Summer 1978 Issue, THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR

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- The Confy Guide
  Jeremy Bernstein
  , pp. 296-299
- The Catholic Dance
  Richard Frost
  , pp. 300-301
- Jokes and Their Relation to the Conscious
  "Aristides"
  , pp. 302-312
- Will There Always Be an England?
  William Haley
  , pp. 313-324
- Ohio
  John Updike
  , p. 325
- Rowing on Eaton-Brook Lake at Twilight
  Gregory Djanikian
  , pp. 326-327
- Handstand
  Paul Petrie
  , p. 328
- On Reading Books
  Alexander Gerschenkron
  , pp. 329-338
  A Barbarian's Cogitations
- Mind from Matter?
  Max Delbruck
  , pp. 339-353
- Victorious Losses
  Samuel Hazo
  , pp. 354-355
- Bereaved
  James Hearst
  , p. 356
- How to Read the New Contemporary Poem
  Paul Breslin
  , pp. 357-370
- Hannah Arendt
  Peter Stern and Jean Yarbrough
  , pp. 371-380
- Old Age
  Ralph Robin
  , p. 381
- Livery Stable
  Richard Dankleff
  , p. 382
- Common and Uncommon Readers
  Dan Jacobson
  , pp. 383-386
  Literature in the University
- Black Heavies
  Jervis Anderson
  , pp. 387-395
- Kate's Poem
  Sally Harris Sange
  , pp. 396-397
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  Fiction and Anti-Fiction (Review)
  George P. Elliott
  , pp. 398-405
  Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
  1. Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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  Imaginary Enemies, Real Terror (Review)
  Sidney Hook
  , pp. 406-411
  Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet, by James Atlas
  1. Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet by James Atlas
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  Last Pagan in Purple (Review)
  Edward N. Luttwak
  , pp. 412-413
  Julian the Apostate, by G.W. Bowersock
  1. Julian the Apostate by G.W. Bowersock
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  Confession of Friendship (Review)
  Hillel J. Kieval
  , pp. 414-417
  Letters to Friends, Family and Editors, by Franz Kafka
  1. Letters to Friends, Family and Editors by Franz Kafka
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  The Figure Under the Carpet (2 Reviews)
  Leon Edel
  , pp. 418-420
  Conan Doyle, by Ronald Pearsall
  1. Conan Doyle by Ronald Pearsall
  2. Rex Stout by John J. McAleer
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  Sadly for Adlai (Review)
  Paul Roazen
  , pp. 421-423
  Adlai Stevenson and the World, by John Bartlow Martin
  1. Adlai Stevenson and the World by John Bartlow Martin
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  Name Is the Game (2 Reviews)
  Eric Partridge
  , pp. 424-426
  The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, by Elizabeth G. Withycombe
  1. The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names by Elizabeth G. Withycombe
  2. First Names First by Leslie Dunkling
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  The Enemy Within and Without (Review)
  Henry McDonald
  , pp. 427-434
  The Story of Cancer, by Armin C. Braun
  1. The Story of Cancer by Armin C. Braun