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Assisting StravinskyRobert Craft
A misunderstood collaboration


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B-flat Movie (Review) Robert Craft
Amadeus (1984 Film), by Milos Forman
- Amadeus (1984 Film) by Milos Forman

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Balanchine Variations (6 Reviews) Robert Craft
Balanchine's Tchaikovsky, by Solomon Volkov
- Balanchine's Tchaikovsky by Solomon Volkov
- Balanchine: A Biography by Bernard Taper
- But First a School by Jennifer Dunning
- Portrait of Mr. B by Lincoln Kirstein
- Balanchine's Mozartiana by Robert Maiorano and Valerie Brooks
- Dancing for Balanchine by Merrill Ashley and Larry Kaplan

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Balanchine's Steps (3 Reviews) Robert Craft
George Balanchine, Ballet Master, by Richard Buckle and John Taras
- George Balanchine, Ballet Master by Richard Buckle and John Taras
- Balletmaster by Moira Shearer
- Dancing on My Grave by Gelsey Kirkland and Greg Lawrence

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Bali H'ai (2 Reviews) Robert Craft
Colin McPhee, by Carol J. Oja
- Colin McPhee by Carol J. Oja
- A House in Bali by Colin McPhee



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Blue Suede Views (Review) Robert Craft
All American Music, by John Rockwell
- All American Music by John Rockwell

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Books/New Legends for Old (Review) Robert Craft
Mozart, by Wolfgang Hildesheimer
- Mozart by Wolfgang Hildesheimer

Bravo Stravinsky (1967)Arnold Newman and Robert Craft
1 Review



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A Christmas Roundup (Review) Robert Craft
Principles of the Harpsichord by Monsieur de Saint Lambert, by Rebecca Harris-Warrick a...
- Principles of the Harpsichord by Monsieur de Saint Lambert by Rebecca Harris-Warrick and Saint Lambert

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The Comedian of Horror (10 Reviews) Robert Craft
Gathering Evidence, by Thomas Bernhard
- Gathering Evidence by Thomas Bernhard
- Wittgenstein's Nephew by Thomas Bernhard
- Histrionics by Thomas Bernhard
- The President and Eve of Retirement by Thomas Bernhard
- The Lime Works by Thomas Bernhard
- Gargoyles by Thomas Bernhard
- Correction by Thomas Bernhard
- Concrete by Thomas Bernhard
- Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard
- Old Masters by Thomas Bernhard

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Compositions (4 Reviews) Robert Craft
Auden: An American Friendship, by Charles H. Miller
- Auden: An American Friendship by Charles H. Miller
- Glenn Gould Variations: By Himself and His Friends by John McGreevy and Glenn Gould
- Balthus: Drawings and Watercolors by Giovanni Carandente
- Letters of William Somerset Maugham to Lady Juliet Duff by Loren R. Rothchild and William Somerset Maugham, ...


Conversations with Igor Stravinsky (1959)Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft
4 Reviews, 1 Readable

Current Convictions (1977)Robert Craft
Views and Reviews
1 Review

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Death in the Family (Review) Robert Craft
A Tomb for Anatole, by Stephane Mallarme
- A Tomb for Anatole by Stephane Mallarme

Der RosenkavalierRobert Craft
'Something Mozartian'?

Dialogues (1982)Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft
1 Review

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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (4 Reviews) Robert Craft
Unwritten Memories, by Katia Mann, Elizabeth von Plessen, and Michael Mann, ...
- Unwritten Memories by Katia Mann, Elizabeth von Plessen, and Michael Mann, ...
- The Hesse/Mann Letters by Anni Carlsson, Volker Michels, and Hermann Hesse, ...
- Mythology and Humanism by Thomas Mann and Karl Kerenyi
- An Exceptional Friendship by Thomas Mann and Erich Kahler

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The 'Doctor Faustus' Case (4 Reviews) Robert Craft
Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann
- Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
- The Story of a Novel by Thomas Mann
- Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus by Gunilla Bergsten
- Faust as Musician by Patrick Carnegy

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Edvard Munch: Self-Portraitist (5 Reviews) Robert Craft
(Notes from a Diary)
- Edvard Munch by Thomas M. Messer
- Edvard Munch by Reinhold Heller
- Edvard Munch by Jean Selz
- The Graphic Art of Edvard Munch by Werner Timm
- Edvard Munch (1976 Film) by Peter Watkins

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Eine Kleine Love Affair? (Review) Robert Craft
Mozart and Constanze, by Francis Carr
- Mozart and Constanze by Francis Carr

Music
Elegy and IambusRobert Craft



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The Emperor of China (2 Reviews) Robert Craft
The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence, by Juliane Brand, Christopher Hailey, and Donald Ha...
- The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence by Juliane Brand, Christopher Hailey, and Donald Harris, ...
- Schoenberg and His Circle by Joan Allen Smith

