Visit to Vanity Fair

In the tradition of Samuel Johnson, C.S. Lewis, and George Orwell, Alan Jacobs defends and exemplifies the art of moral essay-probing, passionate writing that combines cultural criticism and a personal point of view. In these essays he takes up an array of subjects, from friendship to children's Bibles, from Harry Potter to Bob Dylan, from TV nature shows to best-selling spirituality books. Jacobs includes an eloquent apologia for the art of the moral essay and closing ruminations on the "Lives of the Essayists."