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  1. Books and the Arts
    [+]
    Against the Tide of Euphoria (3 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    A Walk On the Wild Side, by Nelson Algren
    1. A Walk On the Wild Side by Nelson Algren
    2. A Single Pebble by John Hersey
    3. Nuni by John Howard Griffin
    The Nation, June 2, 1956, p. 473
  2. The Age of Wouk
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Nation, November 5, 1955, pp. 399-400
  3. [+]
    Agile Pen and Dry Mind (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Band of Angels, by Robert Penn Warren
    1. Band of Angels by Robert Penn Warren
    The Nation, October 1, 1955, p. 287
  4. American Moderns (1958)
    Maxwell Geismar
    From Rebellion to Conformity
    6 Reviews, 1 Readable
  5. [+]
    And the Other Side Was Hell (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Far Side of Paradise, by Arthur Mizener
    1. The Far Side of Paradise by Arthur Mizener
    The Saturday Review, January 27, 1951, p. 10
  6. [+]
    Annals of Magic (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
    1. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
    The Saturday Review, October 31, 1959, p. 19
  7. Books and the Arts
    [+]
    Apostles of the Rational Mind (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Portraits from Memory, and Other Essays, by Bertrand Russell
    1. Portraits from Memory, and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell
    2. A Piece of My Mind by Edmund Wilson
    The Nation, December 8, 1956, p. 502
  8. [+]
    Art as Obsession (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    A Writer's Diary, by Virginia Woolf and Leonard Woolf
    1. A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf and Leonard Woolf
    The Nation, February 27, 1954, p. 175
  9. [+]
    Belle of the Boat (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Southern Lady, by Lonnie Coleman
    1. The Southern Lady by Lonnie Coleman
    The Saturday Review, July 12, 1958, p. 15
  10. [+]
    The Birth of a Sequence (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Strangers and Brothers, by C.P. Snow
    1. Strangers and Brothers by C.P. Snow
    The Saturday Review, October 1, 1960, p. 19
  11. [+]
    Bisociation---a Philosophical System (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Insight and Outlook, by Arthur Koestler
    1. Insight and Outlook by Arthur Koestler
    The Saturday Review, February 19, 1949, p. 13
  12. [+]
    The Bitch Goddess (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Dream of Success, by Kenneth S. Lynn
    1. The Dream of Success by Kenneth S. Lynn
    The Saturday Review, April 30, 1955, p. 16
  13. Books
    [+]
    Black Man's Burden (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Conservationist, by Nadine Gordimer
    1. The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
    The Saturday Review, March 8, 1975, p. 24
  14. [+]
    Brahmin Showpiece (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Amiable Autocrat, by Eleanor M. Tilton
    1. Amiable Autocrat by Eleanor M. Tilton
    The Saturday Review, November 8, 1947, p. 25
  15. [+]
    Branding a Maverick of the Muses (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Outlaws on Parnassus, by Margaret Kennedy
    1. The Outlaws on Parnassus by Margaret Kennedy
    The Saturday Review, February 13, 1960, p. 27
  16. [+]
    A British Point of View (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Struggle for Europe, by Chester Wilmot
    1. The Struggle for Europe by Chester Wilmot
    The American Scholar, Summer 1952, pp. 368-371
  17. [+]
    The Caliph's Tower (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Beckford, by Guy Chapman
    1. Beckford by Guy Chapman
    The Nation, May 15, 1937, p. 568
  18. [+]
    Canons of Criticism (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    In My Opinion, by Orville Prescott
    1. In My Opinion by Orville Prescott
    The Saturday Review, March 29, 1952, p. 17
  19. Books
    [+]
    A Century of American Letters and Men of Letters (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Confident Years, 1885-1915, by Van Wyck Brooks
    1. The Confident Years, 1885-1915 by Van Wyck Brooks
    The New Republic, January 28, 1952, p. 18
  20. The Compleat Goldwater
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Literary Goldwater
    Ramparts Magazine, November 1964, pp. 12-19
  21. [+]
    Compulsive Concern with Technique (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Forms of Modern Fiction, by William Van O'Connor
    1. Forms of Modern Fiction by William Van O'Connor
    The Saturday Review, July 3, 1948, p. 10
  22. Controversy
    Maxwell Geismar, James Kelly, and Francis Coleman Rosenberger, ...
