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    4. Edward Said, music critic by Samuel Lipman, pp. 17-22
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    2. "Degenerate Art" by Hilton Kramer, pp. 5-9
    3. Russian literature today by Vasily Rudich, pp. 10-20
    4. Cleanth Brooks and the New Criticism by Roger Kimball, pp. 21-26
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      1. Signposts in a Strange Land by Walker Percy
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    3. New light on Corot by Karen Wilkin, pp. 9-15
    4. The career of James Baldwin by Bruce Bawer, pp. 16-26
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    2. Lincoln Kirstein by Hilton Kramer, pp. 4-7
    3. Music as a vocation by Samuel Lipman, pp. 8-12
    4. Gericault in Paris by Karen Wilkin, pp. 13-19
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