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  1. Academia/After the Debauch
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The American Spectator, December 1982, p. 45
  2. [+]
    Act one (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    On Native Grounds, by Alfred Kazin
    1. On Native Grounds by Alfred Kazin
    The New Criterion, May 1983, pp. 72-79
  3. Books Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Acting in Character (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Naming Names, by Victor S. Navasky
    1. Naming Names by Victor S. Navasky
    National Review, March 6, 1981, p. 230
  4. Adulthood in American Literature
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Daedalus, Fall 1976, pp. 49-60
  5. Adulthood in American Literature
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Daedalus, Summer 1988, pp. 283-298
  6. The Air-Line to Seattle (1983)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Studies in Literary and Historical Writing About America
    8 Reviews, 1 Readable
  7. American Arts and Letters
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Dwight Stuff
    The American Spectator, June 1994, pp. 56-58
  8. American Arts and Letters
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Hung-Up Henry
    The American Spectator, September 1994, pp. 59-61
  9. Book Reviews
    [+]
    American in Black and White (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    America in Black and White, by Stephan Thernstrom and Abigail Thernstrom
    1. America in Black and White by Stephan Thernstrom and Abigail Thernstrom
    The American Spectator, October 1997, pp. 70-75
  10. Departments
    American Lives and Letters
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Edith Wharton's Abuser
    The American Spectator, December 1993, pp. 52-57
  11. Departments
    American Lives and Letters
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Bobby Kennedy's Crying Game
    The American Spectator, October 1993, pp. 50-53
  12. American Lives and Letters
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Life with Lionel
    The American Spectator, February 1994, pp. 66-69
  13. Books in Review
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    The American Past (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    America Revised, by Frances Fitzgerald
    1. America Revised by Frances Fitzgerald
    Commentary, February 1980, pp. 74-79
  14. The American Society (1963)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The American Image Series, Vol. I
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  15. [+]
    And Middle-Class Daydreams (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Smart Set, by Carl Dolmetsch
    1. The Smart Set by Carl Dolmetsch
    The Nation, February 27, 1967, pp. 279-280
  16. [+]
    Attack on an Idol (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Henry James and the Jacobites, by Maxwell D. Geismar
    1. Henry James and the Jacobites by Maxwell D. Geismar
    The Reporter, November 7, 1963, pp. 52-53
  17. [+]
    Book of Monsters (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    American Diaries, 1902-1926, by Theodore Dreiser and Thomas P. Riggio
    1. American Diaries, 1902-1926 by Theodore Dreiser and Thomas P. Riggio
    The American Scholar, Autumn 1982, pp. 568-571
  18. [+]
    Bunny Stuff (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Bech is Back, by John Updike
    1. Bech is Back by John Updike
    National Review, December 10, 1982, p. 1558
  19. [+]
    Bush-League Swift (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Ring Lardner Reader, by Maxwell Geismar and Ring Wilmer Lardner
    1. The Ring Lardner Reader by Maxwell Geismar and Ring Wilmer Lardner
    The Reporter, February 14, 1963, pp. 60-61
  20. Charlie Chaplin and His Times (1997)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    7 Reviews, 1 Readable
  21. The Comic Tradition in America (1958)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    An Anthology
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  22. [+]
    The Critic as Moralist (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Henry James: European Writers and Prefaces, by Leon Edel, Mark Wilson, and Henry James
