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Illustrated Short Prose An engaging and engaged picture book of anecdotes , essays & parodies

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EDITOR

Robley Wilson, Jr.

POETRY Peter Cooley

DESIGN James Buckels

Roy Behrens

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Margaret Atwood David Hellerstein

LeoJ. Hertzel Kenneth Lash

Barry Lopez Stephen Minot

Mary Peterson Scott Russell Sanders

Lawrence Sturhahn

BUSINESS MANAGER Charlotte L. Wilson

EDITORIAL & BUSINESS OFFICES:

University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614

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Illustrations: James Buckels

(30-40), Samuel Cameron (41, 44), Wayne Hogan, M. Kasper, CorHoekstra, Margaret Bremuer.

FOUNDED IN 1815 VOLUME 269, NUMBER 4 DECEMBER 1984

FEATURE

14 Freud Redux: Psychoanalysis Turned Inside Out, by Thomas H.

Thompson

FICTION

30 Bluebeard's Egg, by Margaret Atwood 41 A Visit, by Patricia O'Donnell 44 Up in the Bush, by Helen Haukeness

POETRY

29 Ex-Wife, by Dabney Stuart 43 Two Poems, by James Hearst

DEPARTMENTS

4 American Eye: the big u: full circle, by Mari LoNano 7 Foreign Correspondence: a Guangzhou narrative, by LeoJ. Hertzel

46 Unclassifieds: Short takes by James T?te, Roberta Metz Swann, Elaine

Margolis, Madeleine Gekiere, and Gail Donohue 51 The Present Case: the assistant, by David Hellerstein 56 The Literary Life: a north American memoir: revenge, by Clark

Blaise 62 Books & Authors: Illinois short fiction, by Perry Glasser

THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW [ISSN 0029-2397], December 1984, Vol. 269, No. 4. Published quarterly, in March, June, September, December by the University of Northern Iowa, 1222 West 27th Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614. Annual subscription rates: $9.00 in the United States and its possessions, $10.00 in Canada and Latin America, $11.00 in all other countries. Second class postage paid at Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614. Copyright ? 1984 by the University of Northern Iowa. All rights, including translation into other languages, reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced without the permission of THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect those of the editors or of the University of Northern Iowa. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned unless accompanied by self addressed envelope with sufficient postage affixed. Fiction manuscripts will not be read until October 1, 1984. Claims for subscriber copies not received must be made within six months of date of publication. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to The North American Review, University of Northern Iowa, 1222 West 27th Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614. THE

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THE COORDINATING COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES

ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE 1984 GENERAL ELECTRIC FOUNDATION

AWARDS FOR YOUNGER WRITERS:

John Godfrey for poetry

published in GANDHABBA

and MAG CITY, New York.

Paul Hoover for poetry

published in ANOTHER

CHICAGO MAGAZINE, Chicago.

Michelle Hlneven for fiction

published in WILLOW SPRINGS,

Cheney,

Washington.

Tama Janowitz for fiction

published in MISSISSIPPI REVIEW,

Hattiesburg,

Mississippi.

Margo Jefferson for

a literary essay

published in GRAND STREET,

New York.

Rudy Wilson for fiction

published in THE PARIS

REVIEW, New York.

The awards recognize excellence in new writers while honoring the significant contribution of America's literary magazines.

This year's judges were Doris Grumbach, Elizabeth Hardwick, Kenneth Koch, James Alan McPherson and Gary Soto.

For information about

THE GENERAL ELECTRIC FOUNDATION AWARDS FOR YOUNGER WRITERS, please write to: CCLM, 2 Park Avenue, New York 10016.

Line portraits by David Johnson.

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From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf An Astounding and Wholly Unauthorized ?X. History of English Literature /J^N New Edition, If?^vV^ Thoroughly Devised and Diffusely Illustrated /f|v ^i N& Robert Manson Myers ?JL %\ rf^#^ Just when you thought academia was safe fe^fe..^ \V 7i-^^/^^ again for some high-minded seriousness, m JfflgK jfflP'?'! 1 ) ? Robert Manson Myers's classic bit of V ^i|? J^ -*Ja? ) tomfoolery comes leaping back to life with ^k. ^?r^k^. .-^\\ / \ one of the funniest parodies of English ^^\P\. ^^?k v literature and the English profession ever i&?*j$Gsfc(w ^

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The 1984 Illinois Short Fiction Collections

Bodies Of the Rich, by John J. Clayton. "John Clayton's stories crackle with a kind of electricity

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Issue Table of ContentsThe North American Review, Vol. 269, No. 4 (Dec., 1984), pp. 1-64Volume InformationFront MatterAbout This Issue [p. 2-2]American Eye: The Big U: Full Circle [pp. 4-6]Foreign CorrespondenceA Guangzhou Narrative [pp. 7-12]

Freud Redux: Psychoanalysis Turned inside Out [pp. 14-28]Ex-Wife [p. 29-29]Bluebeard's Egg [pp. 30-40]A Visit [pp. 41-43]Two PoemsWhat Matters [p. 43-43]The Trimmed Bush [p. 43-43]

Up in the Bush [pp. 44-45]Unclassifieds [pp. 46-50]The Present CaseThe Assistant [pp. 51-55]

Kasper [p. 52-52]The Literary LifeA North American Memoir: Revenge [pp. 56-60]

Books & AuthorsReview: Illinois Short Fiction [pp. 62-64]