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Victor Brombert and the Romantics

The Hidden Reader, by Victor Brombert

by Jay Parini

The Hudson Review, Spring 1989, pp. 171-175

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    Spring 1989 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editors, pp. 6-11
    2. Comment by Lance Olsen, pp. 12-20
    3. Talking Back to the Speaker by Clara Claiborne Park, pp. 21-44
    4. An American Woman of Letters by Sonya Rudikoff, pp. 45-55
    5. Courtship of the Jersey Lineman by Laurence Lieberman, pp. 56-60
    6. Two Autobiographical Sketches by Carl Djerassi, pp. 61-70
    7. What I Want by Judith Hemschemeyer, pp. 71-76
    8. Commuter Marriage by Joan Wickersham, pp. 77-92
    9. The Floating World by Mark Perlberg, pp. 93-94
    10. Riding the Tire by Rennie McQuilkin, pp. 95-96
    11. That Presence by Ruth Fainlight, p. 97
    12. Uncle John by Beth McGrath, p. 98
    13. The Trembling by Joseph Hutchison, p. 99
    14. Early Frost and Late Show by Jeffrey Harrison, p. 100
    15. Music by Robert S. Clark, pp. 101-107
    16. Film by Bert Cardullo, pp. 108-116
    17. Theatre by Richard Hornby, pp. 117-124
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      1. Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver
      2. Spence and Lila by Bobbie Ann Mason
      3. M31: A Family Romance by Stephen Wright
      4. The Coming Triumph of the Free World by Rick DeMarinis
      5. Tumbling by Kermit Moyer
      6. Summer's Lease by John Clifford Mortimer
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      Barbaric Yawps and Breathing Lessons by Dean Flower, pp. 133-140 - 7 Reviews
      1. Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
      2. Story of My Life by Jay McInerney
      3. Sunburn Lake by Tom De Haven
      4. Tracks by Louise Erdrich
      5. The Truth About Lorin Jones by Alison Lurie
      6. The Silence in the Garden by William Trevor
      7. Wheat That Springeth Green by J.F. Powers
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      Epistolary Eliot by William H. Pritchard, pp. 141-148 - 1 Review
      1. The Letters of T.S. Eliot: Vol. I, 1898-1922 by Valerie Eliot, Hugh Haughton, and T.S. Eliot
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      Passionate Virtuosity by Robert Schultz, pp. 149-157 - 6 Reviews
      1. A Walk with Tom Jefferson by Philip Levine
      2. The River of Heaven by Garrett Hongo
      3. The Ride Home by Judith Hemschemeyer
      4. Family Life by Colette Inez
      5. Parties by Elizabeth Seydel Morgan
      6. Song of Napalm by Bruce Weigl
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      A Sky Lit with Artillery by Robert McDowell, pp. 158-164 - 2 Reviews
      1. Collected Poems by Louis Simpson
      2. On Louis Simpson by Hank Lazer
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      Pagels's Paradise Lost by James Finn Cotter, pp. 165-170 - 1 Review
      1. Adam, Eve, and the Serpent by Elaine Pagels
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      Victor Brombert and the Romantics by Jay Parini, pp. 171-175 - 1 Review
      1. The Hidden Reader by Victor Brombert
    25. Notes on Contributors, pp. 176-178
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    Summer 1989 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Comment by George Watson, pp. 182-190
    2. Lives and Works by Charles Tomlinson, pp. 191-200
    3. Holroyd/Strachey/Shaw by Harold Fromm, pp. 201-221
    4. It Should Never Happen to You (fiction) by Robert McDowell, pp. 222-236
    5. Landscape and Fiction by Gilberto Perez, pp. 237-260
    6. The Garden; For a Godchild; A Ruskinian Fable Retold; Courtesy; Chance; Chronochromie; ... by Charles Tomlinson, pp. 261-267
    7. Dressing My Daughters; The Double Bow by Mark Jarman, pp. 268-270
    8. Scouting Days; Walnuts; A Little Elegy for Howard Moss; Avant-Garde Music Comes to Amer... by Robert Phillips, pp. 271-276
    9. The Picture; Floor Furnace; Reading in the Tulip Tree; Stamp Album by Michael McFee, pp. 277-280
    10. The Middle Distance by Nancy Cardozo, p. 281
    11. Gates by Barry Spacks, p. 282
    12. Threatre by Richard Hornby, pp. 283-289
    13. Film by Bert Cardullo, pp. 290-298
    14. Music by Robert S. Clark, pp. 299-306
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      How They Thought about Sexuality in Late Antiquity by Sonya Rudikoff, pp. 307-313 - 1 Review
      1. The Body and Society by Peter Brown
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      The Persona of Sor Juana by James Finn Cotter, pp. 314-320 - 2 Reviews
      1. A Sor Juana Anthology by Alan S. Trueblood and Sor Juana
      2. Sor Juana, or The Traps of Faith by Octavio Paz
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      Storytellers & Mystics by Dick Allen, pp. 321-329 - 8 Reviews
      1. Genesis by Frederick Turner
      2. The Volcano Inside by David Dooley
      3. The Stillness, the Dancing by Linda Bierds
      4. A Hunger by Lucie Brock-Broido
      5. The Apple that Astonished Paris by Billy Collins
      6. Sun by Michael Palmer
      7. Here on Earth by Karen Brennan
      8. Temples and Fields by Phillis Levin
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      Ingmar Bergman's Autobiography in Film by Dean Flower, pp. 330-336 - 1 Review
