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Book reviews

What was lost

by Denis Donoghue,

Can a biography of W.B. Yeats rely on historical fact alone?

Stands to reason

by Mark Lilla,

The liberal responsibility of Raymond Aron

Revisiting the icons

by Francine Prose,

The intimate photography of Diane Arbus

The reawakening

by Joyce Hackett,

Kate Chopin and the wages of liberation

The media is the message

by Gene Lyons,

Notes on our decadent press

Sounds and sweet airs

by Daniel Anderson,

The Norton Anthology may be bigger, but is it any better?

A mind so fine

by Terry Eagleton,

The contradictions of V.S. Naipaul

Art will eat itself

by Mark Kingwell,

What distinguishes art from everything else?

New books

by John Leonard,

The Critic as Artist

by Wyatt Mason,

James Wood???s first novel

Darkness visible

by Nicholas Fraser,

The intrigues of Alan Furst