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April 4, 1996 Issue
- 20 Articles
[+]
Land of Opportunity?
(Review)
George M. Fredrickson
, pp. 4-7
Facing Up to the American Dream, by Jennifer L. Hochschild
Facing Up to the American Dream
by Jennifer L. Hochschild
[+]
That's Life!
(Review)
John Banville
, p. 8
Last Orders, by Graham Swift
Last Orders
by Graham Swift
At the City Dump in Nantucket
Joseph Brodsky
, p. 9
[+]
Why Darwin?
(Review)
Stephen Jay Gould
, pp. 10-15
Charles Darwin: A Biography, Vol. I, by E. Janet Browne
Charles Darwin: A Biography, Vol. I
by E. Janet Browne
The Cherry Orchard Has to Come Down
James Fenton
, pp. 16-17
[+]
'The Writingest Explorers'
(Review)
Gordon S. Wood
, pp. 18-21
Undaunted Courage, by Stephen Ambrose
Undaunted Courage
by Stephen Ambrose
[+]
Pure and Not So Simple
(Review)
David Sylvester
, pp. 22-26
Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957, by Friedrich Teja Bach, Margit Rowell, and Ann Temkin, ...
Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957
by Friedrich Teja Bach, Margit Rowell, and Ann Temkin, ...
[+]
The Myths of Robert Graves
(3 Reviews)
Denis Donoghue
, pp. 27-31
Robert Graves and the White Goddess, 1940-1985, by Richard Perceval Graves
Robert Graves and the White Goddess, 1940-1985
by Richard Perceval Graves
Robert Graves: Life on the Edge
by Miranda Seymour
Robert Graves: His Life and Work
by Martin Seymour-Smith
[+]
Ah! Sweet History of Life
(2 Reviews)
Francis Haskell
, pp. 32-37
The Autumn of the Middle Ages, by Johan Huizinga
The Autumn of the Middle Ages
by Johan Huizinga
The Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance
by John Rigby Hale
[+]
Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary
(Review)
Theodore Draper
, pp. 38-41
Trotsky: The Eternal Revolutionary, by Dmitri Volkogonov and Harold Shukman
Trotsky: The Eternal Revolutionary
by Dmitri Volkogonov and Harold Shukman
[+]
Melville's Fever
(Review)
Andrew Delbanco
, pp. 42-45
Pierre, or The Ambiguities, by Herman Melville
Pierre, or The Ambiguities
by Herman Melville
[+]
First Fine, Careless Raptor
(Review)
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
, pp. 46-48
Raptor Red, by Robert T. Bakker
Raptor Red
by Robert T. Bakker
[+]
An Affair to Remember
(Review)
Anne Barton
, pp. 49-53
The Clairmont Correspondence, by Marion Kingston Stocking and Claire Clairmont, ...
The Clairmont Correspondence
by Marion Kingston Stocking and Claire Clairmont, ...
[+]
The Empress of Ice Cream
(Review)
Ingrid D. Rowland
, pp. 54-57
Harvest of the Cold Months, by Elizabeth David and Jill Norman
Harvest of the Cold Months
by Elizabeth David and Jill Norman
[+]
Bringing Back a New Hobbes
(2 Reviews)
Quentin Skinner
, pp. 58-61
The Correspondence of Thomas Hobbes, Vol. I: 1622-1659, by Noel Malcolm and Thomas Hobbes
The Correspondence of Thomas Hobbes, Vol. I: 1622-1659
by Noel Malcolm and Thomas Hobbes
Three Discourses
by Thomas Hobbes, Arlene W. Saxonhouse, and Noel B. Reynolds, ...
American Photography's Golden Age
Luc Sante
, pp. 62-67
Letter to a Palestinian Friend
Amos Oz
, p. 68
Pasteur and the Culture Wars
Gerald L. Geison and M.F. Perutz
, p. 68
An Exchange
Letters
Roger F. Betteridge, Roger Shattuck, and Michael J. Mikos, ...
, pp. 69-72
Cover Photograph: 'Panorama from the Overhanging Cliffs, Wisconsin Dells'
Henry Hamilton Bennett
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