Critical and biographical information on Henry Reed, World War II British poet, critic, translator, and radio dramatist — author of "Naming of Parts"
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1. Abcarian, Richard, and Marvin Klotz, eds. Literature: The Human Experience. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006.

Anthology: Literature: The Human Experience (0312436513)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

2. Abraham, Julie. Are Girls Necessary? Lesbian Writing and Modern Histories. New York: Routledge, 1996. 21, 180n.
Description: Quotes from Reed's 1944 New Statesman and Nation review of Mary Renault's The Friendly Young Ladies.

Book: Are Girls Necessary? (0415914566)
Subjects: Review
References: Mary Renault, The Friendly Young Ladies, The Middle Mist

3. Abrams, M. H., ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 2, 6th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1993.

Anthology: The Norton Anthology of English Literature (0393962903)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

4. Abrams, M.H., and Stephen Greenblatt, eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 2, 7th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. 2454-2455.

Anthology: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 7th (039397491X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

5. Ackerley, J.R. The Ackerley Letters. Edited by Neville Braybrooke. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1975. 84, 87, 89, 100, 122n, 165, 250, 276.
Description: The collected letters of J.R. Ackerley, editor of The Listener and colleague of Reed's.

Book: The Ackerley Letters (0151508585)
Subjects: Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Movement of Bodies

6. Advertisement for future issue. English Journal 50, no. 6 (September 1961): 442.
Description: Highlights of an upcoming issue include a study of Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Journal: Advertisement 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

7. Aldington, Richard, ed. The Viking Book of Poetry of the English Speaking World. New York: Viking, 1958.

Anthology: The Viking Book of Poetry of the English Speaking World 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

8. Alexander, Harriet Semmes, comp. "Reed, Henry." In vol. 1, American and British Poetry: A Guide to the Criticism, 1925-1978. Athens, OH: Swallow Press, 1984. 321.
Description: This index lists only a few sources of criticism for Reed.

Book: American and British Poetry (0804008485)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Naming of Parts

9. Alexander, Harriet Semmes, comp. "Reed, Henry." In vol. 2, American and British Poetry: A Guide to the Criticism, 1979-1990. Athens, OH: 1984. 313.
Description: Lists one source of criticism for Reed.

Book: American and British Poetry (0804008485)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances

10. Alexander, Michael. A History of English Literature. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave MacMillan, 2000. 354, 355.
Description: Suggests that "Naming of Parts" is equally a parody of Auden's "Spain" and Betjeman's "In Westminster Abbey."

Book: A History of English Literature (0333913973)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, W.H. Auden, John Betjeman

11. Allan, G.A. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 838 (1 February 1945): 129.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time, Geoffrey Grigson

12. Allen, Walter. As I Walked Down New Grub Street: Memories of a Writing Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. 28, 64, 269.
Description: Passing mentions of Henry Reed as friend and fellow writer.

Book: As I Walked Down New Grub Street (0226014339)
Subjects: Biography

13. Allen, Walter. "Speaking of Books: Report from the Campus." New York Times Book Review, 7 January 1968, 2.
Description: Mentions Reed's teaching at the University of Washington.

Newspaper: Speaking of Books: Report from the Campus 
Subjects: Biography

14. Allen Walter. "Poetry." Time and Tide 27, no. 21 (25 May 1946): 498-499.
Description: Walter Allen's early review of A Map of Verona was quoted for the dust jacket blurb: 'No better first book of poetry has appeared for many years....'

Journal: Time & Tide 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Philoctetes, Naming of Parts, Antigone, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult La Belle, Chrysothemis

15. Allen, Walter. Unpublished and uncorrected typescripts of memories of his friends. University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections. MS2/6/1. Birmingham, England. 15 items.
Description: Collection contains four typed pages of Allen's memories of Reed.

Manuscript: Unpublished Typescripts 
Subjects: Biography
References: Walter Allen

16. Allison, Alexander W., et al., eds. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. New York: Norton, 1983.

Anthology: The Norton Anthology of Poetry (0393952428)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

17. Allott, Kenneth, ed. The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse, 1918-60. New rev. ed. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1962. 287-290.
Description: A brief, flattering biographical note by poet and editor Kenneth Allott: "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances" are 'among the best and most intelligent poems produced during the war.'

Anthology: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Philoctetes, Chard Whitlow, Iseult La Belle, King Mark, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains

18. Allott, Kenneth, ed. The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse. Harmondsworth and Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1950.

Anthology: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse 
Subjects: Poem

19. Altenbernd, Lynn, and Leslie L. Lewis, eds. Introduction to Literature: Poems. New York: Macmillan, 1968. 486.
Description: Anthology containing "Lessons of the War: Naming of Parts."

Anthology: Introduction to Literature: Poems 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

20. Amis, Kingsley. The Letters of Kingsley Amis. Edited by Zachary Leader. London: HarperCollins, 2000. 194, 201, 204, 804.
Description: Amis apologizes several times in his letters for sounding too much like Reed.

Book: The Letters of Kingsley Amis (0002570955)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Philip Larkin, Roy Fuller

21. Amis, Kingsley, ed. The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.

Anthology: The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse (0192118625)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

22. Anderson, Susan Heller. "Briefs on the Arts." New York Times, 26 August 1982, C15.
Description: Announcement of Circle in the Square's intent to produce Betti's The Queen and the Rebels in Reed's translation.

Newspaper: Briefs on the Arts 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

23. Anderson, W.R. "Round About Radio." Musical Times 90, no. 1275 (May 1949): 161-162 [161].
Description: Comments on the radio talk "Writers and Music," in which Reed discussed the musical influences of Holst, among others.

Journal: Round About Radio 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography, Radio
References: Writers and Music, Gustav Holst

24. Anderton, Anne. "Today We Have Marking of Folders." Times (London) Educational Supplement, 13 May 1988, A25.
Description: A "Naming of Parts" parody inspired by the grading and sorting of secondary-school coursework.

Newspaper: Today We Have Marking of Folders 
Subjects: Parody, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

25. Andrew, Nigel. "Caper Crusaders." Listener 124, no. 3184 (27 September 1990): 47.
Description: Reed's Hilda Tablet sequence is mentioned in a review of A Natural for Radio, a portrait of producer Douglas Cleverdon.

Journal: Caper Crusaders 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Hilda Tablet, Douglas Cleverdon

26. Archives Hub. A Collection-level Description for the Papers of Henry Reed. <http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/0504hreed.html>.
Description: Description of The Papers of Henry Reed collection, held at University of Birmingham Special Collections.

Link: A Collection-level Description for the Papers of Henry Reed  
Subjects: Biography, Poem, Play
References: The Candidate, Mycenae, Liberal Rhymes for Liberal Times, Voyage Autour de ma Chambre

27. Armour, Robert. "Poetry and Film for the Classroom." English Journal 66, no. 1 (January 1977): 88-91 (91).
Description: A discussion of the kinship between poetry and film suggests Robert Bloomberg's film, "Naming of Parts," as one of the best films made from a poem.

Journal: Poetry and Film for the Classroom 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

28. Armstrong, Martin. "Keats on the Air." The Spoken Word. Listener 39, no. 988 (1 January 1948): 35.
Description: A review of Stephen Potter's program, "Parodies Regained" (December 24, 1947), mentions Reed's uncanny parody of Hardy.

Journal: Keats on the Air 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem, Parody
References: Thomas Hardy, Stoutheart on the Southern Railway

29. Armstrong, Martin. "Moot Points." Listener 43, no. 1103 (16 March 1950): 492.
Description: Armstrong decides the conclusions of Reed's radio talk on Joyce, "The Triple Exile," are simply moot.

Journal: Moot Points 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: James Joyce, The Triple Exile

30. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Review of Noises, by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 18 and 23 November 1946. Listener 36, no. 933 (28 November 1946): 767.
Description: Armstrong 'expected the worst, and was agreeably disappointed.'

Journal: The Spoken Word 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Noises

31. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Critic on the Hearth. Listener 40, no. 1022 (26 August 1948): 320.
Description: Armstrong feels Reed's August 17th radio review of de Madariaga's book On Hamlet 'tore it to smithereens.'

Journal: The Spoken Word 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Hamlet Once More, Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet

32. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Listener 53, no. 1356 (24 February 1955): 355.
Description: Brief review of Reed's radio talk on the poetry of Thomas Hardy.

Journal: The Spoken Word 
Subjects: Radio, Criticism
References: Thomas Hardy, Mary O'Farrell, Michael Hordern, James McKechnie

33. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Listener 53, no 1357 (3 March 1955): 399.
Description: A short review of Reed's radio tribute to Thomas Hardy.

Journal: The Spoken Word 
Subjects: Radio, Criticism
References: Thomas Hardy, Cynthia Asquith, Walter de la Mare, St. John Ervine, Robert Graves, Middleton Murry, Leonard Woolf

34. Arp, Thomas R., ed. Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. 11th edition. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005. 47-48.
Description: Contains suggested questions for discussing "Naming of Parts" in class.

Anthology: Perrine's Sound and Sense (0838407463)
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

35. Arrowsmith, William. "Recent Verse." Hudson Review 1, no. 1 (Spring 1948): 98, 101-102.
Description: Critic William Arrowsmith proclaims Reed 'professional, original, and articulate' in this review of the American edition of A Map of Verona.

Journal: The Hudson Review 
Subjects: Criticism
References: South, The Builders, Iseult La Belle, Morning

36. Atkinson, Brooks. "'The Entertainer'." New York Times, 23 February 1958, X1.
Description: The "Drama Bookshelf" lists the new Grove Press edition of Reed's translation of three Ugo Betti plays.

Newspaper: The Entertainer 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime

37. Atkinson, Brooks. "Theatre: Man Mumbling From a Well." Review of Island of Goats, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. New York, Fulton Theatre, 4 October 1955. New York Times, 5 October 1955, 40.
Description: Review of opening night for Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats at the Fulton Theatre.

Newspaper: Theatre: Man Mumbling From a Well 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Ruth Ford, Tani Seitz

38. Auden, W.H. "Spring in Wartime." Horizon 1, no. 7 (July 1940): 529-530.

Journal: Spring in Wartime 
Subjects: Poem

39. "Reed, Henry." The Author's and Writer's Who's Who. 5th ed. New York: Hafner, 1963. 405.
Description: Brief bio listing Reed's publications and contributions.

Book: Reed, Henry 
Subjects: Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939, Three Plays by Ugo Betti, Perdu and His Father, Père Goriot, Larger Than Life

40. "Reed, Henry." The Author's and Writer's Who's Who. 6th ed. Darien, Connecticut: Hafner, 1971. 664.
Description: Brief bio listing Reed's publications and contributions.

Book: Reed, Henry 
Subjects: Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939, Three Plays by Ugo Betti, Perdu and His Father, Père Goriot, Larger Than Life

41. Authors and Poets Collection. University of Maryland Libraries, Special Collections. College Park, Maryland.
Description: The British Literature manuscript collection contains one or more items relating to Reed.

Manuscript: Authors and Poets Collection 
Subjects: Biography, Link

42. Azeri, Onur. "Henry Reed and Existential Temporality: Being-there and Not." Kent University Personal Webpages. <http://www.personal.kent.edu/~oazeri/onpaper8.html>.
Description: A student paper relates Reed's poem to Heidegger's theories on the perception of time.

Link: Henry Reed and Existential Temporality 
Subjects: Link, Criticism
References: Judging Distances

43. Baker, Kenneth, ed. The Faber Book of English History in Verse. London: Faber and Faber, 1988.
Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: The Faber Book of English History in Verse (0571148824)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

44. Baker, Kenneth, ed. The Faber Book of War Poetry. London: Faber and Faber, 1996. 65-66.

Anthology: The Faber Book of War Poetry (0571174531)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

45. Baker, Kenneth, ed. Unauthorized Versions: Poems and Their Parodies. London: Faber and Faber, 1990. xxi, 107, 109.
Description: This anthology contains Reed's parody of Eliot, "Chard Whitlow."

Anthology: Unauthorized Versions (0571141226)
Subjects: Poem, Parody
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

46. Baker, Russell, ed. The Norton Book of Light Verse. New York: W.W. Norton, 1986.

Anthology: The Norton Book of Light Verse (0393023664)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

47. Balcon, Jill, and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley. The Jupiter Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry. 3 discs; 33⅓ rpm; mono; 12 in. London: Jupiter Records, 1958.

Sound: The Jupiter Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

48. Balfour-Paul, Jenny. "Pilgrimage to War." Geographical 76, no. 12 (December 2004): 44.
Description: Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" is reprinted as part of an article on the importance of battlefield tourism.

Journal: Pilgrimage to War 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, In Flanders Fields, John McCrae

49. Balzac, Honoré de. Eugénie Grandet. Translated by Henry Reed. New York: New American Library, 1981.
Description: Reed's translation from the original French.

Book: Eugénie Grandet (0451516036)
Subjects: Translation
References: Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet

50. Balzac, Honoré de. Père Goriot. Translated and with an afterword by Henry Reed. New York: American Library, 1962.
Description: Reed's translation from the original French.

Book: Père Goriot 
Subjects: Translation
References: Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

51. Balzac, Honoré de. Père Goriot. Translated and with an afterword by Henry Reed. New York: Signet Classic, 1981.
Description: Reed's translation from the original French.

Book: Père Goriot (0451521900)
Subjects: Translation
References: Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

52. Banerjee, A. Spirit Above Wars. Delhi: Macmillan Company of India, 1975. 83, 86-87.
Description: Notes Reed's retort to a letter to the editor, regarding his Listener articles on "Poetry in War Time."

Book: Spirit Above Wars 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time

53. Barfoot, C.C., and R.M. Healey. "My Rebellious and Imperfect Eye": Observing Geoffrey Grigson. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2002. 177.
Description: Mention of Hilda Tablet.