    The American Scholar, Spring 1957, pp. 212-221
  23. [+]
    Conversion to Violence (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Summer Soldier, by Leane Zugsmith
    1. The Summer Soldier by Leane Zugsmith
    2. The Liberals by John Hyde Preston
    The Nation, September 10, 1938, p. 249
  24. [+]
    Cosmic Mother & the Gift of Life (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Burning Bright, by John Steinbeck
    1. Burning Bright by John Steinbeck
    The Saturday Review, October 21, 1950, p. 14
  25. "The Crazy Mask of Literature"
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Nation, November 14, 1953, p. 404
  26. [+]
    The Dark Brother (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Young Henry of Navarre, by Heinrich Mann
    1. Young Henry of Navarre by Heinrich Mann
    The Nation, October 2, 1937, pp. 350-351
  27. [+]
    Darwin and Darwinism (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Charles Darwin: A Portrait, by Geoffrey West
    1. Charles Darwin: A Portrait by Geoffrey West
    The Nation, May 21, 1938, p. 593
  28. [+]
    De Quincey Disinterred (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Thomas DeQuincey: His Life and Work, by Edward Sackville-West
    1. Thomas DeQuincey: His Life and Work by Edward Sackville-West
    The Nation, December 12, 1936, p. 710
  29. Books
    Decline of the Classic Moderns
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Nation, May 7, 1955, pp. 402-403
  30. [+]
    Descent Into the Good (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Beware of Pity, by Stefan Zweig
    1. Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
    The Nation, April 1, 1939, p. 381
  31. [+]
    Devil, Prophet, Artist (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Intelligent Heart, by Harry T. Moore
    1. The Intelligent Heart by Harry T. Moore
    The Nation, February 19, 1955, p. 164
  32. Diarist of the Middle-Class Mind
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Saturday Review, November 1, 1947, p. 9
  33. [+]
    Dickens---in the Flat (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Charles Dickens: The Progress of a Radical, by T.A. Jackson
    1. Charles Dickens: The Progress of a Radical by T.A. Jackson
    The Nation, August 6, 1938, p. 132
  34. [+]
    Distilled Heritage (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Chosen, by Harold Ribalow
    1. The Chosen by Harold Ribalow
    2. Whither?, and Other Stories by Mordecai Zeev Feierberg
    The Saturday Review, June 6, 1959, p. 22
  35. [+]
    Domestic Tragedy in Virginia (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Lie Down in Darkness, by William Styron
    1. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
    The Saturday Review, September 15, 1951, p. 12
  36. [+]
    Dos Passos: Yesterday and Today (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Great Days, by John Dos Passos
    1. The Great Days by John Dos Passos
    The Saturday Review, March 15, 1958, p. 21
  37. Dreiser and the Dark Texture of Life
    Maxwell Geismar
    The American Scholar, Spring 1953, pp. 215-221
  38. [+]
    "Duty's Faithful Child" (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Louisa May Alcott, by Katharine S. Anthony
    1. Louisa May Alcott by Katharine S. Anthony
    The Nation, February 19, 1938, p. 216
  39. Books
    [+]
    Ellen Glasgow's Private History (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Woman Within, by Ellen Glasgow
    1. The Woman Within by Ellen Glasgow
    The Nation, November 13, 1954, p. 425
  40. Books
    [+]
    The Enchanted Ring (3 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Willa Cather: A Memoir, by Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant
    1. Willa Cather: A Memoir by Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant
    2. Willa Cather Living by Edith Lewis
    3. Willa Cather: A Critical Biography by E.K. Brown and Leon Edel
    The Nation, September 19, 1953, p. 234
  41. Books
    [+]
    The End of Something (5 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    America and the Intellectuals,
    1. America and the Intellectuals
    2. Discovery No. 1 by John W. Aldridge and Vance Bourjaily
    3. New World Writing, Second Mentor Selection
    4. New Directions in Prose and Poetry, No. 14 by James Laughlin
