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November 1994

The comic muse

by Guy Davenport

A review of The Oxford Book of Comic Verse edited by John Gross.

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October 1994

Wording the pulse afresh

by D. S. Carne-Ross

A review of Sappho: A Garland translated by Jim Powell & Andalusian Poems translated by Christopher Middleton & Leticia Garza-Falcón.

September 1994

West End story

by Mark Steyn

On the American presence in London theater.

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