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  1. [+]
    About That Babboon... (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Madame Blavatsky's Baboon, by Peter Washington
    1. Madame Blavatsky's Baboon by Peter Washington
    National Review, May 1, 1995, p. 81
  2. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    After the Two-Eyed Men (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    McAlmon and the Lost Generation, by Robert E. Knoll and Robert McAlmon
    1. McAlmon and the Lost Generation by Robert E. Knoll and Robert McAlmon
    National Review, November 20, 1962, p. 395
  3. [+]
    Alice in Empsonland (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Structure of Complex Words, by William Empson
    1. The Structure of Complex Words by William Empson
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1952, pp. 137-143
  4. Books, Arts & Manners
    [+]
    All the Angels Have Big Feet (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Purple Decades: A Reader, by Tom Wolfe
    1. The Purple Decades: A Reader by Tom Wolfe
    National Review, February 18, 1983, p. 193
  5. Apples, Planets, Dollars
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, March 25, 1961, pp. 183-184
  6. The Art of Poetry (1959)
    Hugh Kenner
  7. Art: Eye of the Beholder
    Hugh Kenner
    Photographers and seventeenth-century Dutch painters demonstrate the fine art of just l...
    The Harpers Monthly, August 1983, pp. 66-68
  8. [+]
    Art: The Invention of Space (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Beginnings of Architecture, by Sigfried Giedion
    1. The Beginnings of Architecture by Sigfried Giedion
    National Review, February 23, 1965, pp. 160-161
  9. [+]
    Artemis and Harlequin (2 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore, by Marianne Moore
    1. The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore by Marianne Moore
    2. Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957 by W.H. Auden
    National Review, December 26, 1967, p. 1432
  10. Books Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Assemblages (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Da Vinci's Bicycle, by Guy Davenport
    1. Da Vinci's Bicycle by Guy Davenport
    National Review, September 28, 1979, pp. 1238-1240
  11. Automated Out?
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, October 10, 1959, pp. 389-390
  12. Baker Street to Eccles Street
    Hugh Kenner
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1948, pp. 481-499
  13. [+]
    Between two tongues (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Contemporary Irish Poetry, by Anthony Bradley
    1. Contemporary Irish Poetry by Anthony Bradley
    Inquiry, October 6, 1980, pp. 28-29
  14. [+]
    Biography by the Ground Rules (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    James Joyce, by Richard Ellmann
    1. James Joyce by Richard Ellmann
    National Review, November 21, 1959, pp. 492-493
  15. [+]
    The Blue Pencil (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    In This Wild Water, by James M. Shebl
    1. In This Wild Water by James M. Shebl
    National Review, September 16, 1977, p. 1060
  16. [+]
    Books in Brief (Review)
    H. Kenner
    Deaths for the Ladies, by Norman Mailer
    1. Deaths for the Ladies by Norman Mailer
    National Review, September 11, 1962, p. 200
  17. [+]
    Books: Poetize or Bust (6 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975, by Robert Creeley
    1. The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975 by Robert Creeley
    2. The Maximus Poems by Charles Olson
    3. A Guide to the Maximus Poems of Charles Olson by George F. Butterick
    4. The Modern Poetic Sequence by M.L. Rosenthal and Sally M. Gall
    5. The Changing Light at Sandover by James Merrill
    6. Antarctic Traveller by Katha Pollitt
    The Harpers Monthly, September 1983, pp. 67-69
  18. [+]
    Books: The Word Police (8 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    What's the Good Word?, by William Safire
    1. What's the Good Word? by William Safire
    2. American Tongue and Cheek by Jim Quinn and Benjamin DeMott
    3. I Always Look Up the Word "Egregious" by Maxwell Nurnberg
    4. The Book of Jargon by Don Ethan Miller
    5. Word Laird by Charlton Laird
    6. Have a Word on Me by Willard R. Espy
    7. Say It My Way by Willard R. Espy
    8. Science Observed by Jeremy Bernstein
    The Harpers Monthly, June 1982, pp. 68-70
  19. Books: This Review Is About What
    Hugh Kenner
    The Harpers Monthly, March 1983, pp. 64-66
  20. [+]
    Books: Tumult of the Limbs (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Education of the Senses, by Peter Gay
    1. Education of the Senses by Peter Gay
    The Harpers Monthly, December 1983, pp. 64-69
  21. [+]
    Books: Who Was Leslie Fiedler? (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    What Was Literature?, by Leslie A. Fiedler