Evviva Vivaldi!Robert Craft
A Consumer's Report for the Tercentenary

Expositions and Developments (1962)Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft
2 Reviews

'Figaro' at the MetRobert Craft
A Marriage on the Rocks

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The First Universal Composer (Review) Robert Craft
Josquin Des Prez, by E.E. Lowinsky and Bonnie J. Blackburn
- Josquin Des Prez by E.E. Lowinsky and Bonnie J. Blackburn

Fit to PrintRobert Craft
The Changing "Times"

SR/Recordings
"The Flood," the Bomb, and ReligionIgor Stravinsky and Robert Craft



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The Furtwangler Enigma (2 Reviews) Robert Craft
The Devil's Music Master, by Sam H. Shirakawa
- The Devil's Music Master by Sam H. Shirakawa
- Trial of Strength by Fred K. Prieberg

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The Giant of Busseto (3 Reviews) Robert Craft
The Letters of Giuseppe Verdi, by Charles Osborne and Giuseppe Verdi
- The Letters of Giuseppe Verdi by Charles Osborne and Giuseppe Verdi
- Seven Verdi Librettos by Giuseppe Verdi and William Weaver
- Verdi by Joseph Wechsberg

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Great Dane (Review) Robert Craft
Niels Lyhne, by Jens Peter Jacobsen
- Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter Jacobsen

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His Ewe Lamb (Review) Robert Craft
Wystan and Chester, by Thekla Clark
- Wystan and Chester by Thekla Clark

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Huxley at Home (Review) Robert Craft
Aldous Huxley: A Biography, by Sybille Bedford
- Aldous Huxley: A Biography by Sybille Bedford


An Improbable Life (2002)Robert Craft
Memoirs
1 Review

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In the Mouse Trap (Review) Robert Craft
The Art of Walt Disney, by Christopher Finch
- The Art of Walt Disney by Christopher Finch


'Jews and Geniuses'Richard F. Taruskin and Robert Craft
An Exchange

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Keeping Up with Mr. B (2 Reviews) Robert Craft
Going to the Dance, by Arlene Croce
- Going to the Dance by Arlene Croce
- Winter Season by Toni Bentley

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La Grand Mademoiselle (Review) Robert Craft
Nadia Boulanger: A Life in Music, by Leonie Rosenstiel
- Nadia Boulanger: A Life in Music by Leonie Rosenstiel

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Lagoon Tunes (Review) Robert Craft
Five Centuries of Music in Venice, by H.C. Robbins Landon and John Julius Norwich
- Five Centuries of Music in Venice by H.C. Robbins Landon and John Julius Norwich

Le Sacre and Pierre MonteuxRobert Craft
An Unknown Debt

LettersDavid Hamilton, Robert Craft, and Robert M. Bartlow, ...

LettersGeorge Rosen, Toby E. Huff, and H.R. Trevor-Roper, ...

LettersDavid S. Adams, Robert Craft, Grace Paley, and Rose Styron, ...

LettersMeyer Schapiro, Joan Apter, and Nicholas B. Dirks, ...

LettersJames A. Young, Robert Claiborne, and Leonard Schapiro, ...

LettersEleanor Perenyi, Robert Craft, Carl Proffer, and Susan Sontag, ...

LettersEugene C. Bianchi, Morton Hunt, and Peter Singer, ...

LettersRobert Craft, Michael Wood, and Joseph R. Hixson, ...

LettersBruce H. Thomson, Graham Greene, and Carolyn Porter, ...

LettersCathy Fitzpatrick, Hans Jonas, Robert Craft, and Valerie Mellerop, ...

LettersNed Rorem, Robert Craft, E. Kedourie, and Clifford Geertz, ...

LettersDavid Jackson, Robert Craft, Gershon Silins, and John Clarke, ...

LettersMark Tushnet, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Robert Craft, ...

LettersErwin A. Glikes, Martha Nussbaum, and Claire Douglas, ...

LettersGabriel Moked, Anton Shammas, and Gilbert M. Johnson, ...

LettersSamuel J. Eldersveld, Neal Zaslaw, and Alfred Brendel, ...

LettersM.F. Perutz, Noel Annan, and Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, ...

LettersNigel Nicolson, Robert Craft, and John Hohnsbeen, ...

LettersIvo Banac, Susan C. Cook, Robert Craft, and Radu J. Bogdan, ...

LettersGordon Tullock, Alan Ryan, Harris Green, and Robert Craft, ...

LettersAnatol Lieven, Robert Cottrell, and Robert Craft, ...