    5. The Little Review Anthology by Margaret Anderson
    The Nation, March 14, 1953, p. 230
  42. [+]
    The Enigmatic Mr. Howells (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Road to Realism, by Edwin Harrison Cady
    1. The Road to Realism by Edwin Harrison Cady
    The Saturday Review, February 23, 1957, p. 22
  43. [+]
    Epic of Israel (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Exodus, by Leon M. Uris
    1. Exodus by Leon M. Uris
    The Saturday Review, September 27, 1958, p. 22
  44. [+]
    Epic of the Pocket-Book (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Forever Ulysses, by C.P. Rodocanachi
    1. Forever Ulysses by C.P. Rodocanachi
    The Nation, January 29, 1938, p. 130
  45. [+]
    Ex-Aristocrat's Emotional Education (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Intruder in the Dust, by William Faulkner
    1. Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner
    The Saturday Review, September 25, 1948, p. 8
  46. [+]
    Experiment in Genocide (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Wall, by John Hersey
    1. The Wall by John Hersey
    The Saturday Review, March 4, 1950, p. 14
  47. [+]
    Extrinsic & Intrinsic (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Theory of Literature, by Rene Wellek and Austin Warren
    1. The Theory of Literature by Rene Wellek and Austin Warren
    The New Republic, April 11, 1949, p. 22
  48. [+]
    Fable Retold (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Pearl, by John Steinbeck
    1. The Pearl by John Steinbeck
    The Saturday Review, November 22, 1947, p. 14
  49. [+]
    The Face of Evil (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Actions and Passions, by Max Lerner
    1. Actions and Passions by Max Lerner
    The New Republic, August 8, 1949, p. 19
  50. Books and the Arts
    [+]
    Failure Story (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott, by Odell Shepard
    1. Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott by Odell Shepard
    The Nation, June 5, 1937, p. 650
  51. [+]
    A Family's Fall (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    A Glass Rose, by Richard Bankowsky
    1. A Glass Rose by Richard Bankowsky
    The Saturday Review, January 18, 1958, p. 15
  52. [+]
    Fine Talk (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Paradise Planters, by Katherine Burton
    1. Paradise Planters by Katherine Burton
    The Nation, August 12, 1939, p. 177
  53. [+]
    Fitzgerald: Bard of the Jazz Age (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Afternoon of an Author, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    1. Afternoon of an Author by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Saturday Review, April 26, 1958, p. 17
  54. [+]
    For the Defense (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris, and Oscar Wilde, by Robert Harborough Sherard
    1. Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris, and Oscar Wilde by Robert Harborough Sherard
    The Nation, February 20, 1937, p. 220
  55. [+]
    Formidable Farm Girl (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Willa Cather in Europe, by George N. Kates and Willa Cather
    1. Willa Cather in Europe by George N. Kates and Willa Cather
    The Saturday Review, October 20, 1956, pp. 19-20
  56. [+]
    French Classics (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Novel in France, by Martin Turnell
    1. The Novel in France by Martin Turnell
    2. The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette and Nancy Mitford
    The New Republic, August 6, 1951, p. 20
  57. [+]
    A Friend Is Stein (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Flowers of Friendship, by Donald Gallup
    1. The Flowers of Friendship by Donald Gallup
    The Saturday Review, August 22, 1953, p. 19
  58. [+]
    Frightful Heart Beat (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Journals of Andre Gide, Vol. I: 1889-1913, by Justin O'Brien and Andre Gide
    1. The Journals of Andre Gide, Vol. I: 1889-1913 by Justin O'Brien and Andre Gide
    The Saturday Review, September 20, 1947, p. 12
  59. [+]
    From a Westward Europe (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Arrow in the Blue, by Arthur Koestler
    1. Arrow in the Blue by Arthur Koestler
