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December 20, 1979 Issue - 17 Articles-
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Paradise Regained (Review) Gore Vidal
, pp. 3-5 Shikasta: Canopus in Argos-Archives, by Doris May Lessing
- Shikasta: Canopus in Argos-Archives by Doris May Lessing
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Re-creating Eve (Review) Rosemary Dinnage
, pp. 6-9 The Madwoman in the Attic, by Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar
- The Madwoman in the Attic by Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar
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Web-Footed Gentry (7 Reviews) Robert O. Paxton
, pp. 10-14 The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds, by William T. Cooper and Joseph M. Forshaw
- The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds by William T. Cooper and Joseph M. Forshaw
- The Herons of the World by James Hancock and Hugh F.I. Elliott
- Rails of the World by S. Dillon Ripley
- Manual of Neo-Tropical Birds by Emmett Reid Blake
- Eleanora's Falcon by Hartmut Walter
- The Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Birds by John L. Bull and John Farrand, Jr.
- The Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Birds by Miklos D.F. Udvardy
- From a Part of Speech
Joseph Brodsky
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Playing Hooky (Review) C. Vann Woodward
, pp. 16-18 America Revised, by Frances Fitzgerald
- America Revised by Frances Fitzgerald
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Only in America (2 Reviews) Robert Hughes
, pp. 19-29 Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur, by Ernest Samuels
- Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur by Ernest Samuels
- Being Bernard Berenson by Meryle Secrest
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Return to Sender (Review) Robert Towers
, pp. 30-32 Letters, by John Barth
- Letters by John Barth
- Weeds
Peter Huchel
, p. 33 - The Indigestible
M.F.K. Fisher
, pp. 34-36 - How to Read the Civil Rights Act
Ronald Dworkin
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Un-Kinglike King (Review) J.H. Plumb
, p. 43 Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration, by Antonia Fraser
- Royal Charles: Charles II and the Restoration by Antonia Fraser
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On Your Marx (4 Reviews) Peter Singer
, pp. 44-47 Marx and History, by D. Ross Gandy
- Marx and History by D. Ross Gandy
- Marx's Interpretation of History by Melvin M. Rader
- Marx's Theory of History by William H. Shaw
- Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence by G.A. Cohen
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The Powers of Alexander Pope (2 Reviews) Irvin Ehrenpreis
, pp. 48-51 Alexander Pope, by Dustin H. Griffin
- Alexander Pope by Dustin H. Griffin
- Alexander Pope and the Arts of Georgian England by Morris R. Brownell
- Whose Peace Now?
Bernard Avishai
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Alexander's Mules (Review) E. Badian
, pp. 54-55 Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army, by Donald W. Engels
- Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army by Donald W. Engels
- Letters
John Anthony West, Peter Green, and Allan Solomonow, ...
, p. 56 - NYR Doublecross No. 7
Jane Salter
, pp. 57-60