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Vol. 30 No. 11   ·   5 June 2008

Up from the Cellar

Nicholas Spice: The Interment of Elisabeth Fritzl

Letters

William Grant, Shego Jinpa, Donald Lopez, Michel Thibaud, Matthew Pires, Brian Vickers, Martin Sanderson, Salah el Serafy, William Vesterman

Frank Kermode: Sacrifice

  • Culture and Sacrifice: Ritual Death in Literature and Opera by Derek Hughes  Buy this book

Angry Duck

Jenny Turner: Lorrie Moore

Theo Tait: Gordon Burn

The Cattle-Prod Election

David Runciman: The Point of the Polls

Thomas Cohen: Exchanging Ideas in Early Modern Venice

  • Information and Communication in Venice: Rethinking Early Modern Politics by Filippo de Vivo  Buy this book

Stephen Sedley: Constitution-Makers

Short Cuts

Andrew O’Hagan writes from Bethlehem

At the Movies

Michael Wood: The Devil and Robert Bresson

Maurice Keen on Henry IV

  • The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England’s Self-Made King by Ian Mortimer  Buy this book

Brian Dillon: Sense of Self

Disasters and Disease

Hugh Pennington: The Dangerous Dead

Jonathan Barnes: Demiurge at Work

Patrick Collinson: Farewell to the Muggletonians

  • Last Witnesses: The Muggletonian History, 1652-1979 by William Lamont  Buy this book

Peter Campbell: Unpopular Culture

Louisa Waugh: Living in Gaza

Contributors

LRB cover artwork: Envelope

Featured articles

Up from the Cellar
Nicholas Spice: The Interment of Elisabeth Fritzl

Angry Duck
Jenny Turner: Lorrie Moore

The Cattle-Prod Election
David Runciman: The Point of the Polls

Disasters and Disease
Hugh Pennington: The Dangerous Dead

Short Cuts
Andrew O’Hagan writes from Bethlehem

At the Movies
Michael Wood: The Devil and Robert Bresson