1. England, West Midlands. Census of England and Wales, 1911. Erdington, 12 New Street, Reed household.
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Description: Census form from the Reed house in Erdington lists Polly, Gladys, and Henry Reed, Sr. (setter at brick-kiln) living in four rooms.
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Manuscript: England, West Midlands
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Birmingham
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2. "Piling and Unpiling Arms." Manual of Elementary Drill (All Arms) 1935. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1935. 55-56.
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Description: British military drill manual with instructions for the piling of arms, and easing of springs.
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Chapter: Manual of Elementary Drill
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Naming of Parts
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3. Reed, Henry. Letters to Rona Laurie, 1935-1936. University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections. L. Add. 5965-5970. Birmingham, England.
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Description: Letters and poems from Reed to actress and voice coach Rona Laurie.
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Manuscript: Letters to Rona Laurie
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Rona Laurie
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4. Reed, Henry. "Early Life and Works of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1878." MA thesis, University of Birmingham. Birmingham, England. 1936.
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Manuscript: Early Life and Works of Thomas Hardy
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Subjects: Review
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References: Thomas Hardy
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5. Lohf, Kenneth A. Manuscripts (ca. 19) of poems, many related to World War II, 1937-1969. Pierpont Morgan Library Literary Manuscripts, New York, NY.
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Description: Manuscripts relating to the publication of Lohf's Poets in a War (1995), which includes Reed.
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Manuscript: Manuscripts (ca. 19) of Poems
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Kenneth A. Lohf, Poets in a War
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6. Birmingham Post, "The Merchant of Venice," 5 March 1937.
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Description: Photograph of Henry Reed with members of the Birmingham University Dramatic Society's (BUDS) production of The Merchant of Venice. Shylock played by Ian Alexander.
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Newspaper: The Merchant of Venice
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Subjects: Criticism
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7. Reed, Henry, "'Tatty': The Year's New Word," Birmingham Post, 13 October 1937.
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Description: Discusses the history and usage of the word 'tatty'.
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Newspaper: 'Tatty': The Year's New Word
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Subjects: Review
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8. Reed, Henry. "Poem." Listener 18, no. 468 (29 December 1937): 1416.
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Description: Reed's first published poem, "The Captain," as it originally appeared in The Listener.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: The Captain
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9. Reed, Henry. "Sailor's Harbour." New Statesman and Nation 15, no. 366 (26 February 1938): 326.
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Description: First publication of Reed's poem, "Sailor's Harbour."
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Journal: Sailor's Harbour
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Sailor's Harbour
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10. Reed, Henry. "South." Listener 19, no. 438 (13 April 1938): 806.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: South
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11. Reed, Henry. "Max Gate: Memories of Hardy's Home." Birmingham Post, 15 June 1938.
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Newspaper: Max Gate: Memories of Hardy's Home
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Thomas Hardy
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12. Reed, Henry. "The Builders." Listener 22, no. 549 (20 July 1939): 143.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: The Builders
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13. Reed, Henry. "Poem." Listener 22, no. 556 (7 September 1939): 486.
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Description: Originally published in The Listener, this poem appears in A Map of Verona as "Outside and In."
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Outside and In
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14. Orwell, George. "The Lessons of War." Reviews of Warfare, by Ludwig Renn, and Prelude to Victory, by E.L. Spears. Horizon 1, no. 2 (February 1940): 133-137.
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Journal: The Lessons of War
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Subjects: Review
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15. Reed, Henry. "Poem." Listener 23, no. 587 (11 April 1940): 750.
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Description: Reed's poem, "Hiding Beneath the Furze," as it first appeared in The Listener.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Hiding Beneath the Furze
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16. Auden, W.H. "Spring in Wartime." Horizon 1, no. 7 (July 1940): 529-530.
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Journal: Spring in Wartime
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Subjects: Poem
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17. Stonier, G.W. "Week-end Competition, No. 585." New Statesman and Nation 21, no. 530 (19 April 1941): 422.
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Description: Sets the requirements for the parody contest that Reed won with "Chard Whitlow."
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Journal: Week-end Competition, No. 585
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Chard Whitlow
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18. Reed, Henry. "Chard Whitlow (Mr Eliot's Sunday Evening Postscript)." New Statesman and Nation 21, no. 533 (10 May 1941): 494.
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Description: Reed's famous parody of T.S. Eliot won a 1941 New Statesman and Nation contest.
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Subjects: Poem, Parody
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References: Chard Whitlow
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19. Stonier, G.W. "Result of Competition No. 585." New Statesman and Nation 21, no. 533 (10 May 1941): 493-494.
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Description: Stonier introduces the winning parodies, including "Chard Whitlow," by 'H.R.'
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Journal: Result of Competition No. 585
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Subjects: Criticism
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20. Reed, Henry. "A Map of Verona." Listener 27, no. 687 (12 March 1942): 343.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: A Map of Verona
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21. Reed, Henry. "Naming of Parts." New Statesman and Nation 24, no. 598 (8 August 1942): 92.
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Description: Reed's best-known poem appeared in 1942 with the subtitle "A Poem from the Forces."
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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22. Reed, Henry. "Tintagel." Listener 28, no. 720 (29 October 1942): 564.
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Description: This poem was later renamed "Tristram" for A Map of Verona.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Tintagel
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23. Reed, Henry. "Chrysothemis." New Writing and Daylight (Winter 1942-1943): 53-56.
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Description: The first appearance of Reed's long poem about the sister of Orestes and Electra includes a short biographical note.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Chrysothemis
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24. Reed, Henry. "The End of an Impulse." New Writing and Daylight (Summer 1943): 111-123.
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Description: Reed describes the new, lyric poetry of Auden, Spender, and Day-Lewis.
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Journal: The End of an Impulse
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Subjects: Review
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References: W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, C. Day Lewis
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25. Reed, Henry. "The Making of 'The Dynasts'." Penguin New Writing 18 (1943): 136-147.
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Description: Reed's reflections on the creation of Hardy's epic poem, The Dynasts.
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Journal: The Making of The Dynasts
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Subjects: Review
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References: The Dynasts, Thomas Hardy
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26. Reed, Henry. "The Wall." Penguin New Writing 17 (1943): 85-86.
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Description: A short, biographical note on Reed is included in "About the New Contributors" for this first publication of his poem, "The Wall."
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Subjects: Poem
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References: The Wall
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27. Rhys, Keidrich, ed. More Poems from the Forces: A Collection of Verses by Serving Members of the Navy, Army, and Air Force. London: G. Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1943. 224-231.
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Description: Reed's "Tintagel" poem was later renamed "Tristram" for A Map of Verona.
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Anthology: More Poems from the Forces
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, A Map of Verona, Lives, Tintagel, Hiding Beneath the Furze
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28. Reed, Henry. "Judging Distances." New Statesman and Nation 25, no. 628 (6 March 1943): 155.
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Description: The first appearance in print of the second of Reed's "Lessons of the War."
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Journal: Judging Distances
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Judging Distances
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29. Orwell, George. "Young Writers." Review of New Writing and Daylight (Summer 1943), edited by John Lehmann. Spectator (30 July 1943): 110.
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Description: Orwell says of "The End of an Impulse," Reed's criticism of the Auden-Spender school of poetry, 'Henry Reed's essay contains some valuable remarks on the dangers of group literature.'
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: The End of an Impulse
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30. Reed, Henry. "Iseult Blaunchesmains." Listener 30, no. 781 (30 December 1943): 756.
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Description: Reed's poem "Iseult Blaunchesmains," part of his "Tingagel" series, is published here for the first time.
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Journal: Iseult Blaunchesmains
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Iseult Blaunchesmains
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31. Lehmann, John. "The Armoured WriterV." New Writing and Daylight (Autumn 1944): 171, 175.
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Description: In part five of his series on writing during wartime, Lehmann calls Reed one of the 'new names of promise.'
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Journal: New Writing and Daylight, Aut. 1944
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Subjects: Criticism
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32. Reed, Henry. Letters to Michael Ramsbotham, 1944-1985. Henry Reed Papers. University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections. 9/1&3. Birmingham, England.
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Description: More than 70 items of personal correspondence from Reed are housed in Birmingham University's Special Collections department.
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Manuscript: Letters to Michael Ramsbotham
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Michael Ramsbotham
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33. Reed, Henry. "Philoctetes." New Writing and Daylight (Autumn 1944): 136-139.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Philoctetes
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34. Reed, Henry. "The Poetry of Edith Sitwell." Penguin New Writing 21 (1944): 109-122.
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Description: Reed discusses the poetic development of Edith Sitwell.
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Journal: The Poetry of Edith Sitwell
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Subjects: Review
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References: Edith Sitwell
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35. Walton, Geoffrey. "The Age of Yeats or the Age of Eliot?" Notes on Recent Verse. Scrutiny 12, no. 4 (Autumn 1944): 310-321 [310].
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Description: Reed's poem "Iseult Blaunchesmains" is quoted from The Listener as being in 'Mr. Eliot's later manner.'
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Journal: The Age of Yeats or the Age of Eliot?
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Iseult Blaunchesmains
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36. Williams, Oscar, ed. New Poems 1944: An Anthology of American and British Verse, with a Selection of Poems From the Armed Forces. New York: Howell, Soskin, 1944. 256.
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Description: This appearance of "Naming of Parts" predates publication of A Map of Verona.
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Anthology: New Poems 1944
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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37. Reed, Henry. "Talks to India," Men and Books. Time & Tide 25, no. 3 (15 January 1944): 54-55.
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Description: Reed's review of Talking to India, edited by George Orwell (London: Allen & Unwin, 1943).
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Subjects: Reviews, Radio
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References: George Orwell, E.M. Forster, Ritchie Calder, Cedric Dover, Hsiao Ch'ien
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38. Chaplin, Sid. Letter to John Lehmann, 8 February 1944. Lehmann Papers. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. University of Texas at Austin, Austin Texas.
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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.'
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Manuscript: Letter to John Lehmann
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: The End of an Impulse, John Lehmann
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39. Reed, Henry. "Radio Drama," Men and Books. Time & Tide 25, no. 17 (22 April 1944): 350-358 (354).
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Description: Reed's review of Louis MacNeice's Christopher Columbus: A Radio Play (London: Faber, 1944).
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Subjects: Reviews, Radio
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References: Louis MacNeice, Christopher Columbus
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40. Sitwell, Edith. Letter to John Lehmann, 22 May 1944. In Edith Sitwell: Selected Letters, 1919-1964, edited by John Lehmann and Derek Parker. New York: Vanguard Press, 1970. 121.
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Description: Sitwell expresses concern to Lehmann about an article concerning her new poetry, written by Reed for Penguin New Writing.
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Chapter: Letter to John Lehmann
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Edith Sitwell, John Lehmann
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41. 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.
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Description: Fuller's letter to Symons is regarding, or is a response to, a mention of Reed.
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Manuscript: Letter to Julian Symons
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Roy Fuller, Julian Symons
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42. Reed, Henry. "Morning." Listener 32, no. 811 (27 July 1944): 96.
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Description: First publication of Reed's poem, "Morning."
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Morning
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43. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Friendly Young Ladies, The Power House, Wild River, and So Immortal a Flower. New Statesman and Nation 28, no. 712 (14 October 1944): 256-257.
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Description: Of Mary Renault's The Friendly Young Ladies (Longmans, Green, 1944), Reed wonders 'precisely how friendly the young ladies have been to each other.'
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Subjects: Review
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References: Mary Renault, The Friendly Young Ladies, The Middle Mist, Alex Comfort, The Power House, Anna Louise Strong, Wild River, Cecil Roberts, So Immortal a Flower
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44. Reed, Henry. "Daly's." Review of Daly's: The Biography of a Theatre, by D. Forbes-Winslow. New Statesman and Nation 28, no. 714 (28 October 1944): 290-291.
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Description: Review of D. Forbes-Winslow's history of Daly's Theatre, London (London: W.H. Allen, 1944).
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Subjects: Review
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References: D. Forbes Winslow, Daly's
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45. Reed, Henry. "The Door and the Window." Listener 32, no. 825 (2 November 1944): 488.
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Description: Reed's poem "The Door and the Window" appears here for the first time.
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Journal: The Door and the Window
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Subjects: Poem
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46. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of A Walk in the Sun, Fair Stood the Wind for France, and Men Die Alone. New Statesman and Nation 28, no. 719 (2 December 1944): 374.
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Description: Reed reviews current fiction.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Harry Brown, A Walk in the Sun, H.E. Bates, Fair Stood the Wind for France, Michael Leigh, Men Die Alone
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47. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 7 December 1944, 6.
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Description: The program "New Poems" featured Reed's four-part series of poems, Tintagel.
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Subjects: Radio, Poem
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References: Tintagel, Iseult Blanchesmaines, King Mark, Iseult La Belle, Tristram
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48. Reed, Henry. "Il Migglior Fabbro." Review of Four Quartets, by T.S. Eliot. Time and Tide (9 December 1944): 1088.
