PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DISTINGUISHED CRITICISM -- SELECTIONS FROM AWARD-WINNING ENTRIES -- REMARKS ABOUT THE SELECTIONS CRITERIA -- ABOUT ARCHITECTURE ISSUES IN 1969 -- MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC PLANS WILL MAIM SOME DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS -- SENSE OF HISTORY AND ESTHETICS PERVADES A NEW CITY HALL -- A BLACK COMMUNITY FIGHTS A STATE OFFICE BUILDING PROJECT -- RENEWAL PROGRAMS THREATEN CITY DISTRICTS AND NATURAL ASSETS -- ABOUT MUSIC TOPICS IN 1970 -- SOVIET AVANTGARDE MUSIC OBSERVED BY THE POLITICAL SYSTEM -- CONDUCTING MUSIC THE CELLIST VIRTUOSO BECOMES A YOUNG MAN -- SOME GREAT CLASSICAL COMPOSERS DESERVE TIMELESS RELEVANCE -- REMINISCENCES OF TWO FAMOUS BUT VERY DIFFERENT CONDUCTORS -- ABOUT DANCE ARRANGEMENTS IN 1971 -- BALLET PERFORMANCES ENJOY POPULAR UPSWING AMONG FANS -- FANATICAL DEVOTION OF CHAMBER MUSICIANS TO THEIR WORK -- IN A WORLD OF INDIFFERENCE SOME PEOPLE LIVE THEIR MUSIC -- SENSIVITY TO ALL SORTS OF MUSIC CHARACTERIZES THAT PRODIGY -- ABOUT TELEVISION OUTLINES IN 1972 -- YOUNG CREATIVE WRITERS COULD ENLIVEN SILLY TV ENTERTAINMENT -- OLYMPIC GAMES TV REPORTERS AS CUSTODIANS OF NATIONAL HONOR -- SOBERING INSIGHTS INTO ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR TV SHOWS -- ELECTED TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TV TRY TO SERVE VIEWERS' INTEREST -- ABOUT ART EXHIBITIONS IN 1973 -- A NORWEGIAN PAINTER SEEN UNDER ASPECTS OF HIS PRIVATE LIFE -- THE GREAT CUBIST'S POSITION IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY ART -- NUDITY AND VIOLENCE IN ART AS EXPRESSIONS OF MODERN LIFE -- THE PAINTER OF BIBLICAL VISIONS HAS GOT HIS OWN MUSEUM -- ABOUT FILM PRODUCTIONS IN 1974 -- FEMALE MOVIE ROLES REPRESENT ONLY STEREOTYPED IMAGES -- NEW WAVE FILMS AND THEIR TREATMENT OF SEX PROBLEMS -- A PRIVATE EYE MOVIE AS COMPLEX STORY OF EVIL ITSELF -- CINEMATIC STRUCTURES OF TWO SUCCESSFUL FILM DIRECTORS -- ABOUT DANCE EVENTS IN 1975.

INTERNATIONAL BALLETIC BRILLIANCE NOW SHOWN FOR DECADES -- ASPECTS OF SYMBIOTIC AFFILIATION BETWEEN FILM AND DANCE -- MOSCOW'S FAMOUS BALLET COMPANY EXPECTED WITH NEW PROGRAM -- CERTAIN EFFECTS OF POLITICS ON A DANCER'S CAREER -- ABOUT BOOK PUBLICATIONS IN 1976 -- A PROLIFICE WRITER'S NEW NOVEL IS ABOUT MONEY AND POWER -- DISTURBANCE OF EDEN BY PROGRESS IN A SMALL FARM VILLAGE -- YOUNG POET BETWEEN EDWARDIAN IDEALS AND OUTRAGEOUS REALITY -- LETTERS ILLUMINATING VARIED DECADES OF AMERICAN HISTORY -- ABOUT THEATER PERFORMANCES IN 1977 -- THE FASCINATING ART OF PLAYING A ROLE SENSITIVELY -- THEATER ONCE DEALT WITH ROMANCE NOW EXPOSES SEX -- TWO FEMALE ENTERTAINERS PUT ON A STRIKING SHOW -- INTERPRETATIONS OF TWO ACTORS PLAYING THE SAME ROLE -- ABOUT ARCHITECTURE DEFICIENCIES IN 1978 -- NEW FEDERAL BUILDING NOT COMPATIBLE WITH CITY MASTER PLANS -- CHEERLESS SHAPING OF LIVING SPACE IN SOME DOWNTOWN AREAS -- FEW CITY HOTEL LOBBIES OFFER A TASTEFUL GENERAL ATMOSPHERE -- RUTHLESS WRECKING OF LANDMARKS BY URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT -- ABOUT TELEVISION CONCEPTS IN 1979 -- FAIRYTALE FASCINATES TV AUDIENCE OVER TWO DECADES -- HOW TO ADAPT A FAMOUS NOVEL OF GUILT AND LOVE FOR TV -- ETHICS OF SEVERAL TV SPORTSCASTERS' BELONG ON THE SIDELINES -- HIGHLY STEREOTYPED CHARACTERS DOMINATE TV NETWORK PROGRAMS -- ABOUT BOOK MESSAGES IN 1980 -- SLIMY' EXERCISES IN THE "NEW" JOURNALISM PROFESSION -- CHINESE-AMERICANS' PROBLEMS OF CULTURAL INTEGRATION -- A GREENHORN'S WILD ADVENTURES IN THE EARLY SIXTIES -- GLIMPSES OF AN INFLUENTIAL COLUMNIST'S DUAL CAREER -- ABOUT MUSIC PRESENTATIONS IN 1981 -- AN OUTSTANDING VIOLINIST'S STANDARD WAS SIMPLY PERFECTION -- MODERN SETTING OF A CLASSIC OPERA AS BIG MUSICAL CHALLENGE -- ACCLAIMED STAR TENOR DISAPPOINTS IN ITALIAN OPERA PERFORMANCE -- OPERA MASTERPIECE PERFORMED AS NAIVE COMPENDIUM OF CLICHES -- ABOUT ART ASPECTS IN 1982.

