Books by: ARTHUR KRYSTAL

The Culture We Deserve : A Critique of Disenlightenment

Twelve essays exploring aspects of literacy and art criticism, retrospective sociology and the effects of relativism on moral behavior.... [more]
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A Company of Readers : Uncollected Writings of W. H. Auden, Jacques Barzun, and Lionel Trilling from the Reader's Subscription and Mid-Century Book Clubs

In 1951, Jacques Barzun, W. H. Auden, and Lionel Trilling joined together to form the editorial board of the Readers' Subscription Book Club. Thus began a venture unique in the annals of American culture. Never before or since have three such eminent intellectuals collaborated to bring books to the... [more]
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The Half-Life of an American Essayist

In his first book, Agitations: Essays on Life and Literature, which was heralded by such diverse crtics as Jacques Barzun and Morris Dickstein, Arthur Krystal demonstrated that the literary essay is alive and well. Conversational in tone, but capable of addressing the political and semiotic methods adopted... [more]
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Agitations: Essays on Life and Literature

"To apologize for one's own tastes, or to excuse another's taste, is to slight one's ability to make informed judgments, for ultimately what leads us to prefer Proust over Sidney Sheldon is not chacun à son goût but rather 'the real labour of thinking.'" -Arthur Krystal We disagree. From small questions... [more]
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Why smart people believe in God.: An article from: American Scholar

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on September 22, 2001. The length of the article is 5074 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital... [more]
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AT LARGE AND AT SMALL.(knowledge and literacy): An article from: American Scholar

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on March 22, 1999. The length of the article is 5248 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital... [more]
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H.C. Witwer and me.: An article from: American Scholar

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on March 22, 1998. The length of the article is 3751 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital... [more]
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Here's looking at you.: An article from: American Scholar

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on September 22, 2004. The length of the article is 1750 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital... [more]
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My Holocaust problem: if we cannot speak of it--though speak of it we must--how do we remember what happened to the Jews of Europe?(child of Holocaust ... : An article from: American Scholar

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 4941 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker... [more]
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The writing life.: An article from: American Scholar

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on March 22, 1997. The length of the article is 2844 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital... [more]
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