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Description: Reed was identified as the author of this unsigned review in the January 13, 1945 Notes and Queries.
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Journal: Il Miglior Fabbro
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Subjects: Review
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References: T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
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49. 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.
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Description: Photocopy of Forster's letter to Reed, concerning the broadcast of "The Return" on the BBC on Christmas Eve, 1944 (letter probably 25/12/1944).
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Manuscript: Letter to Henry Reed
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: E.M. Forster, The Return
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50. Reed, Henry. "The Return." Listener 32, no. 833 (28 December 1944): 710.
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Description: Upon hearing this poem read on the BBC Christmas Eve, 1944, E.M. Forster immediately wrote a letter to Reed.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: The Return, C. Day Lewis, Laurie Lee
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51. 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.
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Manuscript: Typescript of BBC talk
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Subjects: Radio
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52. 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].
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Description: Cudworth calls "Naming of Parts," by Private Henry Reed, 'a poem of the charmingly clever sort....'
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Dunstan Thompson, Frederick Ebright, Alfred Hayes
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53. Reed, Henry. "Chrysothemis." Penguin New Writing 26 (1945): 98-100.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Chrysothemis
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54. Reed, Henry. Correspondence with Jonathan Cape, Ltd., 1945-1950. University of Reading, Archives and Manuscripts. MS2446. Reading, England. 3 letters.
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Description: Three letters from Reed to the publisher of A Map of Verona and Moby Dick: A Play for Radio.
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Manuscript: Correspondence with Jonathan Cape
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Subjects: Biography, Poem, Play
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55. Reed, Henry. "Iseult La Belle." Penguin New Writing 23 (1945): 104-105.
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Subjects: Poem
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56. Reed, Henry. "King Mark." Orion 1 (1945): 103-104.
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Description: Part III of Reed's Tintagel sequence, this poem was inspired by Gottfried von Strassburg's epic, Tristan.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: King Mark
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57. Williams, Oscar, ed. The War Poets: An Anthology of War Poetry of the 20th Century. New York: John Day, 1945. 213, 470.
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Description: Collects "Naming of Parts" by Private Henry Reed, with a brief biographical note.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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58. "Memorabilia." Notes and Queries 188, no. 1 (13 January 1945): 1.
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Description: Compares Reed's review of Four Quartets from Time and Tide with that from the Meanjin Papers.
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Subjects: Criticism, Review
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References: T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, E.J. Stormon
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59. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Review of The Shrimp and the Anemone, The Stranger, A Bomb and a Girl, and The Twelfth. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 725 (13 January 1945): 27-28.
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Description: Review of current fiction includes L.P. Hartley's The Shrimp and the Anemone (London: Putnam, 1944).
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Journal: Review of The Shrimp and the Anemone
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Subjects: Review
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References: L.P. Hartley, The Shrimp and the Anemone, Maria Kuncewiczowa, The Stranger, Hugh Shearman, A Bomb and a Girl, J.K. Stanford, The Twelfth
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60. Reed, Henry. "Poetry in War Time: IThe Older Poets." Listener 33, no. 836 (18 January 1945): 69, 72.
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Description: Reed discusses three modern poets and their influences in tradition.
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Journal: Poetry in War Time: IThe Older Poets
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Subjects: Review
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References: Edwin Muir, Louis MacNeice, C. Day Lewis
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61. Grigson, Geoffrey. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 837 (25 January 1945): 104.
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Description: Grigson writes in to lament the absence of W.H. Auden from Reed's article, "Poetry in War Time: The Older Poets."
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Poetry in War Time, W.H. Auden
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62. Reed, Henry. "Poetry in War Time: IIThe Younger Poets." Listener 33, no. 837 (25 January 1945): 100-101.
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Description: Reed touches on many poets currently writing, but focuses on three contemporary poets.
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Journal: Poetry in War Time: IIThe Younger Poets
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Subjects: Review
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References: David Gascoyne, Vernon Watkins, Alun Lewis
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63. Allan, G.A. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 838 (1 February 1945): 129.
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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.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Poetry in War Time, Geoffrey Grigson
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64. Reed, Henry. "Without Tears." Review of Poetry for You, by C. Day Lewis. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 278 (3 February 1945): 81-82.
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Description: Review of C. Day Lewis's book, Poetry for You: A Book for Boys and Girls on the Enjoyment of Poetry (Oxford, B. Blackwell 1944).
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Subjects: Review
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References: C. Day Lewis, Poetry for You
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65. Reed, Henry. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 840 (15 February 1945): 185.
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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.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Review
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References: Poetry in War Time, George Richards, Geoffrey Grigson
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66. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Then a Soldier by Geoffrey Cotterell, The North Wind of Love by Compton Mackenzie, and Avalanche by Kay Boyle. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 730 (17 February 1945): 112.
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Description: Reed reviews the novels Then a Soldier, The North Wind of Love, and Avalanche.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Geoffrey Cotterell, Then a Soldier, Compton Mackenzie, The North Wind of Love, Kay Boyle, Avalanche
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67. Hunter, N.C. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no 841 (22 February 1945): 213.
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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.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Poetry in War Time, George Richards
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68. Kabraji, Fredoon. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 842 (1 March 1945): 243.
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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.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Poetry in War Time, N.C. Hunter
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69. Richards, George. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 842 (1 March 1945): 243.
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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.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Poetry in War Time
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70. Reed, Henry. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 843 (8 March 1945): 271.
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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.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Poetry in War Time, N.C. Hunter, George Richards
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71. Reed, Henry. "Two Novels." Reviews of All Hallows' Eve by Charles Williams, and The Only Door Out by Mary Wilkes. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 733 (10 March 1945): 160.
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Description: Reed's reviews of Charles Williams' All Hallows' Eve, and Mary Wilkes' The Only Door Out (Faber and Faber, 1945).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Charles Williams, All Hallows' Eve, Mary Wilkes, The Only Door Out
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72. Bliss, William. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 844 (15 March 1945): 299.
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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.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Poetry in War Time
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73. Richards, George. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 844 (15 March 1945): 299.
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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.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Poetry in War Time
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74. Reed, Henry. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 845 (22 March 1945): 324.
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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.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: George Richards, William Bliss, Poetry in War Time
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75. Bliss, William. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 846 (29 March 1945): 353.
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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.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Poetry in War Time
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76. Reed, Henry. "Poplit." Review of Soviet Stories of the Last Decade, translated by Elisaveta Fen. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 737 (7 April 1945): 230.
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Description: Reed's reviews Soviet Stories of the Last Decade (London: Methuen, 1945), selected and translated by Elisaveta Fen.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Elisaveta Fen, Soviet Stories of the Last Decade
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77. Reed, Henry. "Unarmed Combat." New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 740 (28 April 1945): 271.
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Description: The fourth part of Reed's Lessons of the War series was published in 1945 with the subtitle "A Poem from the Forces" and epigraph "... Et militavi none sine gloria."
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Unarmed Combat
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78. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Loving by Henry Green, The Light in the Dust by Willy Goldman, and The Royal Game by Stefan Zweig. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 741 (5 May 1945): 292.
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Description: Reed reviews new fiction by Henry Green, Willy Goldman, and Stefan Zweig.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Henry Green, Loving, Willy Goldman, The Light in the Dust, Stefan Zweig, The Royal Game
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79. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Odd Man Out, Seven Times the Leading Man, A Fugue in Time, and An Ape, a Dog, and a Serpent. New Statesman and Nation 29, no 747 (16 June 1945): 392-393.
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Description: Reed reviews new fiction by F.L. Green, Egon Hostovsky, Rumer Godden, and Gerald Kersh.
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Subjects: Review
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References: F.L. Green, Odd Man Out, Egon Hostovsky, Seven Times the Leading Man, Rumer Godden, A Fugue in Time, Gerald Kersh, An Ape, A Dog, and a Serpent
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80. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, Household in Athens by Glenway Wescott, and I Will Be Good by Hester W. Chapman. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 748 (23 June 1945): 408-409.
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Description: Includes Reed's review of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited (London: Chapman and Hall, 1945), among others.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Glenway Wescott, Household in Athens, Hester W. Chapman, I Will Be Good
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81. "Memorabilia." Notes and Queries 188, no. 13 (30 June 1945): 265.
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Description: An examination of Reed's review of Williams' All Hallows' Eve in the New Statesman.
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Subjects: Criticism, Review
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References: Charles Williams, All Hallows' Eve
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82. Reed, Henry. "Short Stories." Reviews of Travellers by L.A.G. Strong, The Wide Net by Eudora Welty, and The Water Music by Glyn Jones. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 752 (21 July 1945): 44-45.
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Description: Reed reviews new collections of short fiction.
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Subjects: Review
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References: L.A.G. Strong, Travellers, Eudora Welty, The Wide Net, Glyn Jones, The Water Music
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83. Reed, Henry. "Epilogue." Time and Tide 26, no. 30 (28 July 1945): 622.
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Description: This poem appears in A Map of Verona as "Envoy."
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Subjects: Poem
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84. Reed, Henry. "Mr. Eliot's Classic." New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 756 (18 August 1945): 113.
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Description: Reed's review of T.S. Eliot's What is a Classic? An Address Delivered Before the Virgil Society on the 16th of October, 1944. (London: Faber & Faber, 1945.)
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Journal: Mr. Eliot's Classic
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Subjects: Review
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References: What is a Classic?, T.S. Eliot
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85. Reed, Henry. "The Place and the Person." New Writing and Daylight (September 1945). 161-165.
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Journal: The Place and the Person
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Subjects: Poem
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References: The Place and the Person
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86. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 17 September 1945, 8.
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Description: "Book Talk," by Henry Reed.
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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87. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of In This Thy Day, The Elderbrook Brothers, Goon in the Block, and Valley of the Sky. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 761 (22 September 1945): 200-201.
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Description: Reed reviews new fiction by Michael McLaverty, Gerald Bullett, Eric Williams, and Hobert Douglas Skidmore.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Michael McLaverty, In This Thy Day, Gerald Bullett, The Elderbrook Brothers, Eric Williams, Goon in the Block, Hobert Douglas Skidmore, Valley of the Sky
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88. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Final Score, Mine Own Executioner, The English Teacher, and At Mrs. Lippincote's. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 764 (13 October 1945): 249-250.
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Description: Reviews of new fiction includes Balchin's Mine Own Executioner (London: Collins, 1945), and R.K. Narayan's The English Teacher (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1945).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Warren Beck, Final Score, Nigel Balchin, Mine Own Executioner, R.K. Narayan, The English Teacher, Elizabeth Taylor, At Mrs. Lippincote's
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89. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 29 October 1945, 8.
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Description: Scheduled "Book Talk" on Narayan's The English Teacher, by Henry Reed.
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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References: R.K. Narayan, The English Teacher
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90. Times (London), Advertisement for Mine Own Executioner, by Nigel Balchin, 30 October 1945, 6.
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Description: Reed is quoted as calling Balchin 'a brilliant novelist.'
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Newspaper: Advertisement for Mine Own Executioner
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Subjects: Review
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References: Nigel Balchin, Mine Own Executioner
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91. 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].
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Description: Brown calls Reed's poem, "The Place and the Person," one of 'great conviction and power'.
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: The Place and the Person
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92. Reed, Henry. "New Fiction." Reviews of The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen, To the Boating by Inez Holden, and First Impressions by Isobel Strachey. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 767 (3 November 1945): 302.
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Description: Reed's reviews of Bowen's short story collection, The Demon Lover, and Other Stories (London: Jonathan Cape, 1945), others.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover, Inez Holden, To the Boating, Isabel Strachey, First Impressions
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93. Times (London), "Literary Bursaries," 12 November 1945, 6.
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Description: Reed is one of the recipients of the Hodder and Stoughton Bursary for new writers.
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Newspaper: Literary Bursaries
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Subjects: Biography
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References: William Robson
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94. Reed, Henry. "Lorca Again." Review of García Lorca, by Edwin Honig. New English Review 11, no. 8 (December 1945): 759-760.
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Description: A decidedly negative review: 'His study of Lorca is very badly written....'
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Subjects: Review
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References: García Lorca, Edwin Honig
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95. Reed, Henry. "Born for Death." Review of Curious Relations, by William d'Arfey. Listener 34, no. 882 (6 December 1945): 672.
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Description: Reed reviews d'Arfey's 'family history by a non-professional writer.'
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Subjects: Review
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References: William d'Arfey, Curious Relations, William Plomer
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96. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The House in Clewe Street by Mary Lavin, Dead Ground by Howard Clewes, and The White Rock by Denys Val Baker. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 773 (15 December 1945): 412-413.
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Description: Reed reviews new fiction by Mary Lavin, Howard Clewes, and Denys Val Baker.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Mary Lavin, The House in Clewe Street, Howard Clewes, Dead Ground, The White Rock, Denys Val Baker
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97. Bebbington, W.G. "Of the Moderns Without Contempt." Poetry Review 37, no. 1 (1946): 17-28 [17].