AN ESTHETICALLY FASCINATING TV SERIES AS GREAT FILM ART -- TWO ART EXHIBITIONS ILLUMINATE MODERN ITALIAN PAINTING -- SOME OLD MASTERS' PAINTINGS VISUALIZE HEAVEN AND EARTH -- CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW DOESN'T INDICATE FUTURE TRENDS -- ABOUT ARCHITECTURE CHALLENGES IN 1983 -- A WORLD CAPITAL'S STEEL ICON BECOMES ONE CENTURY OLD -- RESTORATION PLANS THREATEN U. S. PARLIAMENT BUILDING -- DESIGN OF NEW COLLEGE HALL SHOWS COMPOSITIONAL TALENT -- WEST COAST CITY PLANS TO LIMIT UNFETTERED DOWNTOWN GROWTH -- ABOUT TELEVISION COVERAGES IN 1984 -- IF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ONCE HELD AN HONEST TV DEBATE -- ELECTRONIC PREACHERS MIX THEOLOGY AND DOCTRINAIRE POLITICS -- A TV NETWORK'S JINGOISTIC COVERAGE OF THE L. A. OLYMPIC GAMES -- SOFT-FOCUSED NEWS PROGRAMS PRESENTED BY PERKY TV ANCHORS -- ABOUT MUSIC CONDITIONS IN 1985 -- A SOPRANO'S FAREWELL APPEARANCE IN A DEFICIENT PRODUCTION -- THE MIRACLE OF TWO BAROQUE COMPOSERS' MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT -- OPERAGOERS' PROPOSALS TO PERFORM A MURDER SCENE PLAUSIBLY -- FAULTS IN THE MUSICAL LOGIC OF TOO MANY YOUNG COMPOSERS -- ABOUT BOOK CONTENTS IN 1986 -- TUMULTOUS SEARCH FOR A WOMAN'S PAST IN SOCIETY -- MEMORIES OF A VERY HAUNTING AND SOLITARY CHILDHOOD -- AGE IS WELL ABLE TO PREVAIL OVER CHALLENGING YOUTH -- NEW STEP IN A JOURNEY FROM A DARK CAVE INTO THE LIGHT -- ABOUT TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN 1987 -- FICTIONAL TV STORY ON A SOVIET-OCCUPIED AMERICA -- DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS IN TV DEBATES -- TV TRANSMITTED HEARING ON NOMINATION TO SUPREME COURT -- TV COVERAGE DOESN'T COME UP TO GRACIOUS HISTORIC SUMMIT -- ABOUT BOOK QUESTIONS IN 1988 -- WHAT A FELLOWSHIP OF REGIONAL WRITERS SHOULD SET AS ITS AIM -- TWO NOVELISTS RECONSTRUCT AMBIVALENT TIES OF FATHER TO SON -- SHAPELESS AND WOODEN NOVEL AGAIN ATOP THE BEST SELLER LISTS -- LETTERS OF AN EXCELLENT MUSIC CRITIC SHOW WIT AND FRANKNESS.

ABOUT ARCHITECTURE PROBLEMS IN 1989 -- FORMER ARMY BASE AS CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE -- ESTHETIC QUALITY SHOULD LEAD DOWNTOWN BUILDING PROGRAMS -- EARTHQUAKE REVEALS SOME FAULTS IN BUILDING TECHNIQUES -- NEW HALFWAY HOUSE IS A MASTERPIECE OF SOCIAL DESIGN -- ABOUT MEDIA FAILURES IN 1990 -- MOSTLY UNCRITICAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF A CONTROVERSIAL TRIAL -- LOOKING TOWARD AUTHORITIES THE MEDIA PREJUDGED DEFENDANTS -- HOW A LARGE NEWSPAPER CAN CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC OUTRAGE -- WHAT IS DECISIVE FOR A GAZETTE'S FAIR COURT REPORTING? -- WINNERS OF THE DISTINGUISHED CRITICISM AWARD, 1991-2001 - SPACE FOR NOTES - -- INDEX.