    1. What Was Literature? by Leslie A. Fiedler
    The Harpers Monthly, November 1982, pp. 69-73
  22. [+]
    Books: Wisdom of the Tribe (3 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, by John A. Simpson
    1. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs by John A. Simpson
    2. English Provincial Cooking by Elisabeth Ayrton
    3. The Oxford Book of Aphorisms by John Gross
    The Harpers Monthly, May 1983, pp. 84-86
  23. Opinions
    [+]
    Brave Theory Puffing (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    An Appetite for Poetry, by Frank Kermode
    1. An Appetite for Poetry by Frank Kermode
    Chronicles, February 1990, pp. 28-29
  24. Arts and Letters
    [+]
    Breaking the Line (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked, by Paul Mariani
    1. William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked by Paul Mariani
    The Harpers Monthly, December 1981, pp. 54-57
  25. Bucky: A Guided Tour of Buckminster Fuller (1973)
    Hugh Kenner
    4 Reviews
  26. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    Buster Agonistes (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Keaton, by Rudi Blesh
    1. Keaton by Rudi Blesh
    National Review, August 9, 1966, p. 786
  27. Buster Keaton
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, February 22, 1966, p. 167
  28. [+]
    A Callithumpian Life (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Samuel Beckett: A Biography, by Deirdre Bair
    1. Samuel Beckett: A Biography by Deirdre Bair
    The Saturday Review, August 1978, pp. 46-47
  29. Campus 1987
    Hugh Kenner
    The Department of Factual Verification
    National Review, October 9, 1987, pp. 37-40
  30. [+]
    Care, Not Madness (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    A Marianne Moore Reader, by Marianne Moore
    1. A Marianne Moore Reader by Marianne Moore
    National Review, April 24, 1962, pp. 294-295
  31. Christmas Book Recommendations
    Robert L. Bartley, Jacques Barzun, and Robert N. Bellah, ...
    The American Spectator, December 1976, pp. 20-23
  32. [+]
    Christ's cunning rimesmith (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Gerard Manley Hopkins, by Paddy Kitchen
    1. Gerard Manley Hopkins by Paddy Kitchen
    Inquiry, April 16, 1979, pp. 27-28
  33. Chuck Jones (1994)
    Hugh Kenner
    A Flurry of Drawings, Portraits of American Genius
    1 Review
  34. [+]
    The Civil Issue (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Single Issues, by Joseph Sobran
    1. Single Issues by Joseph Sobran
    National Review, July 8, 1983, pp. 830-831
  35. Classics by the Pound
    Hugh Kenner
    The Library of America will sit on your bookshelf forever
    The Harpers Monthly, August 1982, pp. 71-73
  36. A Colder Eye (1983)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Modern Irish Writers
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  37. Arts and Letters
    [+]
    Colonial Lexicon (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Oxford American Dictionary, by Eugene H. Ehrlich, Stuart Berg Flexner, and Gorton Carru...
    1. Oxford American Dictionary by Eugene H. Ehrlich, Stuart Berg Flexner, and Gorton Carruth, ...
    The Harpers Monthly, February 1981, pp. 71-74
  38. A Communication on James and Stanslaus Joyce
    Hugh Kenner
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1950, pp. 157-160
  39. A Communication
    Hugh Kenner
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1955, p. 160
  40. [+]
    The Computerized Ulysses (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Ulysses, by James Joyce
    1. Ulysses by James Joyce
    The Harpers Monthly, April 1980, pp. 89-95
  41. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    The Confidence Man (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Art of W. C. Fields, by William K. Everson
    1. The Art of W. C. Fields by William K. Everson
    National Review, April 23, 1968, pp. 399-400
  42. Books
    [+]
    Contempt Causes Insanity (4 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    Self and World, by Eli Siegel
    1. Self and World by Eli Siegel
    2. Kafka: A Biography by Ronald Hayman
    3. Washington Itself by E.J. Applewhite
    4. The Gift of Good Land by Wendell Berry
    The Harpers Monthly, April 1982, pp. 96-100
  43. The Counterfeiters (1968)
    Hugh Kenner
    An Historical Comedy
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  44. Creativity and Inequality
    Hugh Kenner
    Modern Age, Fall 1973, pp. 338-347
  45. [+]
    Criticism: The Wherefore of How-To (8 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    Pascal, BASIC, call up a literary tradition
    1. The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Expanded Edition by Herbert G. May and Bruce M. Metzger
    2. BASIC and the Personal Computer by Thomas Dwyer and Margot Critchfield