    The Saturday Review, September 27, 1952, p. 10
  60. [+]
    From the Formalist Branch (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Gnomon, by Hugh Kenner
    1. Gnomon by Hugh Kenner
    The Saturday Review, February 22, 1958, p. 22
  61. [+]
    Frustrations, Neuroses & History (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Barbary Shore, by Norman Mailer
    1. Barbary Shore by Norman Mailer
    The Saturday Review, May 26, 1951, p. 15
  62. Ephemera
    [+]
    The Geismar Dreiser (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Theodore Dreiser: A New Dimension, by Marguerite Tjader
    1. Theodore Dreiser: A New Dimension by Marguerite Tjader
    2. Dreiser by W.A. Swanberg
    Ramparts Magazine, January 1966, pp. 64-66
  63. [+]
    Gentle Arapesh (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    East Goes West, by Younghill Kang
    1. East Goes West by Younghill Kang
    The Nation, October 30, 1937, p. 482
  64. [+]
    God and the Gammons (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Libation, by Edmund Keeley
    1. The Libation by Edmund Keeley
    The Saturday Review, May 24, 1958, p. 41
  65. [+]
    Good-Will Against Men (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Henry, King of France, by Heinrich Mann
    1. Henry, King of France by Heinrich Mann
    The Nation, August 5, 1939, p. 153
  66. [+]
    Gullible Humanity (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift
    1. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
    The New Republic, January 14, 1957, pp. 22-24
  67. [+]
    A Happy Eternity (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Miracle of Haworth, by W. Bertram White
    1. The Miracle of Haworth by W. Bertram White
    The Nation, March 11, 1939, p. 299
  68. [+]
    To Have and To Have and To Have (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Across the River and Into the Trees, by Ernest Hemingway
    1. Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
    The Saturday Review, September 9, 1950, p. 18
  69. [+]
    Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Earnest Atheist, by Malcolm Muggeridge
    1. The Earnest Atheist by Malcolm Muggeridge
    The Nation, April 3, 1937, p. 383
  70. Hemingway and the Nobel Prize
    Maxwell Geismar
    An Editorial
    The Saturday Review, November 13, 1954, p. 24
  71. [+]
    Henry James (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Psychology of the Keyhole
    1. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
    Ramparts Magazine, March 1963, pp. 57-64
  72. Henry James and His Cult (1964)
    Maxwell Geismar
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  73. Henry James and the Jacobites (1963)
    Maxwell D. Geismar
    5 Reviews, 2 Readable
  74. Henry James and the Jacobites
    Maxwell Geismar
    The American Scholar, Summer 1962, pp. 373-381
  75. [+]
    The Higher and Higher Criticism (8 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Critical Performance, by Stanley Edgar Hyman
    1. The Critical Performance by Stanley Edgar Hyman
    2. The Theory of Literature by Rene Wellek and Austin Warren
    3. Society and Self in the Novel by Mark Schorer
    4. The Radical Novel in the United States, 1900-1954 by Walter B. Rideout
    5. The History of a Literary Radical and Other Papers by Randolph S. Bourne
    6. The Mirror in the Roadway by Frank O'Connor
    7. Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forster
    8. Our Literary Heritage by Van Wyck Brooks and Otto L. Bettmann
    The Nation, November 10, 1956, p. 407
  76. [+]
    Home Base: 12th Street (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    American Vanguard 1952, by Don M. Wolfe
    1. American Vanguard 1952 by Don M. Wolfe
    The Saturday Review, June 21, 1952, p. 21
  77. The Hostile Necessity
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Saturday Review, January 29, 1949, pp. 9-10
  78. [+]
    Ideas in Our Time (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Writer and His Craft,
    1. The Writer and His Craft
    The Saturday Review, August 14, 1954, p. 17
  79. Books
    [+]
    Illumination, Shame, and Scandal (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Trial of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn by the American Civil Liberties Union, by Corliss L...
