Tag Archives: literature

Remembering Roy Campbell:
October 2, 1901–April 22, 1957

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Roy Campbell was a South African poet and essayist. T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, and Edith Sitwell praised Campbell as one of the best poets of the inter-war period. Unfortunately, his conservatism, Nietzscheanism, and Catholicism, as well as his open contempt for the Bloomsbury set and his participation in the Spanish Civil War on the Fascist side have led his works to be consigned to the memory hole. Read more …

Published: October 2, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged fascism, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, poems, poetry, Roy Campbell | Comments closed

T. S. Eliot, Part 2

T. S. Eliot, September 26, 1888–January 4, 1965

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Part 2 of 2

Editor’s Note:

T. S. Eliot was born on September 26, 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri. In honor of his birthday, we are publishing this essay by Kerry Bolton, the second and final part of which appears below.

Published: September 26, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged A. R. Orage, agrarianism, articles, Christianity, conservatism, Ezra Pound, fascism, Frederick Soddy, Kerry Bolton, literary criticism, modernism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy of culture, poetry, Social Credit, T. S. Eliot, the American South, usury | Comments closed

T. S. Eliot, Part 1

Wyndham Lewis, Portrait of T. S. Eliot, 1938

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Part 1 of 2

World War I brought to a climax a cultural crisis in Western Civilization that had been proceeding for centuries, when, in the Spenglerian sense, Money overwhelmed Tradition,[1] or, to resort even to Karl Marx, the bourgeoisie supplanted the aristocracy.[2] Industrialization accentuated the process of commercialization, with its concomitant urbanization and the disruption of organic bonds and social cohesion, which has thrown societies into a state of perpetual flux, with culture reflecting that condition. Read more …

Published: September 25, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged A. R. Orage, articles, Charles Maurras, Christianity, classicism, conservatism, Ezra Pound, fascism, Georges Sorel, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Kerry Bolton, literary criticism, modernism, monarchism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy of culture, poetry, Romanticism, Social Credit, socialism, syndicalism, T. E. Hulme, T. S. Eliot, the Jewish question | Comments closed

Remembering H. P. Lovecraft:
August 20, 1890–March 15, 1937

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890, in Providence, Rhode Island, and died there of cancer on March 15, 1937. An heir to Poe and Hawthorne, Lovecraft is one of the pioneers of modern science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature. Read more …

Published: August 20, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, commemorations, Greg Johnson, H. P. Lovecraft, North American New Right, originals | Comments closed

Remembering Knut Hamsun:
August 4, 1859–February 19, 1952

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Knut Hamsun was born Knut Pederson in Lom Norway on August 4, 1859. He died in Grimstad, Norway, on February 19, 1952. Read more …

Published: August 4, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, commemorations, Knut Hamsun, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals | Comments closed

Paganism & Vitalism in
Knut Hamsun & D. H. Lawrence, Part 2

Robert Steuckers

Ludwig Fahrenkrog, “The Holy Fire”

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Part 2 of 2

Translated by Greg Johnson

The Paganism of Hamsun and Lawrence

If Hamsun and Lawrence carry out their desire to return to a natural ontology by rejecting rationalist intellectualism, this also implies an in-depth contestation of the Christian message. Read more …

Published: July 17, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Akos Doma, alienation, articles, D. H. Lawrence, Emanuele Severino, Friedrich Nietzsche, Growth of the Soil, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Knut Hamsun, Martin Heidegger, Mircea Eliade, North American New Right, originals, paganism, philosophy, Robert Steuckers, Romanticism, The Rainbow, translations, vitalism | Comments closed

Paganism & Vitalism in
Knut Hamsun & D. H. Lawrence, Part 1

Robert Steuckers

Knut Hamsun

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Part 1 of 2

Translated by Greg Johnson

The Hungarian philologist Akos Doma, educated in Germany and the United States, has published a work of literary interpretation comparing the works of Knut Hamsun and D. H. Lawrence: Read more …

Published: July 16, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Akos Doma, alienation, articles, D. H. Lawrence, Friedrich Schiller, Growth of the Soil, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Knut Hamsun, North American New Right, originals, paganism, philosophy, Robert Steuckers, Romanticism, The Rainbow, translations, vitalism | Comments closed

Artists of the Right: Resisting Decadence

Kerry Bolton
Artists of the Right: Resisting Decadence
Edited by Greg Johnson
San Francisco: Counter-Currents, 2012
210 pages

hardcover: $35

paperback: $20

Published: June 18, 2012 | Posted in Counter-Currents title, literature, poetry | Also tagged art, Artists of the Right, Bolton book, D. H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, fascism, Filippo Marinetti, Gabriele D'Annunzio, H. P. Lovecraft, Henry Williamson, Kerry Bolton, Knut Hamsun, National Socialism, poetry, Roy Campbell, W. B. Yeats, Wyndham Lewis | Comments closed

Remembering William Butler Yeats:
June 13, 1865–January 28, 1939

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William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet, playwright, and politician, was born on this day in 1865. One of the greatest literary figures of the 20th century, Yeats’ life and work straddle the great divide between Romanticism and Modernism. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.

