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by Howard Nemerov

The Partisan Review, December 1949, p. 1220

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  1. [+]
    January 1949 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. An Expense of Spirit by Leslie A. Fiedler, pp. 7-24
    2. Fromentin as a Critic by Meyer Schapiro, pp. 25-51
    3. Two Poems by William Burford, pp. 52-55
    4. The Life of Literature (III) by Stephen Spender, pp. 56-66
    5. The Sin of Jesus by Isaac Babel, pp. 67-71
    6. Rainer Maria Rilke by Rudolf Kassner, pp. 72-77
    7. Art Chronicle by Clement Greenberg, pp. 78-81
    8. Theater Chronicle by Mary McCarthy, pp. 82-84
    9. Reflections on Gandhi by George Orwell, pp. 85-92
    10. [+]
      Thomas Mann's Faust by Hans Meyerhoff, pp. 93-95 - 1 Review
      1. Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
    11. [+]
      The Progressive Hawthorne by Richard Chase, pp. 96-99 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Portable Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Malcolm Cowley
      2. Nathaniel Hawthorne: The American Years by Robert Cantwell
      3. Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Biography by Randall Stewart
    12. [+]
      Poe's Letters as Autobiography by Marius Bewley, pp. 100-102 - 1 Review
      1. The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe by John Ward Ostrom and Edgar Allan Poe
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      Taeuber-Arp's Work by George L.K. Morris, p. 103 - 1 Review
      1. Sophie Taeuber-Arp by Georg Schmidt
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      A Modern Voluptuary by Sam Hunter, pp. 104-106 - 1 Review
      1. Fifty Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship by Salvador Dali
    15. The Meaning of Terror by Isaac Rosenfeld, pp. 107-112
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    February 1949 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. The Literary Dictatorship of T.S. Eliot by Delmore Schwartz, pp. 119-137
    2. The Heart of the Park by Flannery O'Connor, pp. 138-151
    3. Five Poems by E.E. Cummings, pp. 152-154
    4. The Grape Curve by James Merrill, pp. 155-156
    5. Poe, Hawthorne, Melville by Henry Bamford Parkes, pp. 157-165
    6. Our Last Poet by George Barbarow, pp. 166-174
    7. "The Turn of the Screw" by Oliver Evans, pp. 175-187
    8. The Life of Literature (IV) by Stephen Spender, pp. 188-192
    9. Music Chronicle by Harold Brown, pp. 193-195
    10. [+]
      Poet and Mystifier by William Troy, pp. 196-197 - 1 Review
      1. Yeats: The Man and the Masks by Richard Ellmann
    11. [+]
      The Unreconstructed Allen Tate by James Burnham, pp. 198-201 - 1 Review
      1. On the Limits of Poetry by Allen Tate
    12. [+]
      The Colonial vs. the National by Marius Bewley, pp. 202-205 - 2 Reviews
      1. John Singleton Copley by James Thomas Flexner
      2. Washington Allston by Edgar Preston Richardson
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      The Ghetto and the World by Isaac Rosenfeld, pp. 206-212 - 1 Review
      1. Prince of the Ghetto by Maurice Samuel
    14. Gide's Hamlet by Philip Roddman, pp. 213-220
    15. Correspondence, pp. 221-224
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    March 1949 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Sleep No More by William Phillips, pp. 231-250
    2. On the Battlefield of Philosophy by Sidney Hook, pp. 251-268
    3. A Responsory, 1948 by Thomas Merton, p. 269
    4. December Evening by George Anthony, p. 270
    5. A Bit Different by J. Laughlin, p. 271
    6. Tale of the Hot Land by Ramon J. Sender, pp. 272-276
    7. Our Mutual Friend by Robert Morse, pp. 277-289
    8. Not One Bowl of Tallow by William Burford, pp. 290-294
    9. Art Chronicle by Clement Greenberg, pp. 295-297
    10. London Letter by Cyril Connolly, pp. 298-302
    11. Rome Letter by Nicola Chiaromonte, pp. 303-313
    12. [+]
      Perspectives on Keats by Horace Gregory, pp. 314-316 - 1 Review
      1. The Keats Circle by Hyder Edward Rollins
    13. [+]
      Cezanne: The Life and the Work by Marius Bewley, p. 317 - 1 Review
      1. Paul Cezanne: A Biography by John Rewald
    14. [+]
      Principles of Criticism by Newton Arvin, pp. 318-320 - 1 Review
      1. The Theory of Literature by Rene Wellek and Austin Warren
    15. [+]
      Existentialism and Religion by Paul Kecskemeti, pp. 321-323 - 1 Review