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Description: Reaction to modern poetry calls Reed the "protagonist" in the correspondence following his "Poetry in War Time" articles for The Listener.
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Journal: Of the Moderns Without Contempt
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Poetry in War Time
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98. Lehmann, John, comp. Poems from New Writing, 1936-1946. London: John Lehmann, 1946. 85-88, 96-97.
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Description: Collects Reed's poems "Chrysothemis," and "The Wall."
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Anthology: Poems from New Writing, 1936-1946
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Chrysothemis, The Wall
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99. Melville, John. "Portrait of Henry Reed." Photograuvre illustration. The Penguin New Writing 27. London: Penguin Books, 1946.
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Description: Photograuvre reproduction of John Melville's painting "Portrait of Henry Reed."
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Journal: Portrait of Henry Reed
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Subjects: Biography
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100. Reed, Henry. A Map of Verona: Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, 1946.
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Description: Reed's first collection of poetry.
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Book: A Map of Verona: Poems
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Subjects: Poem
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101. Reed, Henry. The Novel Since 1939. British Council pamphlet. London: Longmans, Green, 1946.
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Description: '[R]eactions of a sensitive and intelligent young critic to the work of British novelists during the war years,' from Virginia Woolf to Aldous Huxley.
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Book: The Novel Since 1939
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Subjects: Review
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102. Spender, Stephen. Poetry Since 1939. London: British Council, 1946. 54-55.
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Description: Written before Reed's first collection was published, Spender believes Reed will soon 'take his place with F.T. Prince, Vernon Watkins, and Terence Tiller as one of the really significant younger poets.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: The Door and the Window, A Map of Verona, Naming of Parts
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103. Val Baker, Denys, ed. Little Reviews Anthology, 1946. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1946. 91-93.
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Description: Reprints Reed's poem "Iseult La Belle" from a 1945 Penguin New Writing.
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Anthology: Little Reviews Anthology, 1946
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Iseult La Belle
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104. Reed, Henry. "Short Stories." Reviews of It May Never Happen, Better Than a Kick in the Pants, and Stories of the Forties. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 776 (5 January 1946): 12.
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Description: Review of V.S. Pritchett's It May Never Happen (London: Chatto and Windus, 1945), J. Maclaren-Ross' Better Than a Kick in the Pants (London: Lawson and Dunn, 1945), and Stories of the Forties, edited by Reginald Moore and Woodrow Wyatt (London: Nicholson and Watson, 1945).
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Subjects: Review
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References: V.S. Pritchett, J. Maclaren-Ross, Reginald Moore, Woodrow Wyatt
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105. Reed, Henry. "Pity and Terror." Review of The Song of the Cold, by Edith Sitwell. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 779 (26 January 1946): 69.
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Description: Review of Edith Sitwell's poetry collection, The Song of the Cold (London: Macmillan, 1945).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Edith Sitwell
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106. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Pursuit of Love, Of Many Men, and The Crater's Edge. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 780 (2 February 1946): 89-90.
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Description: Reviews of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love (Hamish Hamilton, 1945), James Aldridge's Of Many Men (Michael Joseph, 1946), and Stephen Bagnall's The Crater's Edge (Hamish Hamilton, 1945).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Nancy Mitford, James Aldridge, Stephen Bagnall
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107. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Spanish Portrait, The Trip to London, What Farrar Saw, and Bitten by the Tarantula. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 784 (2 March 1946): 160.
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Description: Reviews of Elizabeth Lake's Spanish Portrait (Pilot, 1945), Rhys Davies' The Trip to London (Heinemann, 1946), James Hanley's What Farrar Saw (Nicholson and Watson, 1946), and J. Maclaren-Ross' Bitten by the Tarantula (Wingate, 1945).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Elizabeth Lake, Rhys Davies, James Hanley, J. Maclaren-Ross
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108. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 4 March 1946, 8.
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Description: Savage cites this day as the premiere of Reed's first original work for radio, "Noises."
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Subjects: Play
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References: Noises On
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109. Reed, Henry. "New Poetic Drama." Reviews of This Way to the Tomb by Ronald Duncan, and The Old Man of the Mountains by Norman Nicholson. Listener 35, no. 900 (11 April 1946): 486.
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Description: Reed reviews verse drama: This Way to the Tomb, by Ronald Duncan (London: Faber and Faber, 1946), and The Old Man of the Mountains, by Norman Nicholson (London: Faber and Faber, 1946).
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Journal: New Poetic Drama
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Subjects: Review
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References: Ronald Duncan, This Way to the Tomb, Norman Nicholson, The Old Man of the Mountains
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110. Reed, Henry. "Protestant Boy." Review of The Midnight Court, by Bryan Merriman. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 790 (13 April 1946): 268.
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Description: Review of Bryan Merriman's The Midnight Court, translated by Frank O'Connor (London: M. Fridberg, 1945).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Bryan Merriman
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111. Comfort, Alex. "Two Poets: Dylan Thomas and Henry Reed." ADAM International Review 14, no. 158 (May 1946): 19.
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Description: A short review of Reed's first book of poems from Alex Comfort, the author of The Joy of Sex.
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Journal: ADAM International Review
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Tristram, Dylan Thomas, Deaths and Entrances, Miron Grindea
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112. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Titus Groan, Three, The Gipsy's Baby, and The Real Life of Sebastian Knight. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 793 (4 May 1946): 323.
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Description: Reviews of Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1946), William Sansom's Three (Hogarth, 1946), Rosamond Lehmann's The Gipsy's Baby (Collins, 1946), and The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (Poetry London, 1945), by Vladimir Nabokov.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Mervyn Peake, William Sansom, Rosamond Lehmann, Vladimir Nabokov
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113. Stonier, G.W. "A Rare Poet." New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 793 (4 May 1946): 321.
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Description: G.W. Stonier's review was quoted for the A Map of Verona dust jacket: 'Mr. Henry Reed is a rare poet in more senses than one.'
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Journal: The New Statesman and Nation, May 1946
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, A Map of Verona, Sailor's Harbour, King Mark, Philoctetes, Tristram, The Place and the Person
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114. Sackville-West, Vita. "Seething Brain." Observer (London), 5 May 1946, 3.
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Description: Vita Sackville-West speaks admirably of Reed's poetry, and was personally 'taken with the poem called "Lives," which seemed to express so admirably Mr. Reed's sense of the elusiveness as well as the continuity of life.'
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Newspaper: The Observer (London), May 1946
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Tintagel, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Lives, Tristram
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115. A.M. Hardie, "Man's Conflicts," Times (London) Literary Supplement, 11 May 1946, 225.
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Description: Uncredited early review of A Map of Verona, calls Reed a '[master] of many moods.'
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Newspaper: The Times Literary Supplement, May 1946
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Tristram, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes
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116. Times (London). "English Poetry of Many Ages." 15 May 1946, 6.
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Description: Report on a poetry recital at Wigmore Hall given by the Society of Authors for the Queen and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, which Reed helped to organize.
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Newspaper: English Poetry of Many Ages
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Subjects: Biography
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117. Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 35, no. 906 (23 May 1946): 689-690 (690).
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Description: The Listener's reviewer calls Reed's A Map of Verona 'one of those rare books... which give new heart to dispirited poets.'
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Journal: The Listener, May 1946
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Chard Whitlow, Lives, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, The Place and the Person, Tristram
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118. Allen Walter. "Poetry." Time and Tide 27, no. 21 (25 May 1946): 498-499.
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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....'
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Philoctetes, Naming of Parts, Antigone, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult La Belle, Chrysothemis
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119. Friend-Periera, F.J. "Four Poets," Some Recent Books, New Review 23, no. 128 (June 1946), 482-484 [482].
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Description: A short review calls A Map of Verona more pretentious than C.C. Abbott's The Sand Castle; influenced by Eliot, Auden, MacNeice, and Day Lewis.
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Subjects: Poems, Criticism
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References: A Map of Verona, The Place and the Person, Tintagel
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120. Iremonger, Valentin. "Check List." The Bell 12, no. 3 (June 1946): 263-265 [264-265].
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Description: Of A Map of Verona, Valentin Iremonger says 'Henry Reed's is one of the most impressive first volumes I have seen for some time.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: The Wall, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes
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121. "Poets and Pretenders." The Poetry Review 37, no. 3 (June-July 1946): 213-220 [215].
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Description: The anonymous critic finds 'little to praise or blame' in A Map of Verona.
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Journal: Poets and Pretenders
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Envoy
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122. Church, Richard. "Poets Worth Praising." John O'London's Weekly 55, no. 1287 (14 June 1946): 115.
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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.'
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Journal: John O'London's Weekly
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: A Map of Verona
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123. Hodge, Alan. "Thunder on the Right." Tribune (London), 14 June 1946, 15.
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Description: Hodge finds 'dry charm as well as quiet wit' in "Judging Distances," but overall feels Reed is 'diffuse and not sufficiently accomplished.'
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Newspaper: The Tribune (London), June 1946
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Judging Distances, Tristram, Iseult La Belle, Philoctetes, Iseult Blaunchesmains
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124. Reed, Henry. "An Eliot Study." Review of "Four Quartets" Rehearsed: A Commentary on T.S. Eliot's Cycle of Poems, by Raymond Preston. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 799 (15 June 1946): 434-435.
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Description: Review of "Four Quartets" Rehearsed: A Commentary on T.S. Eliot's Cycle of Poems by Raymond Preston (Sheed and Ward, 1946).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Raymond Preston, T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding, Four Quartets
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125. Blunden, Edmund. "Poets and Poetry." Bookman, n.s., 1, no. 4 (July 1946): 14-15.
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Description: Edmund Blunden says Reed's Lessons of the War poems 'have captured something of the time-spirit and ambiguity of the recent war in a style of wit and deep feeling united.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Philoctetes
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126. Literature. British Book News, July 1946. 275-276.
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Description: A blurb announcing the publication of Reed's A Map of Verona, 'The first book of a distinguished poet and critic.'
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Journal: British Book News
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: A Map of Verona, Philoctetes, Chrysothemis, Tristram, Iseult la Belle
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127. Mellers, W.H. "Some Recent Poetry." New English Review 13, no. 1 (July 1946): 104, 106.
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Description: Wilfrid Mellers compares Geoffrey Grigson and Reed, and finds Grigson to be merely a 'verse-maker', while Reed is a 'poet', in this review from 1946.
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Journal: The New English Review
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Chard Whitlow, The Door and the Window, The Return, The Wall, Hiding Beneath the Furze, Unarmed Combat, The Place and the Person, Geoffrey Grigson
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128. Swingler, Randall. "Books of Poems." Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. Our Time 5, no. 12 (July 1946): 272-273.
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Description: Randall Swingler describes Reed as being in regions 'where our maps are useless and the compass variation is enormous.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: The Builders
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129. Heppenstall, Rayner. Letter to George Orwell (Eric Blair), 8 July 1946. BBC Written Archives Centre, London, England.
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Description: Heppenstall gets news of Orwell's Animal Farm being chosen for the Book of the Month club in the United States from Reed.
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Manuscript: Letter to George Orwell
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Subjects: Biography
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References: George Orwell, Eric Blair, Animal Farm, Rayner Heppenstall
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130. Manning, Hugo. "Recent Verse." Books of the Day, Guardian (Manchester), 31 July 1946, 3.
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Description: Manning feels that 'Mr. Reed has worn thin much of his genuine talent in this direction by too much self-inflicted censorship.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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131. "The Reviewer Answers a Critic." The Poetry Review 37, no. 4 (August-September 1946): 300-301.
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Description: The reviewer defends statements made about Reed's A Map of Verona made in the June-July issue.
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Journal: The Reviewer Answers a Critic
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Subjects: Criticism
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132. Shannon, Sheila. "New Poetry." Reviews of Isles of Scilly, Talking Bronco, The Voyage and Other Poems, and A Map of Verona. Spectator 177, no. 6165 (23 August 1946): 196-197 [197].
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Description: Sheila Shannon's brief review of Reed's first volume of poetry, "written by someone with an ear and a self-indulgent appreciation of words and their musical and evocative power."
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Journal: The Spectator, August 1946
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Geoffrey Grigson, Isles of Scilly, Roy Campbell, Talking Bronco, Edwin Muir, The Voyage and Other Poems, A Map of Verona
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133. Reed, Henry. "Books in General." Review of The Scarlet Tree, by Osbert Sitwell. New Statesman and Nation 32, no. 810 (31 August 1946): 155.
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Description: Reed's review of Osbert Sitwell's The Scarlet Tree (Macmillan, 1946).
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Journal: Books in General
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Subjects: Review
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References: Osbert Sitwell, The Scarlet Tree
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134. Reed, Henry. "Questionnaire: The Cost of Letters." Horizon 14, no. 81 (September 1946): 139, 140, 162-164.
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Description: Reed's answer to a questionnaire about life as a writer.
