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Looking for Shakespeare

The Case for Shakespeare

by Irvin Matus

The Atlantic Monthly, October 1991, pp. 64-73

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      2. Regulating Death by Carlos F. Gomez
      3. The Mandeville Talent by George V. Higgins
      4. The Ark's Anniversary by Gerald Durrell
      5. What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges
      6. Anne Sexton: A Biography by Diane Wood Middlebrook
      7. Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. by Peter Green
      8. Custer's Last Campaign by John S. Gray
      9. The Private War of Mrs. Packard by Barbara Sapinsley
    23. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 137-138
    24. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 139-142
    25. Cover illustration by Etienne Delessert
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    November 1991 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 8-27
    3. The November Almanac, pp. 28-31
    4. Reports & Comment by Cullen Murphy, pp. 32-35
    5. The Arms Trade: The Real Lesson of the Gulf War by James Adams, pp. 36-49
    6. Technology: Cut Out That Racket by John Sedgwick, pp. 50-58
    7. The Other Crisis in American Education by Daniel J. Singal, pp. 59-75
    8. Life After High School by Joyce Carol Oates, pp. 76-83
    9. Misson Boulevard by Michael Collier, pp. 84-104
    10. The World in Its Extreme by William Langewiesche, pp. 105-140
    11. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 141
    12. Music: Beached by Francis Davis, pp. 142-145
    13. Design: Lucky Houses, pp. 146-151
    14. [+]
      A Radical Democrat by David A. Hollinger, pp. 152-154 - 1 Review
      1. John Dewey and American Democracy by Robert B. Westbrook
    15. Individualism, Japanese Style by James Fallows, pp. 155-158
    16. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 159-162 - 8 Reviews
      1. Foolscap by Michael Malone
      2. A Woman, a Man and Two Kingdoms by Francis Steegmuller
      3. Taxi from Hell by Vladimir Lobas
      4. Searoad by Ursula K. Le Guin
      5. Men and Whales by Richard Ellis
      6. The "Natural Inferiority" of Women by Tama Starr
      7. Shade Those Laurels by Cyril Connolly and Peter Levi
      8. A History of English in Its Own Words by Craig M. Carver
    17. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, p. 163
    18. Word Histories by Craig M. Carver, pp. 164-166
  11. [+]
    December 1991 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 8-10
    3. Low Tide by Guy Billout, pp. 11-17
    4. The December Almanac, pp. 18-21
    5. Reports and Comment by James Fallows, pp. 22-25
    6. Great Britain: "That Woman" Versus the Chattering Classes by Geoffrey Wheatcroft, pp. 26-44
    7. The POW/MIA Myth by H. Bruce Franklin, pp. 45-61
    8. On the Liquidation of the Mustang Ranch by the Internal Review Service by X.J. Kennedy, pp. 62-83
    9. Departures by Jill McCorkle, pp. 84-95
    10. The Other Underclass by Nicholas Lemann, pp. 96-107
    11. Infinite Room by Tess Gallagher, pp. 108-111
    12. Music: Revolutionary Straings by Matthew Gurewitsch, pp. 112-118
    13. Food: Ruby and Tawny by Corby Kummer, pp. 119-122
    14. [+]
      Put the Blame on Me by Wendy Kaminer, pp. 123-126 - 1 Review
      1. Backlash by Susan Faludi
    15. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 127-128 - 8 Reviews
      1. Edgar A. Poe by Kenneth Silverman
      2. The Weight of Winter by Cathie Pelletier
      3. My Well Balanced Life on a Wooden Leg by Al Capp
      4. Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham by Agnes de Mille
      5. WLT: A Radio Romance by Garrison Keillor
      6. The Facade: M.N.O.P.Q. by Libuse Monikova
      7. Bandit by Vicki Hearne and John Hollander
      8. The Aspirin Wars by Charles C. Mann and Mark L. Plummer
    16. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 129-130
    17. Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov, pp. 131-134
    18. Cover illustration by Ivan Chermayeff
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