Features May 1984
The novel in the academy: a paean to perplexity
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On American Fictions 1940-1980 by Frederick R. Karl.
Topic: “Culture”
Features May 1984
Relativities: pages from a notebook
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On ideas and creativity.
Notebook May 1984
Hastening the decline of grammar
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On Geoffrey Nunberg’s The Decline of Grammar in The Atlantic Monthly.
Notebook May 1984
Mme Pierre Monteux
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On Doris Monteux's life and her representation in the media.
Letters to the Editor May 1984
The Submarine “Polaris”
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Features May 1984
Bonnard in Paris
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On retrospectives for a Post-Impressionist painter.
Features April 1984
Professor Howe’s prescriptions
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On Excellence: Theory & Practice in the Humanities, a speech by Irving Howe at the New York Public Library.
Features April 1984
The emergence of MoCA: a new museum for Los Angeles
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On art institutions and exhibitions.
Features April 1984
Growing up with old records
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On the childhood musical experience of Wagner.
Features April 1984
“The battle it was born to lose”: the poetry of Geoffrey Hill
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On Geoffrey Hill’s style and poetry.