    1. Henry James: European Writers and Prefaces by Leon Edel, Mark Wilson, and Henry James
    Commentary, June 1985, pp. 73-75
  23. Cry Wolfe!
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Nation, July 23, 1960, p. 56
  24. [+]
    Death Wish (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Koestler: A Biography, by Iain Hamilton
    1. Koestler: A Biography by Iain Hamilton
    National Review, April 29, 1983, pp. 504-505
  25. Books in Review
    [+]
    Delusions (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Roots of Treason, by E. Fuller Torrey
    1. The Roots of Treason by E. Fuller Torrey
    Commentary, January 1984, pp. 68-71
  26. [+]
    Dickens (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Dickens, by Peter Ackroyd
    1. Dickens by Peter Ackroyd
    The American Spectator, May 1991, p. 45
  27. A Divided People (1977)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    1 Review
  28. Books and the Arts
    [+]
    Dos Passos' Chosen Country (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    World in a Glass, by John Dos Passos and Kenneth S. Lynn
    1. World in a Glass by John Dos Passos and Kenneth S. Lynn
    The New Republic, October 15, 1966, p. 15
  29. [+]
    Double-Portion (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    American Cassandra, by Peter Kurth
    1. American Cassandra by Peter Kurth
    Commentary, October 1990, pp. 61-66
  30. The Dream of Success (1955)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    A Study of the Modern American Imagination
    6 Reviews, 3 Readable
  31. [+]
    Eleanor Roosevelt (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One, 1884-1933, by Blanche Wiesen Cook
    1. Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One, 1884-1933 by Blanche Wiesen Cook
    The American Spectator, October 1992, pp. 58-59
  32. [+]
    Elephants & Mothers (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Anyone's Daughter, by Shana Alexander
    1. Anyone's Daughter by Shana Alexander
    Commentary, May 1979, pp. 78-80
  33. Books
    [+]
    Elitism on the Left (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, by Richard Hofstadter
    1. Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
    The Reporter, July 4, 1963, pp. 37-39
  34. [+]
    Emerson the Man (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Waldo Emerson: A Biography, by Gay Wilson Allen
    1. Waldo Emerson: A Biography by Gay Wilson Allen
    Commentary, March 1982, pp. 76-82
  35. F.O. Matthiessen
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The American Scholar, Winter 1977, pp. 86-92
  36. Observations
    Falsifying Jefferson
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Commentary, October 1978, pp. 66-70
  37. Books in Review
    [+]
    The Fire This Time (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Bonfire of the Vanities, by Tom Wolfe
    1. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
    Commentary, February 1988, pp. 76-78
  38. Books Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Galbraith's Brain (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    A Life in Our Times, by John Kenneth Galbraith
    1. A Life in Our Times by John Kenneth Galbraith
    National Review, August 7, 1981, pp. 904-905
  39. [+]
    Getting Things Wrong (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    An American Procession, by Alfred Kazin
    1. An American Procession by Alfred Kazin
    Commentary, July 1984, pp. 69-74
  40. [+]
    Gravey Train (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The American Way of Death, by Jessica Mitford
    1. The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford
    The Reporter, September 26, 1963, pp. 48-52
  41. Hemingway (1987)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    10 Reviews, 2 Readable
  42. Book Reviews
    [+]
    Hemingway in Love and War (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Hemingway in Love and War, by Agnes Von Kurowsky, Henry Serrano Villard, and James Nage...
    1. Hemingway in Love and War by Agnes Von Kurowsky, Henry Serrano Villard, and James Nagel, ...
    The American Spectator, March 1990, pp. 32-33
  43. Books, Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Hemingway Ltd. (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    True At First Light, by Ernest Hemingway and Patrick Hemingway
    1. True At First Light by Ernest Hemingway and Patrick Hemingway
    National Review, June 28, 1999, pp. 50-51
  44. Hemingway's Private War
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Commentary, July 1981, pp. 24-33
  45. Books Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Herb, Ye Hardly Knew Him (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Jack: The Struggles of John F. Kennedy, by Herbert S. Parmet
    1. Jack: The Struggles of John F. Kennedy by Herbert S. Parmet
    National Review, August 22, 1980, p. 1028
  46. [+]
    How Bad Was Reconstruction? (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877, by Kenneth M. Stampp
    1. The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 by Kenneth M. Stampp
    The Reporter, April 22, 1965, pp. 48-50
  47. Introduction
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Daedalus, Fall 1963, pp. 649-654
  48. Letters
    Walter A. Sheldon, Elias M. Schwarzbart, and Wilbur Samuel Howell, ...
