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On a question of artistic style.
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I.A. Richards: critic as scientist
by Bruce Bawer
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by Karen Wilkin
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by David Gurevich
A review of The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie.
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by Roger Kimball
A review of Jane Ellen Harrison: The Mask & the Self by Sandra J. Peacock.
Down and out in British Columbia
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A review of George Orwell: A Reassessment edited by Peter Buitenhuis & Ira B. Nadel.