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  1. [+]
    All Talk (2 Reviews)
    James Joyce: A Student's Guide, by Matthew John Caldwell Hodgart
    1. James Joyce: A Student's Guide by Matthew John Caldwell Hodgart
    2. Joyce's Voices by Hugh Kenner
    The New Statesman, October 27, 1978, p. 550
  2. America in Theory (1989)
    1 Review
  3. The American Classics (2005)
    A Personal Essay
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  4. [+]
    American Sage (2 Reviews)
    Attitudes Toward History, by Kenneth Burke
    1. Attitudes Toward History by Kenneth Burke
    2. Permanence and Change by Kenneth Burke
    The New York Review of Books, September 26, 1985, pp. 39-42
  5. [+]
    Another Country (4 Reviews)
    Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, by Roddy Doyle
    1. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
    2. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle
    3. The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
    4. The Van by Roddy Doyle
    The New York Review of Books, February 3, 1994, pp. 3-5
  6. Art and Literature
    The Partisan Review, Spring 1997, pp. 268-274
  7. [+]
    Art on the Line (Review)
    Of Grammatology, by Jacques Derrida
    1. Of Grammatology by Jacques Derrida
    The New Republic, April 16, 1977, pp. 32-33
  8. The Arts Without Mystery (1983)
    5 Reviews
  9. Books & Arts
    [+]
    The Authority of Ruins (Review)
    Samuel Beckett: The Critical Heritage, by Lawrence Graver and Raymond Federman
    1. Samuel Beckett: The Critical Heritage by Lawrence Graver and Raymond Federman
    The New Statesman, April 6, 1979, p. 485
  10. [+]
    Beauty and the Best (Review)
    Dignity and Decadence, by Richard Jenkyns
    1. Dignity and Decadence by Richard Jenkyns
    The New Republic, August 10, 1992, pp. 39-41
  11. [+]
    Bewitched, Bothered, & Bewildered (5 Reviews)
    Illustration, by J. Hillis Miller
    1. Illustration by J. Hillis Miller
    2. Ariadne's Thread by J. Hillis Miller
    3. The Critics Bear It Away by Frederick Crews
    4. Double Agent: The Critic and Society by Morris Dickstein
    5. Thinking Across the American Grain by Giles Gunn
    The New York Review of Books, March 25, 1993, pp. 46-53
  12. [+]
    Book of Books Books (4 Reviews)
    The World of Biblical Literature, by Robert Alter
    1. The World of Biblical Literature by Robert Alter
    2. Reading the Book by Burton L. Visotzky
    3. The Voice of Jacob by Leslie Brisman
    4. The Changes of Cain by Ricardo J. Quinones
    The New York Review of Books, November 5, 1992, pp. 46-50
  13. [+]
    The Book of Love (2 Reviews)
    Pages Passed from Hand to Hand, by Mark Mitchell and David Leavitt
    1. Pages Passed from Hand to Hand by Mark Mitchell and David Leavitt
    2. A History of Gay Literature by Gregory Woods
    The New Republic, April 6, 1998, pp. 36-37
  14. [+]
    Books: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know (2 Reviews)
    Poets in Their Youth, by Eileen Simpson
    1. Poets in Their Youth by Eileen Simpson
    2. The Underclass by Ken Auletta
    New York Magazine, May 17, 1982, pp. 66-69
  15. [+]
    Bright and Silly (2 Reviews)
    The Enemy, by Jeffrey Meyers
    1. The Enemy by Jeffrey Meyers
    2. Fables of Aggression by Fredric Jameson
    The New York Review of Books, April 29, 1982, pp. 28-29
  16. [+]
    Brothers and Others (Review)
    Children of the Earth, by Marc Shell
    1. Children of the Earth by Marc Shell
    The New Republic, November 29, 1993, pp. 38-39
  17. Books
    Christmas critics' choices
    Commonweal, November 29, 1985, p. 677
  18. Books & Arts
    [+]
    The Common Pursuit (2 Reviews)
    Alexander Pope, by G.S. Fraser
    1. Alexander Pope by G.S. Fraser
    2. Rochester's Poetry by David Farley-Hills
    The New Statesman, January 5, 1979, p. 17
  19. [+]
    The Compleat Critic (Review)
    I. A. Richards: His Life and Work, by John Paul Russo
    1. I. A. Richards: His Life and Work by John Paul Russo
    The New Republic, June 19, 1989, pp. 45-49
  20. [+]
    Confidence Men (2 Reviews)