    Commentary, January 1979, pp. 4-18
  49. Letters
    S. Clark Woodroe, Michael Kerper, and James T. Farrell, ...
    Commentary, March 1979, pp. 4-22
  50. Letters
    Robert Moses Shapiro, Gregory J. Lanning, and George Watson, ...
    Commentary, October 1981, pp. 4-28
  51. Letters
    Eugene J. Fisher, Norman Ravitch, and Alan Mittleman, ...
    Commentary, November 1984, pp. 2-18
  52. Letters
    David Horowitz, Jacob Neusner, and Samuel Lipa Tennenbaum, ...
    Commentary, June 1988, pp. 2-16
  53. Letters
    Jules Geller, Robert Darnton, and Kenneth S. Lynn, ...
    The New York Review of Books, October 8, 1981, pp. 49-52
  54. Letters
    Kenneth S. Lynn, Michael Wood, M.G. Piety, and P.A. Bauer, ...
    The New York Review of Books, September 25, 1997, pp. 76-80
  55. [+]
    Letting the Chips Fall? (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
    1. The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys by Doris Kearns Goodwin
    Commentary, June 1987, pp. 68-71
  56. Books
    [+]
    The Liberal as Optimist (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Quest for the Dream, by John P. Roche
    1. The Quest for the Dream by John P. Roche
    The Reporter, February 13, 1964, pp. 48-50
  57. Malcolm Cowley Forgets
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Dear sweet old Malcolm, once, long ago, Stalin's American literary executioner, now pur...
    The American Spectator, October 1980, pp. 14-16
  58. Mark Twain and Southwestern Humor (1960)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    3 Reviews, 2 Readable
  59. Books
    [+]
    Memories of Some Things Past (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Starting Out in the Thirties, by Alfred Kazin
    1. Starting Out in the Thirties by Alfred Kazin
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1966, pp. 126-127
  60. [+]
    More Facts! (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Some Sort of Epic Grandeur, by Matthew J. Bruccoli
    1. Some Sort of Epic Grandeur by Matthew J. Bruccoli
    The Harpers Monthly, December 1981, pp. 58-61
  61. [+]
    Mr. Hawthorne's Nosebleeds (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Nathaniel Hawthorne, by Edward Wagenknecht
    1. Nathaniel Hawthorne by Edward Wagenknecht
    The Reporter, March 2, 1961, pp. 54-58
  62. [+]
    Mrs. Stowe and the American Imagination (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Runaway to Heaven, by Johanna Johnston
    1. Runaway to Heaven by Johanna Johnston
    The New Republic, June 29, 1963, pp. 20-21
  63. Books
    [+]
    The New Gentility (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Lafcadio Hearn, by Elizabeth Stevenson
    1. Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Stevenson
    The Reporter, October 26, 1961, pp. 58-59
  64. [+]
    One-Round Writer? (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Mailer: A Biography, by Hilary Mills
    1. Mailer: A Biography by Hilary Mills
    Commentary, March 1983, pp. 84-90
  65. Only Yesterday
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The American Scholar, Autumn 1980, pp. 513-518
  66. [+]
    The Party of Hope (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The American Adam, by R.W.B. Lewis
    1. The American Adam by R.W.B. Lewis
    The New Republic, December 19, 1955, p. 18
  67. [+]
    A Patriot Without Illusions (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper, by James Franklin Beard and James Fe...