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Lisztomania (3 Reviews) Robert Craft
Liszt: The Artist as Romantic Hero, by Eleanor S.S. Perenyi
- Liszt: The Artist as Romantic Hero by Eleanor S.S. Perenyi
- Liszt by Claude Rostand
- The Man Liszt by Ernest Newman


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Lives of the Poets (Review) Robert Craft
Auden in Love, by Dorothy J. Farnan
- Auden in Love by Dorothy J. Farnan

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Lives of the Poets (Review) Robert Craft
The Collected Letters of Dylan Thomas, by Paul Ferris and Dylan Thomas
- The Collected Letters of Dylan Thomas by Paul Ferris and Dylan Thomas

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Love in a Cold Climate (Review) Robert Craft
Vita and Harold, by Nigel Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West, and Harold Nicolson, ...
- Vita and Harold by Nigel Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West, and Harold Nicolson, ...

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Love in a Cold Climate (2 Reviews) Robert Craft
To My Best Friend, by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Nadezhda von Meck, ...
- To My Best Friend by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Nadezhda von Meck, ...
- Tchaikovsky: The Final Years, 1885-1893 by David Brown#2


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The Maestro on the Market (Review) Robert Craft
Understanding Toscanini, by Joseph Horowitz
- Understanding Toscanini by Joseph Horowitz

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Mahler the Modern (2 Reviews) Robert Craft
Mahler: A Biography, by Henry-Louis de La Grange
- Mahler: A Biography by Henry-Louis de La Grange
- Mahler by Kurt Blaukopf

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Making Hay with Huxley (Review) Robert Craft
Huxley in Hollywood, by David King Dunaway
- Huxley in Hollywood by David King Dunaway

Memories and Commentaries (1960)Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft
New One-Volume Edition Compiled and Edited by Robert Craft
5 Reviews, 1 Readable



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Mozart's 'Opera of All Operas' (Review) Robert Craft
The Don Juan Legend, by Otto Rank and David G. Winter
- The Don Juan Legend by Otto Rank and David G. Winter

MusicRobert Craft
Solti, Chicago, Schoenberg

MusicRobert Craft, Roland Gelatt, and Irving Kolodin
Recommended in '73

MusicRobert Craft
Bizet, Berlioz, and Opera Comique

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A Musical Offering (Review) Robert Craft
A Virgil Thomson Reader, by Virgil Thomson
- A Virgil Thomson Reader by Virgil Thomson



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A New Year Roundup (Review) Robert Craft
Vidal in Venice, by Gore Vidal and George Armstrong
- Vidal in Venice by Gore Vidal and George Armstrong

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Nights at the Opera (Review) Robert Craft
Otto Klemperer, His Life and Times: Vol. II, 1933-1973, by Peter Heyworth
- Otto Klemperer, His Life and Times: Vol. II, 1933-1973 by Peter Heyworth


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Non Credo (Review) Robert Craft
Mass, by Leonard Bernstein
- Mass by Leonard Bernstein

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Notes from the Composer (2 Reviews) Robert Craft
Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich, by Solomon Volkov and Dmitri Shostakovich
- Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich by Solomon Volkov and Dmitri Shostakovich
- Prokofiev by Prokofiev by David H. Appel and Sergei Prokofiev

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On the 'Virge' (Review) Robert Craft
Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle, by Anthony Tommasini
- Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle by Anthony Tommasini


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Only Collect (Review) Robert Craft
The Prince's Tale and Other Uncollected Writings, by E.M. Forster and P.N. Furbank
- The Prince's Tale and Other Uncollected Writings by E.M. Forster and P.N. Furbank



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Parsifal (Review) Robert Craft
The Worship of Wagnerism
- Parsifal in Full Score by Richard Wagner, Martin Beck, and Egon Voss

Pay DirtRobert Craft
Notes on the Sex Explosion

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Pipe Dreams (3 Reviews) Robert Craft
An Invisible Spectator, by Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno
- An Invisible Spectator by Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno
- Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue by Paul Bowles
- A Distant Episode by Paul Bowles

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Playing with 'The Magic Flute' (4 Reviews) Robert Craft
The Magic Flute (1975 Film), by Ingmar Bergman
- The Magic Flute (1975 Film) by Ingmar Bergman
- A Preface to The Magic Flute by Edward M. Batley
- The Magic Flute Unveiled by Jacques Chailley
- Three Mozart Operas by R.B. Moberly


Prejudices in Disguise (1974)Robert Craft
Articles, Essays, Reviews
2 Reviews

Present Perspectives (1984)Robert Craft
Critical Writings
1 Review

The PressRobert Craft
Freedom From, as well as Of


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Pulling No Punches (Review) Robert Craft
The Selected Letters of Virgil Thomson, by Tim Page, Vanessa Weeks Page, and Virgil Tho...
- The Selected Letters of Virgil Thomson by Tim Page, Vanessa Weeks Page, and Virgil Thomson, ...


