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  1. After the Avant-Garde (1988)
    Robert Boyers
    Essays on Art and Culture
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  2. Atrocity and Amnesia (1985)
    Robert Boyers
    The Political Novel Since 1945
    3 Reviews
  3. [+]
    The Brain in Spain (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    The Imperative of Modernity, by Rockwell Gray
    1. The Imperative of Modernity by Rockwell Gray
    The New Republic, March 12, 1990, pp. 34-38
  4. [+]
    Brief Tour (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Western Attitudes Towards Death, by Philippe Aries
    1. Western Attitudes Towards Death by Philippe Aries
    The New Republic, August 24, 1974, p. 30
  5. [+]
    Bullets of Milk (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Toward the End of Time, by John Updike
    1. Toward the End of Time by John Updike
    The New Republic, November 17, 1997, pp. 38-41
  6. Argument
    A Case Against Feminist Criticism
    Robert Boyers
    The Partisan Review, Fall 1976, pp. 602-612
  7. [+]
    A Case for Public Criticism (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Double Agent: The Critic and Society, by Morris Dickstein
    1. Double Agent: The Critic and Society by Morris Dickstein
    Dissent, Spring 1993, pp. 263-264
  8. [+]
    Clues That Lead Nowhere (2 Reviews)
    Robert Boyers
    Bacacay, by Witold Gombrowicz
    1. Bacacay by Witold Gombrowicz
    2. Cosmos by Witold Gombrowicz
    The Harpers Monthly, March 2006, pp. 84-90
  9. [+]
    Counterculturalism (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    R. D. Laing, by Edgar Z. Friedenberg
    1. R. D. Laing by Edgar Z. Friedenberg
    The New Republic, May 18, 1974, pp. 20-21
  10. [+]
    A Critic of Literature and Politics (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Writers and Politics, by Conor Cruise O'Brien
    1. Writers and Politics by Conor Cruise O'Brien
    Dissent, March 1966, pp. 215-218
  11. [+]
    The Dictator's Dictation (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    I the Supreme, by Augusto A. Roa Bastos
    1. I the Supreme by Augusto A. Roa Bastos
    The New Republic, June 15, 1987, pp. 34-35
  12. [+]
    Discipline and Punish (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Last Vanities, by Fleur Jaeggy
    1. Last Vanities by Fleur Jaeggy
    The New Republic, November 23, 1998, pp. 38-41
  13. [+]
    Don't Run Down the Sisterhood (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    The New Chastity and Other Arguments Against Women's Liberation, by Midge Decter
    1. The New Chastity and Other Arguments Against Women's Liberation by Midge Decter
    The New Republic, November 25, 1972, pp. 30-32
  14. [+]
    A Fanatical Mind (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Terrorist, by John Updike
    1. Terrorist by John Updike
    The Harpers Monthly, July 2006, pp. 89-94
  15. [+]
    A Generous Mind (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    It's Hard to Talk About Yourself, by Natalia Ginzburg
    1. It's Hard to Talk About Yourself by Natalia Ginzburg
    The Harpers Monthly, June 2004, pp. 87-92
  16. [+]
    Identity and Diffidence (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Reading in the Dark, by Seamus Deane
    1. Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane
    The New Republic, May 19, 1997, pp. 33-35
  17. [+]
    Immodest Anthology (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, by Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair
    1. The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry by Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair
    The New Republic, January 26, 1974, p. 26
  18. [+]
    In Exile from Exile (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    The Hooligan's Return, by Norman Manea
    1. The Hooligan's Return by Norman Manea
    The New Republic, January 19, 2004, pp. 37-40
  19. [+]
    The Indigenous Berserk (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    American Pastoral, by Philip Roth
    1. American Pastoral by Philip Roth
    The New Republic, July 7, 1997, pp. 36-39
  20. The Laingian Family
    Robert Boyers
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1974, pp. 109-119
  21. The Legacy of the German Refugee Intellectuals (1972)
    Robert Boyers
    1 Review
  22. Letters
    Benno Weiser Varon, Edward Alexander, and Robert J. Loewenberg, ...