Book: My Rebellious and Imperfect Eye (9042013583)
Subjects: Play, Radio, Criticism
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

54. Bates, Scott, ed. Poems of War Resistance: From 2300 B.C. to the Present. New York: Grossman, 1969

Anthology: Poems of War Resistance 
Subjects: Poem

55. Baylor, Robert and Brenda Stokes, comps. Fine Frenzy: Enduring Themes in Poetry. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.

Anthology: Fine Frenzy (0070041601)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

56. Beat, Janet. "After Reading 'Lessons of the War': für Violine und Klavier." Musical score. Kassel, Germany: Furore, 1996.
Description: Musical composition inspired by Reed's poems.

Sound: After Reading "Lessons of the War" 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat, Returning of Issue

57. Beaty, Jerome, J. Paul Hunter, and Carl E. Bain, eds. The Norton Introduction to Literature. 7th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998.

Anthology: The Norton Introduction to Literature (039397202X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

58. Beaty, Jerome, and William H. Matchett. Poetry: From Statement to Meaning. New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. 150-157, 192.
Description: Collects four of Reed's Lessons of the War poems.

Anthology: Poetry: From Statement to Meaning 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat

59. Bebbington, W.G. "Of the Moderns Without Contempt." Poetry Review 37, no. 1 (1946): 17-28 [17].
Description: Reaction to modern poetry calls Reed the "protagonist" in the correspondence following his "Poetry in War Time" articles for The Listener.

Journal: Of the Moderns Without Contempt 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time

60. Beck, James P. "Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinary English." English Journal 69, no. 2 (February 1980): 32.
Description: Suggestions for studying war and the military include "Naming of Parts."

Journal: Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinary English 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

61. Bedford/St.Martin's. "Poetry: Henry Reed." LitLinks. <http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/poetry/reed.htm>.
Description: A brief biographic entry on Reed.

Link: Poetry: Henry Reed 
Subjects: Link, Biography
References: Naming of Parts

62. Beer, Patricia, ed. New Poems, 1975: A P.E.N. Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. London: Hutchinson, 1975. 65-66, 181.
Description: Collects Reed's elegiac love poem, "Bocca di Magra."

Anthology: New Poems, 1975 (0091255309)
Subjects: Poem
References: Bocca di Magra

63. Beggs, James S. Naming of Parts: The Poetic Character of Henry Reed. Hull, England: University of Hull Press, 1999.
Description: Written as a doctoral thesis, this book is the Henry Reed enthusiast's Bible. (Also titled An Analytical Study of Henry Reed.)

Book: Naming of Parts: The Poetic Character of Henry Reed (0859586715)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography

64. Bell, H.T. Montague. "Retrospect of Literature, Art, and Science in 1946." The Annual Register: A Review of Public Events at Home and Abroad for 1946. New Series. London: Longmans, Green, 1947. 351.
Description: In A Map of Verona, Reed has developed 'a meditative romanticism not as yet sure of its own direction.'

Book: The Annual Register, 1946 
Subjects: Criticism

65. Bell, Marvin. "Henry Reed's 'Naming of Parts.'" In Touchstones: American Poets On a Favorite Poem, edited by Robert Pack and Jay Parini. Hanover, NH: New Hampshire University Press of New England, 1996. 20-25.
Description: The poet Marvin Bell considers Reed's "Naming of Parts," comparing it with his own experience training and serving in the U.S. Army.

Book: Touchstones (0874517222)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat, Returning of Issue

66. Beloof, Robert. The Performing Voice in Literature. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1966. 263-266.
Description: Three of Reed's Lessons of the War are used as examples of the use of voice in literature.

Book: The Performing Voice in Literature 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

67. Bergonzi, Bernard. Wartime and Aftermath: English Literature and Its Background, 1939-60. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. 72.
Description: Only passing mention of "Naming of Parts."

Book: Wartime and Aftermath (0192192426)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Alun Lewis, Keith Douglas, Sidney Keyes

68. Beringause, Arthur F., ed. English Literature V: From 1940. New Dimensions in Literature Series. Wichita, KS: McCormick-Mathers, 1967.

Anthology: English Literature V: From 1940 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, The Wall

69. Berlind, Bruce. "Partisan Review: Indication and Indictment." Hopkins Review 2, no. 2 (Spring 1949): 57-63 [59].
Description: Berlind calls Reed 'the one new poet of major promise.'

Journal: Partisan Review: Indication and Indictment 
Subjects: Criticism

70. Berryman, John. "Waiting for the End, Boys." Partisan Review 15, no. 2 (15 February 1948): 262-267.
Description: A glowing 1948 review by John Berryman of A Map of Verona and Other Poems.

Journal: Partisan Review, Feb. 1948 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Tristram, Chrysothemis, Antigone, Philoctetes, Chard Whitlow

71. Betti, Ugo. The Burnt Flower-Bed: A Play in Three Acts. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1957.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Ainola Bruciata.

Play: The Burnt Flower-Bed 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed

72. Betti, Ugo. Corruption in the Palace of Justice. Translated by Henry Reed. In The New Theatre of Europe, v. 1, no. 5. New York: Dell, 1970. 321-399.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia.

Play: Corruption in the Palace of Justice 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

73. Betti, Ugo. Crime on Goat Island. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1960.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Delitto all'Isola delle Capre.

Play: Crime on Goat Island 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

74. Betti, Ugo. Crime on Goat Island. Translated by Henry Reed. San Francisco, CA: Chandler, 1961.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Delitto all'Isola delle Capre.

Play: Crime on Goat Island 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

75. Betti, Ugo. Crime on Goat Island. Translated by Henry Reed. In Twentieth Century Italian Drama, v. 1, edited by Jane House. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. 537-585.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Delitto all'Isola delle Capre. 'A chilling investigation of the boundaries of sexual relationships, a family splits apart...' p. 539.

Play: Crime on Goat Island (0231071183)
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

76. Betti, Ugo. The Queen and the Rebels: A Play in Two Acts. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1957.
Description: Reed's translation from the original Italian.

Play: The Queen and the Rebels (0573013632)
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

77. Betti, Ugo. The Queen and the Rebels. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Blackie, 1966.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's La Regina e gli Insorti, edited by Michael Marland, with contributions by Ronald Eyre and Dame Irene Worth, press reviews by Kenneth Tynan and the dramatic critic of The Times.

Play: The Queen and the Rebels 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

78. Betti, Ugo. Summertime: An Idyll in Three Acts. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1957.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Il Paese delle Vacanze.

Play: Summertime 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Summertime

79. Betti, Ugo. Three Plays. Translated and with a foreword by Henry Reed. London: Gollancz, 1956.
Description: Reed's translations of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, and Summertime.

Book: Three Plays 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime

80. Betti, Ugo. Three Plays. Translated and with a foreword by Henry Reed. New York: Grove Press, 1958.

Book: Three Plays 
Subjects: Translation
References: The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime

81. Bevington, Helen. "Books." Review of Poetry and the Age, by Randall Jarrell. South Atloantic Quarterly 53, no. 1 (January 1954): 152.
Description: Points out that Jarrell's original attack on Williams' Little Treasury of Modern Poetry (for lacking Lowell and Reed) was based on the early, unrevised edition.

Journal: Books 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Randall Jarrell, Oscar Williams

82. Billington, Michael. "Macbeth, Greenwich Theatre." Review of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Greenwich Theatre, 17 February 1971. Times (London), 18 February 1971, 13.
Description: Reed's phrase 'reinforced concrete' [sic] is used to describe the music for a new production of Macbeth.

Newspaper: Macbeth, Greenwich Theatre 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Musique Discrète

83. Birrell, T.A. "Notes on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature Volume IV (1900-1950)." Neophilologus 59, no. 2 (April 1975): 313 (306-315).
Description: A list of updates and corrections to the NCBEL suggests adding 'some reference to Henry Reed's numerous radio scripts' for the BBC Third Programme.

Journal: Notes on the New Cambridge Bibliography 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography

84. Bishop, Elizabeth. Letter to to Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, 23 April 1966. In One Art: Letters, edited by Robert Giroux. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. 445, 447.
Description: Bishop states she is sharing In the Courts of Memory with Reed, an "opera expert."

Chapter: Letter to Arthur Gold (0374226407)
Subjects: Biography
References: Lillie de Hegermann-Lindencrone, In the Courts of Memory

85. Bishop, Elizabeth. Letter to James Merrill, 22 February 1966. In One Art: Letters, edited by Robert Giroux. New York: Farrar, Strauus, Giroux, 1994. 444-445 [445].
Description: Bishop expresses friendship for Reed, also teaching at the University of Washington at the time.

Chapter: Letter to James Merrill (0374226407)
Subjects: Biography

86. Bishop, Elizabeth, and Robert Lowell. Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, edited by Thomas Travisano and Saskia Hamilton. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008: 576, 598, 602, 608, 609, 610,648, 83
Description: Reed's name appears in several letters written during the 1960s, and Bishop details some of their time spent together in Seattle.

Book: Words in Air 
Subjects: Biography
References: Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, Irene Worth, Robert Heilman

87. Bishop, Johnathan. "The Individual Thing." Renascence 45, nos. 1-2 (Fall 1992-Winter 1993): 18.
Description: Bishop expresses frustration at trying to find "Naming of Parts" in a modern anthology for his first class.

Journal: The Individual Think 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

88. Black, Joseph, et al. The Twentieth Century and Beyond. Vol. 6, The Broadview Anthology of British Literature. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2006.

Anthology: The Twentieth Century and Beyond (1551116143)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

89. Bliss, Arthur. As I Remember. London: Faber and Faber, 1970

Book: As I Remember (571092829)
Subjects: Biography

90. Bliss, Arthur. The Enchantress: Scena for Contralto and Orchestra. Words by Henry Reed. London: Novello & Company, 1952.
Description: Reed's adaptation of a passage from the Second Idyll of Theocritus, set to music by Arthur Bliss.

Book: The Enchantress 
Subjects: Poem

91. Bliss, William. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 844 (15 March 1945): 299.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time

92. Bliss, William. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 846 (29 March 1945): 353.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time

93. Blissett, William. "To Make a Shape in Words." Renascence 38, no. 2 (Winter 1986): 67.
Description: Blissett compares the narrative of Jones' In Parenthesis to Reed's "Chard Whitlow."

Journal: To Make a Shape in Words 
Subjects: 
References: Chard Whitlow

94. Bloomberg, Robert, dir. "Naming of Parts." Film: 5 min., sd. color, 16 mm. Contemporary Films/McGraw-Hill, 1972.
Description: Short film adaptation of Henry Reed's poem, showing scenes of young trainees receiving instruction in rifle assembly, and contrasting scenes of the life-affirming beauty of blossoms, branches, and bees.

Film: Naming of Parts (Film) (72-700652)
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

95. Bly, Robert, James Hillman, and Michael Meade, eds. The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poems for Men. New York: Harper Collins, 1992.

Anthology: The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart (0060167440)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

96. Blythe, Ronald, ed. Components of the Scene: Stories, Poems, and Essays of the Second World War. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1966.

Anthology: Components of the Scene 
Subjects: Poem

97. Bogan, Louise. "Briefly Noted." New Yorker. 22 November 1947, 140.
Description: Reed's 'ironic "Naming of Parts"... is one of the few memorable pieces of verse produced during the war years.'

Journal: Briefly Noted 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

98. Bogan, Louise and William Jay Smith, comps. The Golden Journey: Poems for Young People. Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1965.

Anthology: The Golden Journey (0809286890)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

99. Bold, Alan N., ed. The Martial Muse: Seven Centuries of War Poetry. Exeter, England: Wheaton, 1976.

Anthology: The Martial Muse (0080203876)
Subjects: Poem

100. Bonadella, Peter, and Jula Conaway Bonadella, eds. Dictionary of Italian Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. 58, 88.

Book: Dictionary of Italian Literature 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life

101. "Books and Theatre: 1961-62." Tulane Drama Review 6, no. 4 (June 1962): 168-170, 172, 176-180, 182-184 [176].
Description: Lists publication of Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island, with an introduction by G.H. McWilliam (Chandler, 1961).

Journal: Books and Theatre: 1961-62 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, G.H. McWilliam

102. "Books Received." English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 35, no. 4 (1992): 543.
Description: Reed's Collected Poems is listed among books received for review.

Journal: Books Received 
Subjects: Criticism

103. Boston, Richard. "Always a Good Reed." Obituary of Henry Reed. Guardian (Manchester), 10 December 1986, 25.
Description: Richard Boston's obituary for Reed remembers him as the playwright and the poet.

Newspaper: The Guardian (Manchester), Dec. 1986 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Not a Drum Was Heard, A Very Great Man Indeed, Chard Whitlow, Judging Distances, Naming of Parts, Moby Dick

104. Bouquet, A.C. "Thoughts on 'Lady Chatterley'." Listener 64, no. 1651 (17 November 1960): 895.
Description: Reed refers to this letter in his review of Lady Chatterley's Lover on November 24.

Journal: Thoughts on Lady Chatterley 
Subjects: Criticism
References: D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

105. Bourdette, Robert E., and Michael Cohen. The Poem In Question. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, 1983. 52-54.
Description: Uses "Naming of Parts" as an example of an autobiographical poem, and provides questions for further study.

Anthology: The Poem In Question (0155706543)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

106. Bowman, Pamela. Lessons of the War: An Artist's Book. Beetham, Cumbria, England: Simon King Press, 1999.

Book: Lessons of the War: An Artist's Book (1900857502)
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Naming of Parts

107. Boyd, A.C. "A Poet of Sensibility." Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. Britain To-day 126 (October 1946): 41.
Description: Boyd feels that Reed 'can be deliberately ingenuous or rise to a tragic intensity all in the same poem...', and proclaims that 'Everything in this small book is of interest.'

Journal: Britain To-day 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Unarmed Combat, Philoctetes, Iseult la Belle, Iseult Blaunchesmains, Tristram, King Mark, Chard Whitlow

108. Boyle, Kay, ed. Enough of Dying! Voices for Peace. New York: Dell, 1972.

Anthology: Enough of Dying! Voices for Peace 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

109. Bradbury, Malcolm. No, Not Bloomsbury. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. 80.
Description: Reed's name pops up during a history of wartime publishing in Britain.

