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  1. [+]
    About Poetry and Poets (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    King Jasper, by Edwin Arlington Robinson
    1. King Jasper by Edwin Arlington Robinson
    The New Republic, January 8, 1936, p. 262
  2. [+]
    About T.S. Eliot (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Murder in the Cathedral, by T.S. Eliot
    1. Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot
    The New Republic, January 15, 1936, p. 290
  3. Against the Fascist Terror in Germany
    Newton Arvin
    The New Masses, April 1933, p. 10
  4. [+]
    The Age of Innocence (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    A Backward Glance, by Edith Wharton
    1. A Backward Glance by Edith Wharton
    The New Republic, June 6, 1934, p. 107
  5. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    An American Case History (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Dawn, by Theodore Dreiser
    1. Dawn by Theodore Dreiser
    The New Republic, August 5, 1931, p. 319
  6. [+]
    American Men of Letters (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Shock of Recognition, by Edmund Wilson
    1. The Shock of Recognition by Edmund Wilson
    The Nation, July 17, 1943, p. 73
  7. American Pantheon (1966)
    Newton Arvin, Daniel Aaron, and Sylvan Schendler, ...
    Essays
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  8. [+]
    Arriere-Garde (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Atlantic Harvest, by Ellery Sedgwick
    1. Atlantic Harvest by Ellery Sedgwick
    The Nation, October 18, 1947, p. 418
  9. [+]
    Autobiography of a Movement (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Journals of Bronson Alcott, by Odell Shepard and Bronson Alcott
    1. The Journals of Bronson Alcott by Odell Shepard and Bronson Alcott
    The New Republic, November 2, 1938, p. 370
  10. [+]
    The Biography Shelf (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Charles Kingsley, 1819-1875, by Margaret Farrand Thorp
    1. Charles Kingsley, 1819-1875 by Margaret Farrand Thorp
    The New Republic, August 18, 1937, p. 54
  11. [+]
    The Black Republican (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Great Leveler: The Life of Thaddeus Stevens, by Thomas Frederick Woodley
    1. The Great Leveler: The Life of Thaddeus Stevens by Thomas Frederick Woodley
    The New Republic, January 5, 1938, p. 262
  12. [+]
    The Bourgeois Gentleman (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Permanent Horizon, by Ludwig Lewisohn
    1. The Permanent Horizon by Ludwig Lewisohn
    The New Republic, October 10, 1934, p. 248
  13. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    Brooks's Life of Emerson (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Life of Emerson, by Van Wyck Brooks
    1. The Life of Emerson by Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, May 11, 1932, p. 357
  14. General Articles
    Carl Sandburg
    Newton Arvin
    The New Republic, September 9, 1936, pp. 119-120
  15. [+]
    Cooper of Cooperstown (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    James Fenimore Cooper, by Henry Walcott Boynton
    1. James Fenimore Cooper by Henry Walcott Boynton
    The New Republic, September 16, 1931, p. 131
  16. Counterfeit Presentments
    Newton Arvin
    The Partisan Review, June 1948, pp. 673-680
  17. [+]
    The Cream of the Jest (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    A History of American Graphic Humor, Vol. I: 1747-1865, by William Murrell
    1. A History of American Graphic Humor, Vol. I: 1747-1865 by William Murrell
    The New Republic, May 9, 1934, p. 371
  18. Criticism
    Newton Arvin
    Discussion
    The Partisan Review, April 1935, pp. 25-26
  19. [+]
    Criticism and Common Sense (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Dickens, Dali and Others, by George Orwell
    1. Dickens, Dali and Others by George Orwell
    The Partisan Review, September 1946, pp. 500-504
  20. Democracy in American Letters
    Newton Arvin
    The New Masses, June 15, 1937, p. 19
  21. [+]
    A Distorted View of Walt Whitman (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Walt Whitman's Pose, by Esther Shephard
    1. Walt Whitman's Pose by Esther Shephard
    The New Masses, April 26, 1938, pp. 23-25
  22. [+]
    Emerson at Harvard (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume I, 1819-1822, b...
    1. The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume I, 1819-1822 by William H. Gilman, Alfred R. Ferguson, and George P. Clark, ...