    Commentary, November 1980, pp. 4-24
  23. [+]
    Many Types of Ambiguity (2 Reviews)
    Robert Boyers
    Letters to Felician, by Ingeborg Bachmann and Damion Searls
    1. Letters to Felician by Ingeborg Bachmann and Damion Searls
    2. Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann
    The Harpers Monthly, April 2005, pp. 92-98
  24. [+]
    The Master of Voices (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Like Most Revelations, by Richard Howard
    1. Like Most Revelations by Richard Howard
    The New Republic, March 27, 1995, p. 39
  25. [+]
    Mixed Bag (4 Reviews)
    Robert Boyers
    After Experience, by William D. Snodgrass
    1. After Experience by William D. Snodgrass
    2. Firstborn by Louise Gluck
    3. The Back Country by Gary Snyder
    4. The Ribs of Death by Paul Zimmer
    The Partisan Review, Spring 1969, pp. 306-315
  26. [+]
    No Recovery (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Loneliness, by Robert S. Weiss
    1. Loneliness by Robert S. Weiss
    The New Republic, July 6, 1974, p. 26
  27. [+]
    Noble and Savage (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Woman of Rome, by Lily Tuck
    1. Woman of Rome by Lily Tuck
    The Harpers Monthly, July 2009, pp. 79-82
  28. [+]
    The Normality Blues (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Eduard's Homecoming, by Peter Schneider
    1. Eduard's Homecoming by Peter Schneider
    The New Republic, February 26, 2001, pp. 32-35
  29. Communications
    On the Sanity of Marat/Sade
    Robert Boyers
    In Defense of the Young Leftist
    Dissent, July 1966, pp. 421-424
  30. Book Reviews
    [+]
    Politics and Post-Modernism (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, by Mario Vargas Llosa
    1. The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta by Mario Vargas Llosa
    Dissent, Summer 1986, pp. 371-375
  31. [+]
    Bicentennial Schlock (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    Lying, Despair, Jealousy, Envy, Sex, Suicide, Drugs, and the Good Life, by Leslie H. Fa...
    1. Lying, Despair, Jealousy, Envy, Sex, Suicide, Drugs, and the Good Life by Leslie H. Farber
    The New Republic, November 6, 1976, pp. 30-31
  32. [+]
    "Family History" (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    On Difficulty, and Other Essays, by George Steiner
    1. On Difficulty, and Other Essays by George Steiner
    The New Republic, January 27, 1979, pp. 36-37
  33. [+]
    The Roethke Puzzle (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    The Glass House, by Allan Seager
    1. The Glass House by Allan Seager
    The New Republic, January 18, 1969, pp. 32-38
  34. [+]
    Sanity and Limitation (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    The Heel of Achilles, by Arthur Koestler
    1. The Heel of Achilles by Arthur Koestler
    The New Republic, February 1, 1975, pp. 25-26
  35. Books Considered
    [+]
    Sport into Dance (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    The Culture of Narcissism, by Christopher Lasch
    1. The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch
    The New Republic, February 17, 1979, pp. 28-31
  36. [+]
    Stiflings (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    The Melancholy of Resistance, by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
    1. The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
    The New Republic, July 29, 2002, pp. 38-41
  37. [+]
    The Tedium is the Message (Review)
    Robert Boyers
    The Loser, by Thomas Bernhard
    1. The Loser by Thomas Bernhard
    The New Republic, April 27, 1992, pp. 41-45
  38. [+]
    An Unsentimental Journey (2 Reviews)
    Robert Boyers
    The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
    1. The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
    2. Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis
    The New Republic, May 25, 1998, pp. 36-41
  39. V.S. Naipaul
    Robert Boyers
    The American Scholar, Summer 1981, pp. 359-367
  40. The Woman Question & the Death of the Family
    Robert Boyers
    Dissent, Winter 1973, pp. 57-68
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