    3. Oh! Pascal! by Doug Cooper and Michael Clancy
    4. Pascal by David L. Heiserman
    5. Word Processing on the Kaypro by Peter A. McWilliams
    6. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
    7. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
    8. The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot and Michael North
    The Harpers Monthly, March 1984, pp. 91-94
  46. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    The Critic's Not for Burning (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Milton's God, by William Empson
    1. Milton's God by William Empson
    National Review, August 28, 1962, pp. 149-150
  47. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    Cult of the New (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    I Am My Brother, by John Lehmann
    1. I Am My Brother by John Lehmann
    National Review, June 4, 1960, p. 366
  48. Delectations
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, January 13, 1970, p. 35
  49. Delectations
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, July 28, 1970, p. 790
  50. Books Arts & Manners
    [+]
    To Die in Deseret (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Executioner's Song, by Norman Mailer
    1. The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
    National Review, February 22, 1980, p. 230
  51. Don't send Johnny to college (Speaking Out)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Saturday Evening Post, November 14, 1964, pp. 12-17
  52. [+]
    Dr. Williams Shaping his Axe (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Selected Essays, by William Carlos Williams
    1. Selected Essays by William Carlos Williams
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1955, pp. 144-149
  53. Dublin's Joyce (1956)
    Hugh Kenner
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  54. Editorial
    Hugh Kenner
    In Memoriam: Ezra Pound
    The Saturday Review, December 2, 1972, pp. 30-32
  55. Eliot's Moral Dialectic
    Hugh Kenner
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1949, pp. 421-448
  56. Books, Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Eliot's Unfit Reader (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form, by Anthony Julius
    1. T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form by Anthony Julius
    National Review, September 30, 1996, pp. 62-63
  57. Books in Review
    [+]
    The Eminence of Mr. Eliot (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    On Poetry and Poets, by T.S. Eliot
    1. On Poetry and Poets by T.S. Eliot
    National Review, November 2, 1957, p. 403
  58. Evelyn Waugh, In Memoriam
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, May 3, 1966, p. 418
  59. Books Arts & Manners
    Exploding Ducks and Other Primal Tales
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, October 13, 1978, pp. 1287-1290
  60. [+]
    Expostulating with Vandals (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Collected Essays, by Allen Tate
    1. Collected Essays by Allen Tate
    National Review, March 26, 1960, pp. 205-206
  61. Reviews
    [+]
    Ezra Pound: The Last Rower (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Ezra Pound: The Last Rower, by C. David Heymann
    1. Ezra Pound: The Last Rower by C. David Heymann
    The American Spectator, January 1977, pp. 21-24
  62. [+]
    Fictitious Commodities (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The End of Intelligent Writing, by Richard Kostelanetz
    1. The End of Intelligent Writing by Richard Kostelanetz
    National Review, May 23, 1975, pp. 569-570
  63. [+]
    Film: Miltonic Monkey (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    King Kong (1976 Film), by John Guillermin
    1. King Kong (1976 Film) by John Guillermin
    National Review, November 26, 1976, p. 1293
  64. The Folklore of Kinetic Man
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, September 24, 1963, p. 238
  65. [+]
    From a Lost World (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Pound/Joyce, by Forrest Read and Ezra Pound
    1. Pound/Joyce by Forrest Read and Ezra Pound
    National Review, February 27, 1968, pp. 195-196
  66. Books
    [+]
    From Lower Bellowvia (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Dean's December, by Saul Bellow
    1. The Dean's December by Saul Bellow
    The Harpers Monthly, February 1982, pp. 62-65
  67. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    From Technology, A Style (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, by Reyner Banham
    1. The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment by Reyner Banham
    National Review, August 12, 1969, p. 809
  68. Book Reviews
    [+]
    Fuller's Follies (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Critical Path, by R. Buckminster Fuller
    1. Critical Path by R. Buckminster Fuller
