Dear Editor
Dear Editor Foreign Focus Three articles in your November 19 issue—"The Dayan Exit" by Eliahu Salpeter, "Behind the Basque Terrorism" by Constantine C. Menges, and "Reviving Russian Nationalism,"...
...We regret the typographical error.—Ed...
...And so, indeed, was George Gibian's manuscript...
...New York City Leslie Schwab Lit Crit [ was glad to read John Romano's intelligent assessment of the recent trend in literary criticism away from Francophilia ("The New Traditionalists," NL, December 17...
...The worrisome signs of a backlash against Iranians in the U.S...
...William Herrick, reporting his experience as a volunteer in an International Brigade fighting for the Spanish Republic in 1937, recalls: "Shouts of 'Long live the revolution...
...His discussion of the political reasons why his generation was so drawn to Structuralism was especially interesting...
...It shows that critics do not write in a social vacuum any more than writers...
...From this reader's point of view, the value of your magazine would be enhanced by an increase in foreign coverage, even at the expense of other coverage and other departments...
...Perhaps when criticism returns to the traditional view that literature is, in Arnold's words, "a criticism of life," we will have more writers who trust us as readers, like Gardner, and fewer who merely toy with us, like Barth...
...New York City Lloyd McAulay Corrections In his excellent article, "Reviving Russian Nationalism" George C. Gibian writes: "These critics...
...And I can't imagine much of a roar being made by even a thousand elderly "dignitaries or prebendiaries attached to a cathedral" (second definition), but it is fascinating to picture them on the streets of Barcelona making a gallant try...
...Will you forgive a frivolous comment on a moving, important review ("Voices of the Betrayed," NL, October 22...
...In so doing, he has gained the respect of our allies and stolen the thunder from our enemies—how can you accuse someone who appeals to international bodies, like the World Court, of being an imperialist...
...have disappeared, and Carter (much to the dismay of George Will and William Safire) has avoided any military move that might set the Middle East on fire...
...Westport, Conn...
...Dear Editor Foreign Focus Three articles in your November 19 issue—"The Dayan Exit" by Eliahu Salpeter, "Behind the Basque Terrorism" by Constantine C. Menges, and "Reviving Russian Nationalism," by George C. Gibian— again typify what your magazine does best...
...Chicago Robert Granit...
...say that the 18th-century predecessors of today's ruralists—authors such as Gleb Uspensky—also focused on the peasant and his oneness with 'nature,' but at least deplored some of the consequences of his separation from culture or civilization...
...He may even have encouraged, by his forbearance, the quarrel among the Ayatollahs...
...May 1 note the historical fact that Gleb Ivanovich Uspensky was born in 1843 and died in 1902...
...Let's hope so...
...This has been true for 25 years...
...Hope Hale Davis Iran Richard J. Margolis' reactions to the Iranian crisis ("Iran: Notes of a Confused American," NL, December 3) were fairly typical, I'd guess...
...If the hostages are freed, he will emerge with the first real triumph of his Administration...
...Petersburg, Fla...
...Long live liberty!' rolled over us like the roar of a thousand canons...
...Having invoked John Barth and John Gardner, however, he might have gone more deeply into the question of the relationship of criticism to contemporary writing...
...A few weeks later, the crisis is still unsolved, but there seems to be less cause for confusion...
...clearly the two are out of synch...
...Most importantly, the President has regained the confidence of the American public...
...Indeed, the Iranian crisis may prove as fortunate for our internal self-respect and our standing in the world as Vietnam was disastrous...
...Albert Parry Professor of Russian Civilization and Language Emeritus, Colgate University Albert Parry is, of course, right...
...After all, there was the Red Dean of Canterbury...
...Thus by no means can he be called an 18th-century writer...
...Of the general publications of news and opinion (such as the Nation, New Republic and National Review), yours tends to have the most interesting and informative foreign coverage...
...An ecclesiastical rule or law" (my dictionary's first definition of "canon"), however powerful, is quietly voiced...
Vol. 62 • December 1979 • No. 25