      1. Existence and the Existent by Jacques Maritain
    16. [+]
      Miro and Modern Art by Weldon Kees, pp. 324-325 - 1 Review
      1. Joan Miro by Clement Greenberg
    17. [+]
      Artware and Hardware by George L.K. Morris, pp. 326-327 - 1 Review
      1. Art as the Evolution of Visual Knowledge by Charles Biederman
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      Uncle Sam's Nephews to Confusion by Anatole Broyard, pp. 328-330 - 1 Review
      1. New Directions 10 by James Laughlin
    19. What is the "Liberal" Mind? by William Barrett, pp. 331-338
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    April 1949 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. The Partisan Review Award, p. 343
    2. A Prize for Ezra Pound by William Barrett, pp. 344-347
    3. Along the Midway of Mass Culture by Milton Klonsky, pp. 348-365
    4. Seasonal Terror by Fredrick Brantley, p. 366
    5. Tuesday's Child by Tennessee Williams, p. 367
    6. The Photograph's If by Edward McGehee, pp. 368-376
    7. The Poetry of Ezra Pound by John Berryman, pp. 377-394
    8. Impressions and Conversations by Lionel Abel, pp. 395-399
    9. The Crisis of the Fourth Republic by Raymond Aron, pp. 400-406
    10. Theater Chronicle by Francis Fergusson, pp. 407-411
    11. Music Chronicle by Dika Newlin, pp. 412-415
    12. Magazine Chronicle by Irving Howe, pp. 416-427
    13. [+]
      Kafka's Failure by Robert Warshow, pp. 428-431 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Diaries of Franz Kafka, Vol. I: 1910-1913 by Max Brod and Franz Kafka
      2. The Diaries of Franz Kafka, Vol. II: 1914-1923 by Max Brod and Franz Kafka
    14. [+]
      Poetry Chronicles by Dudley Fitts, pp. 432-435 - 8 Reviews
      1. Toys in Blood by George Anthony
      2. In Public, In Private by Edwin Denby
      3. Selected Poems by Elizabeth Daryush
      4. Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica by Hamish Henderson
      5. The Charity of the Stars by John Heath-Stubbs
      6. Collected Poems by William Empson
      7. The New British Poets by Kenneth Rexroth
      8. New Irish Poets by Devin A. Garrity
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      Horizon's Perspectives by Elizabeth Pollet, pp. 436-437 - 1 Review
      1. Enemies of Promise by Cyril Connolly
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      Sense and Nonsense by William Poster, pp. 438-441 - 1 Review
      1. Sense and Sensibility in Modern Poetry by William Van O'Connor
    17. The World of Jean Genet by Eleanor Clark, pp. 442-450
  5. [+]
    May 1949 Issue = 26 Articles
    1. A Sermon by Doctor Pep by Saul Bellow, pp. 455-462
    2. Reflections on the Jewish Question by Sidney Hook, pp. 463-482
    3. The Island by Randall Jarrell, pp. 483-484
    4. Dorothy and the Delights of Marriage by Allan Dowling, pp. 485-486
    5. The Novels of Henry Green by Philip Toynbee, pp. 487-497
    6. The Conversation of the Dancers by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, pp. 498-504
    7. The Culture Conference by Irving Howe, pp. 505-511
    8. The Question of the Pound Award by W.H. Auden, p. 512
    9. --- by Robert Gorham Davis, pp. 513-514
    10. --- by Clement Greenberg, p. 515
    11. --- by Irving Howe, p. 516
    12. --- by George Orwell, p. 517
    13. --- by Karl Shapiro, pp. 518-519
    14. --- by Allen Tate, p. 520
    15. Further Comment by William Barrett, pp. 520-522
    16. London Letter by Cyril Connolly, pp. 523-527
    17. Art Chronicle by Clement Greenberg, pp. 528-531
    18. [+]
      Notes on Proust by F.W. Dupee, pp. 532-535 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Maxims of Marcel Proust by Justin O'Brien and Marcel Proust
      2. The Two Worlds of Marcel Proust by Harold March
      3. Letters of Marcel Proust by Mina Curtiss and Marcel Proust
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      Koestler as System-Maker by Paul Kecskemeti, pp. 536-539 - 1 Review
      1. Insight and Outlook by Arthur Koestler
    20. [+]
      Chopin Reconsidered by Dika Newlin, p. 540 - 1 Review
      1. Chopin: The Man and His Music by Herbert Weinstock
    21. [+]
      Weber and Hofmann by Weldon Kees, pp. 541-542 - 2 Reviews
      1. Max Weber by Lloyd Goodrich
      2. Search for the Real and Other Essays by Hans Hofmann, Sara T. Weeks, and Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr., ...
