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by William Phillips

The Partisan Review, Summer 1996, pp. 353-355

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Issues of the 1930s = 6 Years, 29 Issues, 494 Articles
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  Issues of 1996 = 4 Issues, 126 Articles
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    Winter 1996 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. Contributors, pp. 5-8
    2. John Dewey Then and Now by William Phillips, pp. 9-10
    3. Goronwy Rees---and Others by Diana Trilling, pp. 11-47
    4. The 39th Psychoanalytic Congress by Edith Kurzweil, pp. 48-53
    5. Forty Years Later by Victor Nekrasov, pp. 54-64
    6. Depression Culture by Morris Dickstein, pp. 65-80
    7. At the Galleries by Karen Wilkin, pp. 81-93
    8. Pseudo-reform in the Academy by Peter Shaw, pp. 94-104
    9. Immigrants by Leonard Kriegel, pp. 105-114
    10. Poetry and the Classics by David Ferry and Horace, pp. 115-117
    11. Cavafy by George Kalogeris, p. 118
    12. Horace in Athens by C.P. Cavafy, p. 119
    13. The Poet's Epigram by Catherine Salmons and Ovid, pp. 119-120
    14. Greek Gold by Rachel Hadas, pp. 121-123
    15. Brother by Marcia Karp and Catullus, p. 124
    16. The Gods by James Laughlin, pp. 124-125
    17. Role Play by Mark Rudman, pp. 126-128
    18. Now and Then by Peter Filkins, pp. 129-130
    19. The Italian Connection by Mark Kurlansky, pp. 131-139
    20. Cuba's Young Poets by Elizabeth Hanly, pp. 140-148
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      The Future of Psychoanalysis by Edith Kurzweil, pp. 149-152 - 1 Review
      1. The Rise and Crisis of Psychoanalysis in the United States by Nathan G. Hale, Jr.
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      Beyond the Vienna Circle by David Sidorsky, pp. 153-161 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Meaning of Life by A.J. Ayer
      2. In Search of a Better World by Karl R. Popper and Laura J. Bennett
      3. Pursuit of Truth by W.V. Quine
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      Geoffrey Hill by Stephen Meyer, pp. 162-166 - 2 Reviews
      1. New and Collected Poems, 1952-1992 by Geoffrey Hill
      2. The Enemy's Country by Geoffrey Hill
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      Amy Clampitt and James Merrill by Willard Spiegelman, pp. 167-171 - 2 Reviews
      1. A Silence Opens by Amy Clampitt
      2. A Scattering of Salts by James Merrill
    25. Statement of Ownership, pp. 172-174
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    Spring 1996 Issue = 35 Articles
    1. Contributors, pp. 177-180
    2. Dostoevsky by William Phillips, p. 181
    3. Orwell by William Phillips, pp. 182-183
    4. Notes on Joseph Brodsky by Czeslaw Milosz, pp. 184-187
    5. Anti-Communism Abroad by Walter Laqueur, pp. 188-204
    6. Science Education and the Sense of Self by Gerald Holton, pp. 205-214
    7. Reshaping Israeli Identity by Robert S. Wistrich, pp. 215-222
    8. The Postmodern Liberalism of Richard Rorty by Eugene Goodheart, pp. 223-235
    9. A Politically Correct Freud? by Edith Kurzweil, pp. 236-241
    10. The Edge of Babel by Pascal Bruckner, pp. 242-254
    11. At the Galleries by Karen Wilkin, pp. 255-271
    12. The Problem Facing the Writer Today by Peter Esterhazy, pp. 272-279
    13. Rereading Rape in Medieval Literature by Evelyn Birge Vitz, pp. 280-291
    14. Poetry by Charles Tomlinson, p. 292
    15. Water-Lily; Hippomanes by Michael Longley, p. 293
    16. May the Water Keep Vigil with Me by Sandor Csoori, p. 294
    17. Calling Emily Dickinson to Come, as Guide, Out West by Jacqueline Osherow, pp. 295-297
    18. Kerouacky by Stephen Yenser, p. 298
    19. Doubt by Kay Ryan, p. 299
    20. The Cliche Made Strange by George Bradley, p. 300
    21. Seeing Raymond Carver by Amanda Powell, p. 300
    22. Male by K.E. Duffin, p. 301
    23. The Last of England by Selwyn Pritchard, p. 302
    24. Bouquinistes by Don Bogen, p. 303
    25. The Palm of the Shutters by S. Ben-Tov, p. 304
    26. The Decade of Sisyphus by Fiama Hasse Pais Brandao, p. 305
    27. * by Simon Perchik, pp. 305-306
    28. Old night by Jenny Joseph, p. 307
    29. New Soul by Konstantin Pavlov, pp. 308-311
    30. A Girl with a Monkey by Leonard Michaels, pp. 312-321
    31. Films at the Festival by Edith Kurzweil, pp. 322-325
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      Questioning the Mind by Charles Rycroft, pp. 326-329 - 1 Review
      1. An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
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      Pluralism and Humanism by Jenny Teichman, pp. 330-337 - 2 Reviews
      1. Words and Life by Hilary Putnam and James Conant
      2. Pragmatism by Hilary Putnam
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      Ending Welfare by Rita J. Simon, pp. 338-341 - 1 Review
      1. Welfare Justice by Neil Gilbert
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      Hysteria in History by Sander L. Gilman, pp. 342-346 - 1 Review
      1. Approaching Hysteria by Mark S. Micale
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    Summer 1996 Issue = 39 Articles
    1. Contributors, pp. 349-352