Book: No, Not Bloomsbury 
Subjects: Criticism

110. Bradley, Jerry. The Movement: British Poets of the 1950s. New York: Twayne, 1993. 28.
Description: Kinglsey Amis' poem "O Captain, My Captain" seems patterned after Reed's Lessons of the War.

Book: The Movement 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Kingsley Amis

111. Branam, Harold. "Henry Reed." In vol. 6, Critical Survey of Poetry, rev. ed., edited by Frank N. Magill. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1992. 2721-2726.
Description: Harold Branam's entry for Reed includes a biography, analysis of the central works, and a brief bibliography.

Book: Critical Survey of Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, A Map of Verona, Antigone, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult la Belle

112. Branam, Harold. "Henry Reed." In vol. 6, Critical Survey of Poetry, 2nd rev. ed., edited by Philip K. Jason. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2003. 3157-3161.
Description: The revised edition of Critical Survey of Poetry contains a slightly revised bibliography.

Chapter: Critical Survey of Poetry (1587650711)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, A Map of Verona, Antigone, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult la Belle

113. Braybrooke, Neville, ed. The Ackerley Letters. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. 84, 87, 89, 100, 122n, 165, 250, 276.
Description: The collected letters of J.R. Ackerley, editor of The Listener and colleague of Reed's.

Book: The Ackerley Letters (0151508585)
Subjects: Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Movement of Bodies

114. Breit, Harvey. "Verona, Under the Still Lamplight." New York Times Book Review, 28 December 1947, 8.
Description: Harvey Breit's 1947 review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems.

Newspaper: The New York Times Book Review 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, A Map of Verona

115. Brett, Simon, ed. The Faber Book of Parodies. London: Faber and Faber, 1984.

Anthology: The Faber Book of Parodies (0571131255)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

116. Bridie, James. "Bronze Horse." Letter to the editor. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 882 (31 January 1948): 96.
Description: Responding to his criticism of a radio adaptation of James Forsyth's play, Bronze Horse, Bridie calls Reed "a very stupid fellow."

Journal: Bronze Horse 
Subjects: Criticism

117. Bridson, D.G. Introduction to The Christmas Child. London: Falcon, 1950. 10.
Description: From Bridson's Introduction: 'Archibald MacLeish, Louis MacNeice, Laurie Lee, Terence Tiller, Henry Reed and others, have taken to radio as to a new dramatic medium.'

Book: The Christmas Child 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography

118. Brinnin, John Malcolm. Dylan Thomas in America: An Intimate Journal. Boston: Little, Brown, 1955. 144.
Description: Brinnin relates the response to Dylan Thomas performing Reed's "Chard Whitlow" in an imitation of Eliot's voice, at a poetry reading in in New York.

Book: Dyaln Thomas in America 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

119. Brinnin, John Malcolm, and Bill Read, eds. "Henry Reed." The Modern Poets: an American-British Anthology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963.

Anthology: The Modern Poets: an American-British Anthology 
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

120. "Forthcoming Books." British Book News (September 1991): 632.
Description: Announcement of publication of the Collected Poems in October, 1991.

Journal: Forthcoming Books 
Subjects: Criticism

121. British Broadcasting Corporation. "Third Programme: Quarterly Plan, Saturday, 29 September - Friday 28 December 1962." London: BBC, 1963.
Description: This index to the Third Programme's broadcasts lists Reed's introduction to the first of two programmes by Ruth Draper in October of 1962.

Journal: The Third Programme: Quarterly Plan 
Subjects: Radio
References: Ruth Draper

122. British Thought, 1947. New York: Greshem, 1947. 428-430, 460.
Description: This anthology of British writing reprints Reed's answer to the Horizon questionnaire from September, 1946.

Anthology: British Thought, 1947 
Subjects: Biography
References: The Cost of Letters

123. Britten, Benjamin. "Chorale." The Score: A Music Magazine 28, (January 1961): 47-51, 75 [75].
Description: Britten's Chorale was part of a Christmas Eve broadcast in 1944 which included W.H. Auden, Frances Cornford, Edith Sitwell, and Reed's poem, "The Return."

Journal: Chorale 
Subjects: Poem, Radio
References: The Return, C. Day Lewis, Louis MacNeice, Edith Sitwell, Vita Sackville-West, Laurie Lee, John Heath-Stubbs, Francis Cornford, Ann Ridler, W.H. Auden

124. Bromwich, David. "An Oracle Turned Jester." In W.H. Auden: Modern Critical Views, edited by Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1986. 96.
Description: Both MacNeice's "The Sunlight on the Garden," and Reed's "Hiding Beneath the Furze" were influenced by Auden.

Chapter: An Oracle Turned Jester (0877546401)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Louis MacNeice

125. Brooks, Cleanth, and Robert Penn Warren, eds. Understanding Poetry. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976.

Anthology: Understanding Poetry (0030769809)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

126. Brown, Antony. "In Daylight." Review of New Writing and Daylight, no. 6 (1945), edited by John Lehmann. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 767 (3 November 1945). 304-305 [305].
Description: Brown calls Reed's poem, "The Place and the Person," one of 'great conviction and power'.

Journal: In Daylight 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Place and the Person

127. Brown, Terence, and Alec Reid, eds. Time Was Away: The World of Louis MacNeice. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1974. 36, 74.
Description: Reed was cast in MacNeice's production of Station Bell while a student at the University of Birmingham.

Book: Time Was Away (0851052371)
Subjects: Biography
References: Reggie Smith, Walter Allen

128. Brownjohn, Alan. "A Preference for Poetry: Oxford Undergraduate Writing of the Early 1950s." Yearbook of English Studies 17, British Poetry Since 1945 Special Number (1987): 62-74 [65].
Description: Readers of poetry could find a 'more muted romanticism' in the weekly poems printed in The Listener (Reed's among them).

Journal: A Preference for Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism

129. Brownjohn, Alan. "Collected Lifelines." Reviews of Collected Poems, by Henry Reed; Selected Poems, by E.J. Scovell; and Poems, 1963-1983, by Michael Longley. Sunday Times Books (London), 20 October 1991, 14.
Description: Brownjohn feels Reed's 'shorter lyric pieces... [are] coherent and approachable, carefully shaped, both tender and sinister in mood.'

Newspaper: The Sunday Times (London) 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, Philoctetes, The Auction Sale, Judging Distances, Returning of Issue, Psychological Warfare, Giacomo Leopardi, Theocritus, The Chateau

130. Broyard, Anatole. "Accursed with Infallible Taste." Review of Randall Jarrell's Letters: An Autobiographical and Literary Selection, edited by Mary Jarrell and Stuart Wright. New York Times Book Review, 19 May 1985, 11.
Description: Quotes from Jarrell's 1948 review of Reed's A Map of Verona.

Newspaper: Accursed with Infallible Taste 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Randall Jarrell

131. Bryer, Jackson R. and Joseph N. Riddel, comps. "A Checklist of Stevens Criticism." Twentieth Century Literature 8, nos. 3/4 (October 1962-January 1963): 124-142 [140, 142].
Description: Lists Reed's 1960 Listener review of Wallace Stevens.

Journal: A Checklist of Stevens Criticism 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Wallace Stevens, The Necessary Angel, Opus Posthumous

132. Bryer, Jackson R. and Thomas J. Bergin, Jr. "Book Reviews." Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature 8, no. 2 (Spring 1967): 325-364 [331].
Description: This issue, devoted to Nabakov, has a bibliography which includes Reed's 1946 review of Sebastian Knight.

Journal: Book Reviews 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Vladimir Nabakov, Sebastian Knight

133. Burgess, Patricia, ed. "Henry Reed." Annual Obituary, 1986. Chicago: St. James Press, 1989. 729-732.
Description: Reed's obituary contains a lengthy biography and full bibliography, culled from several sources.

Chapter: Henry Reed 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Poem, Play
References: Chard Whitlow, Philoctetes, Chrysothemis, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, The Novel Since 1939, Moby Dick, A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private lIfe of Hilda Tablet, Not a Drum Was Heard

134. Buzzati, Dino. Larger than Life. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Secker & Warburg, 1962.
Description: Reed's translation of Buzzati's novel Il Grande Ritratto.

Book: Larger than Life 
Subjects: Translation
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger than Life

135. Buzzati, Dino. Larger than Life. Translated by Henry Reed. New York: Walker, 1960, 1967.
Description: Reed's translation of Buzzati's novel Il Grande Ritratto.

Book: Larger than Life 
Subjects: Translation
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger than Life

136. Caddy, David. "The George Inn: Stag and Visions 1944-47." Wandering Dog. <http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sann1639/wanderingdog/litcity5.html>.
Description: Essay on post-war Fitzrovians, the BBC, and the George and Stag pubs. External link.

Link: The George Inn: Stag and Visions 1944-47 
Subjects: Link, Biography

137. "Calendar." Theatre Arts 47, no. 11 (November 1963): 2.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia is listed as playing off-Broadway, at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

Journal: Calendar 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption inthe Palace of Justice

138. "Calendar." Theatre Arts 47, no. 12 (December 1963): 2.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia is listed as playing off-Broadway, at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

Journal: Calendar 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

139. Calta, Louis. "'Island of Goats' Arrives Tonight." New York Times, 4 October 1955, 38.
Description: Announcement of the Fulton Theatre premiere for Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.

Newspaper: "Island of Goats" Arrives Tonight 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford

140. Calta, Louis. "Broadway to See Betti Drama." New York Times, 8 July 1960, 17.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels is expected in winter of 1960, and the 1955 London production of The Burnt Flower-Bed is mentioned.

Newspaper: Broadway to See Betti Drama 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Irene Worth

141. Calta, Louis. "Broadway to See Ugo Betti Drama." New York Times, 8 July 1960, 17.
Description: Anticipates Reed's translation of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels coming to New York in winter, 1960, and mentions The Burnt Flower-Bed in London, 1955.

Newspaper: Broadway to See Ugo Betti Drama 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed

142. Calta, Louis. "News of the Stage." New York Times, 9 June 1974, 56.
Description: The Roundabout Theatre Company intends to produce Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed, starting July 2.

Newspaper: News of the Stage 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed

143. Calta, Louis. "Uta Hagen Signs for Betti Drama." New York Times, 25 August 1955, 17.
Description: Announces actress Uta Hagen to costar in Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.

Newspaper: Uta Hagen Signs for Betti Drama 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey

144. Cambon, Glauco. "An Italian Chronicle." Poetry 94, no. 5 (August 1959): 350-354.
Description: Review of Three Plays by Ugo Betti, translated and with a foreword by Henry Reed. Evergreen Books. Grove Press. $1.75.

Journal: Poetry, Aug. 1959 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Three Plays

145. Cardew, Alan. Review of Teaching Literature in a Second Language. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 12, no. 2 (2002): 240-245 [241].
Description: Book review asserts that "Naming of Parts" supports the authors' 'super-analytic' approach.

Journal: Review of Teaching Literature in a Second Language 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

146. Carey, John. "The Tribulations of a Man of Letters." Listener 86, no. 2222 (28 October 1971): 577-578.
Description: Review of Hilda Tablet and Others and The Streets of Pompeii. BBC Publications, £2.10 and £3.15, respectively.

Journal: The Listener, Oct. 1970 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Hedge, Backwards, The Primal Scene, As It Were, The Unblest, The Monument, The Streets of Pompeii, Return to Naples, The Great Desire I Had, Vincenzo

147. Carpenter, Humphrey. The Envy of the World: Fifty Years of the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3, 1946-1996. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996. xi, 38, 59, 78, 108, 135-139, 145, 147, 152n, 159-161, 164, 169, 187-188, 213-214.
Description: A veritable treasure-trove of inside information on Reed's successes and tribulations while at the BBC.

Book: The Envy of the World 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Play
References: The Dynasts, Emily Butter, The Great Desire I Had, A Hedge, Backwards, Moby Dick, Musique Discrète, Not a Drum Was Heard, The Primal Scene, As It Were, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Pytheas

148. Carter, Ronald, and John McRae. The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland. London: Routledge, 1997. 471, 568.
Description: Quotes the first stanza of "Naming of Parts."

Book: The Routledge History of Literature in English (0415123429)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

149. Castagna, Gabriella. "La 'Fortuna' Scenica di Ugo Betti nel Nord America." Forum Italicum 33, no. 2 (Fall 1999): 535-544.
Description: Reviews the staging of many of Betti's plays in the United States, including adaptations by Reed. In Italian.

Journal: La "Fortuna" Scenica di Ugo Betti nel Nord America 
Subjects: Criticism, Translation, Play
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Crime on Goat Island, Irene Innocente, Time of Vengeance, The Queen and the Rebels

150. Caute, David. Joseph Losey: A Revenge on Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. 455.
Description: Reed briefly worked for Losey in the late 1970s, translating a script for a biopic on Ibn Saud.

Book: Joseph Losey 
Subjects: Biography, Translation
References: Barbara Bray

151. Caws, Brian W. "A Comparison of 'Naming of Parts' by Henry Reed and 'In the Shelter' by C. Day Lewis." English Review 8, no. 1 (September 1997): 26-29.
Description: An A-level student examination paper is considered.

Journal: A Comparison of Naming of Parts by Henry Reed 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, C. Day Lewis, In the Shelter

152. Cecil, David, and Allen Tate, eds. Modern Verse in English, 1900-1950. New York: Macmillan Company, 1958. 578-582, 638-639.

Anthology: Modern Verse in English, 1900-1950 
Subjects: Poem, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Chrysothemis, Morning

153. Chambers, Colin. Peggy: The Life of Margaret Ramsay, Play Agent. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. 349.
Description: Biography of literary agent Margaret Ramsay lists Reed as a client.