      1. The Magic Lantern by Ingmar Bergman
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      1. Bernard Foy's Third Castling by Lars Gustafsson
      2. Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic
      3. Earth and Fire by Horst Bienek
      4. The Childhood of Nivasio Dolcemare by Alberto Savinio
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      1. Diminishing Fictions by Bruce Bawer
    21. Notes on Contributors, pp. 352-354
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    1. Letter to the Editors, pp. 358-361
    2. Comment by Emily Grosholz, pp. 362-368
    3. Tocqueville in 1989 by Monroe K. Spears, pp. 369-381
    4. Villa Selene (memoir) by Louis Simpson, pp. 382-408
    5. The Unexpected River (fiction) by Peter Corodimas, pp. 409-420
    6. The Singular Friendship by George Watson, pp. 421-434
    7. The Goldberg Variations by Patricia Goedicke, pp. 435-440
    8. The Collected Carmen Lionhart by Alice Fulton, pp. 441-443
    9. On Spadina Avenue; Dark Tents and Fires; The Hawk; The Trees by Emily Grosholz, pp. 444-448
    10. For Mary Ann by Patricia Terry, p. 449
    11. An Open Fire; What Was Clear by J. Allyn Rosser, pp. 450-451
    12. Toilette by Michele Wolf, p. 452
    13. Dance by Marcia B. Siegel, pp. 453-458
    14. Theatre by Richard Hornby, pp. 459-466
    15. Film by Bert Cardullo, pp. 467-478
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      2. Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind by Anthony Storr
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      1. The Last to Go by Rand Richards Cooper
      2. Equal Affections by David Leavitt
      3. Sailing by Susan Kenney
      4. Hence by Brad Leithauser
      5. Incline Our Hearts by A.N. Wilson
      6. A Theft by Saul Bellow
      7. The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies
      8. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
      9. Selected Stories by Andre Dubus
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      1. The Garden State by Gary Krist
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      1. The Rhetoric of Dreams by Bert O. States
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      1. The Sleep of Reason by Derek Jarrett
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      1. Collected Poems by Primo Levi
      2. Song of the West by Georg Trakl
      3. The Inner Room by James Merrill
      4. Torque by David Rivard
      5. Conversing with the Light by Will Wells
      6. A Well-Tuned Harp by Geraldine C. Little
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      4. Unfinished Painting by Mary Jo Salter
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      1. A Turn in the South by V.S. Naipaul
    24. Notes on Contributors, pp. 528-530
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    1. Bennett Award Acceptance Speech, 1988 by Yves Bonnefoy, pp. 598-601
    2. Comment by Gary Krist, pp. 602-607
    3. London Theater-Going by Susan Core and George Core, pp. 608-612
    4. Helen Vendler, Poetry Critic by Bruce Bawer, pp. 613-634
    5. The Magic Carpet by Louis Simpson, pp. 635-644
    6. A Trip to Mexico by Robert McDowell, pp. 645-660
    7. The Moon Will Be Bleeding by Madison Smartt Bell, pp. 661-673
    8. Born Again by Steve Yarbrough, pp. 674-686
    9. Hard Time; Greed Suite; The Emptiness of Business; Greed Suite; Economic Meditations; B... by Tom Wayman, pp. 687-692
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    11. Dance by Marcia B. Siegel, pp. 701-706
    12. Film by Bert Cardullo, pp. 707-714
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      1. The Nature of Love: The Modern World by Irving Singer
      2. The Nature of Love, Vol. I: Plato to Luther by Irving Singer
      3. The Nature of Love, Vol. II: Courtly and Romantic by Irving Singer
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      Freud Revisited by Anthony Storr, pp. 723-728 - 1 Review
      1. Freud: A Life for Our Time by Peter Gay
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      An Old Master and Four New Poets by Mark Jarman, pp. 729-736 - 6 Reviews
      1. Selected Poems by W.S. Merwin
      2. The Rain in the Trees by W.S. Merwin
      3. Another Kind of Travel by Paul Lake
      4. Paper Bird by Robin Behn
      5. Spirituals by Bruce Beasley
      6. The Singing Underneath by Jeffrey Harrison
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      From First Books to Collected Poems by Andrew Hudgins, pp. 737-744 - 7 Reviews
      1. The Hand of God and a Few Bright Flowers by William Olsen
      2. A Jump Start by James Lasdun
      3. After the Noise of Saigon by Walter McDonald
      4. Timepiece by Jane Flanders
      5. Selected Poems by James Schuyler
      6. Hang-Gliding from Helicon by Daniel Hoffman
      7. New and Collected Poems by Richard Wilbur
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      2. Curfew by Jose Donoso
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      4. The Ark Sakura by Kobo Abe
      5. Quinn's Book by William J. Kennedy
      6. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    19. Notes on Contributors, p. 762
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