    2. Comment by William Phillips, pp. 353-355
    3. The Holocaust by Edith Kurzweil, pp. 356-373
    4. Part One: Scientific Method and the Two Cultures by I. Bernard Cohen, pp. 374-377
    5. --- by Mel Schwartz, pp. 378-380
    6. --- by E.O. Wilson, p. 381
    7. Part Two: Rethinking the Western Tradition in Politics and Culture by John Silber, pp. 382-383
    8. Blues to be Redefined by Stanley Crouch, pp. 384-396
    9. Redefining Our Ideals by Gertrude Himmelfarb, pp. 397-399
    10. --- by David Fromkin, p. 400
    11. --- by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 401-402
    12. Discussion and Questions , pp. 403-404
    13. Part Three: Art and Culture by Hilton Kramer, p. 405
    14. What Literature Does by Denis Donoghue, pp. 406-418
    15. --- by Donald Kagan, pp. 419-420
    16. --- by Robert Hass, pp. 421-422
    17. --- by Czeslaw Milosz, p. 423
    18. --- by Elizabeth Spires, p. 424
    19. Discussion and Questions , pp. 425-429
    20. Guilt, Justice, and Empathy in Melville and Camus by Roger Shattuck, pp. 430-449
    21. Israel Past and Future by Robert Wistrich, pp. 450-470
    22. At the Galleries by Karen Wilkin, pp. 471-484
    23. The Culture of Culture Studies by Alan Wolfe, pp. 485-492
    24. Don't Call It Night by Amos Oz, pp. 493-501
    25. Poetry by Odysseus Elytis, pp. 502-504
    26. The Swindled Heart by Arthur Rimbaud, p. 505
    27. Date by Rei Terada, p. 506
    28. Worn Out; Everything Is Old by Attila Jozsef, p. 507
    29. Untitled by David Weiss, p. 508
    30. Borderlands: Infertility by Suzanne Paola, p. 509
    31. Components of Black by Susan Wicks, p. 510
    32. Touring Machine by A.F. Moritz, pp. 511-512
    33. Northern Swift Fox by Barbara Helfgott Hyett, p. 513
    34. Chicago by Mary Jo Bang, p. 513
    35. Jealousy by Sandy Solomon, p. 514
    36. [+]
      John Dewey's America by Andrew Delbanco, pp. 515-519 - 1 Review
      1. John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism by Alan Ryan
    37. [+]
      Sidney Hook, Polemicist by Sanford Pinsker, pp. 520-522 - 1 Review
      1. Letters of Sidney Hook by Edward S. Shapiro and Sidney Hook
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      The Politics of Academe by Peter Cookson, pp. 523-527 - 7 Reviews
      1. Higher Education Under Fire by Michael Berube and Cary Nelson
      2. We Scholars by David Damrosch
      3. Cultural Capital by John Guillory
      4. The Uses of the University by Clark Kerr
      5. Learning from the Past by Diane Ravitch and Maris A. Vinovskis
      6. An Ethical Education by Mortimer Sellers
      7. PC Wars by Jeffrey Williams
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      Bernhard's Last Novel by Gitta Honegger, pp. 528-534 - 1 Review
      1. Extinction by Thomas Bernhard
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    Fall 1996 Issue = 27 Articles
    1. Contributors, pp. 537-540
    2. Comment by William Phillips, pp. 541-543
    3. French Anti-Semitism: 1940-1944 by Edith Kurzweil, pp. 544-552
    4. Leon Blum in Vichy France by Richard H. Weisberg, pp. 553-570
    5. The Modernization of the Jews by George Konrad, pp. 571-579
    6. Heterophobia: The Feminist Turn Against Men by Daphne Patai, pp. 580-595
    7. A New French Connection by Cushing Strout, pp. 596-607
    8. In the Medici Woods by Dorothea Straus, pp. 608-613
    9. Heinz Kohut's Legacy by Paul H. Ornstein, pp. 614-627
    10. At the Galleries by Karen Wilkin, pp. 628-640
    11. The Gates Opened by Eda Kriseova, pp. 641-647
    12. Life in Parts by Avner Mandelman, pp. 648-655
    13. Poetry by Mark Strand, pp. 656-660
    14. Different Kinds of Embroidery by James Tate, p. 661
    15. Bog by Deborah Tall, p. 662
    16. Portraits; Ode to Waiting by J.S. Venit, pp. 662-663
    17. Several Dioramas, Some Remembered, Some Invented, From The Musee Grevin by Stuart Dischell, p. 664
    18. Songs (and Simulations) Against My Will by T. Carmi, pp. 665-668
    19. The Apprentice by C. Dale Young, p. 669
    20. Seasonal; November Seasonal by Brooks Haxton, pp. 670-671
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      Unbearable Truths by Geoffrey Hartman, pp. 672-680 - 1 Review
      1. Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth by Gitta Sereny
    22. [+]
      Looking Back by Paul Hollander, pp. 681-685 - 1 Review
      1. The Dream That Failed by Walter Laqueur
    23. [+]
      Endangered Species? by Vladimir Tismaneanu, pp. 686-690 - 1 Review
      1. Conditions of Liberty by Ernest Gellner
    24. [+]
      Dark Passages by Alan Mintz, pp. 691-703 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Yellow Wind by David Grossman
      2. Sleeping on a Wire by David Grossman
      3. See Under: Love by David Grossman
      4. The Smile of the Lamb by David Grossman
      5. The Book of Intimate Grammar by David Grossman
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      New French Poetry by Catherine A. Salmons, pp. 704-707 - 3 Reviews
      1. I.E. by Claude Royet-Journoud
      2. Boudica by Paol Keineg
      3. The Peacock Emperor Moth by Marcel Cohen
    26. Letters, pp. 708-710
    27. Index to Volume LXIII, pp. 711-718
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