    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by Rudolf E. Raspe
    1. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf E. Raspe
    2. Selected Writings of E.T.A. Hoffmann by Leonard J. Kent, Elizabeth C. Knight, and E.T.A. Hoffmann, ...
    The New York Review of Books, December 4, 1969, pp. 24-27
  21. Connoisseurs of Chaos (1966)
    Ideas of Order in Modern American Poetry
    1 Review
  22. [+]
    Couples (4 Reviews)
    Going Places, by Leonard Michaels
    1. Going Places by Leonard Michaels
    2. Mirrors by Lucy Warner
    3. What I'm Going to Do, I Think by Larry Woiwode
    4. A Nest of Ninnies by John Ashbery and James Schuyler
    The New York Review of Books, July 10, 1969, pp. 17-19
  23. A Criticism of One's Own
    The New Republic, March 10, 1986, pp. 30-33
  24. [+]
    Criticizing the Critics (Review)
    A History of Modern Criticism: 1750-1950, by Rene Wellek
    1. A History of Modern Criticism: 1750-1950 by Rene Wellek
    The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 1993, pp. 79-81
  25. [+]
    Critics at the Top (4 Reviews)
    Selected Writings, 1950-1990, by Irving Howe
    1. Selected Writings, 1950-1990 by Irving Howe
    2. Minor Prophecies by Geoffrey Hartman
    3. The Uses of Error by Frank Kermode
    4. Versions of Pygmalion by J. Hillis Miller
    The New York Review of Books, August 15, 1991, pp. 53-56
  26. [+]
    Cummings and Goings (Review)
    Selected Letters of E.E. Cummings, by F.W. Dupee, George Stade, and E.E. Cummings
    1. Selected Letters of E.E. Cummings by F.W. Dupee, George Stade, and E.E. Cummings
    The New York Review of Books, October 9, 1969, pp. 48-50
  27. [+]
    Darling, They're Quoting Our Poem (3 Reviews)
    The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Vol 4: 1900-1950, by I.R. Willison
    1. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Vol 4: 1900-1950 by I.R. Willison
    2. The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1950 by Helen Gardner
    3. The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse by Philip Larkin
    The New York Review of Books, April 19, 1973, pp. 26-29
  28. [+]
    Dear Shadows (Review)
    Dublin in the Age of William Butler Yeats and James Joyce, by Richard M. Kain
    1. Dublin in the Age of William Butler Yeats and James Joyce by Richard M. Kain
    The Nation, October 6, 1962, p. 203
  29. [+]
    Deconstructing Deconstruction (2 Reviews)
    Deconstruction and Criticism, by Harold Bloom, Paul Deman, Jacques Derrida, and Geoffre...
    1. Deconstruction and Criticism by Harold Bloom, Paul Deman, Jacques Derrida, and Geoffrey Hartman, ...
    2. Allegories of Reading by Paul de Man
    The New York Review of Books, June 12, 1980, pp. 37-41
  30. [+]
    The Delirium of the Brave (Review)
    In a Time of Violence, by Eavan Boland
    1. In a Time of Violence by Eavan Boland
    The New York Review of Books, May 26, 1994, pp. 25-27
  31. [+]
    The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Review)
    Taste: A Literary History, by Denise Gigante
    1. Taste: A Literary History by Denise Gigante
    The Harpers Monthly, February 2006, pp. 89-94
  32. [+]
    Domestic Muse (Review)
    Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom, by Brenda Maddox
    1. Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom by Brenda Maddox
    The New Republic, July 18, 1988, pp. 38-40
  33. Articles
    Donald Davie on T.S. Eliot
    The Partisan Review, Winter 2000, pp. 10-37
  34. [+]
    Dream Work (Review)
    All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy
    1. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
    The New York Review of Books, June 24, 1993, pp. 5-11
  35. [+]
    Drums Under the Window (2 Reviews)
    The Damnable Question, by George Dangerfield
    1. The Damnable Question by George Dangerfield
    2. Mother Ireland by Edna O'Brien
    The New York Review of Books, October 14, 1976, pp. 12-15
  36. Dublin Letter
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1960, pp. 579-585
  37. [+]
    Edith and Henry, Perhaps (Review)
    Edith Wharton and Henry James, by Millicent Bell
    1. Edith Wharton and Henry James by Millicent Bell
    Encounter, November 1966, pp. 84-87
  38. Essays
    Eliot's "Marina" and Closure
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1996, pp. 367-388
  39. [+]
    The Essential Posture (Review)
    The Essential Gesture, by Nadine Gordimer and Stephen Clingman
    1. The Essential Gesture by Nadine Gordimer and Stephen Clingman
    The New Republic, November 28, 1988, pp. 28-31
  40. [+]
    The Fabulous Yeats Boys (3 Reviews)
    Jack Yeats, by Bruce Arnold
    1. Jack Yeats by Bruce Arnold
    2. The Life of W.B. Yeats by Terence Brown
    3. Yeats's Ghosts by Brenda Maddox
    The New York Review of Books, May 11, 2000, pp. 32-36
  41. Facts and Fictions in All Three Genres
    The Partisan Review, Winter 2001, pp. 143-149
  42. Spring Book Issue
    [+]
    A Fanatic Heart (Review)
    The Letters of Sean O'Casey, 1910-1941: Vol. I, by David Krause and Sean O'Casey
    1. The Letters of Sean O'Casey, 1910-1941: Vol. I by David Krause and Sean O'Casey
    The New Republic, April 26, 1975, pp. 19-20
  43. [+]
    Far From the Modern Crowd (Review)
    Hardy: A Biography, by Martin Seymour-Smith
    1. Hardy: A Biography by Martin Seymour-Smith
    The New Republic, March 6, 1995, pp. 42-45
  44. Ferocious Alphabets (1981)
    5 Reviews, 1 Readable
  45. [+]
    Five Hundred Years of the King's English (5 Reviews)
    The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning, 1478-1978, by Nicolas Barker
    1. The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning, 1478-1978 by Nicolas Barker
    2. A History of the Oxford University Press, Vol. I by Harry G. Carter
    3. The Oxford University Press by Peter H. Sutcliffe
    4. Caught in the Web of Words by K.M. Elisabeth Murray
    5. The Coming of the Book by Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin
    The New York Review of Books, June 1, 1978, pp. 30-31
  46. [+]
    Flaubert's Parrot (Review)
    Rage and Fire, by Francine du Plessix Gray
    1. Rage and Fire by Francine du Plessix Gray
    The New Republic, May 9, 1994, pp. 39-41
  47. [+]
    The Flight of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Review)
    Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Very Private Life, by Robert Bernard Martin
    1. Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Very Private Life by Robert Bernard Martin
    The New York Review of Books, July 18, 1991, pp. 14-18
  48. Books
    [+]
    For Brevity's Sake (Review)
    Great Days, by Donald Barthelme
    1. Great Days by Donald Barthelme
    The Saturday Review, March 3, 1979, pp. 50-52
  49. French Structuralist Theories
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1980, pp. 397-408
  50. [+]
    From the Country of the Blue (Review)
    Poems of George Meredith, by Phyllis B. Bartlett and George Meredith
    1. Poems of George Meredith by Phyllis B. Bartlett and George Meredith
    The New York Review of Books, February 22, 1979, pp. 37-39
  51. [+]
    Frost: The Icon and the Man (2 Reviews)
    Robert Frost: A Life, by Jay Parini
    1. Robert Frost: A Life by Jay Parini
    2. Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin by Robert Faggen
    The New York Review of Books, October 21, 1999, pp. 17-21
  52. [+]
    The Gay Science (Review)
    A History of Modern Criticism: 1750-1950, by Rene Wellek
    1. A History of Modern Criticism: 1750-1950 by Rene Wellek
    Encounter, June 1967, pp. 80-83
  53. [+]
    Ghostly Paradigms (Review)
    The Irish Renaissance, by Richard Fallis
    1. The Irish Renaissance by Richard Fallis
    The New Statesman, September 22, 1978, pp. 366-367
  54. [+]
    Ghosts and Others (4 Reviews)
    Adam and The Train, by Heinrich Boll
    1. Adam and The Train by Heinrich Boll
    2. Whitewater by Paul Horgan
    3. The Dick by Bruce Jay Friedman
    4. The Ghost of Henry James by David Plante
    The New York Review of Books, November 5, 1970, pp. 22-24
  55. [+]
    God on Chevauche (2 Reviews)
    Religion in Modern English Drama, by Gerald C. Weales
    1. Religion in Modern English Drama by Gerald C. Weales
    2. Curtmantle by Christopher Fry
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1962, pp. 154-160
  56. [+]
    Good Grief (4 Reviews)
    Epistle to a Godson, and Other Poems, by W.H. Auden
    1. Epistle to a Godson, and Other Poems by W.H. Auden
    2. Forewords and Afterwords by W.H. Auden
    3. Man's Place by Richard August Johnson
    4. W. H. Auden as a Social Poet by Frederick Buell
    The New York Review of Books, July 19, 1973, pp. 17-18
  57. Reviews
    [+]
    The Good Old Complex Fate (13 Reviews)
    At the End of the Open Road, by Louis Simpson
    1. At the End of the Open Road by Louis Simpson
    2. Flower Herding on Mount Monadnock by Galway Kinnell
    3. The Wreck of the Thresher, and Other Poems by William Meredith
    4. Alcools: Poems, 1898-1913 by William Meredith and Apollinaire
    5. Kissing the Dancer, and Other Poems by Robert Sward
    6. The Buzzard and the Peacock by Ned O'Gorman
    7. Expressions of Sea Level by A.R. Ammons
    8. The Breaking of the Day, and Other Poems by Peter Davison
    9. Helmets by James Dickey
    10. Poems by Carlo Betocchi
    11. Galdenlieder by Christian Morgenstern
    12. A Peopled Landscape by Charles Tomlinson
    13. Castilian Ilexes by Charles Tomlinson and Henry Gifford
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1964, pp. 267-277
  58. [+]
    A Guide to the Revolution (Review)
    Literary Theory, by Terry Eagleton
    1. Literary Theory by Terry Eagleton
    The New York Review of Books, December 8, 1983, pp. 43-45
  59. [+]
    Haggling Presences (5 Reviews)
    For Every Sin, by Aharon Appelfeld
    1. For Every Sin by Aharon Appelfeld
    2. The Immortal Bartfuss by Aron Appelfeld
    3. Five Seasons by A.B. Yehoshua
    4. His Daughter by Yoram Kaniuk
    5. See Under: Love by David Grossman
    The New York Review of Books, September 28, 1989, pp. 39-43
  60. [+]
    Hannah Arendt's The Life of the Mind (2 Reviews)
    The Life of the Mind: Thinking, Willing, by Hannah Arendt
    1. The Life of the Mind: Thinking, Willing by Hannah Arendt
    2. The Jew as Pariah by Hannah Arendt and Ron H. Feldman
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1979, pp. 281-288
  61. [+]
    The Heart in Hiding (Review)
    Gerard Manley Hopkins, by Paddy Kitchen
    1. Gerard Manley Hopkins by Paddy Kitchen
    The New York Review of Books, September 27, 1979, pp. 51-53
  62. [+]
    A Hero of Our Own Times (Review)
    A Man of Letters, by V.S. Pritchett
    1. A Man of Letters by V.S. Pritchett
    The New York Review of Books, June 26, 1986, pp. 7-9
  63. [+]
    The Heroism of Despair (4 Reviews)
    The Selected Letters of Henry Adams, by Ernest Samuels and Henry Adams
    1. The Selected Letters of Henry Adams by Ernest Samuels and Henry Adams
    2. Authority and Alliance in the Letters of Henry Adams by Joanne Jacobson
    3. The Correspondence of Henry James and Henry Adams, 1877-1914 by George Monteiro, Henry James, and Henry Adams
    4. Refinements of Love by Sarah Booth Conroy
    The New York Review of Books, September 23, 1993, pp. 58-64
  64. [+]
    Hibernus Ludens (Review)
    The Irish Comic Tradition, by Vivian Mercier
    1. The Irish Comic Tradition by Vivian Mercier
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1963, pp. 450-454
  65. [+]
    Hide and Seek (2 Reviews)
    The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry, by Walter Pater and Donald L. Hill
    1. The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater and Donald L. Hill
    2. Walter Pater's Art of Autobiography by Gerald Monsman
    The New York Review of Books, May 14, 1981, pp. 40-42
  66. An Honoured Guest (1966)
    New Essays on W.B Yeats