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Subjects: Biography
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135. "The Programmes in Detail." Listener 36, no 924 (26 September 1946): 111.
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Description: In this issue devoted to the inauguration of the BBC's Third Programme, Reed's radio adaptation of Moby Dick is mentioned as a coming attraction.
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Journal: The Programmes in Detail
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Subjects: Review, Radio, Play
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References: Moby Dick
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136. Radio Times. Billing for "New Poems," 27 September 1946, 8.
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Description: Billing for Third Programme broadcast of new poems by Reed and others.
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Journal: Billing for New Poems
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Subjects: Poem, Radio
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References: Antigone, Walter de la Mare, W.J. Turner, Dylan Thomas, C. Day Lewis, W.R. Rodgers, Patric Dickinson
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137. Reed, Henry. "The Making of a Poem: Henry Reed on 'Gerontion' by T.S. Eliot." BBC radio, London. 27 September 1946.
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Radio: The Making of a Poem
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Subjects: Review
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References: T.S. Eliot, Gerontion
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138. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 27 September 1946, 6.
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Description: Reed is scheduled to deliver a talk called "The Making of a Poem" this evening on the BBC's Home Service.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: The Making of a Poem, T.S. Eliot, Gerontion
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139. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 30 September 1946, 6.
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Description: Schedule of broadcast of "New Poems," read by contemporary poets.
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Subjects: Poem, Radio
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References: Antigone
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140. Boyd, A.C. "A Poet of Sensibility." Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. Britain To-day 126 (October 1946): 41.
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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.'
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Unarmed Combat, Philoctetes, Iseult la Belle, Iseult Blaunchesmains, Tristram, King Mark, Chard Whitlow
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141. Reed, Henry. "An Hour In the Hand." Review of Happy as Larry, by Donagh MacDonagh. The Bell 13, no. 1 (October 1946): 76-78.
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Description: MacDonagh's play is 'written in a manner which is to-day usually reserved for radio-features,' and 'is probably a better play for the study than for the theatre.'
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Journal: An Hour In the Hand
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Subjects: Review
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References: Donagh MacDonagh, Happy as Larry
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142. Lehmann, Rosamond. "New Novels." Listener 36, no. 925 (3 October 1946): 450.
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Description: A note at the end of this column announces that 'New novels are now being reviewed by a number of critics in turn," with Reed taking over on October 24.
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Subjects: Biography
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143. Reed, Henry. "Sonnet." Listener 36, no. 927 (17 October 1946): 498.
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Description: This poem appears Reed's collection, A Map of Verona, as "The Forest."
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Subjects: Poem
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References: The Forest
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144. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of At Heaven's Gate, The Folded Leaf, and The Stormy Dawn. Listener 36, no. 928 (24 October 1946): 570.
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Description: Reed review new fiction.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Robert Penn Warren, At Heaven's Gate, William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf, Mark Freshfield, The Stormy Dawn
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145. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 26 October 1946, 6.
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Description: Reed's talk on the poetry of Edith Sitwell is scheduled this evening on the Third Programme's "The Poet and His Critic."
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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References: Edith Sitwell
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146. Thomson, R.W. "Entre Nous." Expository Times 58, no. 2 (November 1946): 55-56 [56].
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Description: Reviews of recent poetry mentions publication of Reed's A Map of Verona, and quotes from his poem, "Iseult la Belle."
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Journal: The Expository Times
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Iseult la Belle
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147. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 2 November 1946, 8.
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Description: Edith Sitwell's response to Reed's talk is scheduled this evening as "The Poet and His Critic": 2.
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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References: Edith Sitwell
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148. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Death of Virgil, Sweet River in the Morning, and To the Dark Tower. Listener 36, no. 930 (7 November 1946): 644.
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Description: Reed reviews new fiction.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Hermann Broch, The Death of Virgil, Winston Clewes, Sweet River in the Morning, Francis King, To the Dark Tower
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149. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 9 November 1946, 6.
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Description: Reed is scheduled to appear with poet Edith Sitwell on the BBC Third Programme's "The Poet and His Critic" series this evening.
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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References: Edith Sitwell
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150. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 18 November 1946, 8.
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Description: Reed's first play for BBC radio, "Noises," described as 'a satirical programme,' premieres this evening in an extended, half-hour version on the Third Programme.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Noises
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151. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 23 November 1946, 6.
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Description: Reed's radio play Noises is rebroadcast in its expanded format.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Noises On
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152. 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.
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Description: Armstrong 'expected the worst, and was agreeably disappointed.'
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Noises
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153. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Thieves in the Night, Back, and Mist in the Tagus. Listener 36, no. 933 (28 November 1946): 766.
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Description: Reed reviews new fiction, including Henry Green's Back: A Novel (London: Hogarth, 1946).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Arthur Koestler, Thieves in the Night, Henry Green, Back, Tom Hopkinson, Mist in the Tagus
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154. Klingopulos, G. D. "Eliot's Heir." Scrutiny 14, no. 2 (December 1946): 141-144.
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Description: A 1946 review of Reed's first book, A Map of Verona, by G.D. Klingopulos.
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, A Map of Verona, Unarmed Combat, The Wall, Philoctetes, Iseult La Belle, The Return, Chrysothemis
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155. Times (London), "Bursaries for Young Writers," 7 December 1946, 6.
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Description: Reed is among the recipients of a three-year, £200 bursary awarded by The Society of Authors.
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Newspaper: Bursaries for Young Writers
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Osbert Sitwell, Lawrence Alloway, George Barker, George Fraser, Walter Marsden, William Robson, William Sansom
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156. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Marguerite Reilly, That Summer, and A Frenchman Must Die. Listener 36, no. 935 (12 December 1946): 856.
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Description: Reed reviews new fiction.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Elizabeth Lake, Marguerite Reilly, Frank Sargeson, That Summer, Kay Boyle, A Frenchman Must Die
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157. Times (London), Advertisement for The Society of Authors and the Hodder and Stoughton Bursary Scheme, 20 December 1946, 6.
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Description: Reed is among the eight young writers chosen to recieve a bursary of £200 a year for three years.
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Newspaper: The Society of Authors and the Hodder and Stoughton Bursary Scheme
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Lawrence Alloway, George Barker, George Fraser, Walter Marsden, William Robson, William Sansom, Osbert Sitwell, C. Day Lewis
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158. 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.
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Description: In A Map of Verona, Reed has developed 'a meditative romanticism not as yet sure of its own direction.'
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Book: The Annual Register, 1946
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Subjects: Criticism
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159. British Thought, 1947. New York: Greshem, 1947. 428-430, 460.
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Description: This anthology of British writing reprints Reed's answer to the Horizon questionnaire from September, 1946.
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Anthology: British Thought, 1947
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Subjects: Biography
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References: The Cost of Letters
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160. Enright, D.J. "The Significance of Poetry London." Critic 1, no. 1 (Spring 1947): 3-10.
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Description: Enright takes time out from discussing the problems with contemporary poetry to praise Reed.
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Journal: The Significance of Poetry London
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Lessons of the War
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161. Reed, Henry. "Antigone." Penguin New Writing 30 (1947): 97-99.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Antigone
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162. Reed, Henry. "Hiding Beneath the Furze." In A Map of Verona and Other Poems. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947. 23.
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Book: Hiding Beneath the Furze
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Hiding Beneath the Furze
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163. Reed, Henry. Introduction to Dialstone Lane, by W.W. Jacobs. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947. v-viii.
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Description: Reed writes high praise for W.W. Jacobs, author of "The Monkey's Paw," for his precision and economy of style, in this 1947 introduction to one of his longer stories.
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Chapter: Introduction to Dialstone Lane
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Subjects: Biography, Review
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References: W.W. Jacobs, Dialstone Lane
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164. Reed, Henry. "Joyce's Progress." Orion 4 (Autumn 1947): 131-146.
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Description: Written as an lecture to the Oxford University English Club in 1946, Reed posits Joyce as "progressing" away from three things: his family, Dublin, and the Catholic Church.
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Journal: Joyce's Progress
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Subjects: Review
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References: James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man, Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, G.D. Painter, Rosamond Lehmann, Denys Kilham Roberts, C. Day Lewis
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165. Reed, Henry. Letters to Emyr Humphreys, 1947-1949. National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records. AI/1957-8. Cymru, Wales.
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Description: Reed's letters to Welsh author Emyr Humphreys, who was a producer of drama at the BBC.
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Manuscript: Letters to Emyr Humphreys
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Emyr Humphreys
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166. Reed, Henry. A Map of Verona and Other Poems. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947.
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Description: American edition of Reed's first poetry collection.
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Book: A Map of Verona and Other Poems
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Subjects: Poem
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167. Reed, Henry. Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel. London: Jonathan Cape, 1947.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Melville's novel for BBC radio had a cast which included Sir Ralph Richardson as Ahab, Cyril Cusack, and Bernard Miles.
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Subjects: Play
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References: Moby Dick, Herman Melville
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168. Reed, Henry. Noises On. BBC radio play, 1947.
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Description: BBC radio play.
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Subjects: Play
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References: Noises On
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169. Reed, Henry. Preface to Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel. London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. 5-11.
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Description: Reed's preface to his adaptation of Melville's novel for BBC radio.
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Book: Preface to Moby Dick: A Play for Radio
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Subjects: Play, Criticism, Biography
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References: Moby Dick, Herman Melville, Ishmael
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170. Reed, Henry. "Rates for Reviewing." Author, Playwright and Composer 57, no. 4 (Summer 1947): 64-68 [67].
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Description: 'The whole rackety business is a microcosm of human weakness and wickedness,' Reed says.
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Journal: Rates for Reviewing
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Subjects: Review
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References: John Betjeman, Daniel George, Rayner Heppenstall, H.J. Massingham, William Plomer, Herbert Read, C.E. Vulliamy, C.V. Wedgwood
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171. Reed, Henry. "W.H. Auden in America." Review of For the Time Being, by W.H. Auden. Penguin New Writing 31 (1947). 124-130.
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Description: Reed's review of For the Time Being, Auden's first book of poems from America (1945).
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Journal: W.H. Auden in America
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Subjects: Review
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References: W.H. Auden, The Sea and the Mirror, For the Time Being
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172. Vallette, Jacques. "Grand-Bretagne," Mercure de France, no. 1001 (1 January 1947): 157-158.
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Description: A contemporary French language review of Reed's A Map of Verona.
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Journal: Mercure de France
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Subjects: Poems, Criticism
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References: Tintagel, Philoctetes, Tristram, King Mark, Iseult la Belle, Iseult Blaunchesmains
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173. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Little Kingdom, The Triumph of Death, and The Becker Wives. Listener 37, no. 938 (2 January 1947): 36.
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Description: Reed reviews new fiction, including Emyr Humphreys' The Little Kingdom (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Emyr Humphreys, The Little Kingdom, C.F. Ramuz, The Triumph of Death, Mary Lavin, The Becker Wives
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174. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Sixth Heaven, Dangling Man, Guiding Star, and Contemporary Chinese Short Stories. Listener 37, no. 940 (16 January 1947): 124.
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Description: Reed reviews new fiction by L.P. Hartley, Saul Bellow, Vercors (Jean Bruller), and an anthology of translations from Chinese.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Saul Bellow, Dangling Man, Sixth Heaven, L.P. Hartley, Guiding Star, Vercors, Contemporary Chinese Short Stories, Yuan Chia-Hua, Robert Payne
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175. Radio Times, "Ralph Richardson as Ahab in 'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville," 24 January 1947, 8, 24.
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Description: Broadcast schedule and cast information for Reed's radio adaptation of Moby Dick.
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Newspaper: Ralph Richardson as Ahab in "Moby Dick"
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Moby Dick, Valentine Dyall, Cyril Cusack, Harry Quashie, Carleton Hobbs, Mark Dignam, Antony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson, Murray Davies, Bernard Miles
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176. Reed, Henry. "Captain Ahab and the Great White Whale." Radio Times, 24 January 1947, 4.
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Description: Reed 'discusses the symbolism of the tale and explains how he has tackled the problems of adaptation.' A revised version of this article will become the Preface to the published version of the script.
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Newspaper: Captain Ahab and the Great White Whale
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Moby Dick
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177. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 25 January 1947, 6.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Melville's Moby Dick premieres this weekend on the Third Programme, in two parts.
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Subjects: Radio, Play
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References: Moby Dick, Herman Melville
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178. 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.
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Description: Hope-Wallace says of Reed's radio adaptation of Melville's novel: 'This kind of success is all too rare in radio.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
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References: Moby Dick
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179. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 31 January 1947, 6.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Melville's Moby Dick replays this evening on the Third Programme, in two parts.
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Subjects: Radio, Play
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References: Moby Dick, Herman Melville
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180. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Age of Reason, Pascual Duarte's Family, and The Leaping Lad. Listener 37, no. 943 (6 February 1947): 256.
