

Buckley’s Book Club
15 snips Feb 27, 2025
Christopher Scalia, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of "13 Novels Conservatives Will Love, but Probably Haven't Read," joins to discuss the literary landscape through a conservative lens. They explore the importance of expanding the conservative canon and highlight overlooked authors. The conversation delves into George Eliot's views on nationalism and critiques modern storytelling in popular culture, while also reflecting on the complex interplay between literature and contemporary conservatism.
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Limited Conservative Canon
- Conservatives often discuss a limited number of books.
- Broadening the conservative book canon is important.
Forgotten and Rediscovered Authors
- Walter Scott, once more popular than Jane Austen, is now less read.
- Zora Neale Hurston, a conservative, was rediscovered as a black feminist.
Political Bent in Literature
- The left accepts political bent in left-wing literature, but not in conservative literature.
- It's challenging but possible for conservatism to naturally emanate from human issues in literature.