July 1, 1945
Brief Comment: Are Men Equal?
Are Men Equal? by Henry Alonzo Myers. Putnam. $2.50. Mr. Myers, a versatile philosopher who lectures on American civilization and English literature at Cornell, seeks to prove two propositions: […]
July 1, 1945
He Bridged the Atlantic
The Collected Poetry Of W. H. Auden. Random House. $3.75. The publishers’ jacket tells us he is 37. It is a figure which lies transparently coded in every line […]
July 1, 1945
Brief Comment: Cannery Row
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Viking. $2.00. Cannery Row is a section of Steinbeck’s Monterey, like Tortilla Flats. The life there seems as quaint, though its population is not […]
July 1, 1945
A Derivative Devil
The Devil’s Share by Denis de Rougemont. Pantheon. $2.50. Denis de Rougemont’s Devil is designed to startle, but many readers will meet him with a pleased and placid recognition. […]
July 1, 1945
The Humanity of Mozart
Mozart: His Character And Work by Alfred Einstein. Oxford. $5.00. The book is a valuable contribution to the literature on Mozart. Prof. Einstein commands his special field in a […]
April 1, 1945
Brief Comment: From Art to Theatre: Form and Convention in the Renaissance
From Art To Theatre: Form And Convention In The Renaisance by George R. Kernodle. University of Chicago. $5.00. This beautiful volume is less From Art to Theatre than From […]
April 1, 1945
Brief Comment: The End of All Men
The End Of All Men by C. F. Ramuz. Translated by Allan Ross Macdougall. Pantheon Books. $2.50. Scenario, or painter’s program: This Swiss novelist’s attempt to translate pictorial or […]
April 1, 1945
Brief Comment: Sunday after the War
Sunday After The War by Henry Miller. New Directions. $3. Since I have read only one other book by Henry Miller I cannot say whether he is justly charged […]
April 1, 1945
Brief Comment: This Changing World
This Changing World: A Series Of Contributions By Some Of Our Leading Thinkers, To Cast Light Upon The Pattern Of The Modern World edited by J. R. M. Brumwell. Routledge […]
April 1, 1945
Notes on Eleven Poets
Five Young American Poets. Eve Merriam, John Frederick Nims, Jean Garrigue, Tennessee Williams, and Alejandro Carrión. New Directions, Third Series. 1944. $3.00. Land of Unlikeness by Robert Lowell. Cummington Press. […]
April 1, 1945
Mr. Auden’s Tennyson
A Selection From The Poems Of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Selected and with an introduction by W. H. Auden. Doubleday, Doran. $3.00 The spectacle of Mr. Auden, the bad boy […]
April 1, 1945
“Buddy, Sit Thee in Silence”
The Iliad Of Homer: A line for line translation in Dactylic Hexameter by William Benjamin Smith and Walter Miller. Macmillan. $3.75. This work was begun by Professor Smith many […]