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Required Reading (Review) Robert Craft
Required Writing, by Philip Larkin
- Required Writing by Philip Larkin

Retrospectives and Conclusion (1969)Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft
2 Reviews


'The Scandal of Ulysses'Hans Walter Gabler, John Updike, and Robert M. Adams, ...
An Exchange

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Schoenberg and Dika (Review) Robert Craft
Schoenberg Remembered, by Dika Newlin
- Schoenberg Remembered by Dika Newlin


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A Selective Self-portrait (Review) Robert Craft
Virgil Thomson, by Virgil Thomson
- Virgil Thomson by Virgil Thomson

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The 'Shadow' and the Substance (Review) Robert Craft
Richard Strauss, by Rudolf Hartmann
- Richard Strauss by Rudolf Hartmann

Small Craft Advisories: Critical Articles, 1984-1988 (1989)Robert Craft
Art, Ballet, Music, Literature, Film
1 Review, 1 Readable


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Sour Notes (Review) Robert Craft
A Concise History of Avant-Garde Music, by Paul Griffiths
- A Concise History of Avant-Garde Music by Paul Griffiths

StravinskyRobert Craft
End of a Chronicle

StravinskyRobert Craft
Problems for Biographers





Stravinsky in Pictures and Documents (1978)Vera Stravinsky and Robert Craft
3 Reviews



Stravinsky: Selected Correspondence, Vol. I (1982)Robert Craft and Igor Stravinsky
2 Reviews

Stravinsky: Selected Correspondence, Vol. II (1982)Robert Craft and Igor Stravinsky
1 Review






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Telling Time (Review) Robert Craft
Time in Greek Tragedy, by Jacqueline de Romilly
- Time in Greek Tragedy by Jacqueline de Romilly

Themes and Episodes (1966)Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft
1 Review

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Too Little Waugh (Review) Robert Craft
A Little Order, by Evelyn Waugh and Donat Gallagher
- A Little Order by Evelyn Waugh and Donat Gallagher

Top of the WorldRobert Craft
A Nepal Diary

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Uncle Whiz (4 Reviews) Robert Craft
The Table Talk of W.H. Auden, by Alan Ansen and Nicholas Jenkins
- The Table Talk of W.H. Auden by Alan Ansen and Nicholas Jenkins
- Memoirs of a Bastard Angel by Harold Norse
- The Map of All My Youth by W.H. Auden, Katherine Bucknell, and Nicholas Jenkins, ...
- Auden's Apologies for Poetry by Lucy McDiarmid

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An 'Unheard of Intensity' (Review) Robert Craft
The Operas of Alban Berg, Vol. I, by George Perle
- The Operas of Alban Berg, Vol. I by George Perle

VeniceRobert Craft
Paragraphs from a Diary


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Vive KL'Empereur! (Review) Robert Craft
Otto Klemperer, His Life and Times: Vol. I, 1885-1933, by Peter Heyworth
- Otto Klemperer, His Life and Times: Vol. I, 1885-1933 by Peter Heyworth

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What 'R.' Wrought (6 Reviews) Robert Craft
The Diary of Richard Wagner, by Joachim Bergfeld and Richard Wagner
- The Diary of Richard Wagner by Joachim Bergfeld and Richard Wagner
- Cosima Wagner's Diaries, Vol. II: 1878 to 1883 by Martin Gregor-Dellin, Dietrich Mack, and Cosima Wagner, ...
- Cosima Wagner by George R. Marek
- In Search of Wagner by Theodor W. Adorno
- The Dream of Self-Destruction by L.J. Rather
- Bayreuth: The Early Years by Robert Hartford


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'Winnie' and 'Uncle Wolf' (4 Reviews) Robert Craft
Winifred Wagner (1976 Film), by Hans-Jurgen Syberberg
- Winifred Wagner (1976 Film) by Hans-Jurgen Syberberg
- The Wagner Family Albums by Wolf Siegfried Wagner
- Richard Wagner in Bayreuth: 1876-1976 by Hans Mayer
- Wagner: A Documentary Study by Herbert Barth, Dietrich Mack, and Egon Voss



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Women Musicians of Venice and The Red Priest (2 Reviews) Robert Craft
Women Musicians of Venice, by Jane J. Baldauf-Berdes
- Women Musicians of Venice by Jane J. Baldauf-Berdes
- Vivaldi: Voice of the Baroque by H.C. Robbins Landon

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Words for Music Perhaps (Review) Robert Craft
The Complete Works of W.H. Auden, by Chester Kallman, Edward Mendelson, and W.H. Auden,...
- The Complete Works of W.H. Auden by Chester Kallman, Edward Mendelson, and W.H. Auden, ...
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