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  1. [+]
    Academic Analysis (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Language of Shakespeare's Plays, by B. Ifor Evans
    1. The Language of Shakespeare's Plays by B. Ifor Evans
    The New Republic, July 14, 1952, pp. 23-24
  2. [+]
    American Myth (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Dream of Success, by Kenneth S. Lynn
    1. The Dream of Success by Kenneth S. Lynn
    Commonweal, July 29, 1955, p. 429
  3. Books
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    An Appraisal of a Decade of American Writing (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Twenties, by Frederick J. Hoffman
    1. The Twenties by Frederick J. Hoffman
    Commonweal, April 29, 1955, p. 108
  4. Arthur Miller Out West
    Henry Popkin
    Commentary, May 1961, pp. 433-436
  5. [+]
    As a Frenchman Sees Us (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    America at Mid-Century, by Andre Siegfried
    1. America at Mid-Century by Andre Siegfried
    Commonweal, July 8, 1955, p. 356
  6. [+]
    An Authoress for "The Odyssey" (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Homer's Daughter, by Robert Graves
    1. Homer's Daughter by Robert Graves
    The New Republic, April 11, 1955, p. 26
  7. [+]
    The Bard Is the Question (2 Reviews)
    Henry Popkin
    Shaw on Shakespeare, by Edwin Wilson and Bernard Shaw
    1. Shaw on Shakespeare by Edwin Wilson and Bernard Shaw
    2. A Life of Shakespeare by Hesketh Pearson
    The Saturday Review, June 10, 1961, p. 38
  8. [+]
    Bentley's Choices (2 Reviews)
    Henry Popkin
    The Modern Theatre, by Eric Bentley
    1. The Modern Theatre by Eric Bentley
    2. From the Modern Repertoire by Eric Bentley
    The New Republic, December 30, 1957, p. 18
  9. [+]
    Both Your Houses (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Green Mare, by Marcel Ayme
    1. The Green Mare by Marcel Ayme
    Commonweal, May 11, 1956, p. 160
  10. [+]
    Bourgeois Symbol (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Keep the Aspidistra Flying, by George Orwell
    1. Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
    Commonweal, March 23, 1956, pp. 650-652
  11. Broadway Takes Refuge in Childhood
    Henry Popkin
    Commentary, September 1953, pp. 241-246
  12. [+]
    Broken Eggs But No Omelets (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Complete Works of Nathanael West, by Nathanael West
    1. The Complete Works of Nathanael West by Nathanael West
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1957, pp. 446-449
  13. [+]
    The Bumbling of Timid Souls (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Collected Short Stories, by Conrad Aiken
    1. Collected Short Stories by Conrad Aiken
    The Saturday Review, December 31, 1960, p. 15
  14. [+]
    Camus as Dramatist (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Caligula and Three Other Plays, by Albert Camus
    1. Caligula and Three Other Plays by Albert Camus
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1959, pp. 499-502
  15. [+]
    Candor With Indifference (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The World of George Jean Nathan, by Charles S. Angoff and George Jean Nathan
    1. The World of George Jean Nathan by Charles S. Angoff and George Jean Nathan
    The New Republic, June 9, 1952, p. 21
  16. Books & the Arts
    [+]
    Chronicle and Brief Abstract (3 Reviews)
    Henry Popkin
    The Best Plays of 1972-1973, by Otis L. Guernsey, Jr.
