An invaluable reference work on one of the
twentieth century’s foremost men of letters

In the four decades after Russell Kirk published the landmark work The Conservative Mind (1953), the social philosopher, critic, and historian of ideas produced an incredible abundance of writings—books, essays, articles, columns, reviews, and fiction—and lectured all over the world. This volume provides a complete accounting of Kirk’s oeuvre, capturing the breadth and depth of his achievement.

Russell Kirk: A Bibliography lists all of his published works, including the many translations of his books and shorter writings. Editor Charles C. Brown has also gathered numerous writings about Kirk that have appeared over the years, both during his lifetime and since. The book concludes with a brief chronology of Kirk’s life and work.

This bibliography is a must for every aficionado of Russell Kirk and the intellectual and political movement he shaped.

Russell Kirk (1918–1994) wrote such seminal books as The Conservative Mind, Eliot and His Age, The Roots of American Order, The American Cause,and The Politics of Prudence, founded the distinguished quarterly journals Modern Age and the University Bookman, and frequently published essays, columns, reviews, and other writings.

Charles C. Brown is the archivist at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in Mecosta, Michigan.