Destroying literary studies
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by Arthur A. Cohen
On Heinrich von Kleist’s legacy and German classicism.
Willa Cather: listing toward Lesbos
by Joseph Epstein
On Willa Cather’s literary career.
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by Herb Greer
On the Royal Opera revival of Alban Berg’s Lulu & other matters.
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On realism and naturalism in Philip Pearlstein’s paintings.
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Without feathers
by Mimi Kramer
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On traditions and challenges in art.
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On a class of administrators.
Auden remembered
by Robert Richman
On W. H. Auden’s poetry.