    1. The Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper by James Franklin Beard and James Fenimore Cooper, ...
    The Reporter, June 23, 1960, pp. 54-55
  68. Perry Miller
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The American Scholar, Spring 1983, pp. 221-227
  69. Books
    [+]
    The Posthumous Adams (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Henry Adams: The Major Phase, by Ernest Samuels
    1. Henry Adams: The Major Phase by Ernest Samuels
    The Reporter, December 17, 1964, pp. 33-34
  70. [+]
    Reconsiderations (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Living My Life, by Emma Goldman
    1. Living My Life by Emma Goldman
    The New Republic, November 27, 1971, pp. 26-28
  71. The Regressive Historians
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The American Scholar, Autumn 1978, pp. 471-500
  72. Book Reviews
    [+]
    The Great American Saloon Series/Closing Time (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Kennedy Imprisonment, by Garry Wills
    1. The Kennedy Imprisonment by Garry Wills
    The American Spectator, June 1982, p. 34
  73. Books and the Arts
    [+]
    The Right to Secede from History (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Patriotic Gore, by Edmund Wilson
    1. Patriotic Gore by Edmund Wilson
    The New Republic, June 25, 1962, p. 21
  74. Santayana and the Genteel Tradition
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Commentary, May 1982, pp. 81-83
  75. The Schlesinger Thesis
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Commentary, March 1987, pp. 46-52
  76. Books in Review
    [+]
    Self & Society (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Culture of Narcissism, by Christopher Lasch
    1. The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch
    Commentary, April 1979, pp. 82-83
  77. [+]
    A Send-Up of Araby (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Marrakesh One-Two, by Richard Grenier
    1. The Marrakesh One-Two by Richard Grenier
    The New Republic, May 2, 1983, p. 37
  78. [+]
    A Social 'Humanist' (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Education of Carey McWilliams, by Carey McWilliams
    1. The Education of Carey McWilliams by Carey McWilliams
    National Review, July 20, 1979, p. 926
  79. Son of "Gen Ed"
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Commentary, September 1978, pp. 59-66
  80. Books in Review
    [+]
    Speaking for Whitman (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Walt Whitman: A Life, by Justin Kaplan
    1. Walt Whitman: A Life by Justin Kaplan
    Commentary, February 1981, pp. 74-77
  81. Spectator's Journal
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Castroville
    The American Spectator, July 1993, pp. 52-53
  82. [+]
    Starting Out in the Twenties (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Twenties, by Edmund Wilson and Leon Edel
    1. The Twenties by Edmund Wilson and Leon Edel
    The American Scholar, Autumn 1975, pp. 677-678
  83. [+]
    Stooping to Conquer (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing, by Richard Poirier
    1. Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing by Richard Poirier
    The American Scholar, Spring 1978, pp. 271-272
  84. The Strange Unhappy Life of Max Perkins
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Commentary, December 1978, pp. 58-63
  85. The Torment of D.W. Griffith
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The American Scholar, Spring 1990, pp. 255-264
  86. [+]
    United States (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The New Woman: Feminism in Greenwich Village, 1910-1920, by June Sochen
    1. The New Woman: Feminism in Greenwich Village, 1910-1920 by June Sochen
    The American Historical Review, June 1973, p. 741
  87. [+]
    A Usable Past? (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Lyrical Left, by Edward Abrahams
    1. The Lyrical Left by Edward Abrahams
    Commentary, October 1986, p. 83
  88. Observations
    Versions of Walter Lippmann
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Commentary, October 1980, pp. 65-69
  89. Book Reviews
    [+]
    Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years (Review)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years, by Brian Boyd
    1. Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years by Brian Boyd
    The American Spectator, October 1991, pp. 36-37
  90. Welcome Back from the Raft, Huck Honey!
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The American Scholar, Summer 1977, pp. 338-347
  91. William Dean Howells: An American Life (1971)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    5 Reviews, 1 Readable
  92. Book Reviews
    [+]
    Working Days (2 Reviews)
    Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
    1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
    2. Working Days by John Steinbeck and Robert Demott
    The American Spectator, August 1989, p. 41
  93. World in a Glass (1965)
    John Dos Passos and Kenneth S. Lynn
    A View of Our Century Selected from the Novels of John Dos Passos
    4 Reviews
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