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"Dover Beach"
A Note to That Poem
The Partisan Review, March 1936, p. 14
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            February 1936 Issue = 16 Articles
            1. Glade Crossing by John Dos Passos, pp. 3-5
            2. The Truth About the Brazilian Revolution by Pereda Valdes, pp. 6-8
            3. To the Left by Carl Van Doren, p. 9
            4. Where? by James Neugass, p. 9
            5. In the Heart of Darkness by Andre Malraux, p. 10
            6. Why the Druids All Died by Kerker Quinn, p. 11
            7. A Letter on Proletarian Literature by Newton Arvin, pp. 12-13
            8. The Writer's Part in Communism by Waldo Frank, pp. 14-16
            9. Funeral in May by Genevieve Taggard, p. 17
            10. The Cock's Funeral by Ben Field, pp. 18-21
            11. Some American Communists by Joseph Freeman, pp. 22-23
            12. The Library by Saul Levitt, pp. 24-25
            13. The Shape of the Sun by Clara Weatherwax, pp. 26-27
            14. Theatre Chronicle by James T. Farrell, pp. 28-29
            15. Nevertheless It Moves by Kenneth Fearing, p. 30
            16. Correspondence, p. 31
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            March 1936 Issue = 20 Articles
            1. The Golden Harvest by Josephine Herbst, pp. 3-6
            2. Black Hussars by Ilya Ehrenbourg, pp. 7-9
            3. Blue With White Dots by Charles Bradford, pp. 10-11
            4. All Quiet on the Literary Front by Alan Calmer, pp. 12-13
            5. "Dover Beach" by Archibald MacLeish, p. 14
            6. Never, Never, Never by Kenneth Fearing, p. 14
            7. More of Corpse Than a Woman by Muriel Rukeyser, p. 14
            8. Speak to Me of Mussolini! by Samuel Putnam, p. 15
            9. Of Thee by James Neugass, p. 15
            10. Stopover by Nathan Asch, pp. 16-18
            11. The 27th of September by Andre Gide, pp. 19-20
            12. The Runners by Prudencio de Pereda, pp. 21-24
            13. Theatre Chronicle by James T. Farrell, p. 25
            14. Revolution is a Form of Necking by Edward Newhouse, p. 26
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              Intellectual Ping-Pong by David Ramsey, p. 27 - 1 Review
              1. American Philosophy, Today and Tomorrow by Horace M. Kallen and Sidney Hook
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              In the Mold of Poverty by Obed Brooks, p. 28 - 1 Review
              1. From the Kingdom of Necessity by Isidor Schneider
            17. [+]
              First Books by Ruth Lechlitner, p. 29 - 1 Review
              1. Theory of Flight by Muriel Rukeyser
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              Review Before the Brave, by Kenneth Patchen by Harold Rosenberg, p. 30 - 1 Review
              1. Before the Brave by Kenneth Patchen
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              A World Won by Jack Conroy, p. 30 - 1 Review
              1. Seeds of Tomorrow by Mikhail Sholokhov
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              It Happened There by Edwin Berry Burgum, p. 31 - 1 Review
              1. The Last Civilian by Ernst Glaeser
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            April 1936 Issue = 25 Articles
            1. What Is Americanism?, p. 3
            2.  ---  by Theodore Dreiser, p. 3
            3.  ---  by Newton Arvin, p. 4
            4.  ---  by Josephine Herbst, pp. 5-6
            5.  ---  by Robert Herrick, p. 7
            6.  ---  by Matthew Josephson, p. 8
            7.  ---  by Kenneth Burke, pp. 9-10
            8.  ---  by Waldo Frank, p. 11
            9.  ---  by William Troy, p. 12
            10.  ---  by William Carlos Williams, p. 13
            11.  ---  by Joseph Freeman, pp. 14-16
            12. High Gear by Nathan Asch, p. 17
            13. The Landlord by Kenneth White, p. 18
            14. Plea for an Epitaph by Harold A. Boner, p. 19
            15. Memory at Night by Edward J. Fitzgerald, p. 19
            16. The Scab by Hector Rella, p. 19
            17. The People's Choice by Ruth Kronman, pp. 20-21
            18. Homecoming by Alfred Morang, pp. 22-23
            19. Theatre Chronicle by James T. Farrell, p. 24
            20. Charlie's Critics by Edward Newhouse, p. 25
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              The Last Platonist by William Phillips, pp. 26-27 - 1 Review
              1. The Last Puritan by George Santayana
