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  1. Books
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    An Aristocrat of the Twenties (3 Reviews)
    Robert Sklar
    Scofield Thayer and the Dial, by Nicholas Joost
    1. Scofield Thayer and the Dial by Nicholas Joost
    2. The Time of the Dial by William Wasserstrom
    3. A Dial Miscellany by William Wasserstrom
    The Reporter, February 11, 1965, pp. 51-53
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    Belle's Hell (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Zelda: A Biography, by Nancy Milford
    1. Zelda: A Biography by Nancy Milford
    The Nation, August 17, 1970, p. 123
  3. [+]
    Books on Film (10 Reviews)
    Robert Sklar
    What Is Cinema?, by Andre Bazin
    1. What Is Cinema? by Andre Bazin
    2. A Girl Like I by Anita Loos
    3. The American Cinema by Andrew Sarris
    4. Four Great Comedians by Donald W. McCaffrey
    5. The First Twenty Years by Kemp R. Niver
    6. D.W. Griffith: American Film Master by Iris Barry
    7. Film: An Anthology by Daniel M. Talbot
    8. Styles of Radical Will by Susan Sontag
    9. Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut and Helen G. Scott
    10. Keaton by Rudi Blesh
    The Nation, December 22, 1969, p. 702
  4. [+]
    Canada and the United States (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Los Angeles Before Hollywood, by Jan Olsson
    1. Los Angeles Before Hollywood by Jan Olsson
    The American Historical Review, April 1, 2010, p. 555
  5. Books & the Arts
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    Chomsky's Revolution in Linguistics (5 Reviews)
    Robert Sklar
    Aspects of the Theory of Syntax, by Noam Chomsky
    1. Aspects of the Theory of Syntax by Noam Chomsky
    2. Cartesian Linguistics by Noam Chomsky
    3. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory by Noam Chomsky
    4. Syntactic Structures by Noam Chomsky
    5. Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar by Noam Chomsky
    The Nation, September 9, 1968, pp. 213-216
  6. [+]
    Consciousness Confrontation (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Styles of Radical Will, by Susan Sontag
    1. Styles of Radical Will by Susan Sontag
    The Nation, June 2, 1969, pp. 704-706
  7. [+]
    A Death in Theory (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Death Kit, by Susan Sontag
    1. Death Kit by Susan Sontag
    The Reporter, October 5, 1967, pp. 52-54
  8. [+]
    Dos Passos' Restless Times (4 Reviews)
    Robert Sklar
    The Best Times, by John Dos Passos
    1. The Best Times by John Dos Passos
    2. World in a Glass by John Dos Passos and Kenneth S. Lynn
    3. Most Likely to Succeed by John Dos Passos
    4. District of Columbia by John Dos Passos
    The Nation, January 16, 1967, p. 87
  9. [+]
    Electric Sociology (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Future Shock, by Alvin Toffler
    1. Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
    Ramparts Magazine, March 1971, pp. 57-58
  10. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Last Laocoon (1967)
    Robert Sklar
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  11. [+]
    Fitzgerald in his Letters (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald, by Andrew Turnbull and F. Scott Fitzgerald
    1. The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Andrew Turnbull and F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The New Republic, November 16, 1963, p. 24
  12. [+]
    Griffith's Russian Fans (2 Reviews)
    Robert Sklar
    Film Essays and a Lecture, by Sergei Eisenstein and Jay Leyda
    1. Film Essays and a Lecture by Sergei Eisenstein and Jay Leyda
    2. D.W. Griffith: The Years at Biograph by Robert M. Henderson
    The Nation, September 21, 1970, p. 249
  13. Books & the Arts
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    Historians: Simple-Minded and Complex (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    The Progressive Historians, by Richard Hofstadter
    1. The Progressive Historians by Richard Hofstadter
    The Nation, November 18, 1968, p. 533
  14. Culture Counter Culture
    Hollywood's New Wave
    Robert Sklar
    Ramparts Magazine, November 1971, pp. 60-66
  15. [+]
    Hot and Cold Societies (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    The Savage Mind, by Claude Levi-Strauss