    The Nation, February 18, 1961, p. 151
  23. [+]
    Epitaph of a Generation (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens, by Lincoln Steffens
    1. The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens by Lincoln Steffens
    The Nation, April 15, 1931, p. 415
  24. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    Erin Go Blah (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, by Bernard Shaw
    1. The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God by Bernard Shaw
    The New Republic, March 22, 1933, p. 163
  25. The Failure of E.R. Sill
    Newton Arvin
    The Bookman, February 1931, pp. 581-589
  26. [+]
    "Father's Ideas" (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Elder Henry James, by Austin Warren
    1. The Elder Henry James by Austin Warren
    The New Republic, May 23, 1934, p. 52
  27. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    The Friend of Caesar (2 Reviews)
    Newton Arvin
    The Ordeal of Mark Twain, by Van Wyck Brooks
    1. The Ordeal of Mark Twain by Van Wyck Brooks
    2. Mark Twain by Stephen Leacock
    The New Republic, March 29, 1933, p. 191
  28. Opinions about Books
    [+]
    The Gilded Age (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Brown Decades, 1865-1895, by Lewis Mumford
    1. The Brown Decades, 1865-1895 by Lewis Mumford
    The Forum, October 1931
  29. [+]
    The Good with the Bad (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Olive Tree, by Aldous Huxley
    1. The Olive Tree by Aldous Huxley
    The New Masses, March 30, 1937, p. 24
  30. [+]
    The Great Doughface (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Eve of Conflict, by George Fort Milton
    1. The Eve of Conflict by George Fort Milton
    The New Republic, December 19, 1934, p. 172
  31. [+]
    Hartford's Sweetest Singer (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Mrs. Sigourney: The Sweet Singer of Hartford, by Gordon S. Haight
    1. Mrs. Sigourney: The Sweet Singer of Hartford by Gordon S. Haight
    The New Republic, January 28, 1931, p. 305
  32. Hawthorne (1929)
    Newton Arvin
    5 Reviews, 2 Readable
  33. [+]
    Hawthorne Restored (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The American Notebooks, by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Randall Stewart
    1. The American Notebooks by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Randall Stewart
    The Nation, January 11, 1933, p. 43
  34. The Heart of Hawthorne's Journals (1929)
    Newton Arvin and Nathaniel Hawthorne
    5 Reviews, 3 Readable
  35. Herman Melville (1950)
    Newton Arvin
    9 Reviews, 2 Readable
  36. [+]
    "High in the Brisk Air" (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    These Restless Heads, by Branch Cabell
    1. These Restless Heads by Branch Cabell
    The New Republic, March 2, 1932, p. 78
  37. Homage to Robert Herrick
    Newton Arvin
    The New Republic, March 6, 1935, pp. 93-95
  38. The House of Pain: Emerson and the Tragic Sense
    Newton Arvin
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1959, pp. 37-53
  39. Books in Review
    [+]
    Huxley's New Novel (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Eyeless in Gaza, by Aldous Huxley
    1. Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley
    The New Republic, August 19, 1936, p. 51
  40. [+]
    In Defense of Mrs. Stowe (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Harriet Beecher Stowe, by Catherine P. Gilbertson
    1. Harriet Beecher Stowe by Catherine P. Gilbertson
    The New Masses, June 1, 1937, p. 22
  41. Fall Book Section
    Individualism and American Writers
    Newton Arvin
    The Nation, October 14, 1931, pp. 391-392
  42. [+]
