kirk on the Roots of American Justice
96(13)
Horror and Redemption: Kirk's Short Stories and Lord of the Hollow Dark
109(27)
Novels Gothic to Baroque: Old House of Fear and A Creature of the Twilight
136(15)
To Rouse and Fortify the Living: Kirk as a Critic of Literature
151(22)
Toward a Tolerable Social Order: Kirk's Social Criticism
173(28)
Two Cheers for the Market Economy: Kirk on ``the Dismal Science''
201(13)
Kirk's Significance and Influence
214(7)
Selected Bibliography 221(8)
Sources Consulted 229(8)
Index 237(12)
About the Author 249

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