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January 30, 1986 Issue - 18 Articles-
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By Love Possessed (2 Reviews) Norman Cohn
, pp. 3-4 Holy Anorexia, by Rudolph M. Bell
- Holy Anorexia by Rudolph M. Bell
- Immodest Acts by Judith C. Brown
- Last Christmas of the War
Primo Levi
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Women's Lot (Review) Martha Nussbaum
, pp. 7-12 Reclaiming a Conversation, by Jane Roland Martin
- Reclaiming a Conversation by Jane Roland Martin
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To the Tehran Station (Review) Edward Mortimer
, pp. 13-14 The Mantle of the Prophet, by Roy Mottahedeh
- The Mantle of the Prophet by Roy Mottahedeh
- A Short Defense of Poetry
W.H. Auden
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Inconstant Anderson (2 Reviews) Christopher Benfey
, pp. 16-19 Letters to Bab, by Sherwood Anderson and William A. Sutton
- Letters to Bab by Sherwood Anderson and William A. Sutton
- Kit Brandon: A Portrait by Sherwood Anderson
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The German Mystery Case (3 Reviews) Gordon A. Craig
, pp. 20-22 The Peculiarities of German History, by David Blackbourn and Geoff Eley
- The Peculiarities of German History by David Blackbourn and Geoff Eley
- Reactionary Modernism by Jeffrey Herf
- The Ideological Origins of Nazi Imperialism by Woodruff D. Smith
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Eek! (Review) S. Schoenbaum
, pp. 23-25 Dreadful Pleasures, by James B. Twitchell
- Dreadful Pleasures by James B. Twitchell
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The Lost Cause (Review) C. Vann Woodward
, pp. 26-28 Socialism and America, by Irving Howe
- Socialism and America by Irving Howe
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Virtuoso (Review) R.J.W. Evans
, pp. 29-30 Renaissance Essays, by Hugh Trevor-Roper
- Renaissance Essays by Hugh Trevor-Roper
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Outrageously Normal (Review) Murray Kempton
, p. 31 Outrageous Misconduct, by Paul Brodeur
- Outrageous Misconduct by Paul Brodeur
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The Wonders of Star Wars (3 Reviews) Lord Zuckerman
, pp. 32-39 Star Warriors, by William J. Broad
- Star Warriors by William J. Broad
- How to Make Nuclear Weapons Obsolete by Robert Jastrow
- Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies
- Lipstick
James Merrill
, p. 40 - A Night at the Palace
Howard Moss
, p. 41 - An Exchange on Allard Lowenstein
Richard Cummings, Barney Rosset, and Victor Rabinowitz, ...
, pp. 41-42 - The Nicaraguan Elections
Larry Garber and Robert Leiken
, p. 43 An Exchange
- Letters
Salo W. Baron, Thomas B. Maertens, and Harold Brodkey, ...
, pp. 44-48 - Cover Drawing
David Levine