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Calvin Bedient • 37 Items / 2 Books, 3 Articles, 31 Reviews, 1 Poem
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  1. [+]
    The American Poem (2 Reviews)
    Calvin Bedient
    A Homemade World, by Hugh Kenner
    1. A Homemade World by Hugh Kenner
    2. The Poetry Wreck by Karl Jay Shapiro
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1975, pp. 459-464
  2. [+]
    Anyone's Miserable Chagrin (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    The Confessions of Edward Dahlberg, by Edward Dahlberg
    1. The Confessions of Edward Dahlberg by Edward Dahlberg
    The New Republic, February 6, 1971, pp. 27-31
  3. Architects of the Self (1972)
    Calvin Bedient
    George Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, and E. M. Forster
    1 Review
  4. [+]
    To Be a Salvation (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    George Eliot: A Biography, by Gordon S. Haight
    1. George Eliot: A Biography by Gordon S. Haight
    The Nation, January 27, 1969, p. 120
  5. Between Poem and Reader
    Calvin Bedient
    The Nation, May 22, 1982, pp. 619-620
  6. [+]
    Blind Mouths (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Wonderland, by Joyce Carol Oates
    1. Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1972, pp. 124-127
  7. [+]
    The Capacity for Soaring (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    'Isak Dinesen' and Karen Blixen, by Donald Hannah
    1. 'Isak Dinesen' and Karen Blixen by Donald Hannah
    The New Republic, April 29, 1972, pp. 30-31
  8. Books & the Arts
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    A Cataract of Motion (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Baldur's Gate, by Eleanor Clark
    1. Baldur's Gate by Eleanor Clark
    The Nation, July 6, 1970, p. 21
  9. [+]
    Demons Ordered from Sears (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Something Happened, by Joseph Heller
    1. Something Happened by Joseph Heller
    The Nation, October 19, 1974, p. 377
  10. [+]
    The Divine Game (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Fiction and the Figures of Life, by William H. Gass
    1. Fiction and the Figures of Life by William H. Gass
    The New Republic, March 20, 1971, pp. 22-23
  11. Eight Contemporary Poets (1974)
    Calvin Bedient
    2 Reviews
  12. [+]
    The Gaze Behind the Lens (2 Reviews)
    Calvin Bedient
    Acquaintances, by Arnold J. Toynbee
    1. Acquaintances by Arnold J. Toynbee
    2. Variety of Men by C.P. Snow
    The Nation, July 17, 1967, p. 59
  13. [+]
    Gold-Glowing Mote (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Deliverance, by James Dickey
    1. Deliverance by James Dickey
    The Nation, April 6, 1970, p. 407
  14. [+]
    The Huxleys: Brave Voyagers (3 Reviews)
    Calvin Bedient
    The Huxleys, by Ronald W. Clark
    1. The Huxleys by Ronald W. Clark
    2. Aldous Huxley: A Literary Study by John Atkins
    3. This Timeless Moment by Laura Archera Huxley
    The Nation, October 14, 1968, pp. 376-377
  15. [+]
    In Dreams Begin (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Nathanael West: The Art of His Life, by Jay Martin
    1. Nathanael West: The Art of His Life by Jay Martin
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1971, pp. 345-349
  16. Middlemarch: Touching Down
    Calvin Bedient
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1969, pp. 70-84
  17. Books
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    The Nihilism of Boredom (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    A Sort of Life, by Graham Greene
    1. A Sort of Life by Graham Greene
    The New Republic, October 2, 1971, p. 23
  18. [+]
    No Pretense to Coherency (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts, by Donald Barthelme
    1. Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts by Donald Barthelme
    The Nation, May 27, 1968, p. 703
  19. [+]
    On Cat Feet (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Death, Sleep and the Traveler, by John Hawkes
    1. Death, Sleep and the Traveler by John Hawkes
    The New Republic, April 20, 1974, pp. 26-27
  20. [+]
    The Opacity of Fiction (4 Reviews)
    Calvin Bedient
    Fiction with a Purpose, by Robert A. Colby
    1. Fiction with a Purpose by Robert A. Colby
    2. Thomas Hardy by Irving Howe
    3. Rudyard Kipling: Realist and Fabulist by Bonamy Dobree
    4. Joseph Conrad: A Psychoanalytic Biography by Bernard C. Meyer
