Notes on Western Civilization

Kathryn Hughes reviews Hermione Lee's Biography: A Very Short Introduction for the Guardian, 1 August.

Tim Whitmarsh,"A Nabokov of the ancient world," TLS, 24 July, reviews George Economou's Ananios: Ananios of Kleitor.

Jed Perl,"Anonymous No More," TNR, 28 July, reviews Melanie Holcomb's Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages and"Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages," an exhibit at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Tim Black,"‘We want to determine the world, not be determined by it'," Spiked Review of Books, July, and John Cottingham,"From Job to the Enlightenment," Standpoint, July/August, review Susan Neiman's Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists. Hattip.

Michael Howard,"Churchill embattled," TLS, 15 July, reviews Carlo D'Este's Warlord: Churchill at war, 1874–1945 and Walter Reed, Churchill, 1940–45: Under friendly fire.

Benjamin Paloff,"Cures for the Common Cold War: Postwar Polish Poetry," Nation, 29 July, reviews Jaroslaw Anders' Between Fire and Sleep: Essays on Modern Polish Poetry and Prose.