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November 6, 1997 Issue - 17 Articles-
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Between Hell and History (Review) Luc Sante
, pp. 4-7 Underworld, by Don DeLillo
- Underworld by Don DeLillo
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The Voracious Ego (Review) James Fenton
, pp. 8-12 Robert Rauschenberg, by Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson
- Robert Rauschenberg by Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson
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The Set Within the Skull (Review) Steve Jones
, pp. 13-15 How the Mind Works, by Steven Pinker
- How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
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Killer Kids (Review) Joyce Carol Oates
, pp. 16-20 The Bad Seed, by William March
- The Bad Seed by William March
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In the Palace of Nightmares (Review) Noel Malcolm
, pp. 21-24 The Three-Arched Bridge, by Ismail Kadare
- The Three-Arched Bridge by Ismail Kadare
- The Case of Hannah Arendt
Amos Elon
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The Renaissance Revealed (10 Reviews) Ingrid D. Rowland
, pp. 30-37 Renaissance, by George Holmes
- Renaissance by George Holmes
- Worldly Goods by Lisa Jardine
- Venice and Antiquity by Patricia Fortini Brown
- Art and Life in Renaissance Venice by Patricia Fortini Brown
- Housecraft and Statecraft by Dennis Romano
- Provincial Families in the Renaissance by James S. Grubb
- Florentine Drama for Convent and Festival by Antonia Pulci, James Wyatt Cook, and Barbara Collier Cook, ...
- Autobiography of an Aspiring Saint by Cecilia Ferrazzi and Anne Jacobson Schutte
- Forbidden Friendships by Michael Rocke
- Machiavelli, Leonardo, and the Science of Power by Roger D. Masters
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What We Like to Forget (Review) J.M. Coetzee
, pp. 38-40 The Nature of Blood, by Caryl Phillips
- The Nature of Blood by Caryl Phillips
- On Francois Furet (1927-1997)
Tony Judt
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America's Holy War (Review) Bertram Wyatt-Brown
, pp. 43-46 For Cause and Comrades, by James M. McPherson
- For Cause and Comrades by James M. McPherson
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The Prophet (Review) Alan Ryan
, pp. 47-51 Women and the Common Life, by Christopher Lasch and Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
- Women and the Common Life by Christopher Lasch and Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
- America's Three Reconstructions
John Higham
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Anglo-Celtic Attitudes (5 Reviews) Helen Vendler
, pp. 57-60 Woman Police Officer in Elevator, by James Lasdun
- Woman Police Officer in Elevator by James Lasdun
- Rest for the Wicked by Glyn Maxwell
- Selected Poems, 1968-1983 by Paul Muldoon
- The Annals of Chile by Paul Muldoon
- Paul Muldoon by Tim Kendall and Peter McDonald
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Chekhov the Subversive (3 Reviews) Aileen Kelly
, pp. 61-66 Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought, by Simon Karlinsky and Anton Chekhov
- Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought by Simon Karlinsky and Anton Chekhov
- Chekhov's Plays by Richard Gilman
- Anton Chekhov by Donald Rayfield
- Radio Free Yugoslavia
Laura Silber and Veran Matic
, p. 67 - Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Yale Kamisar, Herbert Hendin, M.D., and Ronald Dworkin, ...
, pp. 68-72 An Exchange
- Cover: detail of 'Untitled [Sue]' 1951
Robert Rauschenberg and Susan Weil