    The Saturday Review, February 1981, pp. 58-59
  69. Geodesic Math and How to Use It (1976)
    Hugh Kenner
    1 Review
  70. Arts and Letters
    [+]
    A Geographer of the Imagination (4 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Geography of the Imagination, by Guy Davenport
    1. The Geography of the Imagination by Guy Davenport
    2. The Critical Difference by Barbara Johnson
    3. Saving the Text by Geoffrey H. Hartman
    4. Untying the Text by Robert E. Young
    The Harpers Monthly, August 1981, pp. 66-68
  71. Glimpses of All of It
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, December 31, 1980, pp. 1583-1585
  72. Gnomon (1958)
    Hugh Kenner
    Essays in Contemporary Literature
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  73. [+]
    Going to Hell (4 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    Dante: Divine Comedy, by C.H. Sisson and Dante Alighieri
    1. Dante: Divine Comedy by C.H. Sisson and Dante Alighieri
    2. Dante's Purgatorio by Mark Musa and Dante
    3. Dante Alighieri: The Divine Comedy by Charles S. Singleton and Dante Alighieri
    4. Dante: Inferno by Allen Mandelbaum and Dante Alighieri
    The Harpers Monthly, June 1981, pp. 69-71
  74. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    Hard Row to Hoe (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Hidden God, by Cleanth Brooks
    1. The Hidden God by Cleanth Brooks
    National Review, August 13, 1963, pp. 109-110
  75. [+]
    Hemingway's Letter (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Hemingway's Reading, 1910-1940, by Michael S. Reynolds
    1. Hemingway's Reading, 1910-1940 by Michael S. Reynolds
    The Harpers Monthly, April 1981, pp. 93-95
  76. [+]
    Here We Go Again (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Rites of Spring, by Modris Eksteins
    1. The Rites of Spring by Modris Eksteins
    National Review, June 2, 1989, p. 53
  77. A Homemade World (1975)
    Hugh Kenner
    The American Modernist Writers
    7 Reviews, 2 Readable
  78. Hommage a Monsieur Jean
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, November 19, 1963, p. 441
  79. How the Cruiser Was Grounded and Finn MacCool Returned
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, August 5, 1977, pp. 874-879
  80. [+]
    II. The Traffic in Words (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Mulligan Stew, by Gilbert Sorrentino
    1. Mulligan Stew by Gilbert Sorrentino
    The Harpers Monthly, June 1979, pp. 83-89
  81. [+]
    Images at Random (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Random House Encyclopedia, by James Mitchell and Jess Stein
    1. The Random House Encyclopedia by James Mitchell and Jess Stein
    The Harpers Monthly, December 1977, pp. 102-106
  82. Books
    [+]
    Impassioned Reticence (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Discretions, by Mary de Rachewiltz
    1. Discretions by Mary de Rachewiltz
    National Review, August 24, 1971, pp. 933-934
  83. [+]
    In the Caged Panther's Eyes (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Pisan Cantos, by Ezra Pound
    1. The Pisan Cantos by Ezra Pound
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1948, pp. 580-586
  84. [+]
    Incurious Biographer (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Life of Ezra Pound, by Noel Stock
    1. The Life of Ezra Pound by Noel Stock
    The New Republic, October 17, 1970, pp. 30-31
  85. Inventing Literary Lives
    Hugh Kenner
    The Harpers Monthly, October 1978, pp. 99-101
  86. [+]
    Inventing Us (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, by Harold Bloom
    1. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom
    National Review, November 23, 1998, p. 51
  87. The Invisible Poet: T.S. Eliot (1959)
    Hugh Kenner
    2 Reviews
  88. [+]
    Job Well Done (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Odd Jobs, by John Updike
    1. Odd Jobs by John Updike
    National Review, February 17, 1992, pp. 52-53
  89. [+]
    Joyce's "Exiles" (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Exiles, by James Joyce
    1. Exiles by James Joyce
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1952, pp. 389-403
  90. Joyce's Voices (1978)
    Hugh Kenner
    3 Reviews
  91. The Jumbo Lustrum
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, December 5, 1975, pp. 1413-1415
  92. [+]
    Leavis' Greatness and Manipulative Coldness (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Living Principle, by F.R. Leavis
    1. The Living Principle by F.R. Leavis
    National Review, December 19, 1975, p. 1487
  93. [+]
    Legend of the Rue de Fleurus (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Gertrude Stein in Pieces, by Richard Bridgman
    1. Gertrude Stein in Pieces by Richard Bridgman
    National Review, January 26, 1971, p. 89
  94. Letters
    Hugh Kenner, A. Walton Litz, Joseph Kerman, and Richard Stone, ...
