Winter 2001, Vol. 50, No. 2

Articles

Life against Death in Death and Life     207
LYELL ASHER

Ethics and Anxiety in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida
MICHAEL G. BIELMEIER     225

Rene Girard’s Categories of Scapegoats and Literature of the South
LAURA BARGE     247

“The Impulse of a Few Words”: Authority, Divided Self, and Language in Mary Gordon’ Final Payments and The Company of Women
MARGARET HALLISSY     269

The Perfection of Roo Borson
NICK GIESE     293

Special Feature

On Conjunctions and Other Meaningful Words
Doris Betts

Dialogue

Michel Tournier: Ecrivain croyant?
Susan Petit

Review Essay

A Gentle Quarrel with Readers: Robert Drake’s Fiction
Randy Hendricks

Poetry

Night Class
Paul Willis

Magdalene’s Lament
Linda Malnack

Whistle Stop
Jeffrey Johnson

Walking with Einstein
Ida Fasel

Feast and Famine
Marjorie Maddox

Jeweled Silence
Philip C. Kolin