The Henry James Number
Autumn 1943
James’s Idea of Dramatic Form
It has often been pointed out that James’s attempt to write for the theatre marks an important turning point in his career. He had behind him a certain success as […]
Nonfiction
Winter 1957
The Human Image¹
The essays in this book were written at various times during the last dozen years or more, often on specific assignment. I have arranged them in three groups according to […]
Book Reviews
Spring 1956
A Memory for the Theatre
The Modern Theatre edited by Eric Bentley in three volumes. Anchor Books. 95¢ each. One of the worst traits of Broadway is its lack of a memory. The commercial […]
Nonfiction
Autumn 1955
The Search for New Standards in the Theatre¹
It is appropriate to consider the theatre in this series on “The Search for New Standards in Modern America,” because our theatre is certainly inspired by standards which are new, […]
Nonfiction
Summer 1955
Don Perlimplin: Lorca’s Theatre-Poetry
For something like forty years poets in English-speaking countries have been trying to write poetic drama for the modern stage. This movement, if something so scattered and diverse may be […]
Nonfiction
Spring 1952
Purgatory, Canto XVIII: The Fruit of Philosophy
[Introductory Note This paper is one of a series of studies of the Purgatory, in which I attempt to trace the intellectual and spiritual development of Dante the Pilgrim. The […]
Book Reviews
Autumn 1950
When We Were Very Young
EIMI by E. E. Cummings. William Sloane Associates. $5.00 Mr. Cummings’ diary of his visit to Russia in 1931, first published in 1933 and long unavailable, has now been reissued. […]
Book Reviews
Winter 1949
The Tragedy of Passion
The Classical Moment: Studies of Corneille, Molière and Racine by Martin Turnell. New Directions. $4.50. Mr. Turnell’s book is evidently written out of a long and loving acquaintance with French […]
Nonfiction
Spring 1947
Action as Passion: “Tristan” and “Murder in the Cathedral”
When toward the end of the Eighteenth Century the “dramatic” gradually ceased to be identified with the vicissitudes of the Rationalists’ moral will, in its timeless struggle against inclination, the […]
Book Reviews
Autumn 1945
Gorky’s Theatre
Seven Plays of Maxim Gorky translated by Alexander Bakshy, in collaboration with Paul S. Nathan. Yale. $3.75. The seven plays in this volume were selected by Mr. Bakshy to […]
Book Reviews
Summer 1940
The Modern Temper in an Aisle Seat
The American Dream Since 1918: An Informal History by Joseph Wood Krutch. Random House. $2.50 This book tells the story of the New York theater, from the Washington Square Players […]