Book: Peggy (0312177135)
Subjects: Biography
References: Margaret Ramsay

154. Chaplin, Sid. Letter to John Lehmann, 8 February 1944. Lehmann Papers. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. University of Texas at Austin, Austin Texas.
Description: The novelist Sid Chaplin writes of Reed's "The End of an Impulse": 'the most sensible piece about modern poetry I have seen in a long time.'

Manuscript: Letter to John Lehmann 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The End of an Impulse, John Lehmann

155. Chicorel, Marietta, ed. Chicorel Index to Poetry in Anthologies and Collections in Print. New York: Chicorel Library Publishing, 1974. 1233.
Description: 1974 index to anthologies or collections containing Reed's poems.

Book: Chicorel Index to Poetry 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Chard Whitlow, Judging Distances, Naming of Parts, Unarmed Combat, The Wall

156. Childs, Peter. The Twentieth Century in Poetry: A Critical Survey. London: Routledge, 1999. 120.
Description: '"The Lessons of War" [sic] is a famous and excellent illustration of the differences between World War I and World War II verse.'

Book: The Twentieth Century in Poetry (0415171008)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

157. Church, Richard. "Poets Worth Praising." John O'London's Weekly 55, no. 1287 (14 June 1946): 115.
Description: Church describes Reed 'as a man of wry, almost sly humour, endowed with a shrewd critical mind that gives his first work a matter-of-factness wholly acceptable to the fastidious reader's palate.'

Journal: John O'London's Weekly 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: A Map of Verona

158. Ciardi, John. How Does a Poem Mean?. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. 832-833.
Description: Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" is used for a section describing diction. With suggested questions for class.

Anthology: How Does a Poem Mean? 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

159. Ciardi, John, and Miller Williams, eds. How Does a Poem Mean?. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1975.

Anthology: How Does a Poem Mean? (0395204402)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

160. Clarke, Arlene, and Marlene B. Clarke, eds. Retellings: A Thematic Literature Anthology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. 845-846.

Anthology: Retellings (0072414693)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

161. Clement-Davies, Stanley, et al. "New Radio Telescope." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 12 November 1971, 15.
Description: Reed and Douglas Cleverdon are among those who signed this letter protesting the intrusion of a proposed telescope for the Meifod Valley, Wales.

Newspaper: New Radio Telescope 
Subjects: Biography
References: Stanley Clement-Davies, Douglas Cleverdon

162. Cleverdon, Douglas. "Henry Reed." In The Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 27, Poets of Great Britain and Ireland 1945-1960, edited by Vincent B. Sherry, Jr. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984. 276-282.
Description: Douglas Cleverdon's biographical note, focusing on Reed's radio drama, with a brief bibliography.

Book: The Dictionary of Literary Biography (0810317052)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, The Auction Sale, Movement of Bodies, Envoy, Crime on Goat Island, The Unblest, The Monument, Vincenzo, The Streets of Pompeii, The Great Desire I Had

163. Cleverdon, Douglas. The Growth of Milk Wood. New York: New Directions, 1969. 15.
Description: Reed's Return to Naples was part of a radio series called Return Journey, which included Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, as well as programs by Sean O'Faolain, Eric Linklater, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Sykes, and W.R. Rodgers.

Book: The Growth of Milk Wood (0460038281)
Subjects: Radio
References: Return to Naples

164. Cleverdon, Douglas. "Henry Reed." Obituary of Henry Reed, Independent (London), 11 December 1986.
Description: Obituary written by Reed's friend and colleague, Douglas Cleverdon.

Newspaper: The Independent (London) 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Pytheas, Moby Dick, The Unblest, The Monument, Return to Naples, The Streets of Pompeii, The Great Desire I Had, Vincenzo, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Emily Butter

165. Cleverdon. Douglas. "Fifty Years." The Private Library 2nd Series 10, no. 1 (Spring 1977): 51-83 [71].
Description: Reminiscing on his prolific life as a bookseller and publisher, Cleverdon mentions the fifth Clover Hill edition of Reed's The Lessons of the War.

Journal: Fifty Years 
Subjects: Biography
References: Lessons of the War

166. Clinton-Baddeley, V.C., dir. Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry. 2 sound discs: 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in. New York: Folkways Records, 1961.
Description: Reissue of Jupiter Anthology.

Sound: Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

167. Clinton-Baddeley, V.C. "The Written and the Spoken Word." Essays and Studies n.s. 18 (1965): 73-82 [78-79].
Description: Reed's recording of "Naming of Parts," makes Dylan Thomas's seem 'brash and entirely misconceived.'

Journal: The Written and the Spoken Word 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Jupiter Anthology of 20th-Century English Poetry

168. Cloyne, George. "Shock Treatment." Talking of Books. Times (London), 16 February 1961, 15.
Description: On the subject of the rarity of good parody, Reed's poem "Chard Whitlow" is mentioned.

Newspaper: Shock Treatment 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

169. Coffin, Rachel W., ed. "Island of Goats." New York Theatre Critics' Reviews 16, no. 17 (10 October 1955): 260-263.
Description: Reproduces theatre reviews from The New York World Telegram and The Sun, The New York Daily News, The New York Journal-American, The New York Post, The New York Herald Tribune, The New York Times, and The New York Daily Mirror.

Journal: Island of Goats 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

170. Cohen, John Michael. English Translations and Translators. London: Longmans, Green, 1962. 46.

Book: English Translations and Translators 
Subjects: Criticism, Review
References: The Novel Since 1939

171. Cole, William, comp. A Book of Nature Poems. New York: Viking, 1969.

Anthology: A Book of Nature Poems (0670180076)
Subjects: Poem
References: Lives

172. Cole, William, ed. The Fireside Book of Humorous Poetry. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.

Anthology: The Fireside Book of Humorous Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

173. Comfort, Alex. "Two Poets: Dylan Thomas and Henry Reed." ADAM International Review 14, no. 158 (May 1946): 19.
Description: A short review of Reed's first book of poems from Alex Comfort, the author of The Joy of Sex.

Journal: ADAM International Review 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Tristram, Dylan Thomas, Deaths and Entrances, Miron Grindea

174. Committee on Bibliography of the American Literature Group of the Modern Language Association. "Articles on American Literature Appearing in Current Periodicals." American Literature 25, no. 3 (November 1953): 409 (397-416).
Description: This bibliography lists Reed's essay on Eliot's critical prose from The Listener of June 18.

Journal: Articles on American Literature 
Subjects: Criticism
References: If and Perhaps and But

175. Condon, Richard A. "Reed's 'Naming of Parts.'" Explicator 12, no. 8 (June 1954): 54.
Description: Richard Condon's summary and critical analysis of Reed's poem, "Naming of Parts."

Journal: The Explicator 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

176. Condon, Richard A. "Reed's 'Naming of Parts.'" In vol. 1, The Explicator Cyclopedia: Modern Poetry, edited by Charles Child Walcutt and J. Edwin Whitesell. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1966. 244-245.
Description: Reprint of Richard Condon's 1954 critique of Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Chapter: The Explicator Cyclopedia 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

177. Congdon, Kirby. Contemporary Poets in American Anthologies, 1960-1977. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1978. 196.
Description: Index of Reed's poems appearing in American anthologies.

Book: Contemporary Poets in American Anthologies (0810811685)
Subjects: Poem

178. Cooppan, Vilashini. "Ghosts in the Disciplinary Machine: The Uncanny Life of World Literature." Comparative Literature Studies 41, no. 1 (2004): 35, n37.
Description: Footnote acknowledges use of Reed's translation of Balzac's Père Goriot.

Journal: Ghosts in the Disciplinary Machine 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Père Goriot

179. Copp, Michael, sel. An Imagist at War: The Complete War Poems of Richard Aldington. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2002. 25.
Description: Notes that Aldington's verse story, "Farewell to Memories," uses two voices, much like Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Book: An Imagist at War (0838639526)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Richard Aldington, Farewell to Memories, Naming of Parts

180. Coulton, Barbara. Louis MacNeice in the BBC. London: Faber and Faber, 1980. 82, 91, 125-126, 127, 129.

Book: Louis MacNeice in the BBC (0571115373)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Moby Dick

181. Courtney, Janice Raye. A Production and Production Book of Ugo Betti's The Queen and the Rebels. Based on Henry Reed's translation. M.F.A. thesis dissertation: University of Texas, 1961.

Manuscript: A Production Book of Ugo Betti's The Queen and the Rebels 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

182. Cox, Michael, ed. "Reed, Henry." In A Dictionary of Writers and Their Works. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Book: Reed, Henry (0198605382)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, The Novel Since 1939, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, The Streets of Pompeii

183. Cox, Michael, ed. "Reed, Henry (1914-1986)." A Dictionary of Writers and Their Works. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. 235.
Description: Only the shortest of bibliographies.

Chapter: Reed, Henry (0198662491)
Subjects: Miscellaneous

184. Craft, Robert. Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship. Rev. and ex. ed. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1994. 161.
Description: Reed is mentioned attending a reception following a concert by Robert Craft, at which Stephen Spender and Elizabeth Luytens were present.

Book: Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship (0826512585)
Subjects: Biography
References: Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft, Stephen Spender, Elizabeth Luytens

185. Crang, Alan, comp. Tunes on a Tin Whistle: Some Real-Life Poetry. New York: Pergamon, 1967.

Anthology: Tunes on a Tin Whistle 
Subjects: Poem

186. Crisell, Andrew. An Introductory History of British Broadcasting. London: Routledge, 2002. 74.
Description: Mentions the BBC receiving the Italia Prize for Drama in the 1940s and '50s, for plays by Reed, Giles Cooper, and Louis MacNeice.

Book: An Introductory History of British Broadcasting (0415247918)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Giles Cooper, Louis MacNeice

187. Croft, Andy. Comrade Heart: A Life of Randall Swingler. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 2003. 178.
Description: Swingler reviewed Reed's book of poetry for his journal, Our Time, in 1946.

Book: Comrade Heart 
Subjects: Criticism

188. Cromie, Robert, ed. Where Steel Winds Blow. New York: David McKay, 1968.

Anthology: Where Steel Winds Blow 
Subjects: Poem

189. Best of Second World War Poetry. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 3 hrs.), analogue. London: CSA Tell Tapes, 1993.
Description: Anthology of poetry from World War II, includes Reed's "Naming of Parts," read by Martin Jarvis.

Sound: Best of Second World War Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Martin Jarvis, Naming of Parts

190. Culler, Jonathan D. Structutalist Poetics: Structuralism, Linguistics, and the Study of Literature. New York: Routledge, 2002. 179, 313n.
Description: A brief analysis of Reed's parody, "Chard Whitlow."

Book: Structuralist Poetics (0415289890)
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

191. Currey, R.N. Poets of the 1939-1945 War. London: Longmans, Green, 1960. 7, 36, 43, 47.
Description: Currey calls Reed's "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances" 'brilliant' in this British Council pamphlet.

Book: Poets of the 1939-1945 War 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

192. Curry, Linda J. "Henry Reed and the BBC." ALSo 1 (2007).
Description: Curry discusses Reed's editing of controversial lines from his radio plays, in the light of censorship at the BBC.

Journal: Henry Reed and the BBC 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Philoctetes, A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Hedge, Backwards

193. Curry, Linda J. "The Henry Reed Collection." Research Libraries Bulletin 6 (Autumn 1998): 12-14.
Description: Newsletter article profiling the collection of Reed's papers, manuscripts and letters at the University of Birmingham. External link, .pdf file.

Journal: Research Libraries Bulletin 
Subjects: Biography
References: E.M. Forster, Ken Russell

194. Curtis, Anthony. "My Book of the Year." Financial Times, 7 December 1991, xvi.
Description: The former literary editor of the Financial Times picks Reed's book as his favorite of 1991.

Newspaper: My Book of the Year 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts

195. Daiches, David. Review of The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1950, edited by Helen Gardner. Review of English Studies, New Series 24, no. 96 (November 1973): 520.
Description: Gardner's book contains two 'deservedly included' anthology pieces by Henry Reed.

Journal: Review of The New Oxford Book of English Verse 
Subjects: Criticism

196. Dalziel, Pamela, ed. Thomas Hardy: The Excluded and Collaborative Stories. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. 164.
Description: Quotes Reed's 1952 review of Hardy's Our Exploits at West Poley.

Book: Thomas Hardy: The Excluded and Collaborative Stories (0198122454)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Thomas Hardy, Our Exploits at West Poley

197. Davalle, Peter. "Personal Choice." Times (London), 23 October 1978, 29.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Giacosa's play, Tristi Amori is scheduled for broadcast.

Newspaper: Personal Choice 
Subjects: Radio, Translation
References: Giuseppe Giacosa, Sorrows of Love

198. Davalle, Peter, ed. "Today's Television and Radio Programmes." Times (London), 19 November 1981, 27.
Description: Reed's 1979 of his adaptation of Moby Dick is replayed this evening on Radio 3.

Newspaper: Today's Television and Radio Programmes 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: Moby Dick, Colin Blakely

199. Davalle, Peter, ed. "Today's Television and Radio Programmes." Times (London), 10 December 1981, 27.
Description: To go with an exhibition of Gonzaga family treasures at the V&A in London, BBC Radio 3 has scheduled Reed's play, Vincenzo.

Newspaper: Today's Television and Radio Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Vincenzo, Gladys Young, Norman Shelley, Marjorie Westbury, Cecile Chevreau, Newton Blick, Barbara Couper

200. Davison, Peter. Review of British Radio Drama, edited by John Drakakis. Yearbook of English Studies 15, Anglo-French Literary Relations Special Number (1985): 362-364 [362].
Description: Reed mentioned among in the pantheon of writers for the Third Programme.

Journal: Review of British Radio Drama 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Louis MacNeice, Dylan Thomas, Susan Hill, Dorothy L. Sayers, Giles Cooper, Samuel Beckett

201. Day-Lewis, Sean. C. Day Lewis: An English Literary Life. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980: 201, 212, 254.
Description: Reed joins C. Day-Lewis in 1950 for a radio talk on poetry, and appears in Dorset working on a competing television program about Thomas Hardy.

