Others on Russell Kirk and his work
Audio and Video Lectures on the Internet
- The John M. Olin Online Lecture Library at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute hosts several lectures about Russell Kirk and his influence by scholars including Ted McAlister, Michael P. Federici, W. Wesley McDonald, George H. Nash, Gleaves Whitney, and Allan C. Carlson
- It also hosts more than twenty-five audio lectures by Russell Kirk.
Articles on the Internet
- C-SPAN’s American Writers Page on Kirk and Buckley (Click here to watch the program online).
- Wilfred M. McClay on Kirk and “The Mystic Chords of Memory” (The Heritage Foundation).
- Lee Edwards on Kirk as “Guardian of the Permanent Things” (The World & I, 1994).
- Jeremy M. Beer reviews Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind by James E. Person, Jr. in First Things 103 (May 2000): 53-56.
- Human Events has listed two of Kirk’s books as honorable mentions in the competition for “Ten Books Every Student Should Read in College” (2003).
- Italian culture weekly il Domenicale did a full spread in late 2003 on Dr. Kirk and his legacy in recognition of the 50th anniversary of The Conservative Mind. The text is available in English and Italian.
- Charles W. Colson has a column on Kirk and his legacy on Town Hall (and BreakPoint) (October 2003).
- Critic Michael Dirda includes high praise for Kirk’s stories in his article on ghost stories in the Washington Post Book World of October 31, 2004. Kirk, he says, “is the greatest American author of ghostly tales in the classic style, at least of the post-World War II era. . . . Kirk has a tremendous flair for narrative and a clear, plain style, while his principles imbue his tales with a sometimes Dostoevskyan power.”
- Bradley J. Birzer reviewed Ancestral Shadows in Crisis Magazine (February 2005).
- Gerald J. Russello’s article, “Russell Kirk and the Critics,” appeared in the Intercollegiate Review, Spring/Summer 2003, 3-13 (PDF download).
Academic Resources of Note
- There is an extensive and useful entry on Dr. Kirk in Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, vol. 119 (Gale Research).
- He is also mentioned in Gale’s Authors in the News, volume 1; Contemporary Authors, volumes 1-4R
Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, volume 9; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volumes 1, 20, and 60; Contemporary Authors—Obituary, volume 145; and Major 20th-Century Writers, editions 1 and 2. - Dr. Kirk has an entry in the St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers (St. James Press).
Other Internet Resources on Kirk
- “Mr. Kirk—Our Man of Letters” by Gregory Wolfe, a review of The Sword of Imagination published in Crisis Magazine.
- “The Life and Times of Russell Kirk” by John Attarian, a review of The Sword of Imagination originally published in The Detriot News.
- Mr. Attarian has also written “Russell Kirk’s Economics of the Permanent Things,” a review of Kirk’s thinking on economics first published in The Freeman.
Other Sites of Note
- The Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- The Heritage Foundation
- The Reagan Ranch of Young America’s Foundation
- The Center for the American Idea
- The McConnell Center for Political Leadership at the University of Louisville
- The Wilberforce Center for Colorado Statesmanship, a state-focused think-tank that approaches politics in a manner inspired by Kirk
- The Malcolm Muggeridge Society
- The New Centurion Program of The Conservative Institute
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