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October 22, 1992 Issue
- 18 Articles
[+]
'The Proudest and Most Arrogant Man in France'
(Review)
Julian Barnes
, pp. 3-5
Letters of Gustave Courbet, by Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu and Gustave Courbet
Letters of Gustave Courbet
by Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu and Gustave Courbet
A Doll's House
Garry Wills
, pp. 6-9
Cut-Throat Christ
James Fenton
, pp. 10-11
Or The New Ballad of the Dosi Pares
[+]
The Other China
(6 Reviews)
Jonathan Spence
, pp. 12-16
A Tragic Beginning, by Lai Tse-Han, Ramon H. Myers, and Wei Wou
A Tragic Beginning
by Lai Tse-Han, Ramon H. Myers, and Wei Wou
A Farewell
by Bo Yang
The Great Transition
by Hung-Mao Tien
Governing the Market
by Robert Wade
The Protestant Community of Modern Taiwan
by Murray A. Rubinstein
Taiwan: Beyond the Economic Miracle
by Denis Fred Simon and Michael Ying-Mao Kau
[+]
Looking for Napoleon
(4 Reviews)
P.N. Furbank
, pp. 17-20
The Death of Napoleon, by Simon Leys
The Death of Napoleon
by Simon Leys
The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P.
by Brian O'Doherty
The Emperor's Last Island
by Julia Blackburn
Napoleon
by Proctor Patterson Jones
A Death in Zimbabwe
David J. Rothman and Sheila M. Rothman
, pp. 21-24
[+]
A Triumph of the Gilded Age
(2 Reviews)
Sean Wilentz
, pp. 25-29
The Battle for Homestead, 1880-1892, by Paul Krause
The Battle for Homestead, 1880-1892
by Paul Krause
The "River Ran Red"
by David Demarest
[+]
The Love that Dared to Speak its Name
(Review)
Jasper Griffin
, pp. 30-32
Bisexuality in the Ancient World, by Eva Cantarella
Bisexuality in the Ancient World
by Eva Cantarella
[+]
The Mad Poets
(3 Reviews)
Charles Rosen
, pp. 33-39
The Letters and Prose Writings of William Cowper, by James King, Charles Ryskamp, and W...
The Letters and Prose Writings of William Cowper
by James King, Charles Ryskamp, and William Cowper
William Cowper: Selected Letters
by James King, Charles Ryskamp, and William Cowper
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart
by Marcus Walsh and Christopher Smart
[+]
Witnesses to Evil
(4 Reviews)
Istvan Deak
, pp. 40-43
In the Lion's Den, by Nechama Tec
In the Lion's Den
by Nechama Tec
Perpetrators, Victims, Bystanders
by Raul Hilberg
A Mosaic of Victims
by Michael Berenbaum
Out of the Inferno
by Richard C. Lukas
[+]
Reading a Riot
(Review)
Robert Darnton
, pp. 44-46
The Vanishing Children of Paris, by Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel
The Vanishing Children of Paris
by Arlette Farge and Jacques Revel
[+]
How Independent is the Court?
(2 Reviews)
Cass R. Sunstein
, pp. 47-50
Grand Inquests, by William H. Rehnquist
Grand Inquests
by William H. Rehnquist
The Hollow Hope
by Gerald N. Rosenberg
[+]
Great Dane
(Review)
Robert Craft
, pp. 51-55
Niels Lyhne, by Jens Peter Jacobsen
Niels Lyhne
by Jens Peter Jacobsen
Not So Free At Last
Abraham Brumberg
, pp. 56-60
Save 'Novy Mir'
Arcadi Nebolsine
, pp. 61-63
Tolerance Among Muslims, Christians, and Jews
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Rasoul Nafisi, and Bernard Lewis, ...
, pp. 64-65
An Exchange
Letters
Gordon Tullock, Noel Annan, Arthur Freeman, and Janet Ing Freeman, ...
, pp. 66-68
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