Published: June 13, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged commemorations, fascism, Greg Johnson, Ireland, North American New Right, poetry, William Butler Yeats | Comments closed

Ray Bradbury, R.I.P.

John Morgan

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Ray Bradbury, the writer best known for his novels The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451, as well as a hundreds of short stories, passed away on Tuesday, June 5 at the age of 91. With him we have lost not only one of America’s greatest writers, but also one of our last genuine writers.

Published: June 6, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 1984, anti-modernism, anti-technology, articles, commemorations, dystopia, Farenheit 451, George Orwell, John Morgan, modernity, Nineteen Eighty-Four, North American New Right, originals, Ray Bradbury, science fiction, technology, The Martian Chronicles, Traditionalism | Comments closed

Remembering Louis-Ferdinand Céline:
May 27, 1894–July 1, 1961

Jean-Baptiste Martin, bust of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, bronze, 2004

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Louis-Ferdinand Céline was the pen name of French novelist, essayist, and physician Louis-Ferdinand-Auguste Destouches, who was born on this day in 1894. Céline is one of the giants of 20th-century literature. And, like Ezra Pound and so many other great writers of the last century, he was an open and unapologetic racial nationalist. For more on Céline, see the following works Read more …

Published: May 27, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged commemorations, fascism, Greg Johnson, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, North American New Right, the Jewish question | Comments closed

Video of the Day
Ernst Jünger at Ninety (In Three Parts)

Video of the Day

Part One: 14:47, Part Two: 14:28, Part 3: 12:26

Published: March 29, 2012 | Posted in video of the day | Also tagged conservative revolution, Ernst Junger, National Socialism, on Jünger, video of the day, videos, World War I, World War II | Comments closed

Dostoyevsky sobre os Judeus

William Pierce

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English original here

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821 – 1881) foi um dos maiores escritores da Rússia. O filho de um médico de posses modestas, ele teve oportunidade de ter uma educação, e foi treinado como engenheiro. Ele permaneceu próximo ao povo comum da Rússia, porém, nas experiências de sua vida e em sua escrita.

Published: March 27, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged A Writer's Diary, articles, commemorations, Diary of a Writer, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in Portuguese, in translation, North American New Right, reprints, the Jewish question, William Pierce | Comments closed

D. H. Lawrence

David Herbert Lawrence, 1885–1930

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English original here

« Ma religion profonde est une croyance dans le sang. » – D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) est reconnu comme l’un des romanciers les plus influents du XXe siècle. Il écrivit des romans et de la poésie comme des actes de polémique et de prophétie. Read more …

Published: March 27, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, C. G. Jung, D. H. Lawrence, fascism, Friedrich Nietzsche, in French, in translation, Kerry Bolton, neo-paganism, North American New Right, originals, Oswald Spengler, religion | Comments closed

Gabriele D’Annunzio

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Editor’s Note:

In honor of Gabriele D’Annunzio’s birth, on March 12, 1863, we are publishing chapter 3 of Kerry Bolton’s Artists of the Right: Resisting Decadence, forthcoming from Counter-Currents. Read more …

Published: March 12, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Benito Mussolini, book excerpts, fascism, Fiume, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italy, Kerry Bolton | Comments closed

Rex Fairburn

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Editor’s Note:

A. R. D. Fairburn was born on February 2, 1904. Fairburn was a poet, painter, critic, essayist, and advocate of Social Credit, New Zealand Nationalism, and organic farming. In commemoration,we are publishing the following expanded version of Kerry Bolton’s essay on Fairburn. To read Fairburn’s magnificent poem “Dominion,” click here. Read more …

Published: February 2, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged A. R. D. Fairburn, A. R. Orage, art, art criticism, articles, C. H. Douglas, D. H. Lawrence, feminism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Kerry Bolton, manliness, modern art, nationalism, New Zealand, North American New Right, originals, Oswald Spengler, Social Credit, the racially conscious left, William Blake | Comments closed

Podcast no. 3
Interview with Andy Nowicki

Andy Nowicki

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Editor’s Note:

Due to technical problems with the recording, we have decided it best to release only the transcript of our interview with Andy Nowicki.

Mike Polignano: Welcome to Counter-Currents Radio. We’re joined here today by one of our authors, Andy Nowicki. Read more …

Published: February 1, 2012 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Andy Nowicki, Catholicism, Christianity, existentialism, Fight Club, Flannery O'Connor, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Greg Johnson, interviews, Mike Polignano, nihilism, North American New Right, originals, podcasts, The Columbine Pilgrim, Under the Nihil, Walker Percy | Comments closed

Rudyard Kipling :
Le poete de l’homme blanc

National Vanguard

(Joseph) Rudyard Kipling, 1865–1936

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English original here

Il y a cent ans, à Lahore – aujourd’hui deuxième plus grande ville du Pakistan indépendant, mais autrefois un centre administratif dans l’Inde britannique – Read more …

Published: January 28, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, in French, in translation, originals, poems, poetry, reprints, Rudyard Kipling, white racial consciousness | Comments closed

Remembering Yukio Mishima:
January 14, 1925–November 25, 1970