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  67. The Hunger Strikers
    The New York Review of Books, October 22, 1981, pp. 29-31
  68. [+]
    Huston's Joyce (Review)
    The Dead (1987 Film), by John Huston
    1. The Dead (1987 Film) by John Huston
    The New York Review of Books, March 3, 1988, p. 18
  69. [+]
    I Am Not Heathcliff (Review)
    Heathcliff and the Great Hunger, by Terry Eagleton
    1. Heathcliff and the Great Hunger by Terry Eagleton
    The New Republic, August 21, 1995, pp. 42-45
  70. [+]
    Impassioned Clay (2 Reviews)
    John Keats: The Making of a Poet, by Aileen Ward
    1. John Keats: The Making of a Poet by Aileen Ward
    2. John Keats by Walter Jackson Bate
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1963, pp. 617-623
  71. In the Scene of Being
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1961, pp. 232-246
  72. [+]
    Insincerity and Authenticity (Review)
    Oscar Wilde, by Richard Ellmann
    1. Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann
    The New Republic, February 15, 1988, pp. 25-31
  73. [+]
    Ire Land (Review)
    Ulster: Conflict and Consent, by Tom Wilson
    1. Ulster: Conflict and Consent by Tom Wilson
    The New Republic, December 18, 1989, pp. 37-38
  74. Articles
    Ireland
    Race, Nation, State (Part Two)
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1999, pp. 363-374
  75. Current Books
    [+]
    Ireland, Whose Ireland? (Review)
    Modern Ireland, 1600-1972, by Robert F. Foster
    1. Modern Ireland, 1600-1972 by Robert F. Foster
    The Wilson Quarterly, Summer 1989, pp. 88-89
  76. Ireland: Race, Nation, State (Part One)
    The Partisan Review, Spring 1999, pp. 223-234
  77. Jonathan Swift: A Critical Anthology (1970)
    2 Reviews
  78. [+]
    The Joy of Texts (Review)
    The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age, by Robert Alter
    1. The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age by Robert Alter
    The New Republic, June 26, 1989, pp. 36-37
  79. [+]
    Joyce's Many Lives (10 Reviews)
    James Joyce: The Years of Growth 1882-1915, by Peter Costello
    1. James Joyce: The Years of Growth 1882-1915 by Peter Costello
    2. James Joyce by Morris Beja
    3. James Joyce's Chamber Music by Myra Teicher Russel and James Joyce
    4. Picking up Airs by Ruth H. Bauerle
    5. The Dubliners by James Joyce, Hans Walter Gabler, and Walter Hettche, ...
    6. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, Hans Walter Gabler, and Walter Hettche, ...
    7. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and R.B. Kershner
    8. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and Seamus Deane
    9. Ulysses by James Joyce
    10. Reflections on James Joyce by Thomas F. Staley, Randolph Lewis, and Stuart Gilbert, ...
    The New York Review of Books, October 21, 1993, pp. 28-35
  80. Books & Writers
    [+]
    Kenneth Burke's Dangling Novel (Review)
    Towards a Better Life, by Kenneth Burke
    1. Towards a Better Life by Kenneth Burke
    Encounter, October 1967, pp. 78-83
  81. [+]
    Kicking the Air (3 Reviews)
    How Late It Was, How Late, by James Kelman
    1. How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman
    2. The Dead School by Patrick McCabe
    3. Walking the Dog and Other Stories by Bernard MacLaverty
    The New York Review of Books, June 8, 1995, pp. 45-48
  82. [+]
    Language and Loss (Review)
    The Penguin Book of Modern Yiddish Verse, by Irving Howe, Ruth R. Wisse, and Khone Shmeruk
    1. The Penguin Book of Modern Yiddish Verse by Irving Howe, Ruth R. Wisse, and Khone Shmeruk
    The New Republic, December 14, 1987, pp. 34-37
  83. [+]
    Language Barriers (2 Reviews)
    The Best and the Last of Edwin O'connor, by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and Edwin O'Connor
    1. The Best and the Last of Edwin O'connor by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and Edwin O'Connor
    2. Max Jamison by Wilfrid Sheed
    The New York Review of Books, June 18, 1970, pp. 21-22
  84. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, April 11, 1968, pp. 45-46
  85. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, October 9, 1969, pp. 60-64
  86. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, October 18, 1973, pp. 68-72
  87. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, July 14, 1977, pp. 41-44
  88. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, April 3, 1980, pp. 42-43
  89. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, May 28, 1981, pp. 52-56
  90. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, September 24, 1987, pp. 58-64
  91. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, April 28, 1988, pp. 60-64
  92. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, May 12, 1988, pp. 61-64
  93. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, November 10, 1988, pp. 51-56
  94. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, November 24, 1988, pp. 51-56
  95. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, October 12, 1989, pp. 69-72
  96. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, September 28, 1989, pp. 75-80
  97. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, October 10, 1991, pp. 54-56
  98. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, April 7, 1994, pp. 47-52
  99. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, May 12, 1994, pp. 55-60
  100. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, May 11, 1995, pp. 60-64
  101. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, July 11, 1996, pp. 61-64
  102. Letters
    The New York Review of Books, October 31, 1996, pp. 77-80
  103. [+]
    Life Sentence (3 Reviews)
    Meet Me in the Green Glen, by Robert Penn Warren
    1. Meet Me in the Green Glen by Robert Penn Warren
    2. The Condor Passes by Shirley Ann Grau
    3. Edsel by Karl Shapiro
    The New York Review of Books, December 2, 1971, pp. 28-29
  104. [+]
    The Limits of Language (2 Reviews)
