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Jeffrey Hart

3 articles 2006–2008

Jeffrey Hart is a professor emeritus of English at Dartmouth College and a longtime conservative intellectual and author. A senior editor at National Review for decades, he is known for his literary criticism and commentary on culture and politics. He contributed essays on literature and cultural topics to The Weekly Standard between 2006 and 2008.

Knight to Remember

April 28, 2008 · Jeffrey Hart, Magazine, Books and Arts

Jeb Runcible, the narrator in Mark Goodman's 1985 novel Hurrah for the Next Man Who Dies, remembers Hobey Baker at St. Paul's School, practicing alone at night on a frozen pond with a hockey stick. He was perfecting his ability to control the puck without looking at it:

Washington Calling

March 5, 2007 · Jeffrey Hart, Magazine, Books and Arts

The Original Knickerbocker