    1. The Trial of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn by the American Civil Liberties Union by Corliss Lamont
    The Monthly Review, January 1969, pp. 40-43
  80. [+]
    Jack London Today (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Jack London: A Biography, by Richard O'Connor
    1. Jack London: A Biography by Richard O'Connor
    The New Republic, November 14, 1964, pp. 29-31
  81. The Jewish Heritage in Contemporary American Fiction
    Maxwell Geismar
    Ramparts Magazine, Autumn 1963, pp. 5-13
  82. [+]
    Jezebel on the Loop (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser
    1. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
    The Saturday Review, July 4, 1953, p. 12
  83. John P. Marquand
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Writer~John P. Marquand
    The Saturday Review, August 13, 1960, p. 15
  84. [+]
    Joy and the Demon (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Journals of Andre Gide, Vol. III: 1928-1939, by Justin O'Brien and Andre Gide
    1. The Journals of Andre Gide, Vol. III: 1928-1939 by Justin O'Brien and Andre Gide
    The Saturday Review, April 16, 1949, p. 27
  85. [+]
    Justice in the Argentine Desert (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Reward, by Michael Barrett
    1. The Reward by Michael Barrett
    The Saturday Review, March 24, 1956, p. 22
  86. [+]
    A Kafka of the Ancien Regime (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Private Diaries of Stendhal, by Robert Sage and Stendhal
    1. The Private Diaries of Stendhal by Robert Sage and Stendhal
    The Nation, December 18, 1954, pp. 535-537
  87. [+]
    Lanny Budd on Another Secret Mission (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    One Clear Call, by Upton Sinclair
    1. One Clear Call by Upton Sinclair
    The Saturday Review, August 28, 1948, p. 13
  88. The Last of the Provincials (1947)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The American Novel, 1915-1925
    7 Reviews, 3 Readable
  89. [+]
    Latter-Day Christ Story (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    A Fable, by William Faulkner
    1. A Fable by William Faulkner
    2. The Faulkner Reader by William Faulkner
    The Saturday Review, July 31, 1954, p. 11
  90. [+]
    The Laws of O'Brienism (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Stranger Come Home, by William L. Shirer
    1. Stranger Come Home by William L. Shirer
    The Saturday Review, May 29, 1954, p. 10
  91. Leaves in the Wind
    Maxwell Geismar
    An Introduction
    The Monthly Review, October 1967, pp. 56-66
  92. Letters
    John Cheever, Maxwell Geismar, and Robert Lowell, ...
    The New York Review of Books, January 2, 1969, pp. 42-44
  93. Letters
    James Laughlin, Howard Zinn, Trevor West, and Noam Chomsky, ...
    The New York Review of Books, December 30, 1971, pp. 29-32
  94. Ephemera
    Letters from the Editors
    Maxwell Geismar
    John Griffin, Please Come Home
    Ramparts Magazine, November 1965, pp. 61-64
  95. [+]
    A Liberal Mind (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    On Education and Freedom, by Harold Taylor
    1. On Education and Freedom by Harold Taylor
    The Nation, June 26, 1954, p. 547
  96. [+]
    Life vs. Thought (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Withered Branch, by Derek S. Savage
    1. The Withered Branch by Derek S. Savage
    The Saturday Review, August 2, 1952, p. 10
  97. Books
    [+]
    The Literary Orphan (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Henry James, Vol. I, by Leon Edel
    1. Henry James, Vol. I by Leon Edel
    2. The Sacred Fount by Henry James
    The Nation, May 2, 1953, pp. 374-375
  98. Books
    [+]
    Literature and Empire (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Mythology of Imperialism, by Jonah Raskin
    1. The Mythology of Imperialism by Jonah Raskin
    The Monthly Review, March 1972, pp. 55-58
  99. [+]
    Made in U.S.A. (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Autobiography, with Letters, by William Lyon Phelps
    1. Autobiography, with Letters by William Lyon Phelps
    The Nation, April 22, 1939, p. 474
  100. [+]
    Mankind At War (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Crowning of a King, by Arnold Zweig
    1. The Crowning of a King by Arnold Zweig
    The Nation, June 4, 1938, p. 651
  101. Mark Twain on Racism, Imperialism et al.
    Maxwell Geismar
    Ramparts Magazine, May 1968, pp. 64-72
  102. Mark Twain: An American Prophet (1970)
    Maxwell Geismar
    3 Reviews
  103. [+]
    A Mellow Midwest (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    All that Was Mortal, by David K. Dempsey
    1. All that Was Mortal by David K. Dempsey
    The Saturday Review, November 1, 1958, p. 21
  104. [+]
    Middle Class Folk Hero (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    William Allen White's America, by Walter Johnson
    1. William Allen White's America by Walter Johnson
    The Saturday Review, August 16, 1947, p. 17
  105. [+]
    The Moral American (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The American Conscience, by Roger Burlingame
    1. The American Conscience by Roger Burlingame
    The Nation, April 27, 1957, p. 364
  106. [+]
    Mostly About the South (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    A Novel, A Novella, and Four Stories, by Andrew Lytle
    1. A Novel, A Novella, and Four Stories by Andrew Lytle
    The Saturday Review, August 30, 1958, p. 12
  107. [+]
    Native Prizewinner (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Man from Main Street: A Sinclair Lewis Reader, by Harry E. Maule, Melville H. Cane,...