    Knowledge of Necessity (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    A Time to Dance, by C. Day Lewis
    1. A Time to Dance by C. Day Lewis
    The New Republic, July 1, 1936, p. 247
  43. [+]
    The Last Great Romantic (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Pilgrim of the Apocalypse, by Horace Gregory
    1. Pilgrim of the Apocalypse by Horace Gregory
    The New Republic, January 10, 1934, p. 260
  44. [+]
    The Last New Englander (2 Reviews)
    Newton Arvin
    Selected Letters of George Edward Woodberry, by George Edward Woodberry
    1. Selected Letters of George Edward Woodberry by George Edward Woodberry
    2. Selected Poems of George Edward Woodberry by George Edward Woodberry
    The New Republic, July 12, 1933, p. 240
  45. A Letter on Proletarian Literature
    Newton Arvin
    The Partisan Review, February 1936, pp. 12-13
  46. [+]
    The Liberal Point of View (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    America in Search of Culture, by William Aylott Orton
    1. America in Search of Culture by William Aylott Orton
    The New Republic, December 20, 1933, p. 175
  47. Longfellow: His Life and Work (1963)
    Newton Arvin
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  48. [+]
    Looking Backward (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Age of Confidence, by Henry Seidel Canby
    1. The Age of Confidence by Henry Seidel Canby
    The New Republic, November 7, 1934, p. 371
  49. [+]
    Lowell, Alas (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    New Letters of James Russell Lowell, by M.A. DeWolfe Howe and James Russell Lowell
    1. New Letters of James Russell Lowell by M.A. DeWolfe Howe and James Russell Lowell
    The Nation, December 28, 1932, p. 648
  50. [+]
    The Manse and its Wayside (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Nathaniel Hawthorne, by Mark Van Doren
    1. Nathaniel Hawthorne by Mark Van Doren
    The Saturday Review, April 30, 1949, p. 11
  51. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    Mark Twain Simplified (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Mark Twain's America, by Bernard A. De Voto
    1. Mark Twain's America by Bernard A. De Voto
    The New Republic, October 5, 1932, p. 211
  52. Mark Twain: 1835-1935
    Newton Arvin
    The New Republic, June 12, 1935, pp. 125-126
  53. [+]
    Melville in Europe (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Journal of a Visit to London and the Continent, 1849-1850, by Herman Melville and Elean...
    1. Journal of a Visit to London and the Continent, 1849-1850 by Herman Melville and Eleanor Melville Metcalf
    The Nation, November 6, 1948, p. 524
  54. Books and the Arts
    [+]
    Melville: a Catholic View (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Melville, by Geoffrey Stone
    1. Melville by Geoffrey Stone
    The Nation, December 10, 1949, p. 574
  55. [+]
    Melville's Carel (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Clarel, by Herman Melville and Walter Bezanson
    1. Clarel by Herman Melville and Walter Bezanson
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1961, pp. 298-300
  56. Melville's Shorter Poems
    Newton Arvin
    The Partisan Review, October 1949, pp. 1034-1046
  57. [+]
    Middle Class Socialism (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    American Outpost, by Upton Sinclair
    1. American Outpost by Upton Sinclair
    The New Republic, June 22, 1932, p. 160
  58. [+]
    Minor Classic (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Private Journal of Henri Frederic Amiel, by Van Wyck Brooks, Charles Van Wyck Brook...
    1. The Private Journal of Henri Frederic Amiel by Van Wyck Brooks, Charles Van Wyck Brooks, and Henri Frederic Amiel, ...