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Description: Reed reviews books by Sartre, Camilo J. Cela, and Sid Chaplin.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Jean-Paul Sarte, The Age of Reason, Eric Sutton, Camilo J. Cela, Pascual Duarte's Family, Sid Chaplin, The Leaping Lad
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181. Lloyd, L.C. "On the Air." Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio, by Henry Reed. Spectator 178, no. 6189 (7 February 1947): 174.
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Description: Reed 'was a bold man to make the attempt,' but the play was 'like trying to put Niagara in a bottle. Still, 'his achievement was considerable.'
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Subjects: Radio, Play, Criticism
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References: Moby Dick
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182. Sackville-West, Edward. "Radio Notes." Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio, BBC Third Programme, 25-26 January 1947. New Statesman and Nation 33, no. 833 (8 February 1947): 112.
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Description: Sackville-West says of Reed's adaptation of Moby Dick: '[E]ven where it failed the failure was, so to speak, of a high order.'
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Subjects: Radio, Criticism
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References: Moby Dick, Stephen Potter, Anthony Hopkins, Brian Weske, Ralph Richardson, Bernard Miles
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183. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 22 February 1947, 10.
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Description: Reed compiled this evening's "Poetry Notebook" on the Home Service.
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Subjects: Radio
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References: Time for Verse
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184. Reed, Henry, comp. "Time for Verse." Poetry Notebook. Broadcast on the BBC Home Service, 23 February 1947.
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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185. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 27 February 1947, 7.
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Description: Schedule contains broadcast of part two of Monteverdi's "Vespers."
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Subjects: Radio
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References: Monteverdi
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186. MacKay, Louis. Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. Canadian Poetry Magazine 10, no. 3 (March 1947): 35.
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Description: Louis MacKay believes that Reed 'shows a neat wit and humanity in parodies of army instruction and of T.S. Eliot,' and his monologues 'combine admirably a sustained relevance to their dramatic situation with a broader reference to problems that are perhaps more pressing and more universal now than they have ever been.'
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Journal: Canadian Poetry Magazine
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes
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187. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Review of Freedom Road, More Deadly Than the Male, and Teresa and Other Stories. Listener 37, no. 395 (6 March 1947): 344.
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Description: In this, his last article as fiction reviewer for the Listener, Reed reviews books by Howard Fast, Ambrose Grant, and Seán O'Faoláin.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Howard Fast, Freedom Road, Ambrose Grant, More Deadly Than the Male, Seán O'Faoláin, Teresa and Other Stories
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188. "Lectures and Meetings." New Statesman and Nation 33, no. 838 (29 March 1947): 224.
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Description: An announcement of Reed giving a poetry reading at the International Arts Centre in London, on April 1, 1947.
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Journal: Lectures and Meetings
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Subjects: Biography
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189. Times (London), Advertisement for The English Teacher, by R.K. Narayan, 28 April 1947, 7.
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Description: Reed is quoted for a blurb: 'Very elusive, mocking, gentle, wistful.'
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Newspaper: Advertisement for The English Teacher
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Subjects: Review
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References: R.K. Narayan, The English Teacher
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190. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 24 May 1947, 6.
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Description: The premiere broadcast of Reed's radio play, "Pytheas," is scheduled for the BBC's Third Programme at 7:30 p.m. this evening.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Pytheas
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191. Reed, Henry. "Pytheas." BBC Third Programme broadcast, 25 May 1947.
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Description: Written in verse, this radio play follows Pytheas, the Greek traveler in search of the mysterious island kingdom, Ultima Thule.
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Subjects: Play
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References: Pytheas
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192. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 28 May 1947, 6.
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Description: Reed's play, "Pytheas: A Dramatic Speculation," is scheduled to run again on the Third Programme this evening.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Pytheas
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193. Reed, Henry. "Books in General." Review of Billy Budd, by Herman Melville. New Statesman and Nation 33, no. 847 (31 May 1947): 397.
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Description: Reed reviews a new edition of Melville's Billy Budd with an introduction by William Plomer (London: Lehmann, 1947).
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Journal: Books in General
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Subjects: Review
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References: Herman Melville, Billy Budd, William Plomer
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194. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 17 June 1947, 6.
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Description: "Book Review" to be broadcast by Henry Reed, on The Nascent Mind of Shelley, by A. M. D. Hughes, and The Poetic Image, by C. Day Lewis.
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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References: Percy Bysshe Shelley, C. Day Lewis
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195. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 18 June 1947, 8.
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Description: Reed's play, "Pytheas," is scheduled for rebroadcast on the Third Programme.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Pytheas
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196. Worsley, T.C. "Spring Collections." Review of Penguin New Writing, edited by John Lehmann. New Statesman and Nation 34, no 853 (12 July 1947): 36-37 [37].
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Description: Reed's and MacNeice's poems were chosen for Lehmann's anthology.
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Journal: Spring Collections
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Louis MacNeice
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197. Reed, Henry. "The Door and the Window." Partisan Review 14, no. 5 (September-October 1947): 523.
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Journal: The Door and the Window
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Door and the Window
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198. "Reed, Henry," Publishers Weekly, 152, no. 15 (11 October 1947), 1945.
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Description: A note on the publication of the American edition of Reed's A Map of Verona.
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Journal: Publishers Weekly
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, Lessons of the War, A Map of Verona
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199. Karsell, Doris. "New Poet Now Mature." Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, MS), 12 October 1947, 9.
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Description: In her review of the American edition of Reed's first volume of poems, Karsell says 'each line in the collection has been cut and finished with precision. One believes that no other form or words could have been used.'
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Newspaper: Delta Democrat-Times
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Chard Whitlow, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult La Belle, Chrysothemis, Antigone, Philoctetes, Moby Dick
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200. Kirkus, Virginia. "Two Young Poets." Review of A Map of Verona, and Other Poems, by Henry Reed. Bulletin from Virginia Kirkus' Bookshop Service 15, no. 20 (15 October 1947): 594.
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Description: Kirkus reviews A Map of Verona, contrasting Reed against Richard Wilbur.
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Richard Wilbur, The Beautiful Changes
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201. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of BBC broadcasts of Henry VI, Richard III, Henry IV, and "Preface to Paradise Lost." New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 867 (18 October 1947): 308.
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Description: Reed reviews recent radio programs.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Richard III, Henry IV, C.S. Lewis, John Milton, Paradise Lost
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202. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 868 (25 October 1947): 329.
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Description: Reed's reviews of the BBC's Dialogues of Plato, Cervantes' Numancia, and various radio talks.
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Subjects: Review
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203. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Review of BBC broadcast of Electra. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 869 (1 November 1947): 349.
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Description: Reed's review of the October 24 and 26, 1947 BBC broadcasts of Sir Thomas Beecham's production of the Strauss opera Elektra, featuring Ljuba Welitsch as Chrysothemis.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Richard Strauss, Electra, Ljuba Welitsch, Chrysothemis
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204. Times (London) Literary Supplement, "A Poet of Strange Vision," 1 November 1947, 562.
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Description: Reed's Moby Dick: A Play for Radio mentioned in review of Melville's poetry.
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Newspaper: A Poet of Strange Vision
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Subjects: Criticism
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205. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Review of the BBC series, "Belief and Unbelief." New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 870 (8 November 1947): 368-369.
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Description: Reed reviews "Belief and Unbelief," a BBC series of talks on religion, with Dr. Ronald Winfield and the Reverend Nathaniel Micklem.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Belief and Unbelief
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206. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Review of the BBC shows "Window on Europe" and "Critics." New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 871 (15 November 1947): 389.
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Description: Reed reviews two BBC programs: "Window on Europe," interviews with post-war Germans, and an episode of "Critics" on French Novelists.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Window on Europe, Critics, Walter Allen, Philip Hope-Wallace, Eric Newton, Edward Sackville-West, V.S. Pritchett
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207. Bogan, Louise. "Briefly Noted." New Yorker. 22 November 1947, 140.
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Description: Reed's 'ironic "Naming of Parts"... is one of the few memorable pieces of verse produced during the war years.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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208. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of BBC broadcasts of a Cambridge Union debate, the BBC's 25th birthday celebrations, and Shelley's The Cenci. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 872 (22 November 1947): 409.
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Description: Reed's reviews of radio broadcasts of a student debate in the Cambridge Union; the BBC's 25th birthday celebrations; and a production of Shelley's play, The Cenci.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Ted Cavanagh, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci
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209. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of the Royal Wedding, The Guinea-Pig, and "Roman Britain." New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 873 (29 November 1947): 429-430.
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Description: Reed reviews BBC radio's coverage of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip; a rebroadcast of the play The Guinea-Pig; and the program, "Roman Britain."
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Subjects: Review
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References: Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, The Guinea-Pig, Roman Britain, Jenifer Wayne
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210. Nerber, John, et al. "The Poetry Bulletin." Tiger's Eye 2 (December 1947): 110.
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Description: Short blurb announcing the publication of the American edition of Reed's A Map of Verona and Other Poems.
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Journal: The Poetry Bulletin
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Chrysothemis, Tristram, Moby Dick
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211. MacDonald, Gerald. "Poetry." Review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems, by Henry Reed. Library Journal 72, no. 21 (1 December 1947): 1688.
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Description: A short, 50-word description for the newly-published American edition of Reed's A Map of Verona.
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Moby Dick
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212. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 5 December 1947, 7.
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Description: The schedule for the Third Programme includes part one of Monteverdi's "Vespers."
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Subjects: Radio
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References: Monteverdi
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213. "Books of 1947: A Selected List." Nation 165, no. 23 (6 December 1947): 632-633 [632].
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Description: The American printing of A Map of Verona and Other Poems is announced.
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Journal: Books of 1947: A Selected List
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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214. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Review of BBC production of Paradise Lost, by John Milton. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 874 (6 December 1947): 449-450.
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Description: So displeased is he with Dylan Thomas' performance in the BBC's Paradise Lost, Reed is led to invent the word 'inauscultable' — unlistenable-to (though he blames the subject-matter).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Dylan Thomas, John Milton, Paradise Lost
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215. Times (London) Literary Supplement, "The Spoken Word," 6 December 1947, 632.
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Description: Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel. Cape. 6s.
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Newspaper: The Spoken Word
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Moby Dick
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216. New York Times. "For the Christmas Check-List." International Affairs. 7 December 1947, 74.
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Description: A holiday listing of suggested reading includes Reed's A Map of Verona and Other Poems: "A collection of unostentatious poems by a new British poet."
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Newspaper: For the Christmas Check-List
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: A Map of Verona
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217. Reed, Henry. Letters to Graham Greene, 1947-1948. Graham Greene Papers,
1807-1999. Boston College, John J. Burns Library, Archives and Manuscripts Department, MS.1995.003. Chestnut Hill, MA.
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Description: Letters from Reed to Graham Greene, including one from December, 1947 Reed included in an inscribed copy of A Map of Verona (1947).
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Manuscript: Letters to Graham Greene, 1947-1948
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Graham Greene, A Map of Verona
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218. Poston, Elizabeth. Letter to the editor, 10 December 1947. New Statesman Archive, Editorial Correspondence, c. 1948-1952 (Boxes 7-9). University of Sussex Library, Special Collections. Brighton, England.
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Description: Letter directed to Reed, possibly in response to his "Radio Notes" column for The New Statesman and Nation.
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Manuscript: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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219. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of "Belief and Unbelief," and Whose Body?, by Dorothy Sayers. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 875 (13 December 1947): 469.
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Description: Reed reviews the last four talks from "Belief and Unbelief," a series on religion; a program on the burgeoning technology of television; and a dramatisation of Dorothy Sayer's Whose Body?
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Subjects: Review
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References: Belief and Unbelief, Whose Body?, Dorothy Sayers
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220. Reed, Henry. Letter to the editor, 15 December 1947. New Statesman Archive, Editorial Correspondence, c. 1948-1952 (Boxes 7-9). University of Sussex Library, Special Collections. Brighton, England.
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Description: Possible response to Poston's letter to The New Statesman and Nation of December 10th, 1947.
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Manuscript: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Biography
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221. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of a BBC Party Political broadcast, Peace in Our Time, by Noel Coward, and a production of Tartuffe, by Molière. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 876 (20 December 1947): 490.
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Description: Reed reviews such diverse BBC broadcasts as a Party Political speech by Herbert Morrison, Noel Coward's Peace in Our Time, and a production of Molière's Tartuffe.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Herbert Morrison, Peace in Our Time, Noel Coward, Tartuffe, Molière
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222. Times (London). "Broadcasting." 24 December 1947, 6.
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Description: A program of parodies (including a poem by Reed), presented by Stephen Potter, "Parodies Regained," is scheduled.
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Subjects: Radio, Parody, Poem
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References: Stephen Potter, Stoutheart on the Southern Railway
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223. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of BBC programs "British Courage," "Meet the People," "The Red Horse of Hollywood," and a production of The Cloister, by Emile Verhaeren. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 877 (27 December 1947): 508.