    1. The Man from Main Street: A Sinclair Lewis Reader by Harry E. Maule, Melville H. Cane, and Philip Allan Friedman, ...
    The Saturday Review, February 28, 1953, p. 17
  108. [+]
    Never the Life (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Margaret Fuller, Whetstone of Genius, by Mason Wade
    1. Margaret Fuller, Whetstone of Genius by Mason Wade
    The Nation, June 1, 1940, p. 688
  109. New Masses (1970)
    Maxwell Geismar
    An Anthology of the Rebel Thirties
    1 Review
  110. [+]
    New Novels: But Not Very (7 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Jordan Country, by Shelby Foote
    1. Jordan Country by Shelby Foote
    2. The Cobweb by William Gibson
    3. Race Rock by Peter Matthiessen
    4. A Pride of Lions by John Brooks
    5. Dawn on Our Darkness by Emmanuel Robles
    6. She Came to Stay by Simone de Beauvoir
    7. Perdu by Paride Rombi
    The Nation, April 24, 1954, p. 367
  111. [+]
    New York Naturals (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Down All Your Streets, by Leonard Bishop
    1. Down All Your Streets by Leonard Bishop
    The Saturday Review, April 19, 1952, p. 30
  112. [+]
    Nightmare on Anopopei (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Naked and the Dead, by Norman Mailer
    1. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
    The Saturday Review, May 8, 1948, p. 10
  113. [+]
    Not Interested (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Summing Up, by W. Somerset Maugham
    1. The Summing Up by W. Somerset Maugham
    The Nation, April 9, 1938, p. 420
  114. [+]
    The Obdurate Rascal (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941, by D.D. Paige and Ezra Pound
    1. The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941 by D.D. Paige and Ezra Pound
    2. An Examination of Ezra Pound by Peter Russell
    The New Republic, January 22, 1951, p. 19
  115. [+]
    Old Testament Tales (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Unanointed, by Laurene C. Chinn
    1. The Unanointed by Laurene C. Chinn
    The Saturday Review, April 11, 1959, p. 36
  116. [+]
    One Man's Ruin (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Day the Century Ended, by Francis Irby Gwaltney
    1. The Day the Century Ended by Francis Irby Gwaltney
    The Saturday Review, June 11, 1955, p. 15
  117. [+]
    Only the Lonely (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Blackberry Wilderness, by Sylvia Berkman
    1. Blackberry Wilderness by Sylvia Berkman
    The Saturday Review, February 14, 1959, p. 29
  118. [+]
    Our Literary Inheritance (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Shapers of American Fiction, 1798-1947, by George Snell
    1. The Shapers of American Fiction, 1798-1947 by George Snell
    The Saturday Review, May 31, 1947, p. 21
  119. [+]
    Peons in Agony (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Rebellion of the Hanged, by B. Traven
    1. The Rebellion of the Hanged by B. Traven
    The Saturday Review, April 26, 1952, p. 15
  120. [+]
    Pit of Decay (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Dark Arena, by Mario Puzo
    1. The Dark Arena by Mario Puzo
    The Saturday Review, February 26, 1955, p. 12
  121. [+]
    A Poet's Lady (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Mrs. Longfellow, by Edward Wagenknecht and Fanny Appleton Longfellow, ...
