Old Whig ~ The Imaginative Conservative
In the Whig view to which Edmund Burke subscribed, the validity of law is independent of its…
Tag: Imaginative
Intrascendence, Myth, & the Southern Agrarian…
There is more to Southern life than moonlight and magnolia. It presumed, in fact, an affection for…
The End of Literature ~ The Imaginative Conservative
There have been theories about literature nearly as long as there has been literature, beginning…
Christopher Lasch on the Elites’ Betrayal of…
Though a self-described “man of the left,” Christopher Lasch was once and always a populist. By the…
Did Matthew Make Up the Magi? ~ The Imaginative…
When researching the story of the Magi visiting the Christ child in Bethlehem, it is not long…
Mark Twain’s “Joan of Arc” ~ The…
“I studied that girl, Joan of Arc, for twelve years,” Mark Twain said, “and it never seemed to me…
Realism in Modern Art ~ The Imaginative Conservative
One common criticism of realism is that it is merely mimicking what can now be done as well or…
Return to Chesterton ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The question I should like at least to open is whether G.K. Chesterton had not both the deeper and…
The Legacy of Forrest McDonald ~ The Imaginative…
Forrest McDonald demonstrated that the historian above all must be a pragmatist who looks at the…
Imagining the Epiphany ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The late Steve Masty’s “The Test of the Magi” is a novel that displays a powerful religious…