Book: C. Day Lewis: An English Literary Life (0297777459)
Subjects: Biography, Radio
References: C. Day-Lewis, Paul Dehn, Patric Dickinson, Laurie Lee, Thomas Hardy

202. Reed, Henry. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1023 (2 September 1948): 350.
Description: de Madariaga writes in response to Martin Armstrong's August 26 review of Reed's radio talk, "Hamlet Once More."

Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet' 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet, Hamlet Once More

203. De-la-Noy, Michael. Eddy: The Life of Edward Sackville-West. London: Arcadia, 1999. 192, 210, 262.
Description: Biography of writer and musicologist Edward Sackville-West mentions Reed at Long Crichel House in 1946, and Donald McWhinnie believing Reed 'the wrong person' for a translation of Montherlant.

Book: Eddy: The Life of Edward Sackville-West (1900850206)
Subjects: Biography, Play, Translation
References: Edward Sackville-West, Henri de Montherlant, Elizabeth Bowen, Douglas Cleverdon, Donald McWhinnie, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

204. Delchamps, Stephen W. Civil Humor: The Poetry of Gavin Ewart. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2002. 107.
Description: Compares Ewart's poem, "The Bofors AA Gun" to Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Book: Civil Humor: The Poetry of Gavin Ewart (083863933X)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Gavin Ewart, The Bofors AA Gun

205. Dentith, Simon. Parody. London: Routledge, 2000. 118.
Description: A sequence of Eliot parodies includes an excerpt from "Chard Whitlow."

Book: Parody (0203451333)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

206. Deutsch, Babette. Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. Tomorrow 8, no. 2 (October 1948): 58-59.
Description: Although Deutsch feels that Lessons of the War have a 'restrained power,' and some of Reed's poems 'exhibit a melancholy loveliness,' the book as a whole is left wanting.

Journal: Tomorrow, Oct. 1948 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Outside and In, The Door and the Window

207. Dickinson, Patric. "The Poet as the Voice of His Generation." Review of Larkin at Sixty, edited by Anthony Thwaite. Times (London). 15 July 1982, 9.
Description: A brief quote from Reed's "Chard Whitlow."

Newspaper: The Poet as the Voice of His Generation 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Philip Larkin, Anthony Thwaite, Chard Whitlow

208. DiYanni, Robert. Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004. 547-548.

Anthology: Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (0072881844)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

209. DiYanni, Robert, and Kraft Rompf, eds. The McGraw-Hill Book of Poetry. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.

Anthology: The McGraw-Hill Book of Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

210. Dodds, E.R. "Louis MacNeice at Birmingham." In Time Was Away: The World of Louis MacNeice, edited by Terence Brown and Alec Reid. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1974. 35-38 [36].
Description: Reed is counted among MacNeice's students at the University of Birmingham, along with Reggie Smith.

Chapter: Louis MacNeice at Birmingham 
Subjects: Biography
References: R.D. Smith

211. Dodds, E.R. Missing Persons: An Autobiography. Oxford: Clarendon, 1977. 113, 116.
Description: Dodds, a professor of Greek at the University of Birmingham, recalls meeting the likes of Reed, Reggie Smith, Walter Allen; and hiring Louis MacNeice.

Book: Missing Persons (0198120869)
Subjects: Biography
References: Eric Robertson Dodds, Reggie Smith, Walter Allen, Louis MacNeice

212. Dorril, Stephen, ed. A Who's Who of the British Secret State. Hull, England: Lobster, 1989.
Description: A collection of thumbnail biographies compiled from public reference works, lists Reed as working for British intelligence until 1980, when he was 66 years old.

Book: A Who's Who of the British Secret State 
Subjects: Biography
References: Bletchley Park, Alan Michell

213. Dowding, Una. "War! What War?" Citizen (Gloucester, England), 14 May 2005, 10.
Description: "Today We Have Political Spin," a parody of "Naming of Parts."

Newspaper: War! What War? 
Subjects: Parody
References: Naming of Parts

214. Drabble, Margaret, ed. "Reed, Henry." In The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Book: Reed, Henry (0198662440)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

215. Drabble, Margaret, and Jenny Stringer, eds. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. 485.
Description: A two-sentence biography of Reed.

Book: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 
Subjects: Biography, Play
References: Naming of Parts

216. Drakakis, John. Introduction to British Radio Drama. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1981. 1-36.

Book: British Radio Drama (0521221838)
Subjects: Criticism, Play

217. Drakakis, John. "The Essence That's Not Seen: Radio Adaptations of Stage Plays." In Radio Drama, edited by Peter Lewis. New York: Longman, 1981. 111-113.

Chapter: The Essence That's Not Seen (0582490529)
Subjects: Criticism

218. Dubester, Henry J. Letter to Henry Reed (carbon), 2 October 1959. Williams, Oscar Mss. Collection. Lilly Library Manuscripts Department. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Manuscript: Letter to Henry Reed 
Subjects: Biography
References: Oscar Williams, Henry J. Dubester

219. Dundas, Judith. "Illusion and the Poetic Image." The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 32, no. 2 (Winter 1973): 197-203 [198-199].
Description: In discussing the "ironic eye," Reed's "Naming of Parts" is mentioned.

Journal: Illusion and the Poetic Image 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

220. Dunnett, Roderic. "The Skilful Anthologist." Choir & Organ 6, no. 1 (January-February 1998).
Description: Bliss's "Aubade," composed for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, is a 'gem.'

Journal: The Skilful Anthologist 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Aubade, Arthur Bliss

221. Dunning, Stephen. Teaching Literature to Adolescents. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1966. 22-23.
Description: Teaching poetry 'inductively,' and recognizing different voices or speakers in a poem using "Naming of Parts." With suggested questions for class.

Book: Teaching Literature to Adolescents 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

222. Eckhardt, Caroline D. and David H. Stewart. "Towards a Functional Taxonomy of Composition." College Compostition and Communication 30, no. 4 (December 1979): 338-342 [342].
Description: "Naming of Parts" is quoted as an argument against solely teaching technique.

Journal: Towards a Functional Taxonomy of Composition 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

223. "Inverse Mappings: Poet's Lives." Economist, 13 April 2002.
Description: Review of Against Oblivion: Some Lives of the Twentieth-Century Poets by Ian Hamilton (London: Viking, 2002).

Newspaper: The Economist, Apr. 2002 
Subjects: Criticism

224. Elizabeth Bowen Collection. Typescript of BBC talk by Henry Reed, 1945. 3pp. TXRC98-A19. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Manuscript: Typescript of BBC talk 
Subjects: Radio

225. Elliott, George P. "Speaking of Books: Writers on Campus." New York Times Book Review, 26 December 1965, 2.
Description: This article on writing for a living and teaching mentions Reed visiting at the University of Washington in 1964 and 1965.

Newspaper: Speaking of Books: Writers on Campus 
Subjects: Biography

226. Elton, William. "Eliot-cum-BBC." Poetry 72, no. 3 (June 1948): 165-167.
Description: William Elton's short review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems, comparing Reed with T.S. Eliot.

Journal: Poetry, June 1948 
Subjects: Criticism
References: A Map of Verona, Unarmed Combat, Morning, The Return, The Forest, The Wall, Outside and In, Chrysothemis, Ishmael

227. England. Vol. 6 of Living Prose & Poetry, narrated by Clifton Fadiman. 2 LP records, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in. Old Greenwich, CT: Listening Library, 1976.
Description: Set of English poetry recordings includes "Lessons of the War: Naming of Parts."

Sound: England 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

228. England, West Midlands. Census of England and Wales, 1911. Erdington, 12 New Street, Reed household.
Description: Census form from the Reed house in Erdington lists Polly, Gladys, and Henry Reed, Sr. (setter at brick-kiln) living in four rooms.

Manuscript: England, West Midlands 
Subjects: Biography
References: Birmingham

229. eNotes. "The Advertisement Summary, Essay, Quotes and Pictures." eNotes.com. <http://www.enotes.com/advertisement/>.
Description: An introduction to The Advertisement with a summary of the play, and a biography of the author, Natalia Ginzburg. External link.

Link: The Advertisement Summary 
Subjects: Link, Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

230. Enright, D.J. "The Significance of Poetry London." Critic 1, no. 1 (Spring 1947): 3-10.
Description: Enright takes time out from discussing the problems with contemporary poetry to praise Reed.

Journal: The Significance of Poetry London 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Lessons of the War

231. Erskine, Elizabeth, ed. Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1986. Vol. 61. Leeds, England: Modern Humanities Research Association, 1990. 790.
Description: Indexes Reed's obituary in The Independent.

Book: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1986 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

232. Erskine, Elizabeth, ed. Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature for 1988. Vol. 63. Leeds, England: Modern Humanities Research Association, 1992. 503.
Description: Indexes "Tone and Voice in Henry Reed's 'Judging Distances'" in Notes on Contemporary Literature, and "What Follows 'Naming of Parts'" in Functions of Style.

Book: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1988 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

233. Esslin, Martin. "The Advertisement." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 1 October 1968, 11.
Description: Defends The Advertisement as a Marzotto Prize winner.

Newspaper: The Advertisement 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisment

234. Evans, Gerard. "Too Much Simulating." Listener 80, no. 2054 (8 August 1968): 187.
Description: Reed's translation of The Land Where the King is a Child was broadcast for the fourth time.

Journal: Too Much Simulating 
Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
References: Henri Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Denholm Elliott, Carleton Hobbs

235. Ewart, Gavin, ed. The Penguin Book of Light Verse. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1980.

Anthology: The Penguin Book of Light Verse (0140422706)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

236. Fadiman, Clifton, Louis Untermeyer, and Delmer Rodabaugh. Prose and Poetry of England. 4 s.; 12 in.; 33⅓ rpm; microgroove. Syracuse, New York: L.W. Singer, 1963.

Sound: Prose and Poetry of England 
Subjects: 
References: Naming of Parts

237. Farrell, Joseph. "Ugo Betti." In vol. 1, Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English, edited by Olive Classe. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. 145-146.

Chapter: Ugo Betti (1884964362)
Subjects: Criticism, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Crime on Goat Island, The Queen and the Rebels, Summertime

238. Featherstone, Simon. "The Nation as Pastoral in British Literature of the Second World War." Journal of European Studies 16 Part 3, no. 63 (September 1986): 155-168 [157, 167n].
Description: Cites Reed's "The Making of The Dynasts" from Penguin New Writing in 1943.

Journal: The Nation as Pastoral 
Subjects: Criticism
References: J.D. Priestley, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts

239. Feinstein, Herbert. "Ugo Betti: The High Court of Drama." Review of Three Plays by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Prairie Schooner 35, no. 2 (Summer 1961): 180-182.
Description: Reed's translation is not criticized or commented on.

Journal: Ugo Betti: The High Court of Drama 
Subjects: Translation, Criticism
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime

240. Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter, and Jon Stallworthy, eds. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. 4th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998.
Description: This anthology contains not only "Naming of Parts," "Judging Distances," and "Chard Whitlow," but also Reed's lesser-known poem, "The Château."

Anthology: The Norton Anthology of Poetry (0393968200)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, The Chateau, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

241. Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter, and Jon Stallworthy, eds. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 1563-1566

Anthology: The Norton Anthology of Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

242. Fernyhough, A.H., Brigadier. A Short History of the RAOC. Burnham, England: Europrint, 1980.

Book: A Short History of the RAOC 
Subjects: Biography
References: Royal Army Ordnance Corps

243. Firth, Katherine. "Henry Reed (1914-1986)." In British Writers, Supplement XV, edited by Jay Parini. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2010. 243-257.
Description: Firth's update to British Writers is the best and most comprehensive critical biography on Reed currently in print.

Chapter: Henry Reed (1914-1986) (978068431553)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Sailor's Harbour, Naming of Parts, The Captain, Chard Whitlow, Hiding Beneath the Furze, A Map of Verona, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, The Auction Sale, Three Words

244. Flint, F. Cudworth. "The War Poets." Review of The War Poets: An Anthology of the War Poetry of the Twentieth Century, edited by Oscar Williams. Virginia Quarterly Review 21, no. 4 (Autumn 1945): 633-640 [637-638].
Description: Cudworth calls "Naming of Parts," by Private Henry Reed, 'a poem of the charmingly clever sort....'

Journal: The War Poets 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Dunstan Thompson, Frederick Ebright, Alfred Hayes

245. Forbes, Peter, ed. Scanning the Century: The Penguin Book of the Twentieth Century in Poetry. London: Viking, 1999.

Anthology: Scanning the Century (014058899X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

246. Ford, Boris, ed. The Cambridge Cultural History of Britain. Vol. 9, Modern Britain. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 5, 225-226.
Description: Reed's Hilda Tablet series is mentioned in a discussion of post-war drama.

Book: The Cambridge Cultural History of Britain (0521327652)
Subjects: Criticism, Play
References: Naming of Parts, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

247. Ford, Christopher. "The Reeve's Tale." Guardian (Manchester), 20 November 1971, 10.
Description: An excellent interview with Reed, for a retrospective of the Hilda Tablet series of radio plays.

Newspaper: The Guardian (Manchester), Nov. 1971 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Play
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Emily Butter, A Hedge, Backwards, Not a Drum Was Heard, Naming of Parts, Moby Dick, The Streets of Pompeii, After a Certain Age

248. Forster, E.M. Letter to Henry Reed, 12 December 1944. The Papers of Edward Morgan Forster. GBR/0272/EMF/18/456. King's College Archive Centre, Cambridge, England.
Description: Photocopy of Forster's letter to Reed, concerning the broadcast of "The Return" on the BBC.