    The Resistance to Theory, by Paul de Man
    1. The Resistance to Theory by Paul de Man
    2. The Lesson of Paul de Man by Peter Brooks, Shoshana Felman, and J. Hillis Miller, ...
    The New Republic, July 7, 1986, pp. 40-44
  105. Books in Review
    [+]
    Literary Fascism (Review)
    The Reactionaries, by John R. Harrison
    1. The Reactionaries by John R. Harrison
    Commentary, August 1967, pp. 82-85
  106. [+]
    A Literary Gathering (Review)
    The Experience of Literature, by Lionel Trilling
    1. The Experience of Literature by Lionel Trilling
    Commentary, April 1968, pp. 92-95
  107. [+]
    Lives of a Poet (3 Reviews)
    Crux: The Letters of James Dickey, by Matthew Bruccoli, Judith S. Baughman, and James D...
    1. Crux: The Letters of James Dickey by Matthew Bruccoli, Judith S. Baughman, and James Dickey, ...
    2. James Dickey: The Selected Poems by Robert Kirschten and James Dickey
    3. The James Dickey Reader by Henry Hart and James Dickey
    The New York Review of Books, November 18, 1999, pp. 55-57
  108. Books
    [+]
    The Lives of His Mind (Review)
    Letters, by John Barth
    1. Letters by John Barth
    The Saturday Review, October 13, 1979, pp. 68-72
  109. [+]
    The Lives of the Poets (Review)
    Three on the Tower, by Louis Simpson
    1. Three on the Tower by Louis Simpson
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1976, pp. 135-138
  110. London Letter: Moral West End
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1961, pp. 93-103
  111. [+]
    Lover of Lost Causes (2 Reviews)
    Canaan, by Geoffrey Hill
    1. Canaan by Geoffrey Hill
    2. The Triumph of Love by Geoffrey Hill
    The New York Review of Books, May 20, 1999, pp. 53-57
  112. Lowell at the End
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1978, pp. 196-201
  113. [+]
    The Luck of the Irish (2 Reviews)
    The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse, by Thomas Kinsella
    1. The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse by Thomas Kinsella
    2. The Faber Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry by Paul Muldoon
    The New York Review of Books, February 26, 1987, pp. 25-26
  114. [+]
    A Mad Muse (Review)
    Sweeney Astray: A Version from the Irish, by Seamus Heaney
    1. Sweeney Astray: A Version from the Irish by Seamus Heaney
    The New Republic, April 30, 1984, pp. 27-28
  115. [+]
    The Magic of W.B. Yeats (4 Reviews)
    Yeats's Vision Papers, by George Mills Harper and W.B. Yeats
    1. Yeats's Vision Papers by George Mills Harper and W.B. Yeats
    2. The Gonne-Yeats Letters, 1893-1938 by Anna MacBride White, A. Norman Jeffares, and W.B. Yeats, ...
    3. Running to Paradise by M.L. Rosenthal
    4. Yeats and Artistic Power by Phillip L. Marcus
    The New York Review of Books, April 21, 1994, pp. 49-54
  116. [+]
    The Magical Muse (Review)
    Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie
    1. Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
    The New Republic, December 10, 1990, p. 37
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    Wallace Stevens: The Early Years, 1879-1923, by Joan Richardson
    1. Wallace Stevens: The Early Years, 1879-1923 by Joan Richardson
    The New Republic, November 17, 1986, p. 46
  118. [+]
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    Ezra Pound: Poet as Sculptor, by Donald Davie
    1. Ezra Pound: Poet as Sculptor by Donald Davie
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1977, pp. 452-457
  119. Memoirs of W. B. Yeats (1972)
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  120. Memoirs, Autobiography (First Draft), and Journal (1973)
    2 Reviews
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    Words With Power, by Northrop Frye
    1. Words With Power by Northrop Frye
    2. The Double Vision by Northrop Frye
    3. Reading the World by Northrop Frye and Robert D. Denham
    4. Myth and Metaphor by Northrop Frye and Robert D. Denham
    The New York Review of Books, April 9, 1992, pp. 25-28
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    Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772-1804, by Richard Holmes
    1. Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772-1804 by Richard Holmes
    The Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1990, pp. 88-90
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    The Evening Colonnade, by Cyril Connolly
    1. The Evening Colonnade by Cyril Connolly
    The New Republic, March 15, 1975, pp. 25-27
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    The Myth of W.B. Yeats (2 Reviews)
    W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol. I, by R.F. Foster
    1. W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol. I by R.F. Foster
    2. The Collected Letters of W.B. Yeats, Vol. II: 1896-1900 by Warwick Gould, John Kelly, Deirdre Toomey, and W.B. Yeats, ...
