Literature | Page 19 of 20 | Standpoint Magazine

A Tale of Sadness and Forgetting

The Czech novelist Milan Kundera is accused of informing on an anti-communist as a student. Is there any truth in the charge?

February 17, 2009

Features·Heritage·History·Justice·Literature·Politics

Bad Beyond Imagination

Bernhard Schlink's novel, The Reader, is both artistically and morally fraudulent. The oscar-winning film that sprung from it is no better

February 16, 2009

Critique·Film·Germany·History·Literature

At My Wit’s End

"The wittiest writer alive" finds it hard to live up to his title

December 16, 2008

Counterpoints·Literature·Publishing·Satire

A Novel Way to Treat a Writer

I have been inundated with emails from GCSE and A-level students who want me to spoonfeed answers on their set texts

December 15, 2008

Education·Features·Literature·Modern Life·Publishing·Social Affairs

Classic Teller of Painful Truths

The Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert, whose collected work is now available in English for the first time, crystallised the ravages of invasion and communist rule in his quest to tell the truth

December 2, 2008

Communism·Critique·Literature·Poland

Crash Course

The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson

October 24, 2008

Books·Economy·History·International·Literature

Healey’s Bully Pulpit is Worth Revisiting

The memoirs of one of our most able and most cultivated politicians provide a useful reminder of the virtues of ordinary politics

October 24, 2008

Communism·Critique·Europe·History·Literature·Military·Politics·UK Politics·Westminster

Writers, Visible and Invisible

Writers are hidden beings, says the winner of the 2008 PEN/Nabokov Lifetime Achievement Award

August 21, 2008

Art·Critique·Education·History·Literature

ONLINE ONLY: Education It’s Not

‘Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared,’ declared the Reverend Charles Colton almost two centuries ago, ‘for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

August 14, 2008

Academia·Education·Features·Literature·Modern Life·Political Correctness·Social Affairs

The Unfinished Journey of Lionel Trilling

Until recently, it was assumed that Trilling had written only one long fiction, The Middle of the Journey (1947). Now, thanks to Geraldine Murphy we know that Trilling was a third of

July 23, 2008

Academia·Communism·Critique·History·Judaism·Literature·Politics·Publishing

Bringing the House Down

The playwright Simon Gray died on August 7. Shortly before his death he shared his thoughts on the theatre and much else in a Standpoint Dialogue with The Daily Telegraph's theatre critic

July 23, 2008

Dialogue·Literature·Satire·Theatre

The Koran: Scrutinising the Inscrutable

Each new translation of Islam’s most sacred text offers fresh insights into its meaning. Yet there are still surprises in a book that is not only hard to read, but hard to

June 25, 2008

Academia·Critique·Faith·History·International·Islam·Literature

Literature- Page 19