    1. The Best Plays of 1972-1973 by Otis L. Guernsey, Jr.
    2. Shakespeare on the Stage by Robert Speaight
    3. On Stage by Bernard Beckerman and Howard Siegman
    The Nation, March 30, 1974, p. 405
  17. [+]
    Crafty Comrades (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Golden Calf, by Ilya Ilf and Evgenij Petrov
    1. The Golden Calf by Ilya Ilf and Evgenij Petrov
    The Saturday Review, October 27, 1962, p. 32
  18. [+]
    Culture and the Crowd (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Hells and Benefits, by Benjamin DeMott
    1. Hells and Benefits by Benjamin DeMott
    The Saturday Review, October 13, 1962, p. 33
  19. [+]
    A Decent Genius (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Selected Letters of Henry James, by Leon Edel and Henry James
    1. The Selected Letters of Henry James by Leon Edel and Henry James
    Commonweal, January 6, 1956, pp. 362-364
  20. [+]
    Dreams and Reality in Israel (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Mori Sa'id, by Hayim Hazaz
    1. Mori Sa'id by Hayim Hazaz
    Commonweal, May 25, 1956, p. 208
  21. England
    Henry Popkin
    A Tradition Begins
    Commentary, February 1961, pp. 135-141
  22. [+]
    The Expatriate Twenties (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Way It Was, by Harold Loeb
    1. The Way It Was by Harold Loeb
    Commentary, October 1959, pp. 366-370
  23. [+]
    The Follies of Show Business (5 Reviews)
    Henry Popkin
    The Nine Lives of Mike Todd, by Art Cohn
    1. The Nine Lives of Mike Todd by Art Cohn
    2. Charlie by Ben Hecht
    3. I Blow My Own Horn by Jesse L. Lasky and Don Weldon
    4. Take My Life by Eddie Cantor and Jane Kasner Arimore
    5. Fanfare: The Confessions of a Press Agent by Richard Maney
    Commentary, May 1959, pp. 451-453
  24. Theatre
    From "1789" to "1793"
    Henry Popkin
    Encounter, December 1972, pp. 51-53
  25. [+]
    A Genius in Foreign Lands (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Winter Notes on Summer Impressions, by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
    1. Winter Notes on Summer Impressions by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
    Commonweal, July 22, 1955, p. 405
  26. Theatre
    Hits, Runs, Errors
    Henry Popkin
    Encounter, November 1967, pp. 84-86
  27. [+]
    It's Big on Bleecker Street (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Off-Broadway Theatre, by Richard Cordell and Lowell Matson
    1. The Off-Broadway Theatre by Richard Cordell and Lowell Matson
    The Reporter, July 9, 1959, pp. 46-47
  28. [+]
    The Jew in America (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Adventure in Freedom, by Oscar Handlin
    1. Adventure in Freedom by Oscar Handlin
    The Nation, September 18, 1954, p. 235
  29. [+]
    Kafka's Romance-by-Correspondence (2 Reviews)
    Henry Popkin
    Letters to Milena, by Franz Kafka and Willi Haas
    1. Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka and Willi Haas
    2. The Castle by Franz Kafka
    The Nation, July 24, 1954, p. 75
  30. Liberal Unpolitics on Stage and Screen
    Henry Popkin
    Commentary, February 1957, pp. 161-166
  31. [+]
    Literary Wars (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Raven and the Whale, by Perry Miller
    1. The Raven and the Whale by Perry Miller
    Commonweal, July 13, 1956, pp. 377-380
  32. A Multinational Jamboree of Theatrical Trend Setters
    Henry Popkin
    The Saturday Review, November 27, 1976, pp. 46-48
  33. [+]
    Near East Mosaic (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    My Friend Musa and Other Stories, by Edwin Samuel
    1. My Friend Musa and Other Stories by Edwin Samuel
    The Saturday Review, October 5, 1963, p. 42
  34. [+]
    New Angle (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Wine of Violence, by Nathan Zuckerman
    1. The Wine of Violence by Nathan Zuckerman
    The Nation, September 13, 1947, p. 262
  35. The New British Drama (1964)
    Henry Popkin
    1 Review
  36. [+]
    Of Abraham, Sarah and Isaac (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Sacrifice, by Adele Wiseman
    1. The Sacrifice by Adele Wiseman
    Commonweal, September 21, 1956, p. 616
  37. [+]
    Of Cobblers and Kings (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Novels of Thomas Deloney, by Merritt E. Lawlis and Thomas Deloney
    1. The Novels of Thomas Deloney by Merritt E. Lawlis and Thomas Deloney
    The Saturday Review, February 11, 1961, p. 60
  38. [+]
    Of the Golden Age (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Elizabethan Poetry, by Hallet Smith
    1. Elizabethan Poetry by Hallet Smith
    The New Republic, January 5, 1953, p. 29
  39. [+]
    On Meeting Old Mistresses (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Kindly Ones, by Anthony Powell
    1. The Kindly Ones by Anthony Powell
    The Saturday Review, December 29, 1962, p. 37
  40. On the Horizon
    Henry Popkin
    Elmer Rice: The Triumph of "Mr. Zero"
    Commentary, March 1951, pp. 283-285
  41. A Paris Playbill
    Henry Popkin
    The Reporter, March 3, 1960, p. 45
  42. [+]
    Plain Scoundrels and Pataphysics (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Selected Works of Alfred Jarry, by Roger Shattuck, Simon Watson Taylor, and Alfred Jarr...