    The New York Review of Books, February 19, 1998, pp. 17-19
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    The Myths of Robert Graves (3 Reviews)
    Robert Graves and the White Goddess, 1940-1985, by Richard Perceval Graves
    1. Robert Graves and the White Goddess, 1940-1985 by Richard Perceval Graves
    2. Robert Graves: Life on the Edge by Miranda Seymour
    3. Robert Graves: His Life and Work by Martin Seymour-Smith
    The New York Review of Books, April 4, 1996, pp. 27-31
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    New York Poets (4 Reviews)
    The Burning Mystery of Anna in 1951, by Kenneth Koch
    1. The Burning Mystery of Anna in 1951 by Kenneth Koch
    2. The Morning of the Poem by James Schuyler
    3. Sunrise by Frederick Seidel
    4. Trader by William Mazzocco
    The New York Review of Books, August 14, 1980, pp. 49-50
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    Nice Jewish Boy (Review)
    Reading Myself and Others, by Philip Roth
    1. Reading Myself and Others by Philip Roth
    The New Republic, June 7, 1975, pp. 21-23
  128. [+]
    Oasis Poetry (5 Reviews)
    Derivations, by Robert Duncan
    1. Derivations by Robert Duncan
    2. Shall We Gather at the River by James A. Wright
    3. Collected Poems by Alan Dugan
    4. Leaflets by Adrienne Rich
    5. The Naomi Poems by Saint Geraud
    The New York Review of Books, May 7, 1970, pp. 35-37
  129. [+]
    Objects Solitary and Terrible (4 Reviews)
    Live or Die, by Anne Sexton
    1. Live or Die by Anne Sexton
    2. The Lice by W.S. Merwin
    3. Reasons for Moving by Mark Strand
    4. Love Letters from Asia by Sandra Hochman
    The New York Review of Books, June 6, 1968, pp. 21-23
  130. The Old Moderns (1994)
    Essays on Literature and Theory
    1 Review
  131. The Ordinary Universe (1968)
    Soundings in Modern Literature
    1 Review
  132. [+]
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    1. The World, The Text, and The Critic by Edward W. Said
    The New Republic, April 18, 1983, pp. 30-32
  133. Part Three: Art and Culture
    What Literature Does
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1996, pp. 406-418
  134. [+]
    Parts of Speech (3 Reviews)
    The Counterfeiters, by Hugh Kenner
    1. The Counterfeiters by Hugh Kenner
    2. The Literature of Silence by Ihab Hassan
    3. Yeat's Blessings on von Hugel by Martin B. Green
    The New York Review of Books, February 13, 1969, pp. 22-24
  135. [+]
    Penny Worlds (Review)
    The Lost World, by Randall Jarrell
    1. The Lost World by Randall Jarrell
    Encounter, September 1966, pp. 69-73
  136. [+]
    The Philosopher of Selfless Love (4 Reviews)
    Emmanuel Levinas, by Marie-Anne Lescourret
    1. Emmanuel Levinas by Marie-Anne Lescourret
    2. In the Time of the Nations by Emmanuel Levinas
    3. Outside the Subject by Emmanuel Levinas
    4. Beyond the Verse by Emmanuel Levinas
    The New York Review of Books, March 21, 1996, pp. 37-40
  137. [+]
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    Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett
    1. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
    The New York Review of Books, December 8, 1988, pp. 30-34
  138. [+]
    The Poet in Limbo (Review)
    Conrad Aiken, by Edward Butscher
    1. Conrad Aiken by Edward Butscher
    The New York Review of Books, December 22, 1988, pp. 45-48
  139. [+]
    The Poet of Modern Life (3 Reviews)
    Charles Baudelaire, by Claude Pichois
    1. Charles Baudelaire by Claude Pichois
    2. The Parisian Prowler by Charles Baudelaire
    3. Baudelaire: Collected Essays, 1953-1988 by Felix William Leakey and Eva Jacobs
    The New York Review of Books, February 14, 1991, pp. 22-23
  140. [+]
    Poetry and Sanity (2 Reviews)
    A Serious Character, by Humphrey Carpenter
    1. A Serious Character by Humphrey Carpenter
    2. The American Ezra Pound by Wendy Stallard Flory
    The New Republic, March 6, 1989, pp. 38-39
  141. Poetry and the Behavior of Speech
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1961, pp. 537-549
  142. [+]
    Poets in Their Places (2 Reviews)
    T.S. Eliot: A Life, by Peter Ackroyd
    1. T.S. Eliot: A Life by Peter Ackroyd
    2. Saving Civilization by Lucy McDiarmid
    The New Republic, December 17, 1984, pp. 38-39
  143. [+]
    Portrait of a Critic (2 Reviews)
    Literary Criticism, by Henry James
    1. Literary Criticism by Henry James
    2. Literary Criticism by Henry James
    The New Republic, April 1, 1985, pp. 29-32
  144. Portrait of the Critic
    The Wilson Quarterly, Summer 1990, pp. 106-113
  145. [+]
    Pound's Book of Beasts (4 Reviews)
    Pound as Wuz, by James Laughlin
    1. Pound as Wuz by James Laughlin
    2. The Genealogy of Demons by Robert Casillo
    3. Stone Cottage by James Longenbach
    4. Ezra Pound: The Solitary Volcano by John Tytell
    The New York Review of Books, June 2, 1988, pp. 14-16
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    The Pretender (Review)
    George Moore, 1852-1933, by Adrian Frazier
    1. George Moore, 1852-1933 by Adrian Frazier
    The New Republic, May 15, 2000, pp. 46-47
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    Ransom and Jarrell (2 Reviews)
    Selected Letters of John Crowe Ransom, by Thomas Daniel Young, George Core, and John Cr...