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1967, pp. 521-530
  21. Books
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    Poets and Their Work (3 Reviews)
    Calvin Bedient
    Children of the Mire, by Octavio Paz
    1. Children of the Mire by Octavio Paz
    2. The Perpetual Present by Ivar Ivask
    3. Early Poems, 1935-1955 by Octavio Paz
    The New Republic, July 27, 1974, pp. 22-23
  22. [+]
    The Radicalism of Lady Chatterley's Lover (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence
    1. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1966, pp. 407-416
  23. [+]
    A Representative Lowell (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    James Russell Lowell, by Martin B. Duberman
    1. James Russell Lowell by Martin B. Duberman
    The Nation, April 3, 1967, pp. 442-443
  24. [+]
    In Memoriam: Central Casting (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Picked-Up Pieces, by John Updike
    1. Picked-Up Pieces by John Updike
    The New Republic, December 27, 1975, pp. 28-29
  25. Books
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    Shakespeare in Washington (2 Reviews)
    Calvin Bedient
    The Mind-Reader, by Richard Wilbur
    1. The Mind-Reader by Richard Wilbur
    2. Divine Comedies by James Merrill
    The New Republic, June 5, 1976, pp. 21-22
  26. Books Considered
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    Fabulas Rasas (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet, by James Atlas
    1. Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet by James Atlas
    The New Republic, December 24, 1977, pp. 30-31
  27. [+]
    Earthbound and Sublime (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Robert Frost: The Later Years, 1938-63, by Lawrance R. Thompson and R.H. Winnick
    1. Robert Frost: The Later Years, 1938-63 by Lawrance R. Thompson and R.H. Winnick
    The New Republic, March 5, 1977, pp. 37-43
  28. [+]
    The Novelists: Amos Oz (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Marcel Duchamp: Appearance Stripped Bare, by Octavio Paz
    1. Marcel Duchamp: Appearance Stripped Bare by Octavio Paz
    The New Republic, October 14, 1978, pp. 30-31
  29. Variety
    S for Steinberg
    Calvin Bedient
    The Partisan Review, Fall 1974, pp. 643-644
  30. [+]
    Showman and Propagandist (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    Marinetti: Selected Writings, by R.W. Flint and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
    1. Marinetti: Selected Writings by R.W. Flint and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
    The New Republic, November 11, 1972, pp. 24-25
  31. [+]
    Strachey Diffused and Blurred (2 Reviews)
    Calvin Bedient
    Lytton Strachey: A Critical Biography, Vol. I, by Michael Holroyd
    1. Lytton Strachey: A Critical Biography, Vol. I by Michael Holroyd
    2. Lytton Strachey: A Critical Biography, Vol. II by Michael Holroyd
    The Nation, May 20, 1968, p. 670
  32. [+]
    The Sunny Side of Marxism (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    The Work of William Morris, by Paul B. Thompson
    1. The Work of William Morris by Paul B. Thompson
    The Nation, November 20, 1967, p. 534
  33. [+]
    That Terrible Boulder (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    The Perfectability of Man, by John Passmore
    1. The Perfectability of Man by John Passmore
    The Nation, September 6, 1971, p. 185
  34. [+]
    The Two Novels (Review)
    Calvin Bedient
    The Turn of the Novel, by Alan H. Friedman
    1. The Turn of the Novel by Alan H. Friedman
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1967, pp. 340-344
  35. [+]
    The Victorians (4 Reviews)
    Calvin Bedient
    Carlyle and the Idea of the Modern, by Albert J. LaValley
    1. Carlyle and the Idea of the Modern by Albert J. LaValley
    2. Victorian Minds by Gertrude Himmelfarb
    3. The London Heretics, 1870-1914 by Warren Sylvester Smith
    4. Feasting with Panthers by Rupert Croft-Cooke
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1968, pp. 580-584
  36. Virginia Woolf's Centenary
    Calvin Bedient
    The Nation, May 8, 1982, pp. 564-565
  37. [+]
    Vivid and Dazzling (2 Reviews)
    Calvin Bedient
    them, by Joyce Carol Oates
    1. them by Joyce Carol Oates
    2. Anonymous Sins and Other Poems by Joyce Carol Oates
    The Nation, December 1, 1969, p. 609
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