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Ron Marasco is professor emeritus of theater arts at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, and the author of numerous books.
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Must art always promote a particular idea or ideology? Jed Perl argues that “the artist in the act of creation must stand firm in the knowledge that art has its own laws and logic.”
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Beyond all its virtuosity and shine, James Merrill's writing style always had a canny, wry and often mensch-like grasp of human nature.
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Terry Eagleton's new book on tragedy can be a difficult read.