    1. Selected Letters of John Crowe Ransom by Thomas Daniel Young, George Core, and John Crowe Ransom, ...
    2. Randall Jarrell's Letters by Mary Jarrell and Randall Jarrell
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1986, pp. 126-131
  148. Reading America (1987)
    Essays on American Literature
    4 Reviews
  149. [+]
    Reading in the Dark (Review)
    Joyce's Book of the Dark, by John Bishop
    1. Joyce's Book of the Dark by John Bishop
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1987, pp. 477-480
  150. [+]
    The Real McCoy (2 Reviews)
    Essays on Realism, by Georg Lukacs and Rodney Livingstone
    1. Essays on Realism by Georg Lukacs and Rodney Livingstone
    2. The Realistic Imagination by George Levine
    The New York Review of Books, November 19, 1981, pp. 44-47
  151. [+]
    Reality Bites (Review)
    Excursions in the Real World, by William Trevor
    1. Excursions in the Real World by William Trevor
    The New Republic, March 14, 1994, pp. 38-39
  152. [+]
    Reconsideration (Review)
    Towards a Better Life, by Kenneth Burke
    1. Towards a Better Life by Kenneth Burke
    The New Republic, October 18, 1975, pp. 29-30
  153. Reports & Comments
    Ireland: The View from Dublin
    The Atlantic Monthly, May 1972, pp. 12-16
  154. [+]
    The Return of the Native (Review)
    An American Procession, by Alfred Kazin
    1. An American Procession by Alfred Kazin
    The New York Review of Books, July 19, 1984, pp. 32-34
  155. [+]
    The Revel's Ended (Review)
    Any Old Iron, by Anthony Burgess
    1. Any Old Iron by Anthony Burgess
    The New York Review of Books, March 30, 1989, pp. 35-36
  156. [+]
    Verse (2 Reviews)
    Eliot and His Age, by Russell Kirk
    1. Eliot and His Age by Russell Kirk
    2. T.S. Eliot's Intellectual Development 1922-1939 by John D. Margolis
    Commonweal, May 12, 1972, pp. 242-243
  157. Books
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    Shakespeare's God, by Ivor Morris
    1. Shakespeare's God by Ivor Morris
    Commonweal, March 9, 1973, p. 17
  158. [+]
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    The Story-Shaped World: Fiction and Metaphysics, by Brian Wicker
    1. The Story-Shaped World: Fiction and Metaphysics by Brian Wicker
    Commonweal, May 21, 1976, p. 347
  159. [+]
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    The Art of Ted Hughes, by Keith Sagar
    1. The Art of Ted Hughes by Keith Sagar
    The New Republic, January 31, 1976, pp. 30-31
  160. [+]
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    Essays on Literature and Politics, 1932-1972, by Philip Rahv, Arabel J. Porter, and And...
    1. Essays on Literature and Politics, 1932-1972 by Philip Rahv, Arabel J. Porter, and Andrew J. Dvosin, ...
    The New Republic, December 2, 1978, pp. 36-37
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    Structuralism and Since: From Levi-Strauss to Derrida, by John Sturrock
    1. Structuralism and Since: From Levi-Strauss to Derrida by John Sturrock
    The New Republic, May 24, 1980, pp. 32-33
  162. The Revolt Against Tradition: Readers, Writers and Critics
    The Partisan Review, Spring 1991, pp. 294-298
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    The Sad Captain of Criticism (Review)
    Ruin the Sacred Truths, by Harold Bloom
    1. Ruin the Sacred Truths by Harold Bloom
    The New York Review of Books, March 2, 1989, pp. 22-24
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    The Scrutineer (Review)
    F.R. Leavis: A Life in Criticism, by Ian MacKillop
    1. F.R. Leavis: A Life in Criticism by Ian MacKillop
    The New Republic, June 2, 1997, pp. 39-45
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    Sea of Troubles (Review)
    Psychoanalysis and Shakespeare, by Norman N. Holland
    1. Psychoanalysis and Shakespeare by Norman N. Holland
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1966, pp. 503-506
  166. [+]
    Second Thoughts (5 Reviews)
    The World's Body, by John Crowe Ransom
    1. The World's Body by John Crowe Ransom
    2. John Crowe Ransom by Thomas Daniel Young
    3. Essays of Four Decades by Allen Tate
    4. The Fugitive Group by Louise Cowan
    5. Burden of Time by John L. Stewart
    The New York Review of Books, May 22, 1969, pp. 41-43
  167. Selected Essays of R.P. Blackmur (1986)
    1 Review
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    The Complete Prose of Marianne Moore, by Patricia C. Willis and Marianne Moore
    1. The Complete Prose of Marianne Moore by Patricia C. Willis and Marianne Moore
    The New York Review of Books, December 4, 1986, pp. 40-43
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    Sidesteps (Review)
    Sidetracks, by Richard Holmes
    1. Sidetracks by Richard Holmes
    The New Republic, April 23, 2001, pp. 40-41
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    Sign Language (Review)
    As We Know, by John Ashbery
    1. As We Know by John Ashbery
    The New York Review of Books, January 24, 1980, pp. 36-38
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    The Snow Man (Review)
    Souvenirs and Prophecies, by Holly B. Stevens
    1. Souvenirs and Prophecies by Holly B. Stevens
    The New York Review of Books, March 3, 1977, pp. 21-23
  172. The Sovereign Ghost (1977)
    Studies in Imagination
    3 Reviews
  173. Speaking of Beauty (2003)
    1 Review
  174. Books
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    The Collected Writings of T.E. Hulme, by Karen Csengeri and T.E. Hulme
    1. The Collected Writings of T.E. Hulme by Karen Csengeri and T.E. Hulme
    The Partisan Review, Fall 1998, pp. 648-651
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    The Stains of Ireland (Review)
    The Year of the French, by Thomas Flanagan
    1. The Year of the French by Thomas Flanagan
    The New York Review of Books, June 14, 1979, pp. 21-23
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    Stevens at the Crossing (Review)
    Wallace Stevens: The Poems of Our Climate, by Harold Bloom
    1. Wallace Stevens: The Poems of Our Climate by Harold Bloom
    The New York Review of Books, September 15, 1977, pp. 39-41
  177. [+]
    The Store of the Human (7 Reviews)