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Description: Reed reviews the BBC programs "British Courage" and Meet the People"; a talk about America by Dennis Johnston, called "The Red Horse of Hollywood"; and a production of Emile Verhaeren's The Cloister.
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Subjects: Review
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References: British Courage, Meet the People, The Red Horse of Hollywood, Dennis Johnston, The Cloister, Emile Verhaeren
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224. Breit, Harvey. "Verona, Under the Still Lamplight." New York Times Book Review, 28 December 1947, 8.
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Description: Harvey Breit's 1947 review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems.
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Newspaper: The New York Times Book Review
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Subjects: Biography, Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, A Map of Verona
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225. Arrowsmith, William. "Recent Verse." Hudson Review 1, no. 1 (Spring 1948): 98, 101-102.
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Description: Critic William Arrowsmith proclaims Reed 'professional, original, and articulate' in this review of the American edition of A Map of Verona.
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Journal: The Hudson Review
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: South, The Builders, Iseult La Belle, Morning
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226. Gordon Jr., Ambrose. "Six British Writers Under American Wrappers." Furioso 3, no. 3 (Spring 1948): 65-66.
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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.
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Chrysothemis, Chard Whitlow, A Map of Verona, Ishmael, Tristram
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227. Hassal, Christopher. "Notes on the Verse Drama." Masque 6 (1948): 36.
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Description: Regarding verse drama on the radio, Hassal feels that Reed 'will have helped to found a tradition in this medium.'
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Journal: Notes on the Verse Drama
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
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References: Louis MacNeice, Patric Dickinson
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228. James, Mertice M., and Dorothy Brown, eds. "Reed, Henry." In vol. 43, Book Review Digest. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1948. 743.
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Description: Indexes four book reviews of Reed's A Map of Verona, and Other Poems.
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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229. Lougée, David. "The Long Road to Parnassus." Voices: A Quarterly of Poetry 135 (Autumn 1948): 54.
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Description: David Lougée's succinct and scathing review of the American edition of A Map of Verona and Other Poems calls Reed's collection a 'serious hoax.'
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: A Map of Verona, Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Lives, Ishmael
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230. MacDonald, Angus, ed. Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature. Vol. 20. London: Cambridge university Press, 1948. 206.
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Description: Indexes Reed's article on Thomas Hardy's Max Gate for the Birmingham Post.
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Book: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1994
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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231. Pine, L.G., ed. "Reed, Henry." The Author's and Writer's Who's Who and Reference Guide. 3rd ed. London: Shaw, 1948-1949. 443-444.
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Description: This very brief biography lists Reed as a 'Poet & Critic', with his recreations being 'Music, travel'.
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Book: The Author's and Writer's Who's Who and Reference Guide
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Subjects: Biography
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References: A Map of Verona, Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939
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232. Pritchett, V.S., ed. Turnstile One: A Literary Miscellany from the New Statesman and Nation. London: Turnstile Press, 1948. 144.
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Description: Collects "Naming of Parts," originally published in the New Statesman and Nation in August, 1942.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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233. Reed, Henry. "Ars Poetica." Botteghe Oscure 2 (1948): 262-264.
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Description: This poem, a long meditation on regret, appears in Reed's Collected Poems as "De Arte Poetica."
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Subjects: Poem, Translation
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References: De Arte Poetica
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234. Reed, Henry. Letter to T.S. Eliot,1948. Papers of the Hayward Bequest of T.S. Eliot Material. GBR/0272/HB/L/7/b. King's College Archive Centre, Cambridge, England.
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Description: A collection of T.S. Eliot material contains a letter from Reed.
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Manuscript: Letter to T.S. Eliot
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Subjects: Link, Biography
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References: T.S. Eliot
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235. Simon, Irène. "English Letters." Revue des Langues Vivantes/Tijdschrift voor Levende Talen 14, no. 3 (May/June 1948): 173-178 [176].
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Description: Simon reviews the American edition of A Map of Verona and Other Poems, and finds 'Reed's purpose is to suggest more than to describe.'
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Journal: Revue des Langues Vivantes
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: A Map of Verona, The Return, Outside and In, The Place and the Person, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Morning
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236. L.E. Sissman, "Late Empire." Halcyon 1, no. 2 (Spring 1948), 54.
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Description: Sissman reviews William Jay Smith, Karl Shapiro, Richard Eberhart, Thomas Merton, Henry Reed, and Stephen Spender.
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: A Map of Verona
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237. Suttor, T.L. Review of The Novel Since 1939, by Henry Reed. Southerly 9, no. 4 (1948): 231-232.
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Description: Review of Reed's British Council pamphlet on wartime and post-war English novelists.
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Journal: Review of The Novel Since 1939
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: The Novel Since 1939
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238. Swallow, Alan. "Reed, Henry: A Map of Verona and Other Poems." In vol. 1948, Index to Little Magazines. Denver, CO: A. Swallow, 1948. 67.
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Description: This index lists four reviewers of the American edition of Reed's A Map of Verona: Arrowsmith, Gordon, Lougée, and Swallow.
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Book: Index to Little Magazines
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Subjects: Criticism
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239. Swallow, Alan. "Some Current Poetry." New Mexico Quarterly Review 18, no. 4 (Winter 1948): 460.
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Description: This 1948 review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems compares Reed's poetry with that of his American contemporary, John Berryman.
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Journal: New Mexico Quarterly Review
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: A Map of Verona
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240. Martin, Oliver. "Import Drive." Our Time 7, no. 5 (January/February 1948): 125-126 [126].
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Description: Reed, MacNeice, and Dylan Thomas are described as masters of radio drama.
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: Louis MacNeice, Dylan Thomas
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241. Unger, Leonard. "Seven Poets." The Sewanee Review 56, no. 1 (January-March 1948): 162-164.
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Description: Leonard Unger's 1948 review of Reed's collection, A Map of Verona and Other Poems.
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Journal: The Sewanee Review
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Chard Whitlow, The Place and the Person
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242. Armstrong, Martin. "Keats on the Air." The Spoken Word. Listener 39, no. 988 (1 January 1948): 35.
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Description: A review of Stephen Potter's program, "Parodies Regained" (December 24, 1947), mentions Reed's uncanny parody of Hardy.
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Journal: Keats on the Air
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem, Parody
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References: Thomas Hardy, Stoutheart on the Southern Railway
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243. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 878 (3 January 1948): 10.
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Description: Reed reviews recent BBC broadcasts of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Men of Goodwill, and the opening of the Milan opera.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Men of Goodwill
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244. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 3 January 1948, 8.
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Description: Reed participated in "An Argument on 'Paradise Lost'", a criticism of the recent program. The talk elicited a postcard from George Bernard Shaw.
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Subjects: Radio
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References: Paradise Lost
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245. Listener. Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel, by Henry Reed. 39, no. 989 (8 January 1948): 74.
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Description: The reviewer calls Reed's adaptation 'an opportunity for making Moby Dick's acquaintance on easy terms, and in particularly happy circumstances.'
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Journal: Review of Moby Dick
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Moby Dick
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246. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of BBC broadcasts by James Stephens, C. Day Lewis, Margaret Field-Hyde, Marius Goring, and James McKechnie. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 879 (10 January 1948): 28-29.
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Description: Reed reviews several BBC radio broadcasts, including C. Day Lewis' "Time for Verse," and James McKechnie's "The House of the Barber."
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Subjects: Review
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References: James Stephens, I Knew These Men, C. Day Lewis, Time for Verse, Margaret Field-Hyde, Marius Goring, The Mary Gloster, James McKechnie, The House of the Barber, Second Opinion
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247. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 10 January 1948, 6.
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Description: Schedule includes Part II of "A History in Sound of European Music": Early Christian Music.
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Subjects: Radio
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248. Rago, Henry. "Four Poets." Commonweal 47, no. 14 (16 January 1948): 353.
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Description: A brief book review by Henry Rago of the American edition of A Map of Verona.
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: The Door and the Window, Outside and In
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249. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 880 (17 January 1948): 50.
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Description: Reed reviews recent BBC productions.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: Angela Glynne, Alice in Wonderland, Barbara Sleigh, The Piece Egg, John Keir, The Swish of the Curtain, Geoffrey Grigson, John Dryden
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250. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 17 January 1948, 8.
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Description: The Third Programme schedule includes Part III of "A History in Sound of European Music": The Beginnings of Polyphony.
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Subjects: Radio
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251. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 881 (24 January 1948): 70.
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Description: Reed reviews several recent BBC productions.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: A History of Sound in European Music, M.R. Ridley, Measure for Measure, James Law Forsythe, Bronze Horse, Second Opinion
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252. Bridie, James. "Bronze Horse." Letter to the editor. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 882 (31 January 1948): 96.
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Description: Responding to his criticism of a radio adaptation of James Forsyth's play, Bronze Horse, Bridie calls Reed "a very stupid fellow."
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Subjects: Criticism
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253. Pritchett, V.S. "Moby Dick." Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel by Henry Reed. New Statesman and Nation (31 January 1948): 101-102.
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Description: Pritchett calls Reed's adaptation Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel (Jonathan Cape, 1947) 'exalted, refreshing, vivid and excellent.'
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Moby Dick
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254. Redlich, H.F. "Monteverdi's Vespers." Letter to the editor. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 882 (31 January 1948): 96.
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Description: Redlich reacts strongly to an off-the-cuff remark Reed makes in his January 24th Radio Notes column, regarding Monteverdi's Vespers.
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Claudio Monteverdi
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255. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 882 (31 January 1948): 92.
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Description: Reed reviews recent BBC productions, including Coghill's adaptation of Chaucer.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: Progress Report, Second Opinion, Stephen Potter, Married to a Genius, Nevill Coghill, Troilus and Criseyde
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256. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 31 January 1948, 8.
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Description: Schedule lists Part V of "A History in Sound of European Music": Early Secular Polyphony.
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Subjects: Radio
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257. Reed, Henry. "Monteverdi's Vespers." Letter to the editor. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 883 (7 February 1948): 115.
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Description: An apologetic response to a previous letter from Dr. Hans Redlich.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Monteverdi, Hans Redlich
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258. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 883 (7 February 1948): 112-113.
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Description: Reed reviews the program "Living Writers," which features authors interviewing other writers.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: Living Writers, Ivy Compton-Burnette, Elizabeth Bowen, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, E.M. Forster
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259. Jarrell, Randall. Letter to John Berryman, dated in Berryman's hand, 12 February 1948. Manuscripts Division, University of Minnesota Libraries. MSS043.
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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.'
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Manuscript: Letter to John Berryman
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Randall Jarrell, John Berryman
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260. Berryman, John. "Waiting for the End, Boys." Partisan Review 15, no. 2 (15 February 1948): 262-267.
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Description: A glowing 1948 review by John Berryman of A Map of Verona and Other Poems.
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Journal: Partisan Review, Feb. 1948
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Tristram, Chrysothemis, Antigone, Philoctetes, Chard Whitlow
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261. Advertisement for Turnstile One. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 887 (6 March 1948): 194.
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Description: Promotes new journal with 'poems of Auden, Spender, and Day Lewis, Alun Lewis and Henry Reed'.
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Journal: Advertisement for Turnstile One
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Subjects: Criticism
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262. Jarrell, Randall. "Verse Chronicle." Nation 166, no. 13 (27 March 1948): 360-361 [360].
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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.'
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Journal: The Nation, Mar. 1948
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Tristram, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Antigone, Rolfe Humphries, John Ciardi
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263. Reed, Henry. "Italics Mine." Review of T.S. Eliot: A Study of His Writings by Several Hands, and Fabulous Voyager: James Joyce's Ulysses. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 891 (3 April 1948): 278.
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Description: Reviews of two critical studies: T.S. Eliot: A Study of His Writings by Several Hands (Balachandra Rajan, ed. London: Dobson, 1947), and Fabulous Voyager: James Joyce's Ulysses (Richard M. Kain. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1947).
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Subjects: Review
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References: T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, Ulysses, Balachandra Rajan, Richard M. Kain
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264. Graham, W.S. "England's Old Young Men." New Republic 118, no. 17 (26 April 1948): 28-31 [30-31].
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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.'
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Journal: England's Old Young Men
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: T.S. Eliot
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265. Spender, Stephen. "Randall Jarrell's Landscape." Review of Losses, by Randall Jarrell. Nation 166, no. 18 (1 May 1948): 475-476.
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Description: Spender disagrees with Jarrell's comments about Reed from March's Nation.
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Journal: Randall Jarrell's Landscape
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Randall Jarrell, Orestes at Tauris
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266. Elton, William. "Eliot-cum-BBC." Poetry 72, no. 3 (June 1948): 165-167.
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Description: William Elton's short review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems, comparing Reed with T.S. Eliot.
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Journal: Poetry, June 1948
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: A Map of Verona, Unarmed Combat, Morning, The Return, The Forest, The Wall, Outside and In, Chrysothemis, Ishmael
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267. Lehmann, John. "A Literary Letter from England." New York Times Book Review, 6 June 1948, 4.
