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October 22, 1992 Issue - 18 Articles-
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'The Proudest and Most Arrogant Man in France' (Review) Julian Barnes
, pp. 3-5 Letters of Gustave Courbet, by Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu and Gustave Courbet
- Letters of Gustave Courbet by Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu and Gustave Courbet
- A Doll's House
Garry Wills
, pp. 6-9 - Cut-Throat Christ
James Fenton
, pp. 10-11 Or The New Ballad of the Dosi Pares
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The Other China (6 Reviews) Jonathan Spence
, pp. 12-16 A Tragic Beginning, by Lai Tse-Han, Ramon H. Myers, and Wei Wou
- A Tragic Beginning by Lai Tse-Han, Ramon H. Myers, and Wei Wou
- A Farewell by Bo Yang
- The Great Transition by Hung-Mao Tien
- Governing the Market by Robert Wade
- The Protestant Community of Modern Taiwan by Murray A. Rubinstein
- Taiwan: Beyond the Economic Miracle by Denis Fred Simon and Michael Ying-Mao Kau
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Looking for Napoleon (4 Reviews) P.N. Furbank
, pp. 17-20 The Death of Napoleon, by Simon Leys
- The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys
- The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P. by Brian O'Doherty
- The Emperor's Last Island by Julia Blackburn
- Napoleon by Proctor Patterson Jones
- A Death in Zimbabwe
David J. Rothman and Sheila M. Rothman
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A Triumph of the Gilded Age (2 Reviews) Sean Wilentz
, pp. 25-29 The Battle for Homestead, 1880-1892, by Paul Krause
- The Battle for Homestead, 1880-1892 by Paul Krause
- The "River Ran Red" by David Demarest
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The Love that Dared to Speak its Name (Review) Jasper Griffin
, pp. 30-32 Bisexuality in the Ancient World, by Eva Cantarella
- Bisexuality in the Ancient World by Eva Cantarella
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The Mad Poets (3 Reviews) Charles Rosen
, pp. 33-39 The Letters and Prose Writings of William Cowper, by James King, Charles Ryskamp, and W...
- The Letters and Prose Writings of William Cowper by James King, Charles Ryskamp, and William Cowper
- William Cowper: Selected Letters by James King, Charles Ryskamp, and William Cowper
- The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart by Marcus Walsh and Christopher Smart
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Witnesses to Evil (4 Reviews) Istvan Deak
, pp. 40-43 In the Lion's Den, by Nechama Tec
- In the Lion's Den by Nechama Tec
- Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders by Raul Hilberg
- A Mosaic of Victims by Michael Berenbaum
- Out of the Inferno by Richard C. Lukas
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Reading a Riot (Review) Robert Darnton
, pp. 44-46 The Vanishing Children of Paris, by Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel
- The Vanishing Children of Paris by Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel
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How Independent is the Court? (2 Reviews) Cass R. Sunstein
, pp. 47-50 Grand Inquests, by William H. Rehnquist
- Grand Inquests by William H. Rehnquist
- The Hollow Hope by Gerald N. Rosenberg
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Great Dane (Review) Robert Craft
, pp. 51-55 Niels Lyhne, by Jens Peter Jacobsen
- Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter Jacobsen
- Not So Free At Last
Abraham Brumberg
, pp. 56-60 - Save 'Novy Mir'
Arcadi Nebolsine
, pp. 61-63 - Tolerance Among Muslims, Christians, and Jews
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Rasoul Nafisi, and Bernard Lewis, ...
, pp. 64-65 An Exchange
- Letters
Gordon Tullock, Noel Annan, Arthur Freeman, and Janet Ing Freeman, ...
, pp. 66-68 - Cover illustration
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