"The New Criterion operates as a refuge for a civilizing element in short supply in contemporary America: honest criticism."-Wall Street Journal. Since its founding in 1982 by the art critic Hilton Kramer and the pianist and music critic Samuel Lipman, The New Criterion has waged a brisk and articulate campaign against facile and often politically motivated assaults on art and greatness. It has brought unparalleled verve, clarity, and wit to the vocation of criticism. But The New Criterion is not only America's foremost voice of critical dissent in culture and the arts; it is also an energetic ally in the battle against cultural and intellectual amnesia. At a moment when many institutions have become willing collaborators in despoiling our intellectual and artistic legacy, The New Criterion has been a standard-bearer for literary and cultural excellence. Drawn from twenty-five years of the magazine, this abundant collection contains a generous sampling of the very best writing from The New Criterion, featuring the judgments of our generation's most astute and entertaining observers. The many contributors include Brooke Allen, Stefan Beck, James Bowman, Anthony Daniels, Guy Davenport, John Derbyshire, Ben Downing, Paul Dean, Daniel Mark Epstein, Joseph Epstein, John Gross, Laura Jacobs, William Logan, Harvey Mansfield, Kenneth Minogue, Jay Nordlinger, Eric Ormsby, Cynthia Ozick, David Pryce-Jones, Mordecai Richler, Roger Scruton, John Simon, Mark Steyn, and David Yezzi.

About the Author
Roger Kimball and Hilton Kramer are co-editors and co-publishers of The New Criterion. Mr. Kimball's other books include The Rape of the Masters, Art's Prospect, The Long March, Lives of the Mind, Experiments Against Reality, and Tenured Radicals. He lives in South Norwalk, Connecticut. Mr. Kramer, former chief art critic of the New York Times, has also written The Triumph of Modernism, The Twilight of the Intellectuals, The Revenge of the Philistines, and The Age of the Avant-Garde. He lives in Damariscotta, Maine.

Reviews
The book, like the magazine, features dose after dose of emperor-has-no-clothes truth-telling. The cumulative effect is bracing. -- Brian C. Anderson * Book Review Digest *
Counterpoints has a little something for everyone. Recommended. * Ohio Conservative *
Not so much ideologically pure as it is critically pure. Quality governs...Everyone else, get this book. It will enrich you. -- Roger L. Simon * Pajama's Media *
An anthology of some of its best essays on literature, history, fine arts, theater, music, and world affairs. -- Thomas Meaney * New York Sun *
The sheer range and variety of the essays in this volume is, of course, a tribute to the catholicity of the editors, Hilton Kramer and Roger Kimball, who between them have a detailed knowledge and acute feelings about most of the glories of our culture, as well as strictly disciplined detestation of trends and individuals that disgrace it. They make an unusually well-matched team, and both make characteristic contributions to this volume. -- Paul Johnson, Bowling Green State University * The American Spectator *
This book is something of an omnium gatherum. -- Raymond Carr * The Spectator *



Book Information
ISBN 9781566638050
Author Roger Kimball
Format Paperback
Page Count 512
Imprint Ivan R Dee, Inc
Publisher Ivan R Dee, Inc
Weight(grams) 758g
Dimensions(mm) 227mm * 152mm * 36mm