    About the House, by W.H. Auden
    1. About the House by W.H. Auden
    2. Knock Upon Silence by Carolyn Kizer
    3. Visions from the Ramble by John Hollander
    4. The Wooden Horse by Daryl Hine
    5. The Astronomers by Edgar Bowers
    6. The Privilege by Maxine Kumin
    7. The Complete Poems of Frederick Goddard Tuckerman by N. Scott Momaday and Frederick Goddard Tuckerman, ...
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1965, pp. 601-606
  178. [+]
    The Strange Case of Paul de Man (4 Reviews)
    Wartime Journalism, 1939-1943, by Paul de Man, Werner Hamacher, Neil Hertz, and Thomas ...
    1. Wartime Journalism, 1939-1943 by Paul de Man, Werner Hamacher, Neil Hertz, and Thomas Keenan, ...
    2. Responses: On Paul de Man's Wartime Journalism by Werner Hamacher, Neil Hertz, and Thomas Keenan
    3. Critical Writings, 1953-1978 by Paul de Man and Lindsay Waters
    4. Reading de Man Reading by Lindsay Waters and Wlad Godzich
    The New York Review of Books, June 29, 1989, pp. 32-37
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    The Supreme Fiction (3 Reviews)
    Soul Says, by Helen Vendler
    1. Soul Says by Helen Vendler
    2. The Breaking of Style by Helen Vendler
    3. The Given and the Made by Helen Vendler
    The New York Review of Books, November 28, 1996, pp. 59-62
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    Not This Pig, by Philip Levine
    1. Not This Pig by Philip Levine
    2. "A" 1-12 by Louis Zukofsky
    3. After Experience by William D. Snodgrass
    The New York Review of Books, April 25, 1968, pp. 16-18
  181. Thieves of Fire (1974)
    1 Review
  182. The Third Voice (1959)
    Modern British and American Verse Drama
    1 Review
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    Travels with My Aunt, by Graham Greene
    1. Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene
    2. Blind Love, and Other Stories by V.S. Pritchett
    The New York Review of Books, March 12, 1970, pp. 25-29
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    Jonathan Swift: A Critical Biography, by John Middleton Murry
    1. Jonathan Swift: A Critical Biography by John Middleton Murry
    2. Swift: The Man, His Works and the Age, Vol. Two by Irvin Ehrenpreis
    3. Jonathan Swift by Nigel Forbes Dennis
    4. Protean Shape by Susie I. Tucker
    The New York Review of Books, January 16, 1969, pp. 10-11
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    In the Western Night, by Frank Bidart
    1. In the Western Night by Frank Bidart
    The New Republic, May 14, 1990, pp. 40-44
  186. Books
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    A Visit to Greeneland (Review)
    The Honorary Consul, by Graham Greene
    1. The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene
    Commonweal, November 30, 1973, p. 241
  187. [+]
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    The Gulf, and Other Poems, by Derek Walcott
    1. The Gulf, and Other Poems by Derek Walcott
    2. The Carrier of Ladders by W.S. Merwin
    3. Darker by Mark Strand
    4. The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace, and Other Poems by James Merrill
    5. The Whispering Roots, and Other Poems by C. Day Lewis
    6. Collecting Evidence by Hugh Seidman
    7. Baby Breakdown by Anne Waldman
    The New York Review of Books, May 6, 1971, pp. 27-30
  188. Walter Pater: Lover of Strange Souls (1995)
    5 Reviews
  189. Warrenpoint (1990)
    3 Reviews
  190. We Irish (1986)
    Essays on Irish Literature and Society
    3 Reviews
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    The Well-Tempered Klavier (Review)
    Fables of Identity, by Northrop Frye
    1. Fables of Identity by Northrop Frye
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1964, pp. 138-142
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    W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol II, by R.F. Foster
    1. W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol II by R.F. Foster
    The Harpers Monthly, December 2003, pp. 95-102
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    The Renewal of Literature, by Richard Poirier
    1. The Renewal of Literature by Richard Poirier
    The New York Review of Books, June 25, 1987, pp. 50-51
  194. William Butler Yeats (1971)
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    A Bloodsmoor Romance, by Joyce Carol Oates
    1. A Bloodsmoor Romance by Joyce Carol Oates
    The New York Review of Books, October 21, 1982, pp. 12-16
  196. Words Alone (2001)
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    1. Secondary Worlds by W.H. Auden
    2. Collected Longer Poems by W.H. Auden
    3. Letters from Iceland by W.H. Auden and Louis MacNeice
    4. Voluspa: the Song of the Sybil by Paul B. Taylor and W.H. Auden
    5. Quest for the Necessary by Herbert Greenberg
    6. Auden's Poetry by Justin Replogle
    The New York Review of Books, June 19, 1969, pp. 19-23
  198. Current Books
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    1. The Examined Life by Robert Nozick
    The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 1990, pp. 92-93
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    The Middle Ground, by Margaret Drabble
    1. The Middle Ground by Margaret Drabble
    2. Setting the World on Fire by Angus Wilson
    The New York Review of Books, November 20, 1980, pp. 20-22
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    The Young Yeats (Review)
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    1. The Collected Letters of W.B. Yeats: Volume I, 1865-1895 by John Kelly, Eric Domville, and W.B. Yeats
    The New York Review of Books, August 14, 1986, pp. 14-16
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