ABSTRACT
This set comprises of 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes.
This second set compliments the first 68 volume set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|3 pages
William Empson on Defining the Attitude of a Generation ‘Experiment' (Cambridge)
vii, Spring 1931, 60–1
chapter 2|3 pages
Naomi Mitchison Advertises a New Generation, ‘Weekend Review'
25 October 1930, 592–4
chapter 5|3 pages
Louis Macneice on ‘Up-To-Date' Auden, Untitled Review, ‘Oxford Outlook'
xi, March 1931, 59–61
chapter 6|3 pages
F.R. Leavis on Chaos and Defeat, in Poetry and Disintegration, ‘Times Literary Supplement'
19 March 1931, 221
chapter 7|1 pages
M.D. Zabel on Auden's Certain Poetic Gifts, from a Dawn in Britain, ‘Poetry'
May 1931, 102–4
chapter 10|2 pages
Alan Pryce-Jones Puzzles over Meaning, from a Poetry Chronicle, ‘London Mercury'
26, May 1932, 170–1
chapter 11|3 pages
A.C. Brock on Medium Before Meaning, Unsigned Review, ‘Times Literary Supplement'
9 June 1932, 424
chapter 13|4 pages
Stephen Spender Explicates the Early Auden, ‘Twentieth Century' (Promethean Society)
3, July 1932, 13–15
chapter 17|3 pages
John Hayward on Obscurity and Stimulus, Untitled Review, ‘Criterion'
xii, October 1932, 131–4
chapter 18|1 pages
Graham Greene on Auden's Virtuosity, Three Poets, ‘Oxford Magazine'
li, 10 November 1932, 158
chapter 19|5 pages
Hugh Gordon Porteus on Value and Influence, ‘Twentieth Century' (Promethean Society)
iv, February 1933, 14–16
chapter 21|3 pages
John Gould Fletcher on a Poet of Courage, ‘Poetry' (CHICAGO)
xlii, May 1933, 110–13
chapter 22|5 pages
Robert Penn Warren on the English ‘Poetical Renascence', from Twelve Poets, ‘American Review'
May 1934, 221–7
chapter 25|2 pages
T.S. Eliot on Auden, from A Report on Poems Published in the ‘Listener',1931–3
Autumn 1933
chapter 26|4 pages
F.R. Leavis Replies to William Empson, from Auden, Bottrall, and Others, ‘Scrutiny'
iii, June 1934, 76–80
chapter 28|3 pages
D.G. Bridson Awaiting The Fulfilment of Promise, ‘New English Weekly'
iv, 21 December 1933, 234–5
chapter 30|1 pages
A. Desmond Hawkins on Auden's Dramatic Dynamite, ‘New English Weekly'
iv, 12 April 1934, 617
chapter 33|2 pages
Harold Hobson Applauds A Pioneer, ‘Christian Science Monitor'
22 October 1935, 12A
chapter 34|3 pages
Ashley Dukes Predicts A Poet's Theatre, ‘Theatre Arts Monthly'
xix, December 1935, 906–8
chapter 36|3 pages
Ruth Lechlitner, New Poets Heard in England, ‘New York Herald Tribune'
23 September 1934, section 7, 8
chapter 37|3 pages
Malcolm Cowley on Embattled Parables, From Spender and Auden, ‘New Republic'
lxxx, 26 September 1934, 189–90
chapter 38|3 pages
I.M. Parsons on ‘A Half-Baked Little Satire', ‘Spectator'
cliv, 28 June 1935, 1112, 1114
chapter 41|2 pages
Louise Bogan on the Conviction And Charity of a Good Play, ‘New Republic'
85, 27 November 1935, 79
chapter 42|7 pages
John Lehmann on a Career in Progress, ‘International Literature'
4, April 1936, 69–74
chapter 43|2 pages
Derek Verschoyle On An Unconstructive Talent, ‘Spectator'
clvi, 7 February 1936, 211
chapter 44|3 pages
Cyril Connolly, Reluctantly Deploring Popularization, ‘New Statesman and Nation'
xi, 8 February 1936, 188
chapter 45|3 pages
E.M. Forster on Focusing ‘The Ascent of F6', Chormopuloda, ‘Listener'
xvi, 14 October 1936, supplement 31, vii
chapter 46|6 pages
Stephen Spender on Disappointing Simplifications, from Fable and Reportage, ‘Left Review'
ii, November 1936, 779–82
chapter 47|1 pages
Ben Belitt on ‘Farce for the Salon', from Rugby and the Tragic Muse, ‘Nation'
cxliv, 17 April 1937, 439–40
chapter 48|1 pages
Wyndham Lewis on ‘Marxian Playboys', From ‘Blasting and Bombardiering'
1937, 340–1
chapter 49|7 pages
Stephen Spender, the Poetic Dramas of W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, ‘New Writing'
New series 1, Autumn 1938, 102–8
chapter 50|4 pages
A.R. Humphreys on Vitality and Confusion, ‘Cambridge Review'
58, 30 April 1937, 353–5
chapter 51|3 pages
G.W. Stonier on A Successful Revival, ‘New Statesman and Nation'
xviii, 1 July 1939, 13
chapter |22 pages
‘Look, Stranger!'