    The New Republic, April 29, 1936, p. 351
  59. Books
    [+]
    A Minor Strain (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    A Further Range, by Robert Frost
    1. A Further Range by Robert Frost
    The Partisan Review, June 1936, p. 27
  60. [+]
    Notes for a Review (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Henry James: The Major Phase, by F.O. Matthiessen
    1. Henry James: The Major Phase by F.O. Matthiessen
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1945, pp. 126-127
  61. [+]
    Notes from Epicurus (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    A Journal of These Days, by Albert Jay Nock
    1. A Journal of These Days by Albert Jay Nock
    The New Republic, August 1, 1934, p. 326
  62. [+]
    The Notorious Parent (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Family Letters of Samuel Butler, by Arnold Silver and Samuel Butler
    1. The Family Letters of Samuel Butler by Arnold Silver and Samuel Butler
    The Nation, September 1, 1962, p. 98
  63. [+]
    Now Warm, Now Chill (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Letters of Gamaliel Bradford, 1918-1931, by Van Wyck Brooks and Gamaliel Bradford
    1. The Letters of Gamaliel Bradford, 1918-1931 by Van Wyck Brooks and Gamaliel Bradford
    The New Republic, December 5, 1934, p. 108
  64. [+]
    Out of James (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Middle Span, by George Santayana
    1. The Middle Span by George Santayana
    The Nation, May 12, 1945, p. 548
  65. [+]
    Paint Job (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Man Who Had Everything, by Louis Bromfield
    1. The Man Who Had Everything by Louis Bromfield
    The New Republic, June 19, 1935, p. 173
  66. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    "Peace, Peace! Where There Is No Peace" (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    American Writers on American Literature, by John Macy
    1. American Writers on American Literature by John Macy
    The New Republic, February 24, 1932, p. 50
  67. [+]
    A Perspective on Criticism (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    A History of Modern Criticism: 1750-1950, by Rene Wellek
    1. A History of Modern Criticism: 1750-1950 by Rene Wellek
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1956, pp. 124-127
  68. [+]
    Primer for Pedants (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The ABC of Reading, by Ezra Pound
    1. The ABC of Reading by Ezra Pound
    The New Republic, February 20, 1935, p. 54
  69. [+]
    Principles of Criticism (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Theory of Literature, by Rene Wellek and Austin Warren
    1. The Theory of Literature by Rene Wellek and Austin Warren
    The Partisan Review, March 1949, pp. 318-320
  70. [+]
    Publishers' Time Capsule (2 Reviews)
    Newton Arvin
    A History of American Magazines, Vol. II: 1850-1865, by Frank Luther Mott
    1. A History of American Magazines, Vol. II: 1850-1865 by Frank Luther Mott
    2. A History of American Magazines, Vol. III: 1865-1885 by Frank Luther Mott
    The New Republic, April 26, 1939, p. 350
  71. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    Quaker Somewhat Militan (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Quaker Militant---John Greenleaf Whittier, by Albert Mordell
    1. Quaker Militant---John Greenleaf Whittier by Albert Mordell
    The New Republic, August 2, 1933, p. 320
  72. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    Quebec, Nebraska and Pittsburgh (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Shadows on the Rock, by Willa Cather
    1. Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
    The New Republic, August 12, 1931, p. 345
  73. Report from the Academy
    Newton Arvin
    The Partisan Review, Spring 1945, pp. 275-278
  74. Books
    [+]
    Communications (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Mammonart, by Upton Sinclair
    1. Mammonart by Upton Sinclair
    Commonweal, August 5, 1925, p. 312
  75. [+]
    Laodicea (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    John Keats, by Amy Lowell
    1. John Keats by Amy Lowell
    Commonweal, July 22, 1925, p. 273
  76. Books
    [+]
    A Communication (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson, by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Emily Dickinson
    1. The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Emily Dickinson
    Commonweal, March 25, 1925, p. 552
  77. Books
    [+]
    The Play (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Pilgrimage of Henry James, by Van Wyck Brooks
    1. The Pilgrimage of Henry James by Van Wyck Brooks
    Commonweal, May 6, 1925, p. 719
  78. [+]
    The Man of Research (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    College, by John Palmer Gavit
    1. College by John Palmer Gavit
    Commonweal, September 9, 1925, p. 429
  79. [+]
    Five New Books About Our America (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Creative America, by Ludwig Lewisohn
    1. Creative America by Ludwig Lewisohn
    The New Republic, December 13, 1933, p. 143
  80. Books in Review
    [+]
    Russian Country Gentleman (3 Reviews)
    Newton Arvin
    The Village, by Ivan Bunin
