Winter 1952

“Lessons from Iran” by Elizabeth Monroe
Winter 1952

Volume 28, Number 1

Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 1952 cover

Table of contents

Essays 
ESSAYS / ISSUE: Winter 1952

Italy in Perspective

By Louis Fischer
ESSAYS / ISSUE: Winter 1952

The Battle of the Margins

By James L. Godfrey
ESSAYS / ISSUE: Winter 1952

Verandah Talk

By Ralph Gustafson
Criticism 
CRITICISM / ISSUE: Winter 1952

Herman Melville: The Basic Facts

By Willard Thorp
Poetry 
POETRY / ISSUE: Winter 1952

Carol

By Mervyn Lagden
POETRY / ISSUE: Winter 1952

Mind to Mind

By Mervyn Lagden
POETRY / ISSUE: Winter 1952

The Old Fleece

By Mervyn Lagden
POETRY / ISSUE: Winter 1952

The Long Winter

By Peggy Church
POETRY / ISSUE: Winter 1952

She Lives With Me

By Mark Van Doren
 
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Lessons from Iran

By Elizabeth Monroe

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