London, October 1936; New York (as ‘On This Island'), February 1937
chapter 53|3 pages
Gavin Ewart on the Unaccommodating Play and the Powerful Poems, Untitled Reviews, ‘University Forward'
iii, November 1936, 16
chapter 54|3 pages
F.R. Leavis on Irresponsible Immaturity, Mr. Auden's Talent, ‘Scrutiny'
v, December 1936, 323–7
chapter 55|3 pages
C. Day-Lewis on a Classic or a Curiosity, Paging Mankind, ‘Poetry'
xlix, January 1937, 225–8
chapter 57|4 pages
Edmund Wilson Regrets The Retrograde, The Oxford Boys Becalmed, ‘New Republic'
xc, 24 February 1937, 77–8
chapter 59|1 pages
Richard Goodman Foresees True Revolutionary Poetry, From Perspectives for Poetry, ‘Daily Worker'
2 June 1937, 7
chapter 60|1 pages
Cyril Connolly, From To-Day the Struggle, ‘New Statesman and Nation'
xiii, 5 June 1937, 926, 928
chapter 61|3 pages
Edward Sackville-West on Being Mainly Amused, ‘New Statesman and Nation'
xiv, 7 August 1937, 226
chapter 63|2 pages
Michael Roberts on Useful Entertainment, Poets on Holiday, ‘London Mercury'
xxxvi, September 1937, 483–4
chapter 72|2 pages
Unsigned Review, A Poetic Drama of To-Day, ‘Times Literary Supplement'
29 October 1938, 689
chapter 73|4 pages
Kingsley Martin on Honest, Outspoken Topicality, ‘New Statesman and Nation'
xvi, 19 November 1938, 826–7
chapter 74|1 pages
C. Day-Lewis on Unsuccessful Sincerity, Unsigned Review, ‘Listener'
xx, 24 November 1938, 1145
chapter 75|6 pages
Julian Symons Reviews the Dramatic Canon, ‘Life and Letters Today'
February 1939, 71–9
chapter 76|4 pages
Evelyn Waugh on a Pantomime Appearance, Mr. Isherwood and Friend, ‘Spectator'
clxii, 24 March 1939, 496, 498
chapter 77|1 pages
Randall Swingler on Being Uninvolved, Two Intellectuals in China,‘Daily Worker'
29 March 1939, 7
chapter 79|3 pages
Geoffrey Grigson on Humane and Powerful Poetry, Twenty-Seven Sonnets, ‘New Verse'
n.s.2, May 1939, 47–9
chapter 80|3 pages
Lincoln Kirstein on the Greatest Poetry of our Speech, Poets Under Fire, ‘Nation'
cxlix, 5 August 1939, 151–2
chapter 81|2 pages
Michael Roberts on a Failure to Affirm, not this Time?, ‘Spectator'
clxv, 26 July 1940, 100
chapter 82|4 pages
T.C. Worsley on Understanding the Life of our Day, Major Poet, ‘New Statesman and Nation'
xx, 27 July 1940, 92
chapter 83|2 pages
William Empson on Simplifying the Machinery, Untitled Review, ‘Life and Letters Today'
1 August 1940, 178–80
chapter 84|4 pages
Malcolm Cowley on the Idea of Guilt, Auden in America, ‘New Republic'
civ, 7 April 1941, 473–4
chapter 86|3 pages
Babette Deutsch on Auden's Analytic Ethics, ‘Sirs, What Must I do to be Saved?', ‘Poetry’
lviii, June 1941, 148–52
chapter 87|2 pages
Herbert Read on Misuse of Form, Hudibrasticks, ‘Spectator'
clxvi, 6 June 1941, 613–14
chapter 88|2 pages
Charles Williams on Life and Mr. Auden, Untitled Review, ‘Dublin Review'
ccix, July 1941, 99–101
chapter 90|3 pages
Mark Schorer on Auden's Beautiful Flights, ‘New York Times'