    The New York Review of Books, October 27, 1988, pp. 102-104
  95. Lightning at Stratford
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, March 27, 1962, p. 213
  96. Lingering Tastemasters
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, November 30, 1965, pp. 1098-1099
  97. [+]
    Lynxx's Progress (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Take Five, by D. Keith Mano
    1. Take Five by D. Keith Mano
    National Review, June 11, 1982, p. 701
  98. Mazes (1989)
    Hugh Kenner
    Essays
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  99. The Mechanic Muse (1987)
    Hugh Kenner
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  100. Memory Refreshed
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, December 2, 1961, p. 385
  101. [+]
    Methadone Fix for Experience Addicts (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Century's Ebb, by John Dos Passos
    1. Century's Ebb by John Dos Passos
    National Review, November 7, 1975, p. 1247
  102. [+]
    Mirror of Language (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Iliad, by Robert Fitzgerald and Homer
    1. The Iliad by Robert Fitzgerald and Homer
    National Review, April 25, 1975, p. 462
  103. Miscellany
    Hugh Kenner
    Out My Computer Window
    The Harpers Monthly, November 1989, pp. 76-80
  104. Mixpoem: A Feature
    Hugh Kenner and James Laughlin
    The Paris Review, Winter 1984, pp. 193-203
  105. Books
    [+]
    Mockings of the Master Illusionist (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Tyrants Destroyed, and Other Stories, by Vladimir Nabokov
    1. Tyrants Destroyed, and Other Stories by Vladimir Nabokov
    The Saturday Review, March 8, 1975, pp. 21-23
  106. [+]
    The Model of a Modern (2 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    W.S. Gilbert, by Jane W. Stedman
    1. W.S. Gilbert by Jane W. Stedman
    2. The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan by Ian Bradley, W.S. Gilbert, and Arthur Sullivan
    National Review, December 23, 1996, p. 51
  107. [+]
    Movies: Anatomy of Tepidity (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    A Countess from Hong Kong (1967 Film), by Charles Chaplin
    1. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967 Film) by Charles Chaplin
    National Review, May 30, 1967, p. 599
  108. [+]
    Movies: Olivier's Othello (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Othello (1965 Film), by John Dexter and Stuart Burge
    1. Othello (1965 Film) by John Dexter and Stuart Burge
    National Review, March 22, 1966, pp. 281-282
  109. [+]
    Mr. Eliot's New Book 2. (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, by T.S. Eliot
    1. Notes Towards the Definition of Culture by T.S. Eliot
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1949, pp. 289-294
  110. Arts & Manners
    My Interface with IBM
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, November 22, 1974, p. 1360
  111. Departments
    The Nation's Pulse/Bouquets from Your Bureaucrats
    Hugh Kenner
    The American Spectator, April 1983, pp. 25-27
  112. The Nation's Pulse/Reflections in a Silicon Eye
    Hugh Kenner
    The American Spectator, March 1982, pp. 26-28
  113. [+]
    The Necessity of Invention (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams, by John C. Thirlwall and William Carlo...
    1. The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams by John C. Thirlwall and William Carlos Williams, ...
    National Review, November 30, 1957, p. 496
  114. A Nervous View of Ronald Reagan
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, May 7, 1968, pp. 444-445
  115. [+]
    A New Voice (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon, by Jack S. Margolis and Richard M. Nixon
    1. The Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon by Jack S. Margolis and Richard M. Nixon
    National Review, July 19, 1974, p. 827
  116. [+]
    A New Voice (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon, by Jack S. Margolis and Richard M. Nixon
    1. The Poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon by Jack S. Margolis and Richard M. Nixon
    National Review, November 5, 1990, p. 136
  117. Books Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Not What We Had in Mind (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Professor of Desire, by Philip Roth
    1. The Professor of Desire by Philip Roth
    National Review, November 11, 1977, p. 1302
  118. Ode from the Echo Chamber
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, November 30, 1965, pp. 1084-1086
  119. Books
    [+]
    On Man the Sad Talker (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Message in the Bottle, by Walker Percy
    1. The Message in the Bottle by Walker Percy
    National Review, September 12, 1975, p. 1000
  120. On the Laps of the Snow Gods
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, May 19, 1964, p. 405
  121. The Open Question
    Hugh Kenner
    On American Words
    National Review, February 24, 1997, p. 52
  122. [+]
    P.S. from H.D. (2 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    With Poems from "Hilda's Book", by Ezra Pound