    1. Mrs. Longfellow by Edward Wagenknecht and Fanny Appleton Longfellow, ...
    The Saturday Review, December 29, 1956, p. 14
  122. [+]
    Poictesme back to the Soil (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Song of the World, by Jean Giono
    1. The Song of the World by Jean Giono
    The Nation, August 28, 1937, p. 226
  123. The Postwar Generation in Arts & Letters
    Maxwell Geismar
    Fiction
    The Saturday Review, March 14, 1953, p. 11
  124. [+]
    A Private Axe (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Living Novel, by V.S. Pritchett
    1. The Living Novel by V.S. Pritchett
    The Saturday Review, October 11, 1947, p. 20
  125. [+]
    A Promising Past (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Trelawny: A Man's Life, by Margaret Armstrong
    1. Trelawny: A Man's Life by Margaret Armstrong
    The Nation, October 5, 1940, p. 307
  126. [+]
    A Puritan for All (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    From Main Street to Stockholm, by Sinclair Lewis and Harrison Smith
    1. From Main Street to Stockholm by Sinclair Lewis and Harrison Smith
    The Saturday Review, November 15, 1952, p. 24
  127. [+]
    Puritanism, Evil, and Malice (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Lucifer with a Book, by John Horne Burns
    1. Lucifer with a Book by John Horne Burns
    The Saturday Review, April 2, 1949, p. 16
  128. Books
    "The Quintessence of Harvard"
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Nation, April 3, 1954, p. 283
  129. [+]
    A Rapt & Tumid Power (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    William Faulkner: A Critical Study, by Irving Howe
    1. William Faulkner: A Critical Study by Irving Howe
    The Saturday Review, July 12, 1952, p. 10
  130. Rebels and Ancestors (1953)
    Maxwell D. Geismar
    The American Novel, 1890-1915: Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Elle...
    5 Reviews, 1 Readable
  131. [+]
    Marshal Ney in America? (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Midnight on the Desert, by J.B. Priestley
    1. Midnight on the Desert by J.B. Priestley
    The Nation, April 17, 1937, p. 444
  132. [+]
    Faking It (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Dear Me, and Other Tales from My Native Sweden, by Edita Morris
    1. Dear Me, and Other Tales from My Native Sweden by Edita Morris
    Ramparts Magazine, March 1968, pp. 62-63
  133. The Ring Lardner Reader (1963)
    Maxwell Geismar and Ring Wilmer Lardner
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  134. [+]
    Road to Maturity (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Hunt, by Richard B. Erno
    1. The Hunt by Richard B. Erno
    The Saturday Review, August 8, 1959, p. 19
  135. [+]
    Sad Young Men of World War II (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    That Winter, by Merle Miller
    1. That Winter by Merle Miller
    The Saturday Review, January 24, 1948, p. 15
  136. [+]
    Scholastic Playing with Chaos (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Our Friend James Joyce, by Mary Colum and Padraic Colum
    1. Our Friend James Joyce by Mary Colum and Padraic Colum
    The Saturday Review, August 23, 1958, p. 32
  137. [+]
    Search for a Soul (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Invisible Writing, by Arthur Koestler
    1. The Invisible Writing by Arthur Koestler
    The Saturday Review, October 30, 1954, p. 18
  138. [+]
    Searchlight Troop (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Edge of the Night, by John Prebble
    1. The Edge of the Night by John Prebble
    The Saturday Review, April 17, 1948, p. 36
  139. [+]
    Second Flight (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    An Act of Love, by Ira Wolfert
    1. An Act of Love by Ira Wolfert
    The Saturday Review, June 12, 1954, p. 12
  140. Sinclair Lewis
    Maxwell Geismar
    Forgotten Hero
    The Saturday Review, June 25, 1960, pp. 29-30
  141. [+]
    Social & Sexual Revolutionary (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Theodore Dreiser, by F.O. Matthiessen
    1. Theodore Dreiser by F.O. Matthiessen
    2. My Life With Dreiser by Helen P. Dreiser
    The Saturday Review, March 17, 1951, p. 15
  142. [+]
    Socialistic Necropolis (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Romantic Rebel, by Felizia Seyd
    1. Romantic Rebel by Felizia Seyd
    The Nation, September 21, 1940, p. 248
  143. [+]
    Something of an Autobiography (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Something of Myself, by Rudyard Kipling
    1. Something of Myself by Rudyard Kipling
    The Nation, February 27, 1937, p. 243
  144. [+]
    Spotlight on Fiction (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Never So Few, by Tom T. Chamales
    1. Never So Few by Tom T. Chamales
    The Saturday Review, March 23, 1957, p. 12
  145. [+]
    The Struggle with Authority (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Melville Goodwin, USA, by John P. Marquand
    1. Melville Goodwin, USA by John P. Marquand
    The Saturday Review, September 29, 1951, p. 11
  146. [+]
    A Talent of Maturity (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams, by William Carlos Williams
    1. The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams by William Carlos Williams
    The New Republic, December 24, 1951, p. 19
  147. [+]
    Temperament vs. Conscience (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    A Spy in the House of Love, by Anais Nin
    1. A Spy in the House of Love by Anais Nin
    The Nation, July 24, 1954, p. 75
  148. [+]
    Test-Tube Trickery (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Scientists, by Eleazar Lipsky
    1. The Scientists by Eleazar Lipsky
    The Saturday Review, January 31, 1959, p. 17
  149. [+]
    That Rebus (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Three Flights Up, by Helen R. Woodward
    1. Three Flights Up by Helen R. Woodward
    The Nation, January 1, 1936, p. 25
  150. [+]
    The Theme is Fear (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Theme Is Freedom, by John Dos Passos
    1. The Theme Is Freedom by John Dos Passos
    The Nation, April 14, 1956, p. 305
  151. [+]
    Thoreau: The Private Man (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, by Bradford Torrey, Francis H. Allen, and Henry D. Tho...
