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December 2, 1982 Issue - 16 Articles-
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American Poet (Review) Helen Vendler
, pp. 3-5 Robert Lowell: A Biography, by Ian Hamilton
- Robert Lowell: A Biography by Ian Hamilton
- The Danger in Poland
George Konrad
, pp. 6-7 A Letter
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In the Garrison (2 Reviews) Jane Kramer
, pp. 8-12 Waiting for the Barbarians, by J.M. Coetzee
- Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
- A Chain of Voices by Andre Brink
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'Red' or 'Expert'? (3 Reviews) John K. Fairbank
, pp. 13-15 Education Under Mao, by Jonathan Unger
- Education Under Mao by Jonathan Unger
- Competitive Comrades by Susan L. Shirk
- China's Intellectual Dilemma by Robert Taylor
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Beautiful and Damned (3 Reviews) Michael Wood
, pp. 16-20 Baudelaire the Damned, by F.W.J. Hemmings
- Baudelaire the Damned by F.W.J. Hemmings
- Baudelaire's Literary Criticism by Rosemary Lloyd
- Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
- Eyewitness Art News
Elizabeth Hardwick
, p. 21 - Two poems from Tristia
Osip Mandelstam
, p. 22 Translated by Robert Tracy
- El Salvador
Joan Didion
, pp. 23-31 Illusions
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Mein liebes Tagebuch (Review) Gordon A. Craig
, pp. 32-33 Thomas Mann Diaries, 1918-1939, by Hermann Kesten and Thomas Mann
- Thomas Mann Diaries, 1918-1939 by Hermann Kesten and Thomas Mann
- Social Security
Peter G. Peterson
, pp. 34-38 The Coming Crash
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The Art of Collecting Art (Review) E.H. Gombrich
, pp. 39-42 The Rare Art Traditions, by Joseph W. Alsop
- The Rare Art Traditions by Joseph W. Alsop
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An Unwanted Civil War? (3 Reviews) Kevin Sharpe
, pp. 43-45 The Golden Age Restor'd, by Graham Parry
- The Golden Age Restor'd by Graham Parry
- The Outbreak of the English Civil War by Anthony Fletcher
- The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 by Ronald Hutton
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Surprises (Review) Ada Long
, p. 46 Grace Abounding, by Maureen Howard
- Grace Abounding by Maureen Howard
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Marx in the Agora (Review) E. Badian
, pp. 47-50 The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World, by G.E.M. de Ste. Croix
- The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World by G.E.M. de Ste. Croix
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Romantic Rationalist (2 Reviews) Jonathan Lieberson
, pp. 51-55 Karl Popper, by Anthony O'Hear
- Karl Popper by Anthony O'Hear
- In Pursuit of Truth by Paul Levinson
- Letters
Ned Rorem, Robert Craft, E. Kedourie, and Clifford Geertz, ...
, pp. 56-60