    1. With Poems from "Hilda's Book" by Ezra Pound
    2. End to Torment by Hilda Doolittle, Michael John King, and Norman Holmes Pearson, ...
    Inquiry, June 11, 1979, pp. 20-21
  123. [+]
    Packing the line (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Collected Poems, by Basil Bunting
    1. Collected Poems by Basil Bunting
    Inquiry, October 30, 1978, p. 26
  124. [+]
    Plato in Vermont (2 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Mathematical Experience, by Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh
    1. The Mathematical Experience by Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh
    2. Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme
    The Harpers Monthly, October 1981, pp. 84-86
  125. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    Poet in Fancy Dress (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Ezra Pound, by Charles Norman
    1. Ezra Pound by Charles Norman
    National Review, December 31, 1960, p. 411
  126. Poetry
    Hugh Kenner
    Never a Boast or a See-Here
    National Review, October 31, 1967, p. 1217
  127. The Poetry of Ezra Pound (1951)
    Hugh Kenner
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  128. A Portrait of the Lecturer as a Whole System
    Hugh Kenner
    The Saturday Review, January 13, 1973, pp. 30-37
  129. The Pound Era (1972)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Age of Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, James Joyce and Wyndham Lewis
    11 Reviews, 2 Readable
  130. [+]
    Prophets of Renaissance (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Patria Mia, by Ezra Pound
    1. Patria Mia by Ezra Pound
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1950, pp. 474-477
  131. [+]
    Rare occasions (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Poet in the Imaginary Museum, by Donald Davie and Barry Alpert
    1. The Poet in the Imaginary Museum by Donald Davie and Barry Alpert
    Inquiry, May 29, 1978, p. 23
  132. A Reader's Guide to Samuel Beckett (1974)
    Hugh Kenner
    1 Review
  133. Readings
    Hugh Kenner
    Ear Culture
    The Harpers Monthly, March 1989, pp. 26-29
  134. [+]
    Recent Poetry (4 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    More Than Pretty Music
    1. Thrones: 96-109 de Los Cantares by Ezra Pound
    2. Homage to Clio by W.H. Auden
    3. The Empire Finals at Verona by Jonathan Williams
    4. A Form of Women by Robert Creeley
    National Review, November 19, 1960, pp. 318-319
  135. [+]
    Red Wheelbarrow Revisited (2 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    William Carlos Williams: An American Artist, by James E.B. Breslin
    1. William Carlos Williams: An American Artist by James E.B. Breslin
    2. The Williams-Siegel Documentary by Martha Baird, Ellen Reiss, and William Carlos Williams, ...
    The New Republic, December 12, 1970, pp. 22-23
  136. Reviews
    [+]
    Remember That I Have Remembered (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Parade's End, by Ford Madox Ford
    1. Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1951, pp. 602-610
  137. The Revenge of the Void
    Hugh Kenner
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1953, pp. 382-397
  138. Reviews
    [+]
    Nixon's China Initiative (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    A Second Flowering, by Malcolm Cowley
    1. A Second Flowering by Malcolm Cowley
    The American Spectator, February 1974, p. 17
  139. [+]
    Books in Brief (Review)
    H. Kenner
    Poems of a Jew, by Karl Shapiro
    1. Poems of a Jew by Karl Shapiro
    National Review, November 5, 1960, p. 286
  140. [+]
    Books in Brief (Review)
    H. Kenner
    The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte, by Daphne du Maurier
    1. The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte by Daphne du Maurier
    National Review, April 22, 1961, p. 259
  141. [+]
    Books in Brief (Review)
    H. Kenner
    Collected Poems, Vol. III, by Roy Campbell
    1. Collected Poems, Vol. III by Roy Campbell
    National Review, January 14, 1961, p. 26
  142. [+]
    Books in Brief (Review)
    H. Kenner
    Why I Live on the Mountain, by C.W. Kwock and Vincent McHugh
    1. Why I Live on the Mountain by C.W. Kwock and Vincent McHugh
    National Review, January 28, 1961, p. 58
  143. [+]
    Books in Brief (Review)
    H. Kenner
    Starting from San Francisco, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
    1. Starting from San Francisco by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
    National Review, August 14, 1962, p. 110
  144. Books Considered
    [+]
    Eppe's of Paris (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Gerard Manley Hopkins, by Bernard Bergonzi
    1. Gerard Manley Hopkins by Bernard Bergonzi
    The New Republic, June 18, 1977, p. 25
  145. Revision
    Hugh Kenner
    McLuhan Redux
    The Harpers Monthly, November 1984, pp. 71-76
  146. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    The Rhetoric Schlesinger Envied (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Jeweler's Eye, by William F. Buckley, Jr.