    1. The Journal of Henry D. Thoreau by Bradford Torrey, Francis H. Allen, and Henry D. Thoreau, ...
    2. Thoreau: The Quest and the Classics by Ethel Seybold
    The New Republic, May 7, 1951, pp. 24-25
  152. [+]
    Three First Novels (3 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The White Citadel, by Charles Neider
    1. The White Citadel by Charles Neider
    2. Black Is a Man by Harry Roskolenko
    3. The Heavy Day by Jack Potter
    The Nation, March 6, 1954, p. 203
  153. [+]
    Through An Inferno (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Give Us This Day, by Sidney Stewart
    1. Give Us This Day by Sidney Stewart
    The Saturday Review, January 26, 1957, p. 18
  154. [+]
    Ultra-Poetical, Super-Aesthetical (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Oscar Wilde and the Yellow Nineties, by Frances Winwar
    1. Oscar Wilde and the Yellow Nineties by Frances Winwar
    The Nation, April 13, 1940, pp. 490-491
  155. [+]
    The Unbeartable Bellow (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Herzog, by Saul Bellow
    1. Herzog by Saul Bellow
    Ramparts Magazine, March 1965, pp. 77-78
  156. [+]
    A Virginia-Eye View (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    House Divided, by Ben Ames Williams
    1. House Divided by Ben Ames Williams
    The Saturday Review, September 13, 1947, p. 10
  157. [+]
    Voice of Western Protestant Conscience (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Journals of Andre Gide, Vol. II: 1914-1927, by Justin O'Brien and Andre Gide
    1. The Journals of Andre Gide, Vol. II: 1914-1927 by Justin O'Brien and Andre Gide
    The Saturday Review, May 29, 1948, p. 14
  158. The Whitman Reader (1955)
    Maxwell Geismar and Walt Whitman
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  159. Books
    [+]
    Whose Side is the Lord On? (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Hearken Unto the Voice, by Franz Werfel
    1. Hearken Unto the Voice by Franz Werfel
    The Nation, March 5, 1938, p. 276
  160. [+]
    "Will Raptly Magnipotent" (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Hardy of Wessex, by Carl J. Weber
    1. Hardy of Wessex by Carl J. Weber
    The Nation, April 27, 1940, p. 548
  161. The Wings of the Dove: Or, False Gold
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Atlantic Monthly, August 1963, pp. 93-97
  162. [+]
    World of the Half Artist (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Recognitions, by William Gaddis
    1. The Recognitions by William Gaddis
    The Saturday Review, March 12, 1955, p. 23
  163. Writers in Crisis (1942)
    Maxwell D. Geismar
    The American Novel Between Two Wars
    6 Reviews, 2 Readable
  164. [+]
    Yankee Hector (Review)
    Maxwell Geismar
    The Big War, by Anton Myrer
    1. The Big War by Anton Myrer
    The Saturday Review, April 27, 1957, p. 14
  165. The Library
    [+]
    Young Sinclair Lewis and Old Dos Passos (2 Reviews)
    Maxwell Geismar
    Gideon Planish, by Sinclair Lewis
    1. Gideon Planish by Sinclair Lewis
    2. Number One by John Dos Passos
    The American Mercury, May 1943, pp. 624-628
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