Manuscript: Letter to Henry Reed 
Subjects: Criticism
References: E.M. Forster, The Return

249. Foss, Michael, ed. Poetry of the World Wars. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1990.

Anthology: Poetry of the World Wars (0872263363)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

250. Fountain, Gary and Peter Brazeau. Remembering Elizabeth Bishop: An Oral Biography. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1994. 215-218.
Description: Interviews with Reed's acquaintances Henry Carlisle, William Matchett, Robert Heilman, Dorothee Bowee, and M. Taylor Bowee.

Book: Remembering Elizabeth Bishop (0870239368)
Subjects: Biography

251. Fowler, Roger. Linguistic Criticism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 197-201.

Book: Linguistic Criticism (019219125X)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

252. Fowler, Roger. "'Naming of Parts' by Henry Reed." In Poetics: Linguistic Analyses of English and American Poems, Reader and Workbook, edited by Kordásné Kenesei Andrea. Veszprém, Hungary: Veszprém University Press, 2004. 41-44
Description: This analysis is similar to Fowler's in Linguistic Criticism (1996).

Chapter: Naming of Parts by Henry Reed (963949535)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

253. France, Peter, ed. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 487.
Description: Ugo Betti's 'austere, literary but deeply felt speech is well caught' by Reed's translations.

Book: The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation (0198183593)
Subjects: Translation, Criticism, Play
References: Ugo Betti

254. Frank, Leah D. "A Stranger Knocks, and a Thriller Begins." Review of Crime on Goat Island, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. East Farmingdale, NY, Arena Players Repertory Theatre. New York Times, 26 July 1987, LI21.
Description: A review of an Arena Playhouse staging of Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island.

Newspaper: A Stranger Knocks, and a Thriller Begins 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

255. Fraser, G.S., ed. Poetry Now. London: Faber and Faber, 1956.

Anthology: Poetry Now 
Subjects: Poem

256. Frenaye, Frances. "Desperate Search." Review of Perdu, by Peride Rombi, translated by Henry Reed. New York Times Book Review, 2 May 1954, 4.
Description: Book review of Reed's translation of Rombi's Perdu.

Newspaper: Desperate Search 
Subjects: Criticism, Translation
References: Peride Rombi, Perdu and His Father

257. Friedrich, Gerhard. "The English Teacher and the Process of Communication." English Journal 55, no. 1 (January 1966); 19-27 [27].
Description: "Naming of Parts" cited as an example for 'establishing the identities of compositional techniques and literary effects.'

Journal: The English Teacher and the Process of Communication 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

258. Frye, Northrop, Sheridan Baker, and George Perkins, eds. The Practical Imagination: An Introduction to Poetry. New York: Harper and Row, 1983.

Anthology: The Practical Imagination (006042219X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

259. Fuller, Roy. Letter to Julian Symons, 16 June 1944. Roy Fuller Correspondence with Julian Symons and Jack Clark, 1937-1992. Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A&M University Manuscripts. Series 1. Box 1, folder 1480. College Station, Texas.
Description: Fuller's letter to Symons is regarding, or is a response to, a mention of Reed.

Manuscript: Letter to Julian Symons 
Subjects: Biography
References: Roy Fuller, Julian Symons

260. Funke, Lewis. "News of the Rialto: Optimists." New York Times, 30 April 1961, X1.
Description: Mentions a summer of 1960 testing of Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed in Westport, CT.

Newspaper: News of the Rialto: Optimists 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed

261. Fussell, Paul. Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 63, 244.
Description: Jarrell's "Soldier (T.P.)" is 'not as sentimental' as Reed's "Lessons of the War."

Book: Wartime: Understanding and Behavior (0195037979)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Randall Jarrell, Soldier (T.P.)

262. Gale Group Databases. "Poetry Timeline." Gale.com. <http://www.gale.com/free_resources/poets/timeline/index.htm>.
Description: Timeline of world poetry, from the Beowulf to the end of the twentieth century. External link.

Link: Poetry Timeline 
Subjects: Link, Biography

263. Gale Research Company. "Reed, Henry." Who Was Who Among English and European Authors, 1931-1949. An Omnigraphics book. Vol. 3, N-Z. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1978. 1179.
Description: An extremely abbreviated biography for Reed lists music and travel as his main recreation.

Book: Who Was Who Among English and European Authors, 1931-1949 
Subjects: Biography

264. Gardner, Brian, ed. The Terrible Rain: the War Poets, 1939-1945. London: Methuen, 1966. 33-36.

Anthology: The Terrible Rain: the War Poets, 1939-1945 (0413150100)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts

265. Gardner, Helen. The Composition of Four Quartets. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. 37, 39.
Description: Gardner credits Reed with two suggestions as to the sources of "The Dry Salvages" (refuted by Eliot, himself) and "Burnt Norton."

Book: The Compostion of Four Quartets (0195199898)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: T.S. Eliot, The Dry Salvages, Burnt Norton

266. Gardner, Helen. " A Study of Eliot's More Recent Poetry." Reprinted in Vol. 2, T.S. Eliot: The Critical Heritage, edited by Michael Grant. London: Routledge, 1982. 482e.
Description: Endnote credits Reed with suggesting the source of the bell in Eliot's "The Dry Salvages" may be Melville's Redburn.

Chapter: A Study of Eliot's More Recent Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism
References: T.S. Eliot, Dry Salvages, Herman Melville, Redburn

267. Gardner, Helen Louise. In Defence of the Imagination. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. 145.
Description: Gardner recalls Reed, a former student of hers at Birmingham, mailing her a copy of Eliot's "East Coker" in 1940.

Book: In Defence of the Imagination 
Subjects: Biography
References: T.S. Eliot, East Coker

268. Gardner, Helen Louise, Dame, comp. The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1950. New York: Oxford University Press, 1972.

Anthology: The New Oxford Book of English Verse (0198121369)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts

269. Gardner, Janet E., et al, eds. Literature: A Portable Anthology. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.

Anthology: Literature: A Portable Anthology (0312412827)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

270. Garlock, Gayle. "The Friends of Fisher Library Library Events for 2000-2001." The Halcyon, no. 27 (June 2001).
Description: The account of a 2001 lecture on Hardy collectors mentions Reed.

Journal: The Friends of Fisher Library Library Events 
Subjects: Biography
References: Michael Millgate, Thomas Hardy

271. Garrison, Chester Arthur. The Vast Venture: Hardy's Epic-Drama "The Dynasts". Salzburg: Institute für Englische Sprache und Literatur, 1973. 40, 104, 125.
Description: Refers to Reed's adaptation of "The Dynasts" for radio.

Book: The Vast Venture 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts

272. Gassner, John. "Broadway in Review." Educational Theatre Journal 15, no. 4 (December 1963): 358-365 [364].
Description: Edward Albee's production of Corruption in the Palace of Justice suffers from the 'naïve laboriousness' and 'machine-made banality' of Betti's story.

Journal: Broadway in Review 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

273. Gassner, John, and Edward Quinn, eds. "Radio and Television Drama in Britain." In The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama. New York: Thomas Y. Crowley, 1969. 690.
Description: Reed's radio work is mentioned in the encyclopedia article on British broadcasting.

Chapter: Radio and Television Drama in Britain 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Streets of Pompeii, A Very Great Man Indeed

274. Gelb, Arthur. "News and Gossip of the Rialto." New York Times, 21 August 1955, 97.
Description: Goat Island, Betti's play translated by Reed, to open on October 4, 1955.

Newspaper: News and Gossip of the Rialto 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

275. George, Daniel. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1025 (16 September 1948): 422.
Description: George brings up a previous "appreciatory" broadcast from July, by Ms. C.V. Wedgewood on de Madariaga's book.

Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet' 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet, C.V. Wedgewood

276. Gibbs, Wolcott. "Amsterdam and Troy." New Yorker 31 (15 October 1955): 77-78.
Description: Review of the Broadway production of Island of Goats by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed.

Journal: Amsterdam and Troy 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Crime on Goat Island, Ugo Betti

277. Gibson, James, ed. Thomas Hardy: Interviews and Recollections. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 180-182, 191-192, 231.
Description: Contains excerpts of interviews originally broadcast on Reed's radio tribute to Thomas Hardy, in February, 1955.

Book: Thomas Hardy: Interviews and Recollections 
Subjects: Radio, Biography
References: Thomas Hardy, St. John Ervine, Harry Marriott Smith, May O'Rourke, Llewelyn Powys

278. Gill, Brendan. "Pinchbeck Profundities." Review of The Queen and the Rebels, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Plymouth Theatre, New York. New Yorker, 11 October 1982, 156.
Description: The reviewer feels that 'lyricism is nearly always the first victim of the translator.'

Journal: Pinchbeck Profundities 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Colleen Dewhurst, Peter Michael Goetz, Scott Hylands, Betty Miller, David Jenkins, Jane Greenwood, John McLain, Waris Hussein

279. Ginzburg, Natalia. The Advertisement. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Faber and Faber, 1969.
Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's play, L'Inserzione.

Play: The Advertisement (0571091539)
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

280. Ginzburg, Natalia. The Advertisement. Translated by Henry Reed. In The New Theatre of Europe, v. 4 no. 1. New York: Dell, 1970. 1-46.
Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's Inserzione.

Play: The Advertisement 
Subjects: Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

281. Ginzburg, Natalia. The Advertisement. Translated by Henry Reed. In Plays By and About Women: An Anthology, edited by Victoria Sullivan and James Hatch. New York: Random House, 1973. 295–344.

Play: The Advertisement (0394483472)
Subjects: Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement, A.D. Peters

282. Ginzburg, Natalia. The Advertisement. Translated by Henry Reed. In Plays By and About Women: An Anthology, edited by Victoria Sullivan and James Hatch. New York: Vintage Books, 1974. 295-344.
Description: Reed's English translation of Ginzburg's play is collected in this anthology.

Play: The Advertisement (0394718968)
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

283. Glendinning, Victoria. Elizabeth Bowen. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. 94, 146, 166.
Description: When Reed visited her in Ireland, he assisted Bowen with her book review column.

Book: Elizabeth Bowen (0394405331)
Subjects: Biography, Review
References: Elizabeth Bowen, John Lehmann

284. Glendinning, Victoria. Vita: The Life of V. Sackville-West. New York: Knopf, 1983. 341-342.
Description: Reed sat on the Poetry Committee for the Society of Authors, to choose poets for a recital given for the Royal Family.

Book: Vita: The Life of V. Sackville-West 
Subjects: Biography
References: Edith Sitwell, Walter de la Mare, Dylan Thomas, Louis Macneice, George Barker, Denys Kilham Roberts

285. Gluck, Victor. Theatre review of The Queen and the Rebels by Ugo Betti. Back Stage 23 (8 October 1982): 68.
Description: Review of 1982 performance of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels, translated by Reed, at New York's Plymouth Theatre.

Journal: The Queen and the Rebels 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: The Queen and the Rebels

286. Goddard, Scott. "Radio Notes." Musical Times.
Description: Mentions broadcasts of Emily Butter and A Hedge, Backwards.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Play
References: Emily Butter, A Hedge, Backwards

287. Goethals, Helen. "The Muse That Failed: Poetry and Patriotism During the Second World War." In The Oxford Handbook of British and Irish War Poetry, edited by Tim Kendall. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. 366.
Description: Goethals describes the juxtaposed voices in Reed's "Naming of Parts" as 'emblematic' of the Second World War.

Chapter: The Muse That Failed (0199282668)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

288. Goldensohn, Lorrie. Dismantling Glory: Twentieth-Century Soldier Poetry. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 111-112.
Description: "Naming of Parts" is likened to a 'perfectly framed snapshot,' that is 'representative of the World War II soldier poem.'

Book: Dismantling Glory (0231119380)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts

289. Gordon Jr., Ambrose. "Six British Writers Under American Wrappers." Furioso 3, no. 3 (Spring 1948): 65-66.
Description: Ambrose Gordon, Jr. is stunned by the brilliance of the American edition of A Map of Verona, but seems to have doubts about Reed's originality.

Journal: Furioso 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chrysothemis, Chard Whitlow, A Map of Verona, Ishmael, Tristram

290. Goss, Raymond. "To Students Everywhere." Parody of "Naming of Parts," by Henry Reed. College Composition and Communication 26, no. 2 (May 1975): 148.
Description: A parody of "Naming of Parts" which changes the setting to a university campus, and the lessons to ones on grammar and the parts of speech.

Journal: To Students Everywhere 
Subjects: Poem, Parody
References: Naming of Parts

291. Graham, Desmond, ed. Poetry of the Second World War: An International Anthology. London: Chatto & Windus, 1995. 22-23.

Anthology: Poetry of the Second World War (0701162996)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

292. Graham, W.S. "England's Old Young Men." New Republic 118, no. 17 (26 April 1948): 28-31 [30-31].
Description: Graham says of A Map of Verona: '[It] has already made a considerable stir and has been pronounced by some critics to be the offspring of Eliot's later blank-verse style. It is a reflective poetry written with a masterly off-handedness.'

Journal: England's Old Young Men 
Subjects: Criticism
References: T.S. Eliot

293. Gregory, Marshall. "Skills versus Scholarship (or Liberal Education Knows a Hawk from a Handsaw)." Keynote address, Open University. 11 October 1997.
Description: Keynote address, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK. 11 October 1997.

Chapter: Skills versus Scholarship 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

294. Grigson, Geoffrey. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 837 (25 January 1945): 104.
Description: Grigson writes in to lament the absence of W.H. Auden from Reed's article, "Poetry in War Time: The Older Poets."

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time, W.H. Auden

295. Grigson, Geoffrey. Recollections: Mainly of Writers and Artists. London: Chatto & Windus, 1984. 136.
Description: Grigson's defense of J.R. Ackerley, the only "virtuous" literary editor he knew.

Book: Recollections: Mainly of Writers and Artists 
Subjects: Biography
References: J.R. Ackerley

296. Grigson, Geoffrey, ed. The Concise Encyclopedia of Modern World Literature. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1963.
Description: Reed is listed among the contributors to this reference work.

