CONTENTS
OCCASIONAL PROSE
Obituary
Philip Rahv (1908-1973)
The “Place” of Nicola Chiaromonte (1905-1972)
Saying Good-bye to Hannah (1907-1975)
F. W. Dupee (1904-1979)
Report
On the Demo, London
Lectures
A Guide to Exiles, Expatriates, and Internal Emigr’s
Language and Politics
Living with Beautiful Things
Novel, Tale, and Romance
Reviews and Criticism
The Tolstoy Connection
On Rereading a Favorite Book
Acts of Love
Politics and the Novel
In the Family Way
“Democracy”
Prefaces and Postfaces
The American Revolution of Jean-François Revel
On F. W. Dupee
The Paradox of History
Interlude
La Traviata Retold
Nature Pieces
The Rake’s Progress
The Very Unforgettable Miss Brayton
THE WRITING ON THE WALL
General Macbeth
A Bolt from the Blue
J. D. Salinger’s Closed Circuit
Burroughs’ Naked Lunch
The Hue and Cry
On Madame Bovary
Crushing a Butterfly
Everybody’s Childhood
The Inventions of I. Compton-Burnett
More on Compton-Burnett
The Writing on the Wall
Hanging by a Thread
One Touch of Nature
IDEAS AND THE NOVEL
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A Biography of Mary McCarthy