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Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Heroic failure”Daniel Beer, The Times Literary Supplement “Deep…
Heavenly dog
Much of what makes Diogenes the Cynic (d. ca. 323 B.C.) such a fascinating but difficult…
“In search of the goddess,” by David Platzer
One late evening in December, 1985, I heard a radio talk-show host announce “a great loss: Robert…
“New World notes,” by Paul du Quenoy
What is American music? When the New York Tribune posed that question in 1924, George Gershwin…
The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Nonfiction: Good Bones: Glorious Relics from the Age of Reading, by Brooke Allen (Tivoli Books): The…
Mark the music
Like other aspects of Western civilization, classical music is under attack. In an academic paper…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Ancient Etruscan monster gets new state-of-the-art home in Florence…
“A feast of reason,” by Warren Frye
“I see that I shall receive in my turn a perfect and splendid feast of reason. And now, Timaeus,…
Dealer’s choice
Collecting Old Masters might seem a pipe dream for all but the wealthiest members of society. This…
“The road to the Appian Way,” by Jay Nordlinger
Last Saturday night, the New York Philharmonic played a concert splashed with color. It began with a…
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