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The Exaggerator

Dickens, by Peter Ackroyd

by William H. Pritchard

The Hudson Review, Summer 1991, pp. 301-308

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    1. The Academic Zoo: Theory---in Practice by Joseph Epstein, pp. 9-30
    2. Love in the West and Other Memoirs by Louis Simpson, pp. 31-54
    3. Flames by Dean Albarelli, pp. 55-73
    4. The Neighborhood by Robert McDowell, pp. 74-90
    5. Duality by Wendell Berry, pp. 91-95
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      1. Yaaba (1989 Film) by Idrissa Ouedraogo
      2. Pathfinder (1988 Film) by Nils Gaup
      3. Life Is a Long Quiet River (1987 Film) by Etienne Chatiliez
    7. Theatre by Richard Hornby, pp. 105-112
    8. Music by Robert S. Clark, pp. 113-117
    9. Art by John Loughery, pp. 118-124
    10. Fiction I by Tom Wilhelmus, pp. 125-132
    11. Fiction II by Robert Phillips, pp. 133-142
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      Two Perspectives on Romanticism by Emily Grosholz, pp. 149-154 - 2 Reviews
      1. Uncontainable Romanticism by Carol Jacobs
      2. German Romanticism and Its Institutions by Theodore Ziolkowski
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      Poetry Chronicle by David Dooley, pp. 155-163 - 8 Reviews
      1. Above the River by James Wright
      2. Old and New Poems by Donald Hall
      3. The World Doesn't End by Charles Simic
      4. Selected Poems, 1963-1983 by Charles Simic
      5. The Same Water by Joan Murray
      6. Mystery Train by David Wojahn
      7. Sigodlin by Robert Morgan
      8. Eight Longer Poems by David R. Slavitt
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      Anna Akhmatova by Clarence Brown, pp. 164-170 - 1 Review
      1. The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Roberta Reeder and Anna Akhmatova
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      Achilles in the No Man's Land by David Mason, pp. 171-175 - 1 Review
      1. The Iliad by Robert Fagles and Homer
    17. Notes on Contributors, pp. 176-178
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    Summer 1991 Issue = 15 Articles
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    2. Myths and Mishegaas by Harold Fromm, pp. 189-202
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    5. The Music Underneath by Beth McGrath, pp. 263-278
    6. Art by John Loughery, pp. 279-284
    7. Theatre by Richard Hornby, pp. 285-291
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      Film: Lonely People, Living in the World by Bert Cardullo, pp. 292-300 - 2 Reviews
      1. Lonely Woman Seeks Like Companion (1986 Film) by Vyacheslav Krishtofovich
      2. Ariel (1988 Film) by Aki Kaurismaki
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      The Exaggerator by William H. Pritchard, pp. 301-308 - 1 Review
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      3. Rabbit at Rest by John Updike
      4. My Son's Story by Nadine Gordimer
      5. The Road to the City by Natalia Ginzburg
      6. Family Planning by Tim Parks
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      2. The World of the Ten Thousand Things by Charles Wright
      3. New Poems: 1980-88 by John Haines
      4. The Continuous Life by Mark Strand
      5. The Changes/Orders/Becomings by Peyton Houston
      6. In the Western Night by Frank Bidart
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      1. Yevgeny Yevtushenko: The Collected Poems, 1952-1990 by Albert C. Todd, James Ragan, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko, ...
      2. God Hunger by Michael Ryan
      3. The Homeplace by Marilyn Nelson Waniek
      4. Outside History by Eavan Boland
      5. Bright Moves by J. Allyn Rosser
      6. Forgiveness by Dennis Sampson
    15. Notes on Contributors, pp. 352-354
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    1. Letter to the Editors, pp. 358-361
    2. Comment by W.S. Di Piero, pp. 362-376
    3. In Co. Cork by William Trevor, pp. 377-380
    4. Letters to Ferdinand Reyher, edited by Holly Stevens by Wallace Stevens, pp. 381-409
    5. Ten Poems by Jorge Luis Borges, pp. 410-418
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    7. Trespassing by Sara London, p. 429
    8. Laps after Hours by Neal Bowers, p. 430
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    10. Wholly Dedicated to a House by John Drexel, p. 432
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    12. Dance by Marcia B. Siegel, pp. 447-452
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    14. Art by John Loughery, pp. 461-468
    15. Music by Robert S. Clark, pp. 469-474
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      2. Black Rain (1989 Film) by Shohei Imamura
      3. Freeze. Die. Come to Life (1991 Film) by Vitali Kanevsky
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      1. Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz
      2. Landscape Painted with Tea by Milorad Pavic
      3. Pinocchio in Venice by Robert Coover
      4. The Secret Pilgrim by John le Carre
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      3. Caroline's Daughters by Alice Adams
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      6. The Crown of Columbus by Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
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      3. Selected Poems, 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney
      4. Omeros by Derek Walcott
      5. Even a Fist Was Once an Open Palm with Fingers by Yehuda Amichai
      6. The Sunken Lightship by Peter Makuck
      7. In the Shadow's Light by Yves Bonnefoy
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      1. The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse by Christopher Ricks
      2. The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry by J.D. McClatchy
    22. Notes on Contributors, pp. 528-530
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    1. Bennett Award Acceptance Speech, 1990 by William Trevor, p. 533
    2. Letter to the Editors, pp. 534-537
    3. Comment by William H. Pritchard, pp. 538-548
    4. The Poetics of the New Formalism by Monroe K. Spears, pp. 549-562
    5. I.V. Runaway by Laurence Lieberman, pp. 563-570
    6. A Scattering of Ashes by Carl Djerassi, pp. 571-581
    7. Ontario Towns by C.S. Giscombe, pp. 582-600
    8. Spooning by David Mason, pp. 601-606
    9. Mr. Green by Robert Olen Butler, pp. 607-616
    10. Recommendation for Amber; Birth Stone by Lorna Goodison, pp. 617-619
    11. The Poet in Heaven by Lynn Emanuel, p. 620
    12. The Heart Is Also a Meadow; Fire Elegy by Tom Wayman, pp. 621-623
    13. Music by Robert S. Clark, pp. 624-628
    14. Theatre by Richard Hornby, pp. 629-636
    15. Art by John Loughery, pp. 637-644
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      2. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990 Film) by Peter Greenaway
      3. Longtime Companion (1989 Film) by Norman Rene
      4. My Left Foot (1989 Film) by Jim Sheridan
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      3. The Certainty of Literature by George Watson
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      The Wilderness Surrounding the Word by Robert McDowell, pp. 669-678 - 5 Reviews
      1. Yes, Let's by Tom Disch
      2. Secret Destinations by Charles Causley
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      4. The Mail from Anywhere by Brad Leithauser
      5. Punching Out by Jim Daniels
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    23. Notes on Contributors, p. 699
    24. Index to Volume XLIII, pp. 700-706
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