    1. The Savage Mind by Claude Levi-Strauss
    The Reporter, April 6, 1967, pp. 52-54
  16. Humdrum Epic
    Robert Sklar
    The Reporter, January 12, 1967, pp. 56-57
  17. Books & the Arts
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    The Intellectual Power Elite (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    American Power and the New Mandarins, by Noam Chomsky
    1. American Power and the New Mandarins by Noam Chomsky
    The Nation, March 24, 1969, p. 373
  18. [+]
    Lots of Yaks at Oxbridge (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    One Fat Englishman, by Kingsley Amis
    1. One Fat Englishman by Kingsley Amis
    The Reporter, July 16, 1964, p. 47
  19. Books
    [+]
    A Maimed Generation (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    The American 1890s, by Larzer Ziff
    1. The American 1890s by Larzer Ziff
    The Reporter, February 23, 1967, p. 51
  20. Movie-Made America (1975)
    Robert Sklar
    A Cultural History of American Movies
    3 Reviews
  21. Books & the Arts
    The New Novel, USA: Thomas Pynchon
    Robert Sklar
    The Nation, September 25, 1967, pp. 277-279
  22. [+]
    Our Literary Tocqueville (2 Reviews)
    Robert Sklar
    The Symbolic Meaning, by D.H. Lawrence
    1. The Symbolic Meaning by D.H. Lawrence
    2. The Banned Paintings of D.H. Lawrence by Mervyn Levy
    The Reporter, November 5, 1964, pp. 50-52
  23. [+]
    The Stage (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Chicago Renaissance, by Dale Kramer
    1. Chicago Renaissance by Dale Kramer
    Commonweal, January 6, 1967, p. 377
  24. Books and the Arts
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    The Sorrow and the Pity of Non-Fiction Film (Review)
    Robert Sklar and Peter Davis
    Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang (1978 Film), by Jack Willis
    1. Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang (1978 Film) by Jack Willis
    The Nation, March 10, 1979, pp. 276-277
  25. [+]
    To Strive, to Seek, to Find (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    William James: A Biography, by Gay Wilson Allen
    1. William James: A Biography by Gay Wilson Allen
    The Reporter, August 10, 1967, p. 48
  26. Articles
    The Tolerant Tiger
    Robert Sklar
    The Nation, May 5, 1956, pp. 374-375
  27. Books & the Arts
    Tolkien & Hesse: Top of the Pops
    Robert Sklar
    The Nation, May 8, 1967, pp. 598-601
  28. [+]
    Two Masters of Cinema (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Hitchcock, by Francois Truffaut and Helen G. Scott
    1. Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut and Helen G. Scott
    The Reporter, February 8, 1968, pp. 48-50
  29. [+]
    United States (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Slow Fade to Black, by Thomas Cripps
    1. Slow Fade to Black by Thomas Cripps
    The American Historical Review, October 1977, p. 1093
  30. [+]
    United States (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Media-Made Dixie, by Jack Temple Kirby
    1. Media-Made Dixie by Jack Temple Kirby
    The American Historical Review, February 1979, p. 279
  31. [+]
    United States (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Screening Out the Past, by Lary May
    1. Screening Out the Past by Lary May
    The American Historical Review, October 1981, p. 945
  32. [+]
    What Is Children's Literature (Review)
    Robert Sklar
    Down the Rabbit Hole, by Selma G. Lanes
    1. Down the Rabbit Hole by Selma G. Lanes
    The Nation, September 6, 1971, p. 183
  33. [+]
    Word People on Film People (12 Reviews)
    Robert Sklar
    What Is Cinema?, by Andre Bazin
    1. What Is Cinema? by Andre Bazin
    2. Film Makers on Film Making by Harry M. Geduld
    3. The Musical Film by J. Douglas McVay
    4. The Horror Film by Ivan Butler
    5. The Cinema of Joseph Losey by James Leahy
    6. Film Review 1966, 1967, 1968 by F. Maurice Speed
    7. Films And Feelings by Raymond Durgnat
    8. Movie Man by David Thomson
    9. Private Screenings by John Simon
    10. The Three Faces of the Film by Parker Tyler
    11. Valentino by Irving Shulman
    12. Dietrich by Leslie Frewin
    The Reporter, December 14, 1967, pp. 52-53
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