The St. John’s Review ‘Volume XLT, number one (1991-92) Editor Elliot Zuckerman Editorial Board Eva TH. Brann Beate Ruhim von Oppen Joe Sachs Cary Stickney John Van Doren Robert B. Williamson Subscriptions and Editorial Assistant Jack Hunt ‘The St. John's Review is published three times a year by the Office ofthe Dean, St. John’s College, Annapolis: Christopher B. Nelson, President; BvaT. H. Bram. Dean, For those not on the distribution list, subscriptigns are $15.00 per year. Unsolicited essays, stories, poems, and reasoned letters are welcome, Address comespondence to the Review, St. John’s College, P.O. Box 2800, Annspolis, MD 21404-2800. Back issues are available, at $5.00 per issue, from the St. John’s College Bookstore, ©1992 St John’s College. Al rights reserved; reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. ISSN 0277-4720 Desktop Publishing end Printing The St. John's College Print ShopContents Lie. The Body Electric Howard Fisher BD. ee ‘The Education of Telemachos Amy Apfel Kass 6l...... The Least Deceptive Mirror of the Mind: Truth and Reality in the Homeric Poems Carl A. Rubino 75...+++ Whatis a Book? EvaT. H. Brann Poems JH. Beall Sandra Hoben Kemmer Anderson 97 Le Re-Reading: A Note on Ibsen and Wagner Elliott Zuckerman 101 ..... Solution: St. John’s Crossword Number Two Trout St. John’s Crossword Number Four Captain Easy