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September 1984 Issue - 14 Articles- Who was Josephine Herbst?
Hilton Kramer
, pp. 1-14 - Ivy Litvinov
Samuel Lipman
, pp. 15-26 The commissar's wife
- Watteau in Washington
Jed Perl
, pp. 27-33 - Miller in Boston
Dan Hofstadter
, pp. 34-40 - "Sackets Harbor, 1866"
Herbert Morris
, pp. 41-49 a poem
Theater
- Making something out of nothing
Mimi Kramer
, pp. 50-54 Art
- Vienna in Venice
Ewa Kuryluk
, pp. 55-59 - An Australian accent?
Eric Gibson
, pp. 60-63 Books
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Whoring after self-respect (Review) Mimi Kramer
, pp. 64-72 Class, by Paul Fussell
- Class by Paul Fussell
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Deprivation's laureate (Review) Donald Hall
, pp. 73-75 Required Writing, by Philip Larkin
- Required Writing by Philip Larkin
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Art and mystery (Review) Roger Kimball
, pp. 76-79 The Arts Without Mystery, by Denis Donoghue
- The Arts Without Mystery by Denis Donoghue
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A public poet (Review) Robert Richman
, pp. 80-83 Children in Exile, by James Fenton
- Children in Exile by James Fenton
Notebook
- William Empson
Cleanth Brooks
, pp. 84-87 a tribute
- "A certain air of seriousness"
Bruce Bawer
, pp. 88-98