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      Hopkins and His Critics by Marius Bewley, pp. 543-546 - 2 Reviews
      1. Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Man and the Poet by K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar
      2. Immortal Diamond by Norman Weyand
    23. [+]
      The Discriminations of Mr. Leavis by Arthur Mizener, pp. 547-548 - 1 Review
      1. The Great Tradition by F.R. Leavis
    24. [+]
      Story of a Union by James T. Farrell, pp. 549-550 - 1 Review
      1. Union Guy by Clayton W. Fountain
    25. [+]
      To Say and Say Not by Anatole Broyard, pp. 551-552 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Melodramatists by Howard Nemerov
      2. The Girl on the Via Flaminia by Alfred Hayes
    26. The H**ght**n M*ffl*n Fellowship by Bernice Bergstrom, pp. 553-560
  6. [+]
    June 1949 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. A Bridge of Breath by William Goyen, pp. 567-577
    2. [+]
      Everybody's Protest Novel by James Baldwin, pp. 578-585 - 1 Review
      1. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
    3. Two Poems by Reuel Denney, p. 586
    4. Great Green by Lysander Kemp, pp. 587-588
    5. The Theatricality of Shaw and Pirandello by Francis Fergusson, pp. 589-603
    6. A Minor Scandal in the Middle East by H.J. Kaplan, pp. 604-620
    7. Rome Letter by Nicola Chiaromonte, pp. 621-630
    8. Theater Chronicle by Eleanor Clark, pp. 631-636
    9. Art Chronicle by Clement Greenberg, pp. 637-642
    10. Music Chronicle by Peter Yates, pp. 643-648
    11. The Liberal Mind by Richard Chase, Lionel Trilling, and William Barrett, ..., pp. 649-665
    12. Further Remarks on the Pound Award by Allen Tate and Babette Deutsch, pp. 666-670
    13. Correspondence, pp. 671-674
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    July 1949 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Bridge Into the Sea by Brewster Ghiselin, pp. 679-686
    2. Two Stories by Bryan MacMahon, pp. 687-697
    3. The March into the Tunnel by Henri Michaux, pp. 698-701
    4. Nietzsche and Socrates in Messina by Wylie Sypher, pp. 702-713
    5. Cross-Country by J.F. Powers, pp. 714-721
    6. Report on the International Day Against Dictatorship and War by Sidney Hook, pp. 722-732
    7. Pseudo-Functionalism in Modern Architecture by Frederick Kiesler, pp. 733-742
    8. The Unfuture of Utopia by Philip Rahv, pp. 743-749
    9. [+]
      Culture, Religion, and Mr. Eliot by Robert Gorham Davis, pp. 750-752 - 1 Review
      1. Notes Towards the Definition of Culture by T.S. Eliot
    10. [+]
      Twenty-Seven Stories by Isaac Rosenfeld, pp. 753-755 - 2 Reviews
      1. Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene
      2. A Tree of Night, and Other Stories by Truman Capote
    11. [+]
      A Sophisticate in Marco Polo Land by Parker Tyler, pp. 756-757 - 1 Review
      1. A Barbarian in Asia by Henri Michaux
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      Revolution and Dictatorship by Michael Karpovich, pp. 758-760 - 1 Review
      1. Three Who Made a Revolution by Bertram D. Wolfe
    13. James Joyce and Rebecca West by Nathan Halper, pp. 761-763
    14. Correspondence, pp. 764-770
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    August 1949 Issue = 8 Articles
    1. The Fear of Innocence by Leslie A. Fiedler, pp. 775-821
    2. On Point of View in the Arts by Jose Ortega y Gasset, pp. 822-836
    3. The Window by Louis MacNeice, pp. 837-841
    4. Russian Music After the Purge by Nicolas Nabokov, pp. 842-851
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      The Statistical Soldier by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 852-855 - 2 Reviews
