Others on Russell Kirk and his work
Kirk in his library
On the Internet
- The
TownHall.com Conservative Hall of Fame site
on Russell Kirk includes a collection of eulogies
for Dr. Kirk delivered by some of his more prominent friends
at the time of his death in 1994.
- 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.”
- “The
Writer and the Wanderer” is a extensive review-article
of Ancestral Shadows from the Flair section of
the Grand
Rapids Press, Sunday, October 24, 2004 by Press reporter Pat
Shellenbarger.
- “The
ghostly Gothic of Russell Kirk: Famed conservative thinker
wrote eerie, complex ghost stories,” a lengthy
review in The Washington Times by James
E. Person Jr. (September 12, 2004).
- 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
Other Sites of Note
Suggestions for other
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