Book: The Concise Encyclopedia of Modern World Literature (0090989902)
Subjects: Review

297. Grigson, Geoffrey, ed. The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse: With a Sprinkling of Nonsense Prose. London: Faber and Faber, 1979.

Anthology: The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse (0571113567)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

298. Gross, Harvey. "William Empson, Vernon Watkins, and Henry Reed." In Sound and Form in Modern Poetry: A Study of Prosody from Thomas Hardy to Robert Lowell. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1964. 271, 275-279, 325n.
Description: Of several contemporaries of Thomas and Auden, the author considers Reed to be the 'most considerable.'

Book: Sound and Form in Modern Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, Chrysothemis, The Auction Sale, Vernon Watkins, William Empson

299. Gross, John, ed. The Oxford Book of Comic Verse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Anthology:  The Oxford Book of Comic Verse (0192142070)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

300. Grubb, Frederick. "No One Actually Starves: Philip Larkin." A Vision of Reality: A Study of Liberalism in Twentieth-Century Verse. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1965. 229.
Description: Larkin's "Next Please" reminds the author of "Chard Whitlow."

Chapter: No One Actually Starves 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

301. Gunter, Liz and Jim Linebarger. "Tone and Voice in Henry Reed's 'Judging Distance [sic].'" Notes on Contemporary Literature 18, no. 2 (March 1988): 9-10.
Description: An analysis of "Judging Distances," concerning the duality of tone, or voices, in the poem.

Journal: Notes on Contemporary Literature 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances

302. Gussow, Mel. "Theatre: Betti's 'Burnt Flowerbed' Comes to the Roundabout." Review of The Burnt Flowerbed by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Roundabout Theatre, New York, 24 July 1974. New York Times, 25 July 1974, 29.
Description: Review of the Roundabout Theatre premiere of Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed.

Newspaper: Theatre: Betti's 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed

303. Guth, Hans P., and Gabriele L. Rico, eds. Discovering Literature: Stories, Poems, Plays. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. 755.

Anthology: Discovering Literature (0135289947)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

304. Gwynn, Frederick L., Ralph W. Condee, and Arthur O. Lewis, eds. The Case for Poetry, a Critical Anthology: Poems, Cases, and Critiques. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1965. 238.
Description: Anthology collects "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: The Case for Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

305. Haffenden, John, ed. W.H. Auden: The Critical Heritage. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. 42.
Description: Mentions Reed's article on Auden's For the Time Being, but misattributes it.

Anthology: W.H. Auden: The Critical Heritage (0710093500)
Subjects: Criticism
References: W.H. Auden, The Sea and the Mirror

306. Haft, Adele J. "Henry Reed's Poetic Map of Verona: (Di)versifying the Teachings of Geography IV." Cartographic Perspectives 40 (Fall 2001): 32-50.
Description: Explores the maps Reed may have consulted when composing "A Map of Verona," and during his several visits to Italy.

Journal: Cartographic Perspectives 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Judging Distances

307. Hall, Carol. Review of Poetry is for People, edited by Martha M. McDonough and William C. Doster. College Composition and Communication 16, no. 5 (December 1965): 285-286 [285].
Description: Chides the editors for reducing Reed's 'witty and sophisticated' "Naming of Parts" to a 'didactic' reading of simple connotation and denotation.

Journal: Review of Poetry is for People 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

308. Hallmark Cards, Inc. Poetry for Pleasure: The Hallmark Book of Poetry. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1960.

Anthology: Poetry for Pleasure 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

309. Hamblett, Charles, and Leslie Frewin, eds. I Burn For England: An Anthology of World War II. London: Frewin, 1966.

Anthology: I Burn For England 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

310. Hamill, John. "The Ten Restless Ghosts of Mantua: Shakespeare's Specter Lingers Over the Italian City." Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter 38, no. 3 (Summer 2003).
Description: Reed's play, The Great Desire I Had, is cited as recognizing the need for Shakespeare to have visited Italy to have produced "The Rape of Lucrece."

Journal: The Ten Restless Ghosts of Mantua 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Great Desire I Had, William Shakespeare, Giulio Romano, The Rape of Lucrece

311. Hamilton, Ian. "Henry Reed, 1914-1986" in Against Oblivion: Some Lives of the Twentieth-Century Poets. London: Viking, 2002. 212-216.
Description: Reed's chapter from Ian Hamilton's survey of twentieth-century poets, with analysis and biography.

Book: Against Oblivion (067084909X)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Psychological Warfare

312. Hamilton, Ian. "The Forties II." In A Poetry Chronicle: Essays and Reviews. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1973. 66-74 [68-70].
Description: An excerpt from Ian Hamilton's series of essays on the poetry of the 1940s, regarding Reed's poems "Judging Distances" and "Naming of Parts."

Chapter: A Poetry Chronicle (064926737)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts

313. Hamilton, Ian. "Poetry of the Forties—I." 4, no. 1 (April 1964): 81-89 [88].
Description: Hamilton likens Reed to F.T. Prince and Charles Causley, as all writers of 'poems of distinction which have been subtly written off as strange, local events.'

Journal: Poetry of the Forties—I 
Subjects: Criticism

314. Hamilton, Ian. The Poetry of War, 1939-1945. London: Alan Ross, 1965. 36-40.
Description: Collects three of Reed's Lessons of the War poems.

Anthology: The Poetry of War 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

315. Hamilton, Ian, ed. The Poetry of War, 1939-1945. London: Alan Ross, 1965. 36.

Anthology: The Poetry of War, 1939-1945 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

316. Hamilton, Ian. "Poetry: The Forties—II." London Magazine 4, no. 3 (June 1964): 67-72 [68-69].
Description: Hamilton's essay on the poetry of the 1940s was reprinted in A Poetry Chronicle (1973).

Journal: Poetry: The Forties—II 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts

317. Hampson, John. "Gordon Herickx—An Appeal." Spectator 191, no. 6547 (18 December 1953): 726.
Description: An appeal for funds after the untimely death of Birmingham sculptor Gordon Herickx.

Journal: Gordon Herickx 
Subjects: Biography
References: Walter Allen, Dorothy Baker, John Lehmann, Louis MacNeice, Olivia Manning, E.R. Dodds, William Plomer

318. Hansen, Tom. "Reclaiming the Body: Teaching Modern Poetry." English Journal 81, no. 1 (January 1992): 25.
Description: Suggests "Naming of Parts" be used as a dramatic monologue in class.

Journal: Reclaiming the Body 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

319. Harlan, William K., comp. Probes: An Introduction to Poetry. New York: Macmillan, 1973.

Anthology: Probes: An Introduction to Poetry 
Subjects: Poem

320. Harmon, William. "Oxford Lite." Review of The Oxford Book of Comic Verse. Sewanee Review 104, no. 1 (Winter 1996). 167-173.
Description: "Chard Whitlow" is 'recognized by many, including the target himself, as the finest parody of T.S. Eliot.'

Journal: Oxford Lite 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

321. Harmon, William, ed. The Top 500 Poems. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. 1048-1049.

Anthology: The Top 500 Poems (023108028X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

322. Harries, Meirion and Susan Harries. A Pilgrim Soul: The Life and Work of Elisabeth Lutyens. London: Michael Joseph, 1989. 116, 141-142, 306n.
Description: The "composeress" Liz Lutyens, the inspiration for Hilda Tablet, briefly considered suing Reed over the parody.

Book: A Pilgrim Soul 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey

323. Harrison, Michael, and Christopher Stuart Clark, comps. One Hundred Years of Poetry for Children. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 148-149.

Anthology: One Hundred Years of Poetry for Children (0192762583)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

324. Harrison, Michael, and Christopher Stuart-Clark, comps. Peace & War: A Collection of Poems. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. 33.
Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: Peace & War (0192760718)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

325. Harrisson, Mike, ed. Over the Nightmare Ground: British Poetry from Two World Wars. Huddersfield, England: Headstrong Interactive, 1999. CD-Rom.
Description: While listening to a reading of Henry Reed's "Naming of Parts," the viewer of this CD can browse a labeled diagram of a rifle.

Anthology: Over the Nightmare Ground 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

326. Hassal, Christopher. "Notes on the Verse Drama." Masque 6 (1948): 36.
Description: Regarding verse drama on the radio, Hassal feels that Reed 'will have helped to found a tradition in this medium.'

Journal: Notes on the Verse Drama 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
References: Louis MacNeice, Patric Dickinson

327. Haughton, Hugh. Second World War Poems. London: Faber and Faber, 2004. 232-234, 314.
Description: Collects "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances" as Lessons of the War, Parts I and II.

Anthology: Second World War Poems 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

328. Hazzard, Shirley. "Points of Departure." Sophisticated Traveler. New York Times, 13 March 1983, 32.
Description: Travelogue quotes from Reed's "A Map of Verona."

Newspaper: Points of Departure 
Subjects: Poem
References: A Map of Verona

329. "Crime on Goat Island." Headland View Associates. .
Description: Details of a 1965 Tower Theatre production of Reed's translation of Ugo Betti's play. External link.

Link: Crime on Goat Island 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

330. Healey, Denis. "Voices Recalled from a Cataclysm," Times (London), 23 July 1990, 19.
Description: Reed is mentioned among a group of poets who became well-known during the second World War.

Newspaper: Voices Recalled from a Cataclysm 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Sidney Keyes, Keith Douglas, Gavin Ewart

331. Heilman, Robert B. The Ways of the World: Comedy and Society. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1978. 140, 283n.
Description: Heilman uses Ginzburg's The Advertisement (translated by Reed) as an example of "gray" comedy.

Book: The Ways of the World: Comedy and Society (0295955872)
Subjects: Criticism, Play
References: The Advertisement, Natalia Ginzburg

332. Henderson, Gloria Mason, William Day, and Sandra Stevenson Waller, eds. Literature and Ourselves: a Thematic Introduction for Readers and Writers. New York: Longmans, 1997.

Anthology: Literature and Ourselves (0673999556)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

333. Henderson, Mary C. Mielziner: Master of Modern Stage Design. New York: Back Stage Press, 2001. 207, 309.
Description: Description and credits for the 1955 Fulton Theatre production of Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.

Book: Mielziner: Master of Modern Stage Design (0823088235)
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Island of Goats, Jo Mielziner, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey

334. Hennessy, Brendan. Review of Sorrows of Love by Giuseppe Giacosa, translated by Henry Reed. Plays and Players 26, no. 3, iss. 302 (December 1978): 40.
Description: Hennesey feels that 'straight-forward dialogue carrying forward a strong narrative still work.'

Journal: Radio 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Giuseppe Giacosa, Sorrows of Love, John Tydeman, Eileen Atkins

335. Heppenstall, Rayner. The Intellectual Part. London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1963. 67.
Description: In this autobiography, Heppenstall mentions thinking well of Reed, and calls "Naming of Parts" and "Chard Whitlow" 'a kind of anti-poetry.'

Book: The Intellectual Part 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Pytheas, Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow

336. Heppenstall, Rayner. Letter to George Orwell (Eric Blair), 8 July 1946. BBC Written Archives Centre, London, England.
Description: Heppenstall gets news of Orwell's Animal Farm being chosen for the Book of the Month club in the United States from Reed.

Manuscript: Letter to George Orwell 
Subjects: Biography
References: George Orwell, Eric Blair, Animal Farm, Rayner Heppenstall

337. Heppenstall, Rayner. Portrait of the Artist as a Professional Man. London: Peter Owen, 1969. 67.
Description: Heppenstall takes credit for turning Reed to writing dramatic verse for radio.

Book: Portrait of the Artist as a Professional Man 
Subjects: Biography
References: Pytheas

338. Herbert, Sir Alan. "Thoughts on 'Lady Chatterley'." Listener 64, no. 1650 (10 November 1960): 834-835.
Description: Comment from the Third Programme on the recent "not guilty" verdict in the obscenity trial over Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Journal: Thoughts on Lady Chatterley 
Subjects: Criticism
References: D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Denys Kilham Roberts

339. Herd, David. John Ashbery and American Poetry. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2000. 32-33.
Description: A biography of John Ashbery which refers to Berryman's 1948 review contrasting Reed's poetry with that of Robert Lowell.

Book: John Ashbery and American Poetry (0312239319)
Subjects: Criticism
References: John Berryman, Robert Lowell

340. Hewison, Robert. Under Siege: Literary Life in London, 1939-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. 110, 113, 118, 139-140.
Description: Contains an excellent examination of the 'military/poetic' problem in Reed's "Judging Distances," and "Unarmed Combat."

Book: Under Siege 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography, Poem
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts, Unarmed Combat

341. Heyward, Michael. The Ern Malley Affair. London: Faber and Faber, 1993. 238.
Description: Reed is quoted in discussing the famous hoax poet, Ern Malley: 'Malley is better than "Chard Whitlow".'

Book: The Ern Malley Affair 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

342. Hill, George. "Can War Still Create War Poets?" Times (London), 20 February 1991, 18.
Description: Reed's "Naming of Parts" 'may be the best known soldier's poem of the second world war....'

Newspaper: Can War Still Create War Poets? 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

343. Hill, Marion. Bletchley Park People: Churchill's Geese That Never Cackled. Stroud, England: Sutton Publishing, 2004. 63.
Description: A former Bletchley Park worker is quoted as saying 'I worked with Henry Read [sic], the poet who wrote the fine poem "The Naming of Parts".'

Book: Bletchley Park People (0750933623)
Subjects: Biography
References: Naming of Parts

344. Hilliard, Christopher. "Modernism and the Common Writer." Historical Journal 48, no. 3 (September 2005): 769-787 [775].
Description: Quotes from a 1944 Sid Chaplin letter to John Lehmann, regarding Reed's 1943 essay, "The End of an Impulse."

Journal: Modernism and the Common Writer 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The End of an Impulse, Sid Chaplin, John Lehmann

345. Hischak, Thomas S. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 75.
Description: Mentions a 1974 performance of Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flowerbed at New York's Roundabout Theatre.