    1. Selected Works of Alfred Jarry by Roger Shattuck, Simon Watson Taylor, and Alfred Jarry, ...
    The Saturday Review, May 8, 1965, p. 37
  43. [+]
    Political Science Fantasy (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Somewhere South of Suez, by Douglas Reed
    1. Somewhere South of Suez by Douglas Reed
    Commentary, August 1951, pp. 197-202
  44. [+]
    Pope, James, Hopkins & Kafka (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Rage for Order, by Austin Warren
    1. Rage for Order by Austin Warren
    The Saturday Review, July 31, 1948, p. 25
  45. [+]
    The Screen: Peel Me a Grape (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Ordways, by William Humphrey
    1. The Ordways by William Humphrey
    Commonweal, March 26, 1965, p. 26
  46. [+]
    Some Theatre Books (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Theater Dictionary, by Wilfred Granville
    1. The Theater Dictionary by Wilfred Granville
    The New Republic, May 26, 1952, p. 22
  47. [+]
    Roman Fever (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Tempo di Roma, by Alexis Curvers
    1. Tempo di Roma by Alexis Curvers
    The Saturday Review, July 4, 1959, p. 15
  48. [+]
    Self Portrait (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov, by Lillian Hellman and Anton Chekhov
    1. The Selected Letters of Anton Chekhov by Lillian Hellman and Anton Chekhov
    Commonweal, June 24, 1955, pp. 310-312
  49. [+]
    A Sincere Critic (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The History of a Literary Radical and Other Papers, by Randolph S. Bourne
    1. The History of a Literary Radical and Other Papers by Randolph S. Bourne
    Commonweal, October 19, 1956, pp. 78-80
  50. [+]
    Stories from the Spirit of this Age (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Collected Stories, by Isaac Babel
    1. The Collected Stories by Isaac Babel
    Commonweal, August 26, 1955, p. 523
  51. Television
    Henry Popkin
    The Trouble with the Quiz Shows
    The New Republic, October 13, 1958, pp. 22-24
  52. Theatre
    Henry Popkin
    The Nation, September 6, 1965, pp. 127-128
  53. Theatre
    Henry Popkin
    The Nation, February 2, 1974, p. 156
  54. Theatre
    Henry Popkin
    The Nation, September 6, 1975, p. 189
  55. Theatre
    Henry Popkin
    The Nation, June 26, 1976, pp. 797-800
  56. Theatre
    Henry Popkin
    The Nation, September 18, 1976, p. 252
  57. Theatre
    Henry Popkin
    Confusion Over Compulsion
    The New Republic, November 25, 1957, p. 21
  58. Theatre
    Henry Popkin
    The Taming of Nathanael West
    The New Republic, October 21, 1957, p. 19
  59. Theatre: Budapest
    Henry Popkin
    The Nation, October 29, 1973, p. 444
  60. Theatre: Moscow
    Henry Popkin
    The Nation, October 22, 1973, p. 413
  61. [+]
    Their Prose Is France's Pride (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Albert Camus and the Literature of Revolt, by John Cruickshank
    1. Albert Camus and the Literature of Revolt by John Cruickshank
    The Saturday Review, October 3, 1959, p. 38
  62. [+]
    Thomas Mann's Last Novel (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man, by Thomas Mann
    1. Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man by Thomas Mann
    Commonweal, October 7, 1955, p. 21
  63. [+]
    Tragedy and Ritual (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Tragedy and the Paradox of the Fortunate Fall, by Herbert Weisinger
    1. Tragedy and the Paradox of the Fortunate Fall by Herbert Weisinger
    The New Republic, September 28, 1953, p. 20
  64. The Vanishing Jew of Our Popular Culture
    Henry Popkin
    Commentary, July 1952, pp. 46-55
  65. [+]
    Verbal Nets for Evasive Answers (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    Successful Love, and Other Stories, by Delmore Schwartz
    1. Successful Love, and Other Stories by Delmore Schwartz
    The Saturday Review, December 2, 1961, p. 25
  66. [+]
    Victim of Solitary Sorrows (2 Reviews)
    Henry Popkin
    The Burning Brand: Diaries, 1935-1950, by Cesare Pavese
    1. The Burning Brand: Diaries, 1935-1950 by Cesare Pavese
    2. House on the Hill by Cesare Pavese
    The Saturday Review, December 23, 1961, p. 23
  67. [+]
    A Waste of Dreams (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    The Family Moskat, by Isaac Bashevis Singer
    1. The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer
    The Saturday Review, May 15, 1965, p. 31
  68. Books and the Arts
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    What So Proudly We Hailed (Review)
    Henry Popkin
    America's Lost Plays, by Barrett H. Clark
    1. America's Lost Plays by Barrett H. Clark
    The Nation, June 14, 1965, pp. 647-648
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