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The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

Contents

ARTICLES

Helena versus Time's Winged Chariot in All’s Well That Ends Well

Opening Walls: Two Stories by Eugene Ionesco

Heartbreak at the Blue Hotel: James Agee’s Scenario of Stephen Crane's Story

The Humanism of Richard Kim

Wambaugh' s Police Stories

James Steele: New Mexico's First Local Colorist

POEMS

Bucolics: The First Frost

The Kirlian Effect

Three Bucolics

At Land's End

The Day Hoppy Fell Off the Train

Horsecatcher

After Oklahoma

Hometown Widow

Returning to Find It

My Father's Closet

Two Anglo-Irish Sonnets

Abstract

in this issue. . .

ANTHONY BRENNAN, who examines All's Well That Ends Well, received his Ph.D. from McMaster University in Ontario where he teaches English. His stories and articles have appeared in a number of periodicals, including MQ, and he has published two novels.

KATHERINE H. BURKMAN, who takes us into the odd world of Ionesco's children's stories, received her Ph.D. from Iowa and teaches English at Ohio State. She has published books and articles on Pinter, Shakespeare, and the teaching of drama.

JAMES R. FULTZ, who compares Agee's scenario of "The Blue Hotel," with Crane's story, is an alumnus of Pittsburg State who received his Ph.D. from Nebraska, where he teaches English.

ROBERT J. GOAR, who calls Richard Kim to our attention, received his Ph.D. from Harvard and teaches classics at Massachusetts. He wishes to thank Mrs. Jolayne Hinkel and Professor Byron Koh for helpful comments and suggestions.

DAVID K. JEFFREY, who investigates Wambaugh's police stories, is a former policeman. He received his Ph.D. from North Carolina and teaches English at Auburn, where he is co-editor of The Southern Humanities Review. His articles have appeared in a number of journals.

JOHN ROTHFORK, who looks at local color on the New Mexico frontier, is a widely-published poet who teaches philosophy at New Mexico Tech and co-edits the New Mexico Humanities Review. His essays have appeared in a number of journals.

JACK FLAVIN works at the Springfield Public Library in Springfield, Massachusetts.

RAY FLEMING teaches in the comparative literature program at the University of California, San Diego. He is the American editor for Argo (Oxford).

STEVEN HIND is a native Kansan who teaches at Hutchinson Community College (Kansas). His book Familiar Ground will be published this fall by the Cottonwood Press (Lawrence, Ks.).

WILLIAM MEISSNER teaches creative writing at St. Cloud State College in Minnesota. His first book, Learning to Breath Under Water, was released earlier this year by the Ohio University Press.

GIBBONS RUARK is a recent recipient of a $10,000 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in creative writing. He teaches at the University of Delaware.

THE REVIEWS in this issue are by members of the Pittsburg State faculty.

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