December 1958

Articles

• The Lesson of Iraq

  “Let us not forget that our essential policy interests are identical with those of the Arabs.”

  William R. Polk

• Russia

• Accent on Living

  Charles W. Morton

• War of Nerves

  LEROY OSTRANSKY is a native New Yorker who is now composer-in-residence at the College of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.

  Leroy Ostransky

• Tennis on Tv

  RENÉ MACCOLL is the roving correspondent and columnist of the London EXPRESS.

  René Maccoll

• Oh, Tidings of Comfort and Joy

  Libby Sollis

• The Prospect Before Us

  John M. Conly

• Italy Today

• Editor's Introduction

  Elisabeth Mann Borgese

• Italians as Builders and Pioneers

  Giovanni Gronchi

• Dawn

  Vincenzo Cardarelli

• A Bridge Over the Atlantic

  Amintore Fanfani

• An Ideal Journey Through Italy: Modern Characteristics of Historic Regions

  Guido Piovene

• The Secret: A Story

  Alberto Moravia

• Benedetto Croce: Philosopher and Humanist of Modern Italy

  Guido Calogero

• Italian Fashion: The Art and Business of Elegance

  Irene Brin

• The Rebirth of Herculaneum: Archaeologists Restore a Roman City

  Amedeo Maiuri

• Uncle Agrippa Takes a Train: A Story

  Elio Vittorini

• Insomnia

  Salvatore Quasimodo

• The New Painting and Sculpture: The Emergence of Abstraction

  Lionello Venturi

• Italian Architecture Today: Variations on the Modern Style

  Bruno Zevi

• First Song

  Giuseppe Ungaretti

• The Move to via Del Corno: A Story

  Vasco Pratolini

• The Problem of the South: The Redevelopment of the "Mezzogiorno"

  Umberto Zanotti Bianco

• Gastronomic Italy: An Epicurean Travelogue

  Fabio Tombari

• Some Italian Recites

  E. M. B.

• I Saw the Muses

  Leonardo Sinisgalli

• The Wedding Journey: A Story

  Corrado Alvaro

• Contemporary Italian Writers: A Survey of the Literary Scene

  Giovanni Grazzini

• The Italian Theater

  C. T.

• The Motion Picture Industry: Neo-Realist Art and Box-Office Pressures

  Luigi Barzini Jr.

• The Goat

  Umberto Saba

• The Music Situation in Italy: The Break-Through Into Contemporary Style

  Massimo Mila

• Jazz and Folk Music

  E. M. B.

• The Mediterranean

  Eugenio Montale

• The Italian Economy: Some Notes on Its Achievements and Problems

  P. L. Tumiati

• Economic Policy in Italy: Planned Economy or Free Enterprise

  Guido Carli

• Italian Science

  C. T.

• A Chronology of Italian History

• Biographical Notes on the Poets

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