Nonfiction
Winter 1965
I Sometimes Said to Stéphane Mallarmé…
From the French. I sometimes said to Stéphane Mallarmé: “Some find fault with you and others laugh you to scorn. You arouse rage and pity. It is a simple […]
Nonfiction
Summer 1957
The Existence of Symbolism
From the French. The mere name of Symbolism is already an enigma for many, as if it had been chosen expressly to make them torment their minds. I have known […]
Nonfiction
Spring 1954
Poetry and Abstract Thought
(The Zaharof Lecture for 1939 at Oxford University) Quite often we place at opposite extremes the ideas of poetry and thought, and especially “abstract thought.” We say “poetry and abstract […]
Nonfiction
Spring 1948
Things Left Unsaid (Selections from “Choses Tues”)
From the French. Painting. The object of painting is uncertain. If it were definite—such as, to produce the illusions of things seen, or, to amuse the eye and the […]