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Description: Lehmann feels there has been little development in British poetry since the war, despite 'a great diversity of new talent,' including Reed.
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Newspaper: A Literary Letter from England
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Laurie Lee, Vernon Watkins, Norman Nicholson, Terence Tiller, Lawrence Durrell
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268. Painter, George D. "New Novels." Listener 39, no. 1011 (10 June 1948): 946.
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Description: Painter quotes Reed's essay on Greene from The Novel Since 1939.
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Graham Greene, The Novel Since 1939
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269. Lehmann, John. "Envie D'Ailleurs—English Brand." New York Times Book Review, 1 August 1948, 2.
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Description: In this article on English writers seeking inspiration abroad, Reed is mentioned as 'just returned from Cyprus.'
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Manuscript: Envie D'Ailleurs—English Brand
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Subjects: Biography
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270. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 17 August 1948, 8.
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Description: Reed's Third Programme reply to C.V. Wedgwood’s talk on de Madariaga's Hamlet, "Hamlet Once More," is scheduled this evening.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: Hamlet Once More
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271. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Critic on the Hearth. Listener 40, no. 1022 (26 August 1948): 320.
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Description: Armstrong feels Reed's August 17th radio review of de Madariaga's book On Hamlet 'tore it to smithereens.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: Hamlet Once More, Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet
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272. Reed, Henry. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1023 (2 September 1948): 350.
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Description: de Madariaga writes in response to Martin Armstrong's August 26 review of Reed's radio talk, "Hamlet Once More."
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Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet, Hamlet Once More
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273. George, Daniel. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1025 (16 September 1948): 422.
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Description: George brings up a previous "appreciatory" broadcast from July, by Ms. C.V. Wedgewood on de Madariaga's book.
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Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet, C.V. Wedgewood
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274. Reed, Henry. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1025 (16 September 1948): 422.
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Description: Reed's reply to de Madariaga's letter of September 2nd, mentions his recent attendance of the Oxford Players' Hamlet.
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Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet
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275. Tynan, Ken Peacock. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1027 (30 September 1948): 491.
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Description: Tynan, director of the Oxford University Players' First Quarto Hamlet, writes in to defend his production.
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Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: Kenneth Peacock Tynan, Hamlet
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276. Deutsch, Babette. Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. Tomorrow 8, no. 2 (October 1948): 58-59.
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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.
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Journal: Tomorrow, Oct. 1948
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, Outside and In, The Door and the Window
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277. Reed, Henry. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1028 (7 October 1948): 530.
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Description: Reed's final word in the exchange over his radio talk of August 17, with an "apology" to Kenneth Tynan.
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Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet, Kenneth Peacock Tynan
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278. Rosenthal, M.L. "Experience and Poetry." Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review (New York), 17 October 1948, 28.
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Description: Rosenthal says Reed shares with Laurie Lee 'that unhappy vice of young intellectualsa certain blandness of which the ever-simple irony is a symptom.'
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Newspaper: Experience and Poetry
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Judging Distances, Sailor's Harbour
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279. Rodman, Selden. "Albion's New Versifiers." Review of The New British Poets, edited by Kenneth Rexroth. New York Times Book Review, 19 December 1948, 4.
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Description: Rodman wishes he could see more work by the likes of Henry Reed, Sidney Keyes, and Alun Lewis.
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Newspaper: Albion's New Versifiers
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Kenneth Rexroth, The New British Poets, Keith Douglas, Adam Drinan, Roy Fuller, David Gascoyne, Louis Adeane, Vernon Watkins, Laurie Lee
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280. Berlind, Bruce. "Partisan Review: Indication and Indictment." Hopkins Review 2, no. 2 (Spring 1949): 57-63 [59].
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Description: Berlind calls Reed 'the one new poet of major promise.'
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Journal: Partisan Review: Indication and Indictment
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Subjects: Criticism
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281. Reed, Henry. The English Novel Since 1939. Berlin: Cornelsenverlag, 1949.
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Description: German edition of Reed's critical pamphlet for the British Council.
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Book: The English Novel Since 1939
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Subjects: Review
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References: The Novel Since 1939
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282. Reed, Henry. "What the Wireless Can Do for Literature." BBC Quarterly 3 (1948-1949): 217-222.
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Description: Reed's radio manifesto, which contains 'that blunt, crude acknowledgment of the fact that some listeners are fools, and some are not, and that we cannot wait for the fools to catch up with their betters.'
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Journal: What the Wireless Can Do for Literature
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Subjects: Review, Play, Radio
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References: Louis MacNeice, V.S. Pritchett
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283. Rexroth, Kenneth, ed. The New British Poets: An Anthology. Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1949. 179-180.
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Description: Collects Reed's poems "Morning," and "The Door and the Window."
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Anthology: The New British Poets
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Subjects: Poem, Biography
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References: The Door and the Window, Morning
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284. Rodman, Seldon, ed. 100 Modern Poems. New York: Pellegrin and Cudahy, 1949.
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Anthology: 100 Modern Poems
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Chard Whitlow
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285. Reed, Henry. "Proust's Way." Reviews of Marcel Proust: A Selection from His Miscellaneous Writings translated by Gerard Hopkins, and The Two Worlds of Marcel Proust by Harold March. Observer, 16 January 1949, 4.
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Description: Reed says, 'Proust, like Shakespeare, should be read as early in life as possible, and should be read entire.'
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Subjects: Review
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References: Marcel Proust, Gerard Hopkins, Harold March
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286. Hope-Wallace, Philip. "Boo to a Goosegirl?" Broadcast Drama. Listener 41, no. 1046 (10 February 1949): 243.
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Description: Review of Leopardi's "Moralities," translated by Henry Reed.
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Journal: Boo to a Goosegirl?
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: Giacomo Leopardi, Brief Moralities, Rayner Heppenstall, Robert Eddison
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287. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 12 February 1949, 8.
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Description: Schedule for broadcast of Reed's biographical program on Giacomo Leopardi, "Brief Moralities," in two parts. Part of the Imaginary Conversations series.
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Subjects: Radio
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References: Giacomo Leopardi, Brief Moralities
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288. Advertisement for Marcel Proust: A Selection From His Miscellaneous Writings, translated by Gerard Hopkins. Spectator 182, no. 6295 (18 February 1949): 233.
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Description: Ad quotes from Reed's January, 1949 Observer review of Hopkins's translations of Proust.
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Journal: Advertisement for Marcel Proust
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Subjects: Review
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References: Gerard Hopkins, Marcel Proust: A Selection From His Miscellaneous Writings
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289. Page, James. "Radio Round Up." Our Time 8, no. 4 (April 1949): 107-108 [107].
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Description: Thoughtful description of effects and transitions used in Reed's program on Leopardi, "Brief Moralities."
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: Giacomo Leopardi, Brief Moralities
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290. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 7 April 1949, 8.
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Description: A radio talk by Reed, "Writers and Music," is scheduled for the Third Programme this evening.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: Writers and Music
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291. Leopardi, Giacomo. "Chorus of the Dead." Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 41, no 1057 (28 April 1949): 710.
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Description: Reed's translation of Giacomo Leopardi's "Coro di Morti" was broadcast on the BBC on February 6, 1949. The poem was published in The Listener, April 28, 1949.
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Journal: Chorus of the Dead
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Subjects: Translation, Poem
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References: Giacomo Leopardi, Chorus of the Dead
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292. Anderson, W.R. "Round About Radio." Musical Times 90, no. 1275 (May 1949): 161-162 [161].
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Description: Comments on the radio talk "Writers and Music," in which Reed discussed the musical influences of Holst, among others.
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Journal: Round About Radio
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Subjects: Criticism, Biography, Radio
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References: Writers and Music, Gustav Holst
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293. Radio Times, "The Unblest," 6 May 1949, 13.
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Description: Broadcast schedule and cast information for Reed's play on the Italian poet, Leopardi.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi, Rayner Heppenstall, David King Wood, Carleton Hobbs, Gladys Young, Abraham Sofaer, Marjorie Westbury
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294. Reed, Henry. "The Prisoner in the Palazzo." Radio Times, 6 May 1949, 7.
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Description: An introduction to Reed's play 'in which he has dramatised the early life of the nineteenth-century Italian poet Leopardi.'
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Newspaper: The Prisoner in the Palazzo
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi
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295. Radio Times, "The Unblest," 27 May 1949, 17.
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Description: Broadcast schedule for a repeat broadcast of Reed's radio play on the Italian poet, Leopardi.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi, Rayner Heppenstall, David King Wood, Carleton Hobbs, Gladys Young, Marjorie Westbury
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296. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 1 June 1949, 7.
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Description: Reed's radio play about Giacomo Leopardi, The Unblest, premieres at 9:30 p.m. this evening, on the BBC's Third Programme.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi
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297. Reed, Henry. "Mum's the Word." Reviews of Hamlet and dipus by Ernest Jones, and Character and Motive in Shakespeare by J.I.M. Stewart. Listener 41, no. 1066 (30 June 1949): 1129.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Ernest Jones, Hamlet and Oedipus, J.I.M. Stewart, Character and Motive in Shakespeare
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298. Tiller, Terrence. "1904 and All That." Reviews of Poetry of the Present, edited by Geoffrey Grigson, and Contemporary Irish Poetry, edited by Robert Greacen and Valentin Iremonger. Tribune, 22 July 1949, 18-19 [19].
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Description: Tiller is skeptical of Grigson's latest anthology, as it neglects to include Durrell, Reed, or himself.
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Journal: 1904 and All That
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Lawrence Durrell
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299. "Advertisement for Since 1939: 2." Listener 42, no. 1072 (11 August 1949): 243.
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Description: Ad for the Phoenix House reprint of The Novel Since 1939.
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Journal: Advertisement for Since 1939: 2
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Subjects: Biography
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References: The Novel Since 1939, Robert Speaight, Stephen Spender, John Hayward
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300. Pryce Jones, Alan. "Broadcasting and Literature." Listener 42, no. 1074 (25 August 1949): 317-319 [318].
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Description: Pryce Jones says of the radio version of Moby Dick: '[I]t is absorbing to watch the skill with which Henry Reed has adapted Melville's dialogue, and tightened his plot into a more strictly dramatic form.'
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Journal: Broadcasting and Literature
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
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References: Louis MacNeice, The Voyage of Magellan, Edward Sackville-West, The Rescue, Moby Dick
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301. Times (London), Advertisement for The Voice of a Stranger, by Emyr Humphreys, 27 September 1949, 7.
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Description: A Reed radio talk is quoted for this book promotion: 'A real tragic feeling and vision permeate the book... clean, swift narrative power... art and skill.'
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Newspaper: Advertisement for The Voice of a Stranger
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Subjects: Review
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References: Emyr Humphreys, The Voice of a Stranger
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302. "Shorter Notices." Review of Since 1939 (2). Spectator 183, no. 6328 (7 October 1949): 480.
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Description: On the reissue of The Novel Since 1939: 'Mr. Reed is hardly tactful to write overtly as an "intellectual addressing other intellectuals," yet his essay is perhaps the most rewarding (for this very reason?).'
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: The Novel Since 1939
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303. "Molten Treasure." Review of Loving, by Henry Green. Time, 10 October 1949, 104.
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Description: Quotes Reed as critic.
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Henry Green, Loving
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304. Reed, Henry. "James in the Stalls." Review of The Scenic Art, by Henry James. Listener 42, no. 1081 (13 October 1949): 645.
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Description: Reed's review of James' The Scenic Art: Notes on Acting and the Drama, 1872-1901, edited by Allen Wade and Rupert Hart-Davis (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1948).
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Review: James in the Stalls
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Subjects: Review
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References: Henry James, The Scenic Art
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305. "Reviews." Review of Poetry of the Present, edited by Geoffrey Grigson. Notes and Queries 194, no. 19 (17 September 1949): 418.
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Description: The reviewer laments the lack of inclusion of several poets, Henry Reed not the least.
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Subjects: Criticism
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306. Reed, Henry. "Rilke Once More." Christmas Books. Reviews of Rilke: Man and Poet, and Rilke and Benvenuta. Listener 42, no. 1089 (8 December 1949): 1014-1015.
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Description: Reed reviews two books for the Christmas season: Purtscher-Wydenbruck's Rilke: Man and Poet (London: Lehmann, 1949), and von Graedener-Hattingberg's Rilke and Benvenuta, translated by Cyrus Brooks (London: Heinemann, 1949).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Nora Wydenbruck, Rilke: Man and Poet, Magda von Hattingberg, Rilke and Benvenuta: A Book of Thanks
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307. Allott, Kenneth, ed. The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse. Harmondsworth and Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1950.
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Anthology: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse
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Subjects: Poem
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308. Bogan, Louise. Works in the Humanities Published in Great Britain, 1939-1946: A Selective List. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1950. 78.
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Description: Reed is placed among "new names of interest and importance" in poetry.
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Book: Works in the Humanities Published in Great Britain
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Subjects: Criticism
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309. Bridson, D.G. Introduction to The Christmas Child. London: Falcon, 1950. 10.