    1. The Jeweler's Eye by William F. Buckley, Jr.
    National Review, July 30, 1968, p. 753
  147. The Rose in the Steel Dust
    Hugh Kenner
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1950, pp. 66-123
  148. Samuel Beckett (1961)
    Hugh Kenner
    A Critical Study
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  149. Books, Arts, Manners
    Samuel Beckett vs. Fiction
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, October 11, 1958, p. 248
  150. [+]
    The Seemingly Wise (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Gertrude Stein on Picasso, by Edward Burns and Gertrude Stein
    1. Gertrude Stein on Picasso by Edward Burns and Gertrude Stein
    The New Republic, January 16, 1971, pp. 25-29
  151. [+]
    The Servant's Looking-glass (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    One Thousand Years of Irish Prose, by Vivian Mercier and David H. Greene
    1. One Thousand Years of Irish Prose by Vivian Mercier and David H. Greene
    The Hudson Review, Spring 1953, pp. 151-155
  152. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    The Seven-Year Shaman (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Collected Poems, 1909-1962, by T.S. Eliot
    1. Collected Poems, 1909-1962 by T.S. Eliot
    National Review, February 11, 1964, pp. 113-114
  153. A Sinking Island (1988)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Modern English Writers
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  154. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    The Smile on the Mona Lisa (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Movies, Morals, and Art, by Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner
    1. Movies, Morals, and Art by Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner
    National Review, May 20, 1961, p. 318
  155. [+]
    Something Nasty in the Meat-House (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Brother to Dragons, by Robert Penn Warren
    1. Brother to Dragons by Robert Penn Warren
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1953, pp. 605-610
  156. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    The Spy Comes into the Drugstore (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John le Carre
    1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre
    National Review, July 27, 1965, pp. 654-655
  157. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    Stan, Ollie, and the Universe (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Complete Films of Laurel & Hardy, by William K. Everson
    1. The Complete Films of Laurel & Hardy by William K. Everson
    National Review, November 14, 1967, pp. 1277-1278
  158. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    The Standpoint of Genius (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Wyndham Lewis on Art, by Walter Michel, C.J. Fox, and Wyndham Lewis
    1. Wyndham Lewis on Art by Walter Michel, C.J. Fox, and Wyndham Lewis
    National Review, August 11, 1970, p. 846
  159. Books Arts & Manners
    [+]
    The State of Poetry (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked, by Paul Mariani
    1. William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked by Paul Mariani
    National Review, November 27, 1981, p. 1423
  160. A Stilton Catechized Upon a Table
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, April 22, 1961, p. 250
  161. The Stoic Comedians: Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett (1963)
    Hugh Kenner
    2 Reviews
  162. Book Reviews
    [+]
    Stolen Words (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Stolen Words, by Thomas Mallon
    1. Stolen Words by Thomas Mallon
    The American Spectator, February 1990, pp. 39-40
  163. [+]
    Stranger Than Stannum (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Tatlin!, by Guy Davenport
    1. Tatlin! by Guy Davenport
    National Review, June 6, 1975, pp. 627-629
  164. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    The Sureness of Belloc (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Letters from Hilaire Belloc, by Robert Speaight and Hilaire Belloc
    1. Letters from Hilaire Belloc by Robert Speaight and Hilaire Belloc
    National Review, April 25, 1959, p. 22
  165. [+]
    Sweet Seventeen (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Letters Home: Correspondence, 1950-1963, by Sylvia Plath and Aurelia Schober Plath
    1. Letters Home: Correspondence, 1950-1963 by Sylvia Plath and Aurelia Schober Plath
    National Review, April 30, 1976, p. 459
  166. T.S. Eliot, RIP
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, January 26, 1965, pp. 63-64
  167. Reviews
    [+]
    Tales of the Dark Vienna Woods (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud, Vol. I, by Ernest Jones
