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… up moral defenses for the institution that made life comfortable? Is the culture of the Old South a myth? Or was … rosy and profitable future. Its traditions are turning into points of interest. It is capitalizing the Lost Cause. And … “Robert E. Lee.” Between acts I listened to the audience struggling with teacups and chocolates and fought to …

… past couple of months”: [I]nvariably, in phone-tag intramurals preceding our meetings, every message Lee left on my … “me” / “see,” and “plain” / “Wayne,” are linguistically uncomplicated, as if simply revealing a hard truth, a “simple … rhyme adds vehemence to these harsh dismissals. It embodies the anger that the words express. “Poetry of bad …

… trite appeal of the time— determined naivete flung over the commonplace. “Well, hello.” Eva stood above us. She held a … looks down on Avenue C. Running into Eva at Da Stephano had also called up Nick Jones, an unwelcome ghost at that modest … Or not now while she was pursuing her architectural studies; that these different interests should be kept …

… I sat at the table reading catalogues. I wanted to go to Newcomb but knew nothing about it other than that it was in New … were regulars. Even though Daddy Jack had to pay for my meals at school, I headed across the street several times a … the old crew cut officers always around. But one of the ladies who took in dates had a basement room that was a true …

… their fields. French Poets and the English Renaissance: Studies in Transformation , by Anne Lake Prescott. Yale $16.50 … and fresh; this one is windy and full of recycled viewpoints. The Republicans come off badly, but the Democrats … Civil War, 1967—1970 , by John J. Stremlau. Princeton $26.50 John Stremlau’s study of the internationalization of …