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              An Esthetic of Migration by Philip Rahv, p. 28 - 1 Review
              1. The Destructive Element by Stephen Spender
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              New Poetry by Harold Rosenberg, p. 29 - 2 Reviews
              1. The Iron Land by Stanley Burnshaw
              2. To My Contemporaries by Edwin Rolfe
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              A Night Letter on William Saroyan by Kenneth Fearing, p. 30 - 1 Review
              1. Inhale and Exhale by William Saroyan
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              A Tale of Folk Courage by Richard Wright, p. 31 - 1 Review
              1. Black Thunder by Arna Bontemps
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            May 1936 Issue = 18 Articles
            1. Gus by John Dos Passos, pp. 3-7
            2. Home Thoughts from Abroad by Paul Engle, p. 8
            3. The Sleepers by James Neugass, p. 9
            4. May Days by Saul Levitt, pp. 9-11
            5. In Asturias by Prudencio de Pereda, pp. 12-13
            6. New Calenders by Norman Ross, p. 14
            7. A Last Look Back by John Herrmann, pp. 15-18
            8. Two Poems by Stanley J. Kunitz, p. 19
            9. MacLeish and Proletarian Poetry by Alan Calmer, pp. 19-20
            10. These Dead by Edward J. Fitzgerald, p. 21
            11. Cross-Country by John Mullen, p. 22
            12. A Letter from Chicago by Sydney Justin Harris, pp. 23-24
            13. Theatre Chronicle by James T. Farrell, p. 25
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              Dixie Idyll by William Phillips, p. 26 - 1 Review
              1. Reactionary Essays On Poetry and Ideas by Allen Tate
            15. [+]
              Variety by Horace Gregory, p. 27 - 1 Review
              1. A Time to Dance by C. Day Lewis
            16. [+]
              Review Break the Heart's Anger, by Paul Engle by Genevieve Taggard, p. 28 - 1 Review
              1. Break the Heart's Anger by Paul Engle
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              Review Thanksgiving Before November, by Norman Macleod by Clarence Weinstock, p. 29 - 1 Review
              1. Thanksgiving Before November by Norman Macleod
            18. Correspondence, p. 30
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            June 1936 Issue = 15 Articles
            1. The Bloodletting by Gertrude Diamant, pp. 3-6
            2. Down With "Leftism"! by Alan Calmer, pp. 7-8
            3. Camp is All Right fo Kids by Irving Fineman, pp. 9-10
            4. Poem by Kenneth Rexroth, p. 11
            5. A Season in Heaven by Philip Rahv, pp. 11-13
            6. Pockets Full of Southwind by Jesse Stuart, pp. 14-15
            7. The Humanism of Andre Malraux by William Phillips, pp. 16-18
            8. Midsummer Night's Dream by Louis Aragon, p. 19
            9. From a Strike Diary by John Mullen, pp. 19-22
            10. Cross-Country Wood by Nathan Asch, pp. 23-24
            11. Theatre Chronicle by James T. Farrell, pp. 25-26
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              A Minor Strain by Newton Arvin, p. 27 - 1 Review
              1. A Further Range by Robert Frost
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              The Education of John Reed by Harold Rosenberg, pp. 28-29 - 1 Review
              1. John Reed: The Making of a Revolutionary by Granville Hicks and John Stuart
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              Regional Stories by Ben Field, p. 30 - 1 Review
              1. Head o' W-Hollow by Jesse Stuart
            15. Correspondence, p. 30
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            October 1936 Issue = 10 Articles
            1. Two Syllables by Ignazio Silone, pp. 3-4
            2. Criticism in Transition by Louis Kronenberger, pp. 5-6
            3. The Enemy by Josephine Herbst, pp. 7-11
            4. The Philosophical Thought of the Young Marx by Max Braunschweig, pp. 12-15
            5. It is Later Than You Think by Horace Gregory, p. 16
            6. Morning With the Family by James T. Farrell, pp. 17-19
            7. Two Poems by Sterling A. Brown, p. 20
            8. Poets of the People by Harold Rosenberg, pp. 21-25
            9. Vignettes from China by Agnes Smedley, pp. 26-27
            10. Happy Birthday by Joseph Bridges, pp. 28-31
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