William H. Gass Emerson and the Essay 321
James Dougherty Jane Addams: Culture and Imagination 363
Stephen Dixon The Frame A Story 380
Richard Wilbur Racine, Andromache, from Act Four, Scene One A Translation 386
Mono Van Duyn The Learners A Poem 388
Alan Williamson Hyde Park at Thirty-Five A Poem 389
John Barnie The Death of King Arthur A Poem 390
Rachel Hadas Black Light A Poem 391
Arnost Lustig Auschwitz-Birkenau 393
Reviews
Brand Blanshard Plea Bargaining with the Universe 404
Gianfranco Poggi Western Civilization: A Critical Study 409
Margaret W. Ferguson “Debate That Bleedeth at Our Doors”: Recent Criticism of Shakespeare 414
William H. Chafe Women’s History: Some Continuing Challenges 426
Susan Gubar Eve’s Lexi-Cons 446
Roy Andrew Miller Mozart Scored for Mouth Organ 453
Jason H. Silverman Race, Class, and Caste in Nineteenth-Century America 458
B. H. Haggin New Records in Review 467
Comment: Jonathan Elkus An Encounter with the New Pirates 472
Reader’s Guide: Doris L. Eder Foreigners viii