Winter 1997 Issue, THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR

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- What's in It for the Talent?
  "Aristides"
  , pp. 7-14
- The Kevorkian Epidemic
  Paul R. McHugh
  , pp. 15-27
- December Days
  Michael Blumenthal
  , p. 28
- Requiem for Judith Resnick
  Davi Walders
  , pp. 29-30
- The Merely Very Good
  Jeremy Bernstein
  , pp. 31-39
- Liberty Print
  A.V. Christie
  , pp. 40-42
- The River and the Road
  Clara Claiborne Park
  , pp. 43-62
  Fashions in Forgiveness
- Haggin
  William Youngren
  , pp. 63-93
- Last Love
  Michael Miller
  , p. 94
- Who Was Leo Strauss?
  Gregory Bruce Smith
  , pp. 95-104
- When Did Modern Science Begin?
  Edward Grant
  , pp. 105-112
- I've Cultivated a Nostalgia
  Scott Coffel
  , p. 113
- Remembering Odessa
  Judith Harris
  , pp. 114-115
- The Jilted Clairvoyant
  Neal Bowers
  , p. 116
- The Road to Timbuktu?
  William Zinsser
  , pp. 117-119
  Why I Travel
- Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat
  Marilyn Taylor
  , p. 120
- Parents vs. State
  William Petersen
  , pp. 121-127
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  Voyage to Greeneland (5 Reviews)
  Ann M. Begley
  , pp. 128-134
  The Life of Graham Greene, Vol. I: 1904-1939, by Norman Sherry
  1. The Life of Graham Greene, Vol. I: 1904-1939 by Norman Sherry
  2. The Life of Graham Greene: Vol. II, 1939-1955 by Norman Sherry
  3. Graham Greene: The Enemy Within by Michael Shelden
  4. Graham Greene: Three Lives by Anthony Mockler
  5. Graham Greene by Leopoldo Duran
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  Old Acquaintances (Review)
  Morris Freedman
  , p. 135
  Late Bloomers, by Brendan Gill
  1. Late Bloomers by Brendan Gill
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  Liberal Persuasions (Review)
  Charles L. Griswold, Jr.
  , pp. 136-139
  The Lincoln Persuasion, by J. David Greenstone
  1. The Lincoln Persuasion by J. David Greenstone
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  Certain Uncomfortable Facts (Review)
  Evelyn Toynton
  , pp. 140-144
  T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form, by Anthony Julius
  1. T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form by Anthony Julius
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  The Aesthetics of Myopia (Review)
  Robin Bates
  , pp. 145-147
  Mists of Regret, by Dudley Andrew
  1. Mists of Regret by Dudley Andrew
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  The Bad Old Days (Review)
  Robert B. Heilman
  , pp. 148-151
  We Scholars, by David Damrosch
  1. We Scholars by David Damrosch
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  A Thousand and Two Nights (Review)
  Jonathan Elukin
  , pp. 152-153
  The Saragossa Manuscript, by Jan Potocki and Roger Caillois
  1. The Saragossa Manuscript by Jan Potocki and Roger Caillois
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  Ante-Room to Hell (Review)
  Ruth Gay
  , pp. 154-157
  The Renaissance of Jewish Culture in Weimar Germany, by Michael Brenner
  1. The Renaissance of Jewish Culture in Weimar Germany by Michael Brenner
- The Reader Replies, pp. 158-162