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History and criticism

The tragedy of tragedy

by Vladimir Nabokov,

When will playwrights leave fate to chance?

by James Wolcott,

A connoisseur of doom whose wit refuses to die

by Hugh Kenner,

Poetry isn't what it used to be, but then it never was

by James Wolcott,

Nine hundred pages of criticism prove that John Updike is no air-dancing dandy

by James Wolcott,

The well-deserved resurrection of Jean Stafford

by James Wolcott,

Norman Mailer finally gets his Egyptian novel out of his system

by James Wolcott,

Awaiting the great synthesis of rock and classical music