17 September 1944, section 7, 4
chapter 91|4 pages
Harry Levin, through the Looking Glass, ‘New Republic'
cxi, 18 September 1944, 347–8
chapter 93|3 pages
Hugh Kingsmill on Auden's Self-Consciousness, Occluded Pastures, ‘New English Review'
xi, May 1945, 79–81
chapter 94|4 pages
Stephen Spender on Argument or Experience, Auden, ‘Time and Tide'
xxvi, 25 August 1945, 711–12
chapter 95|5 pages
R.G. Lienhardt, Auden's Inverted Development, ‘Scrutiny'
xiii, September 1945, 138–42
chapter 96|7 pages
F. Cudworth Flint Reviews ‘an Agile Intelligence', ‘New York Times'
8 April 1945, section 7, 1, 28–9
chapter 98|4 pages
John Van Druten, He Bridged the Atlantic, ‘Kenyon Review'
vii, Summer 1945, 507–11
chapter 99|2 pages
M.L. Rosenthal, Speaking Greatly in an Age of Confusion, ‘New York Herald Tribune'
20 July 1947, section 7, 3
chapter 100|4 pages
Jacques Barzun on a Philosophical Poem, ‘Harper's Magazine'
cxcv, September 1947, back matter, i–ii
chapter 101|3 pages
Delmore Schwartz on Auden'S ‘Most Self-Indulgent Book', ‘Partisan Review’
xiv, September-October 1947, 528–31
chapter 102|3 pages
Giles Romilly, the age of Despair, ‘New Statesman and Nation'
xxxvi, 30 October 1948, 376
chapter 104|3 pages
George D. Painter, Letters from Wasteland, ‘Listener'
xliii, 20 April 1950, 705–6
chapter 105|3 pages
G.S. Fraser, the Cheerful Eschatologist, ‘New Statesman and Nation'
xliii, 1 March 1952, 249
chapter 108|3 pages
Karl Shapiro, W.H. Auden Versus…, ‘New York Times'
20 February 1955, section 7, 6
chapter 109|1 pages
Horace Gregory, Auden's New Poems Invoke Echoes of Don Giovanni, ‘New York Herald Tribune'
27 February 1955, section 6, 4
chapter 111|2 pages
Donald Davie on Auden's Playfulness, from an Untitled Review, ‘Shenandoah'
vii, Autumn 1955, 93–5
chapter 113|7 pages
Edmund Wilson, W.H. Auden in America, 'New Statesman and Nation'
li, 9 June 1956, 658–9
chapter 116|2 pages
Graham Hough on Talented Glibness, From an Untitled Review, “Listener'
lxiv, 28 July 1960, 159–60
chapter 117|2 pages
Thom Gunn on Auden's Tired Mannerisms, From Manner and Mannerism, ‘Yale Review'
Autumn 1960, 133–5
chapter 118|6 pages
John Updike on Auden's Humanistic Relaxation, Untitled Review, ‘Motive'
xxvi, November 1965, 50–2
chapter 122|2 pages
John Carey on a Savour of Dereliction, ‘New Statesman'
Lxxii, 23 December 1966, 941–2
chapter 124|3 pages
Richard Mayne, Choric Oracular Uncle, ‘New Statesman'
Lxxvi, 13 December 1968, 838
chapter 127|2 pages
John Fletcher on Classical Simplicity and Directness, ‘Spectator'
ccxxiii, 13 December 1969, 827–8
chapter 128|7 pages
Monroe K. Spears, a Sabine Farm Near Kirchstetten, ‘Yale Review'
lx, Autumn 1970, 90–6
chapter 130|7 pages
Clive James, Unsigned Review, a Testament to Self-Control, ‘Times Literary Supplement'
12 January 1973, 25–6
chapter 135|8 pages
Irvin Ehrenpreis, Inside Auden's Landscape, ‘New York Review of Books'
xxiv, 1, 3 February 1977, 10–12