      1. The American Soldier, Vol. I by Samuel A. Stouffer, Edward A. Suchman, and Leland C. Devieney, ...
      2. The American Soldier, Vol. II by Samuel A. Stouffer, Arthur A. Lumsdaine, and Marion Harper Lumsdaine, ...
    6. The Influence of Mr. Leavis by Martin Greenberg, pp. 856-858
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      In the Tradition of Integrity by Marius Bewley, pp. 859-860 - 1 Review
      1. Sketch for a Self-Portrait by Bernard Berenson
    8. [+]
      Rediscovery of America by David T. Bazelon, pp. 861-866 - 1 Review
      1. America and Cosmic Man by D.B. Wyndham Lewis
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    September 1949 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Philosophy and Science by Karl Jaspers, pp. 871-884
    2. First Poem by Vladimir Nabokov, pp. 885-893
    3. O Breath by Elizabeth Bishop, p. 894
    4. The Poetry of Wallace Stevens by Marius Bewley, pp. 895-915
    5. The Sundering by Albert Cook, pp. 916-920
    6. Going to School by Karl Shapiro, pp. 921-923
    7. Oxford and Germany by Stephen Spender, pp. 924-936
    8. Emma Zunz by Jorge Luis Borges, pp. 937-941
    9. [+]
      The End of Modern Literature by William Barrett, pp. 942-949 - 1 Review
      1. What is Literature? by Jean-Paul Sartre
    10. [+]
      Ubiquitous Oblique by Isaac Rosenfeld, pp. 950-951 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Body by William Sansom
      2. Two Worlds and Their Ways by I. Compton-Burnett
    11. [+]
      Permutations of a Myth by William Troy, pp. 952-954 - 1 Review
      1. The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
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      Perpetual Dreyfusard by Patricia Blake, pp. 955-957 - 1 Review
      1. Jean Barois by Roger Martin du Gard
    13. Report from the Academy by Wallace Markfield, pp. 958-962
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    October 1949 Issue = 9 Articles
    1. Announcement, pp. 967-968
    2. The Causes of the Civil War by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., pp. 969-981
    3. Two Stories by Angus Wilson, pp. 982-994
    4. Et Dona Ferentes by Angus Wilson, pp. 995-1010
    5. Proust and the Double "I" by Louis Martin-Chauffier, pp. 1011-1026
    6. The Adventurous Heart by Ernst Juenger, pp. 1027-1029
    7. Museums by Ernst Juenger, pp. 1030-1033
    8. Melville's Shorter Poems by Newton Arvin, pp. 1034-1046
    9. [+]
      Fiction Chronicle by Irving Howe, pp. 1047-1056 - 3 Reviews
      1. A Rage to Live by John O'Hara
      2. The Crack in the Column by George Weller
      3. Loving by Henry Green
  11. [+]
    November 1949 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Goethe: The Man and the Myth by Barker Fairley, pp. 1063-1076
    2. From the Life of Augie March by Saul Bellow, pp. 1077-1089
    3. Between Yes and No by Albert Camus, pp. 1090-1097
    4. Unfold! Unfold! by Theodore Roethke, pp. 1098-1099
    5. South Side by Robert Fitzgerald, p. 1100
    6. Juba by Charles Francis Knauber, p. 1101
    7. The Fallacy of Constructive Criticism by Niccolo Tucci, pp. 1102-1113
    8. Elizabeth Bowen's Fiction by Elizabeth Hardwick, pp. 1114-1121
    9. Seventeen Syllables by Hisaye Yamamoto, pp. 1122-1134
    10. Our Period Style by Clement Greenberg, pp. 1135-1139
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      Mind, Body, Spirit by Isaac Rosenfeld, pp. 1140-1145 - 3 Reviews
      1. Magister Ludi by Hermann Hesse
      2. The Woman of Rome by Alberto Moravia
      3. Under the Sun of Satan by Georges Bernanos
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      An Emancipator Frees Himself by Frank Jones, pp. 1146-1147 - 1 Review
      1. The Fruits of the Earth by Andre Gide
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      Poetry Chronicle by W.S. Poster, pp. 1148-1154 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Edge of Being by Stephen Spender
      2. Thanatopsis by Herbert Cahoon
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    December 1949 Issue = 10 Articles
    1. In Search of Goethe from Within by Jose Ortega y Gasset, pp. 1163-1188
    2. The Peeler by Flannery O'Connor, pp. 1189-1206
    3. Our Cousin, Mr. Poe by Allen Tate, pp. 1207-1219
    4. To a Friend by Howard Nemerov, p. 1220
    5. Testimonies by Weldon Kees, pp. 1221-1222
    6. The Communist Palimpsest by Jurgen von Kempsi, pp. 1223-1238
    7. Montana, or the End of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Leslie A. Fiedler, pp. 1239-1249
    8. Views of a Second Violinist by Delmore Schwartz, pp. 1250-1254
    9. Lord Eldon Revisited by John Clive, pp. 1255-1258
    10. Correspondence, pp. 1259-1264
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