ABSTRACT
April 1935
New Verse (1933–9), edited by Geoffrey Grigson, concentrated on printing and discussing contemporary poets, and although its circulation barely exceeded 1,000 it was probably the most important English poetry magazine of the thirties. It was enthusiastic in its support of Auden, but its editor later regretted its sometimes strident tone, as instanced here by his remarks on Bridges (see Grigson’s ‘Recollections of New Verse’, TLS, 25 April 1968, pp. 409–10).
Hopkins had figured in its very first number, in January 1933, in an article by Herbert Read. The April 1935 edition was entirely devoted to him, with seven different contributors, including Grigson, House, MacNeice, Charles Madge, and Christopher Devlin. House was thanked for helping to assemble these writers.