Book: American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama (0195090799)
Subjects: Translation, Play, Criticism
References: The Burnt Flowerbed, Ugo Betti

346. Hodnett, Edward, ed. Poems to Read Aloud. New York: Norton, 1967.

Anthology: Poems to Read Aloud 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

347. Hoggart, Richard. A Measured Life: The Times and Places of An Orphaned Intellectual; An Imagined Life, 1959-1991. New Brunswick, New Jersey, Transaction Publications, 1994. 82.
Description: Recollections of Birmingham, England in the 1960s, mentions Reed and other writers and artists of the '30s.

Book: A Measured Life (1560001356)
Subjects: Biography
References: Walter Allen, R.D. Smith, John Hampson, Louis MacNeice, Leslie Halward, Henry Green

348. Holmes, Paul C., and Anita J. Lehman, comps. Keys to Understanding: Receiving and Sending the Poem. New York: Harper & Row, 1969

Anthology: Keys to Understanding 
Subjects: Poem

349. Homberger, Eric. The Art of the Real: Poetry in England and America Since 1939. Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1977. 27, 56.
Description: Compared with Fuller's "Autumn, 1939," Reed's "Judging Distances" 'captures this effect with greater economy.'

Book: The Art of the Real (0874719380)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow, Judging Distances

350. Honigmann, David. "Laugh Lines." Review of Unauthorised Versions, edited by Kenneth Baker. Listener 124, no. 3181 (6 September 1990): 26-27 [26].
Description: Quotes "Chard Whitlow," Reed's 'portmanteau' T.S. Eliot.

Journal: Laugh Lines 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

351. Hoover, Benjamin, and Donald S. Taylor. Story, Poem, Essay: A University Reader. New York: Henry Holt, 1957. 381, 605.
Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: Story, Poem, Essay 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

352. Hope-Wallace, Philip. "Boo to a Goosegirl?" Broadcast Drama. Listener 41, no. 1046 (10 February 1949): 243.
Description: Review of Leopardi's "Moralities," translated by Henry Reed.

Journal: Boo to a Goosegirl? 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Giacomo Leopardi, Brief Moralities, Rayner Heppenstall, Robert Eddison

353. Hope-Wallace, Philip. "Live Whale and Dead Sprats." Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio, adapted by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 25 January 1947. Listener 37, no. 942 (30 January 1947): 215.
Description: Hope-Wallace says of Reed's radio adaptation of Melville's novel: 'This kind of success is all too rare in radio.'

Journal: The Listener 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
References: Moby Dick

354. Hope-Wallace, Philip. "Laying a Ghost." Listener 43, no. 1103 (16 March 1950): 492.
Description: Dismisses Reed's Leopardi plays as "interesting and admirably done, as far as that kind of thing goes."

Journal: The Listener 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: Giocomo Leopardi, The Unblest, The Monument, Rayner Heppenstall

355. Howarth, Howard. "B.B.C. Recordings." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 27 June 1955, 9.
Description: A University of Michigan professor laments that transcriptions of BBC programs (like Reed's talk on T.S. Eliot) are not available for classroom study.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Recordings 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: T.S. Eliot

356. Howell, Anthony. "Modernist Manqué." London Magazine (April/May 2003). 40-45.
Description: Discovering and evaluating the best of Reed's lesser-known poems.

Journal: Modernist Manqué 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Spleen, Dull Sonnet, Chrysothemis, Lives, Hiding Beneath the Furze, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Psychological Warfare, Three Words, Morning

357. Howes, Keith. Broadcasting It: An Encyclopedia of Homosexuality on Film, Radio and TV in the UK, 1923-1993. London: Cassell, 1993. 677.
Description: Gay and lesbian studies encyclopedic entry for Henry Reed.

Book: Broadcasting It (030432700X)
Subjects: Biography

358. Hughes, Pennethorne. "Howards Beginning." Review of The America Prize, by Dino Buzzati. Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 71, no. 1839 (25 June 1964): 1045.
Description: Hughes calls Reed's translation 'a moving experience: sophisticated and intelligent.'

Journal: Howards Beginning 
Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
References: Dino Buzzati, The America Prize

359. Hughes, Pennethorne. "Out of Mind." Review of Zone 36, by Dino Buzzati. Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 73, no. 1879 (1 April 1965): 500.
Description: Hughes calls the play a 'fine old shambles,' and a work of 'space fiction.'

Journal: Out of Mind 
Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
References: Zone 36, Dino Buzzati, Marjorie Westbury, Martin Esslin

360. Humphreys, Richard. "Death of a Cleaner." In London: City of Disappearances, edited by Iain Sinclair. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2006. 422, 423, 425.
Description: An inscribed copy of Reed's poem "Chrysothemis" turns up in the flat of a London house cleaner.

Chapter: Death of a Cleaner (0241142997)
Subjects: Biography
References: Chrysothemis, Dorothy Baker, Walter Allen, Julian McLaren-Ross

361. Hunter, J. Paul, ed. Poetry. The Norton Introduction to Literature. New York: W.W. Norton, 1973. 10.

Anthology: Poetry (0393093808)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

362. Hunter, J. Paul, ed. The Norton Introduction to Poetry. New York: W.W. Norton, 1981.

Anthology: The Norton Introduction to Poetry (039395157X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

363. Hunter, N.C. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no 841 (22 February 1945): 213.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time, George Richards

364. Hurtik, Emil, and Robert E. Yarber, comps. An Introduction to Poetry and Criticism. Lexington, MA: Xerox College, 1972.

Anthology: An Introduction to Poetry and Criticism (0536006768)
Subjects: Poem

365. Hyman, Stanley Edgar. "Fable Italian Style." New Yorker 44 (1 June 1968): 122-125.
Description: Review of Larger than Life by Dino Buzzati, translated by Henry Reed.

Journal: Fable Italian Style 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger than Life

366. Hyndman, Roger. "Point of Balance: A Lesson in 'Naming of Parts.'" English Journal 50, no. 8 (November 1961): 569-571, 577.
Description: Analysis, study questions, and lesson plans for teaching Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" in class.

Journal: The English Journal 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

367. Hyndman, Roger. "Point of Balance: A Lesson in 'Naming of Parts'." In Modern Poetry in the Classroom, edited by Roger Hyndman. Champaign, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1963. 19-21.
Description: Analysis, study questions, and lesson plans for teaching Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" in class.

Chapter: Modern Poetry in the Classroom 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

368. Hynes, Joseph. "Two Affairs Revisited." Twentieth Century Literature 33, no. 2 (Summer 1987): 234-253 [252].
Description: Notes Reed's opinion of Brideshead Revisted from his 1945 New Statesman review.

Journal: Two Affairs Revisited 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

369. Inglis, Fred. Raymond Williams. London: Routledge, 1995. 89, 310n.
Description: Recounting Williams' Officer Cadet training, Reed's Judging Distances" is quoted for a lesson in bracketting fire.

Book: Raymond Williams (0415089603)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Judging Distances

370. Innes, Doreen, Harry Hine, and Christopher Pelling, eds. Ethics and Rhetoric: Critical Essays for Donald Russell on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday. Oxford: Clarendon, 1995. 4.
Description: Lines from Reed's "Naming of Parts" are used to introduce an essay on Latin and neoteric hexameter.

Book: Ethics and Rhetoric (019814962X)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

371. "Production Credits for Island of Goats." Internet Broadway Database. <:http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=2532>.
Description: Credits for the 1955 New York production of Reed's translation of Ugo Betti's Crime on Goat Island. External link.

Link: Production Credits for Island of Goats 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

372. "Production Credits for The Queen and the Rebels." Internet Broadway Database. <http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4185>.
Description: Credits for the 1982 New York production of Reed's translation of Ugo Betti's The Queen and the Rebels. External link.

Link: Production Credits for The Queen and the Rebels 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

373. "The Queen and the Rebels." Internet Theatre Database. <http://www.theatredb.com/QShow.php?sid=s1234>.
Description: Credits for the 1982 New York production of Reed's translation of Ugo Betti's The Queen and the Rebels.

Link: The Queen and the Rebels 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

374. Iremonger, Valentin. "Check List." The Bell 12, no. 3 (June 1946): 263-265 [264-265].
Description: Of A Map of Verona, Iremonger says 'Henry Reed's is one of the most impressive first volumes I have seen for some time.'

Journal: Check List 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: The Wall, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes

375. "Island of Goats." Theatre Arts 39, no. 12 (December 1955): 23.
Description: Summary and criticism for the Fulton Theatre production of Reed's translation of Ugo Betti's play, Delitto all'Isola delle Capre.

Journal: Island of Goats 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Henry Sharp, Ruth Ford, Laurence Harvey, Uta Hagen, Tani Seitz

376. J.O.C. "The Aldeburgh Festival." Musical Times 91, no. 1289 (July 1950): 280.
Description: Describes a concert of 'sacred music and poetry' at which Bach canatas were alternated with poems by Auden, Eliot, and Reed.

Journal: The Aldeburgh Festival 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

377. Jacons, Nicolas. "Reviews." Review of The Best Poems of 1968. Notes and Queries New Series 17, no. 12 (December 1970): 477.
Description: A Thomas Blackburn poem is reminiscent of Reed's "Chard Whitlow."

Journal: Reviews 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Thomas Blackburn, Chard Whitlow

378. Jacobus, Lee A. Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.
Description: Reprints "Naming of Parts."

Book: Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading (013282633X)
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

379. James, Mertice M., and Dorothy Brown, eds. "Reed, Henry." In vol. 43, Book Review Digest. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1948. 743.
Description: Indexes four book reviews of Reed's A Map of Verona, and Other Poems.

Chapter: Reed, Henry 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem

380. Jarrell, Randall. Letter to John Berryman, dated in Berryman's hand, 12 February 1948. Manuscripts Division, University of Minnesota Libraries. MSS043.
Description: Upon reading "Waiting for the End, Boys," Jarrell wrote to Berryman, 'I don't like Reed nearly as much as you do, but this is a small point.'

Manuscript: Letter to John Berryman 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Randall Jarrell, John Berryman

381. Jarrell, Randall. "Verse Chronicle." Nation 166, no. 13 (27 March 1948): 360-361 [360].
Description: The American poet and critic Randall Jarrell's curt review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems, in which he compares Reed to 'a nap after dinner.'

Journal: The Nation, Mar. 1948 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Tristram, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Antigone, Rolfe Humphries, John Ciardi

382. Jarrell, Randall. Poetry and the Age. New York: Vintage Books, 1953. 157.
Description: Jarrell looks 'in vain for a single poem by Robert Lowell, Henry Reed, Howard Baker, and many another' in Oscar Williams' A Little Treasury of Modern Poetry (1946).

Book: Poetry and the Age 
Subjects: Criticism

383. Jarrell, Randall. Poetry and the Age: Expanded Edition. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001. 173.
Description: Reprint of the 1953 edition.

Book: Poetry and the Age: Expanded Edition (0813021081)
Subjects: Criticism

384. Jarrell, Randall. "Verse Chronicle." In Kipling, Auden & Co.: Essays and Reviews, 1935-1964. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980. 147. Originally published in The Nation, 27 March 1948.
Description: Jarrell's review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems.

Chapter: Verse Chronicle (0374181535)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Tristram, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Antigone

385. Jeffares, A. Norman, ed. Seven Centuries of Poetry: Chaucer to Dylan Thomas. New York: Longmans, Green, 1955.

Anthology: Seven Centuries of Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

386. Jenkins, Alan. "In Other Men's Shadows." The Independent (London), 3 November 1991, 46.
Description: Jenkins feels that Reed's best poetry displays 'a special feeling for romantic potentiality, the moment before something tremendous happens or after it has receded.'

Newspaper: The Independent (London) on Sunday 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, The Auction Sale, Bocca di Magra, The Blissful Land, Tristram, King Mark

387. Jennings, Elizabeth, ed. An Anthology of Modern Verse, 1940-1960. London: Methuen, 1961. 210-215.
Description: Collects Reed's poems "A Map of Verona," "The Wall," and "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: An Anthology of Modern Verse, 1940-1960 
Subjects: Poem
References: A Map of Verona, The Wall, Naming of Parts

388. Jennings, Elizabeth. "Reed, Henry." In Contemporary Poets, edited by James Vinson. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975. 1250-1254.

Book: Contemporary Poets (0900997206)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism

389. Jennings, Elizabeth. "Reed, Henry." In Contemporary Poets, 3rd ed., edited by James Vinson. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. 1245-1248.
Description: Poet Elizabeth Jennings' analysis of Reed's poetry, with a brief biography and a lengthy bibliography.

Book: Contemporary Poets 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, A Map of Verona, Chard Whitlow, The Door and the Window, Philoctetes, Tristram, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Summertime, The Burnt Flower-Bed, The Advertisement

390. Jennings, Elizabeth. "Reed, Henry." In Contemporary Poets, edited by James Vinson and D.L. Kirkpatrick. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985.

Book: Contemporary Poets (0312168373)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism

391. Jennings, Paul. "100 Lines for Being Bad." Times (London). 27 September 1984, 10.
Description: In discussing the "mock-worthiness" of the Poet Laureateship, Reed's "Chard Whitlow" is quoted.

Newspaper: 100 Lines for Being Bad 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

392. Jerome, Judson. The Poet and the Poem. Exp. and rev. ed. Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest, 1974.

Anthology: The Poet and the Poem (0911654259)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

393. Jones, D.L., ed. War Poetry: An Anthology. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1968. 116-123.
Description: Using Reed's poetry as an example of the 'individual's response' to the Second World War, Jones discusses the contrasts, irony, and ambiguities found in the Lessons of the War.

Anthology: War Poetry: An Anthology (082034818)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

394. Jones, David. "If and Perhaps and But." In Epoch and Artist: Selected Writings by David Jones, edited by Harman Grisewood. New York: Chilmark Press, 1959. 278-279. Originally published in The Listener, 2 July 1953.
Description: Jones' response to Reed's essay in The Listener of June 18, 1953.

Chapter: If and Perhap