    1. The Village by Ivan Bunin
    2. The Gentleman from San Francisco, and Other Stories by Ivan Bunin
    3. The Well of Days by Ivan Bunin
    The New Republic, March 7, 1934, p. 106
  81. [+]
    Santayana's Memoirs (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Persons and Places: The Background of My Life, by George Santayana
    1. Persons and Places: The Background of My Life by George Santayana
    The Nation, January 29, 1944, p. 131
  82. The Selected Letters of Henry Adams (1952)
    Newton Arvin and Henry Adams
    4 Reviews
  83. Short Stories of Hawthorne (1946)
    Newton Arvin and Nathaniel Hawthorne
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  84. [+]
    Smiling Through (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Three Worlds, by Carl Van Doren
    1. Three Worlds by Carl Van Doren
    The New Republic, December 2, 1936, pp. 150-151
  85. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    Society and Solitude (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Journal of Gamaliel Bradford, 1883-1932, by Van Wyck Brooks and Gamaliel Bradford
    1. The Journal of Gamaliel Bradford, 1883-1932 by Van Wyck Brooks and Gamaliel Bradford
    The New Republic, October 18, 1933, p. 284
  86. Sonnets
    Newton Arvin
    Metaphyics
    Commonweal, September 30, 1925, p. 507
  87. [+]
    Sweet Story (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Lucy Gayheart, by Willa Cather
    1. Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather
    The New Republic, September 11, 1935, p. 138
  88. Books in Review
    [+]
    The Tedious Archangel (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott, by Odell Shepard
    1. Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott by Odell Shepard
    The New Republic, June 16, 1937, p. 163
  89. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    Thalia Americana (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    American Humor, by Constance Rourke
    1. American Humor by Constance Rourke
    The New Republic, April 22, 1931, p. 278
  90. [+]
    This Neurotic World (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Civilization and Its Discontents, by Sigmund Freud
    1. Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
    The New Republic, October 22, 1930, pp. 264-265
  91. [+]
    Thoreau Plain (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Thoreau, by Henry Seidel Canby
    1. Thoreau by Henry Seidel Canby
    The New Republic, October 18, 1939, pp. 308-309
  92. Winter Book Section
    [+]
    Thoreau v. Thoreau (2 Reviews)
    Newton Arvin
    The Works of Thoreau, by Henry Seidel Canby and Henry David Thoreau
    1. The Works of Thoreau by Henry Seidel Canby and Henry David Thoreau
    2. Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau and Brooks Atkinson
    The New Republic, December 8, 1937, p. 137
  93. [+]
    Two Cheers for Forster (5 Reviews)
    Newton Arvin
    E.M. Forster, by Lionel Trilling
    1. E.M. Forster by Lionel Trilling
    2. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
    3. The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster
    4. Howards End by E.M. Forster
    5. Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
    The Partisan Review, September 1943, pp. 450-452
  94. Books in Review
    [+]
    The Usableness of Howells (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    The Rise of Silas Lapham, by William Dean Howells
    1. The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells
    The New Republic, June 30, 1937, p. 227
  95. [+]
    Wanting Is---What? (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Letters of Robert Browning, by Thomas J. Wise, Thurman L. Hood, and Robert Browning, ...
    1. Letters of Robert Browning by Thomas J. Wise, Thurman L. Hood, and Robert Browning, ...
    The Nation, July 12, 1933, p. 50
  96. What Is Americanism?
    Newton Arvin
    The Partisan Review, April 1936, p. 4
  97. Whitman (1938)
    Newton Arvin
    7 Reviews, 3 Readable
  98. [+]
    Whitman as He Was Not (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Whitman, by Edgar Lee Masters
    1. Whitman by Edgar Lee Masters
    The New Republic, April 14, 1937, p. 301
  99. [+]
    Whitmanesque (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    American Giant, by Frances Winwar
    1. American Giant by Frances Winwar
    The New Republic, December 15, 1941, p. 833
  100. Reviews of Books
    [+]
    Whitman's Individualism (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    I Sit and Look Out, by Walt Whitman, Emory Holloway, and Vernolian Schwarz, ...
    1. I Sit and Look Out by Walt Whitman, Emory Holloway, and Vernolian Schwarz, ...
    The New Republic, July 6, 1932, pp. 212-213
  101. Books and the Arts
    [+]
    The World of Henry James (2 Reviews)
    Newton Arvin
    Henry James, Vol II, by Leon Edel
    1. Henry James, Vol II by Leon Edel
    2. Henry James, Vol. III by Leon Edel
    The Nation, November 10, 1962, p. 310
  102. [+]
    A Yankee Savonarola (Review)
    Newton Arvin
    Theodore Parker: Yankee Crusader, by Henry Steele Commager
    1. Theodore Parker: Yankee Crusader by Henry Steele Commager
    The New Republic, April 15, 1936, p. 284
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