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 Vol. 059 Issue 024 (December 6 1976)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Letter from London
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BELL, PEARL K.
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Christmas Book Issue LETTER FROM LONDON BY PEARL K. BELL BY now it is hardly news in the United States or anywhere else that England is in a bad way, with all the alarming signs of crisis...
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In and Out of Wedlock
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KAPP, ISA
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In and Out of Wedlock Marry Me By John Updike Knopf. 303 pp. $7.95. Reviewed by Isa Kapp When the main character of John Updike's Rabbit, Run makes up his mind to leave his wife and child, he...
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Latin American Labyrinths
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RODMAN, SELDEN
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Latin American Labyrinths Terra Nostra By Carlos Fuentes Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 778 pp. $15.00. The Autumn of the Patriarch By Gabriel Garcia Marquez...
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A German Master
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KAHN, LOTHAR
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A German Master An Exemplary Life By Siegfried Lenz Translated by Douglas Parmee Hill and Wang, 423 pp. $12.50. Reviewed by Lothar Kahn Professor of Modern Languages, Central Connecticut State...
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An Uncommon Reviewer
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MATHEWSON, RUTH
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Writers &Writing AN UNCOMMON REVIEWER BY RUTH MATHEWSON l hope the New York Times Book Review plans more issues like the one last November 14 that began with Eudora Welty's wonderful ordering of...
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Scholarly Identification Without Analysis
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DAVIS, ROBERT GORHAM
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Scholarly Identification Without Analysis Dostoevsky: The Seeds of Revolt, 1821-1849 By Joseph Frank Princeton. 401 pp. $16.50. Reviewed by Robert Gorham Davis Professor of English, Columbia...
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Having It Both Ways
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LELYVELD, JOSEPH
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Having It Both Ways The Man Who Lost China: The First Full Biography of Chiang Kai-shek By Brian Crozier with the collaboration of Eric Chou Scribners. 480 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Joseph...
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Auden's Gargantuan Talent
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PETTINGELL, PHOEBE
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On Poetry AUDEN'S GARGANTUAN TALENT BY PHOEBE PETTINGELL There was a punitive study hall in my high school, aptly called "Purgatory," where I served countless dismal hours. In the depths of...
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The Case of the Puzzled Mystery Writer
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DAVIS, HOPE HALE
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Perspectives THE CASE OF THE PUZZLED MYSTERY WRITER BY HOPE HALE DAVIS Iwas pulling up bullbriers in the woods when I found our long-lost sledgehammer. Swinging it over my shoulder I started...
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Men at Middle Age
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MARGOLIS, RICHARD J.
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States of the Union MEN AT MIDDLE AGE BY RICHARD J. MARGOLIS The editor has sent me three books about what it is like to be middle-aged. Why he has asked me to assess these works I can't imagine....
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On Stage
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SIMON, JOHN
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On Stage 'PORGY' AND LESS BY JOHN SIMON The revival of Porgy and Bess has rekindled heated critical discussion of whether this beloved work is in fact an opera or merely a musical. A folk opera...
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On Art
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RAYNOR, VIVIEN
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On Art MODERNISM IN A MAJOR KEY Alexander Calder died on November 11, not quite a month after the gala opening of the retrospective of his work at the Whitney Museum. As reported in the New York...
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Dear Editor
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Dear Editor Remembering Ernest Reading Ruth Mathewson's "Courting Death" (NL, November 22) brought back some memories. In 1936, in Key West, Ernest Hemingway suddenly said to me that he couldn't...
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Vol. 059 Issue 025 (December 20 1976)
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