    1. The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud, Vol. I by Ernest Jones
    The Hudson Review, Summer 1954, pp. 276-284
  168. Thought: Please Welcome My Next Idea...
    Hugh Kenner
    Dr. Adler, Public Television, Bill Moyers, the Aspen Institute, and other great ideas
    The Harpers Monthly, December 1982, pp. 56-60
  169. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    The Tone of a Terrible Century (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    T. S. Eliot: The Man and His Work, by Allen Tate
    1. T. S. Eliot: The Man and His Work by Allen Tate
    National Review, February 7, 1967, pp. 147-148
  170. [+]
    A Torch in the Labyrinth (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Roman Culture: Weapons and the Man, by Garry Wills
    1. Roman Culture: Weapons and the Man by Garry Wills
    National Review, September 20, 1966, pp. 938-940
  171. Tradition is Growth
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, December 16, 1961, p. 417
  172. [+]
    The Tradition of Intelligence (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Saddest Story, by Arthur Mizener
    1. The Saddest Story by Arthur Mizener
    National Review, May 18, 1971, pp. 539-540
  173. Type's Cast
    Hugh Kenner
    Joyce and his mechanical muse
    The Harpers Monthly, June 1986, pp. 58-63
  174. Ulysses (1980)
    Hugh Kenner
    1 Review
  175. [+]
    Under the Larches of Paradise (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Section: Rock-Drill 85-95 de los Cantares, by Ezra Pound
    1. Section: Rock-Drill 85-95 de los Cantares by Ezra Pound
    The Hudson Review, Autumn 1956, pp. 457-465
  176. Understanding Expo
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, October 3, 1967, pp. 1070-1073
  177. Books, Arts, Manners
    Understanding McLuhan
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, November 29, 1966, pp. 1224-1226
  178. [+]
    Unpurged Images (3 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Letters of W.B. Yeats, by Allan Wade and W.B. Yeats
    1. The Letters of W.B. Yeats by Allan Wade and W.B. Yeats
    2. The Identity of Yeats by Richard Ellmann
    3. The Unicorn by Virginia Moore
    The Hudson Review, Winter 1955, pp. 609-616
  179. Books Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Up from Edenism (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Paradigms Lost, by John Simon
    1. Paradigms Lost by John Simon
    National Review, October 17, 1980, pp. 1272-1273
  180. Books, Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Welcome to the Eco Chamber (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco
    1. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
    National Review, January 22, 1990, p. 46
  181. What Ever Happened to Profanity?
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, January 20, 1978, pp. 90-91
  182. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    What More Do You Want? (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Sandburg Range, by Carl Sandburg
    1. The Sandburg Range by Carl Sandburg
    National Review, March 1, 1958, p. 209
  183. [+]
    Whatever Spins Around (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    New and Collected Poems, by Richard Wilbur
    1. New and Collected Poems by Richard Wilbur
    National Review, September 2, 1988, p. 48
  184. When Academe Ran a Fever
    Hugh Kenner
    The American Spectator, November 1977, pp. 10-11
  185. Arts and Letters
    [+]
    Where Every Prospect Pleases (2 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction, by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishi...
    1. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, and Murray Silverstein, ...
    2. The Oregon Experiment by Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein, and Shlomo Angel, ...
    The Harpers Monthly, April 1978, pp. 75-77
  186. Books
    [+]
    Where the Penty Went (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot and Valerie Eliot
    1. The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot and Valerie Eliot
    The New Republic, November 13, 1971, pp. 25-27
  187. William Carlos Williams: In Memoriam
    Hugh Kenner
    National Review, March 26, 1963, p. 237
  188. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    A Winchell Among the Poets (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    The Powers of Poetry, by Gilbert Highet
    1. The Powers of Poetry by Gilbert Highet
    National Review, August 13, 1960, p. 86
  189. [+]
    A Winchell on Parnassus (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Manic Power, by Jeffrey Meyers
    1. Manic Power by Jeffrey Meyers
    National Review, December 31, 1987, p. 46
  190. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    Wisdom on the Cello (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    To Criticize the Critic, and Other Writings, by T.S. Eliot
    1. To Criticize the Critic, and Other Writings by T.S. Eliot
    National Review, May 3, 1966, p. 420
  191. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    A Word for the Wild Man (Review)
    Hugh Kenner
    Waiting for the End, by Leslie A. Fiedler
    1. Waiting for the End by Leslie A. Fiedler
    National Review, July 28, 1964, pp. 654-655
  192. [+]
    The Word Made Flesch (Review)
    Doreent Hucklesmudge and Hugh Kenner
    The ABC of Style, by Rudolf Flesch
    1. The ABC of Style by Rudolf Flesch
    National Review, June 29, 1965, pp. 558-560
  193. Books, Arts, Manners
    [+]
    The World---Gritty, Particular (2 Reviews)
    Hugh Kenner
    Letters of James Joyce, Vol. II, by Richard Ellmann and James Joyce
    1. Letters of James Joyce, Vol. II by Richard Ellmann and James Joyce
    2. Letters of James Joyce, Vol. III by Richard Ellmann and James Joyce
    National Review, September 5, 1967, p. 968
  194. Wyndham Lewis (1954)
    Hugh Kenner
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
    195. No Items Found