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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.'
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Book: The Christmas Child
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Subjects: Criticism, Biography
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310. Peschmann, Hermann. The Voice of Poetry (1930-1950): An Anthology. London: Evans Brothers, 1950. xviii, 150-151, 239, 249.
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Description: Brief biographical sketch from Reed's own self-description, it would seem.
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Anthology: The Voice of Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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311. Sergeant, Howard, ed. These Years: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. Leeds, England: Arnold, 1950.
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Subjects: Poem
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312. Reed, Henry. "The Changeling." Listener 43, no. 1095 (19 January 1950): 115.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: The Changeling
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313. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 28 February 1950, 7.
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Description: Part 8 in series on the "English Novel" continues this evening, with Henry Reed on James Joyce.
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Subjects: Radio
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References: James Joyce
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314. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 7 March 1950, 9.
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Description: Reed's radio play on Giacomo Leopardi's final years, The Monument, premieres this evening on the Third Programme.
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Subjects: Radio, Play
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References: The Monument
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315. Reed, Henry. "James Joyce: The Triple Exile." Listener 43, no. 1102 (9 March 1950): 437-439.
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Description: Reed radio talk on the nature of Joyce's art, and his effect on the English novel.
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Journal: James Joyce: The Triple Exile
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: James Joyce, Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake
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316. Armstrong, Martin. "Moot Points." Listener 43, no. 1103 (16 March 1950): 492.
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Description: Armstrong decides the conclusions of Reed's radio talk on Joyce, "The Triple Exile," are simply moot.
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: James Joyce, The Triple Exile
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317. Hope-Wallace, Philip. "Laying a Ghost." Listener 43, no. 1103 (16 March 1950): 492.
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Description: Dismisses Reed's Leopardi plays as "interesting and admirably done, as far as that kind of thing goes."
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
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References: Giocomo Leopardi, The Unblest, The Monument, Rayner Heppenstall
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318. Reed, Henry. "L'Enfer, c'est Moi." Review of A Season in Hell, by Arthur Rimbaud. Translated by Norman Cameron. Listener 43, no. 1108 (20 April 1950): 703.
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Description: Review of Norman Cameron's translation of Rimbaud's Une Saison en Enfer (London: John Lehmann, 1949).
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Review: L'Enfer, c'est Moi
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Subjects: Review, Translation
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References: Arthur Rimbaud, A Season in Hell, Norman Cameron
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319. Henderson, Philip. "English Poetry Since 1946." British Book News 117 (May 1950), 295.
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Description: Reed's A Map of Verona is mentioned in a survey of the previous five years of English poetry.
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Journal: English Poetry Since 1946
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Iseult la Belle, Tristram, Philoctetes, Chrysothemis, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat
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320. Reed, Henry. "Movement of Bodies." Listener 43, no. 1106 (6 April 1950): 609.
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Journal: Movement of Bodies
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Movement of Bodies
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321. Leopardi, Giacomo. "The Infinite." Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 43, no. 1113 (25 May 1950): 924.
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Description: Reed's translation of Giacomo Leopardi's poem, "L'Infinito," was broadcast on BBC radio on January 12, 1975, and first appeared in print in the June 1, 1950 Listener.
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Subjects: Translation, Poem
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References: Giacomo Leopardi, The Infinite
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322. Leopardi, Giacomo. "To Himself." Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 43, no 1114 (1 June 1950): 957.
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Description: Leopardi's poem "A se Stesso," translated by Reed.
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Subjects: Translation
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References: To Himself
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323. Reed, Henry. "Imitation." Listener 43, no. 1116 (15 June 1950): 1016.
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Description: Reed imitates both Arnauld and Leopardi.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Imitation, Giacomo Leopardi, Antoine Arnauld
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324. Times (London). "Broadcasting." 20 June 1950, 6.
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Description: Schedule for Wynford Vaughan Thomas program, "A Day in Naples," which Reed assisted with the production.
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Wynford Vaughan Thomas, A Day in Naples
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325. Times (London), "Aldeburgh Festival," 24 June 1950, 2.
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Description: At a concert tribute to Bach, poems by Auden, Eliot and Reed are recited.
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Newspaper: Aldeburgh Festival
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Grizelda Harvey
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326. J.O.C. "The Aldeburgh Festival." Musical Times 91, no. 1289 (July 1950): 280.
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Description: Describes a concert of 'sacred music and poetry' at which Bach canatas were alternated with poems by Auden, Eliot, and Reed.
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Journal: The Aldeburgh Festival
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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327. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 17 August 1950, 6.
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Description: Reed's radio play Return to Naples premieres this evening at 9:15 p.m., on the BBC's Third Programme.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Return to Naples
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328. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 8 November 1950, 11.
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Description: Reed's study of the Italian poet Leopardi is rebroadcast this evening on the Third Programme.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Monument
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329. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Disobedience, Across the River and Into the Trees, Helena, Confessions of a Novice, and The Circle of the Minotaur. Listener 44, no. 1132 (9 November 1950): 515.
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Description: Reed reviews new fiction, including Waugh's Helena (London: Chapman & Hall, 1950).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Disobedience, Alberto Moravia, Across the River and Into the Trees, Ernest Hemingway, Helena, Evelyn Waugh, Confession of a Novice, Guido Piovene, The Circle of the Minotaur, Stuart Hood
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330. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Dead Man Over All, Operation Heartbreak, Neapolitan Gold, and The Sunnier Side. Listener 44, no. 1134 (23 November 1950): 609.
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Description: Reviews of newly-published novels.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Walter Allen, Dead Man Over All, Duff Copper, Operation Heartbreak, Giusepee Marotta, Neapolitan Gold, Charles Jackson, The Sunnier Side
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331. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Forests of the Night, The Wall, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, and A Woman of Means. Listener 44, no. 1137 (14 December 1950): 757.
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Description: Reed reviews newly published novels.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Jean-Louis Curtis, The Forests of the Night, John Hersey, The Wall, Tennessee Williams, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Peter Taylor, A Woman of Means
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332. Reed, Henry. A By-Election in the Nineties. BBC radio broadcast, 1951.
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Description: A lighthearted radio comedy, regarding a special election in a Hardyesque Dorchester.
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Play: A By-Election in the Nineties
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Subjects: Play
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References: A By-Election in the Nineties
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333. Roberts, Michael, and Anne Ridler, eds. The Faber Book of Modern Verse, rev. ed. London: Faber and Faber, 1951.
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Description: The supplement to the new edition adds the work of Kathleen Raine, W.R. Rodgers, F.T. Prince, Henry Reed, W.S. Graham, and others who have emerged during and since the Second World War.
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Anthology: The Faber Book of Modern Verse
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Judging Distances
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334. Williams, Oscar, ed. A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950. New York: Scribner, 1951.
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Anthology: A Little Treasury of British Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: The Wall, Judging Distances, Lives, Unarmed Combat
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335. Times (London), "Arts and Entertainment," 1 January 1951, V.
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Description: In this summary of radio from 1950, 'the programmes on the poet Leopardi were outstanding.'
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Newspaper: Arts and Entertainment
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Unblest, The Monument
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336. Reed, Henry. "New Novels and Stories." Reviews of A Rage to Live, The Lighted Cities, A Little Stone, and The Passionate North. Listener 45, no. 1140 (4 January 1951): 33.
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Description: Reed reviews two new novels, and two collections of short stories.
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Review: New Novels and Stories
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Subjects: Review
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References: John O'Hara, A Rage to Live, Ernest Frost, The Lighted Cities, Paul Bowles, A Little Stone, William Sansom, The Passionate North
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337. Radio Times. Billing for "The Book of My Childhood." 19 January 1951, 32.
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Description: Scheduled on BBC Midland from 8:15-8:30, an autobiographical(?) programme from Henry Reed.
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Journal: Billing for "The Book of My Childhood"
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Subjects: Radio, Biography
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338. Salter, William. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 41, no. 1046 (24 March 1951): 342.
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Description: A short review of Reed's radio play, A By-Election in the Nineties, originally broadcast on the BCC Third Programme on March 12, 1951. 'It wasn't rendered absurd enough, it wasn't funny enough, and the wit wasn't sharp or cruel enough for satire.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
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References: A By-Election in the Nineties
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339. Salter, Williams. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 41, no. 1048 (7 April 1951): 392.
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Description: Salter finds Reed's Canterbury Cathedral: An Exploration in Sound to be 'the most exciting feature programme I have heard for many, many months.'
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Elisabeth Lutyens, Canterbury Cathedral
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340. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 9 April 1951, 6.
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Description: Reed's play on Giacomo Leopardi, The Unblest, is rerun this evening.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Unblest
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341. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 9 April 1951, 6.
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Description: Reed's 'play about Leopardi,' The Unblest, is scheduled for this evening.
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi
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342. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 14 April 1951, 8.
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Description: Reed's radio play Return to Naples reruns this evening on the Third Programme.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Return to Naples
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343. Reed, Henry. "Towards 'The Cocktail Party'." Listener 45, no. 1158 (10 May 1951): 763-764.
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Description: The first of two radio talks by Reed on the problems presented by dramatic writing.
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Journal: Towards 'The Cocktail Party'
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: T.S. Eliot, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, Henrik Ibsen
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344. Reed, Henry. "Towards 'The Cocktail Party' II." Listener 45, no. 1159 (17 May 1951): 803-804.
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Description: The second of Reed's radio talks on the problems of dramatic writing.
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Journal: Towards 'The Cocktail Party' II
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: George Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare, Hamlet, T.S. Eliot
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345. Shayon, Robert Lewis. "TV and Radio." Saturday Review of Literature, 19 May 1951, 28.
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Description: Lutyen's compostition, Canterbury Cathedral, written by Reed, is heard on WNYC, courtesy of the BBC's "World Theatre" series.
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: Elisabeth Lutyens, Canterbury Catherdral
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346. Palmer, Herbert. "English Poetry: 1938-1950I." Fortnightly 1017 N.S. (September 1951): 624-628 [627].
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Description: Reed is included in the roll of poets who 'made their first appearance, or chief appearance, after 1937....'
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Journal: English Poetry: 1938-1950
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Subjects: Criticism
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347. Schorer, Mark. "Native Boy in Patent Leather Shoes." Review of Mister Johnson, by Joyce Cary. New York Times, 7 October 1951, 1, 41 [1].
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Description: This review of Mister Johnson quotes Reed's 1949 New Statesman article on Joyce Cary.
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Newspaper: Native Boy in Patent Leather Shoes
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Subjects: Review
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References: Joyce Cary, Mister Johnson
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348. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 20 October 1951, 3.
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Description: An excerpt of Hardy's Dynasts, adpated by Reed, is scheduled for BBC Home Service this evening.
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Subjects: Poem, Radio
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References: The Battle of Trafalgar, The Dynasts
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349. Bliss, Arthur. The Enchantress: Scena for Contralto and Orchestra. Words by Henry Reed. London: Novello & Company, 1952.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of a passage from the Second Idyll of Theocritus, set to music by Arthur Bliss.
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Subjects: Poem
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350. Lehmann, John, ed. Pleasures of New Writing: An Anthology of Poems, Stories, and Other Prose Pieces from the Pages of New Writing. London: Lehamnn, 1952. 186.
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Description: Collects one of Reed's Tintagel poems, "Iseult la Belle."
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Anthology: Pleasures of New Writing
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Iseult la Belle
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351. "Reed, Henry." Who's Who, 1952. New York: Macmillan, 1952. 2387.
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Description: Reed's first appearance in Who's Who.
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939
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352. Williams, Oscar. Immortal Poems of the English Language: An Anthology. New York: Pocket Books, 1952. 604-605.
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Anthology: Immortal Poems of the English Language
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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353. Radio Times, Billing for Malatesta, 22 February 1952, 27.
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Description: Reed's translation of de Montherlant's play is scheduled for February 26, 1952.
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Journal: Billing for Malatesta
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Henry de Montherlant, Howard Marion-Crawford, E.A. Harding
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354. Trewin, J.C. "Collectors' Pieces." Listener 47, no. 1201 (6 March 1952): 399.
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Description: Trewin calls Reed's translation of de Montherlant's Malatesta 'an elaborate, wordy invention, often strangled in its own verbiage.'
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Journal: Collectors' Pieces
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Henri de Montherlant, Malatesta
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355. Radio Times, "Marius Goring and Flora Robson in 'The Streets of Pompeii,'" 14 March 1952, 19, 31.
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Description: Broadcast schedule and cast information for Reed's award-winning radio drama, The Streets of Pompeii.
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Newspaper: Marius Goring and Flora Robson in "The Streets of Pompeii"
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Streets of Pompeii, Flora Robson, Marius Goring, Robert Rietty, Gwen Cherrell, Anthony Smith-Masters, Douglas Cleverdon
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356. Reed, Henry. Radio Times (14 March 1952): 11.
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Description: Introduction to The Streets of Pompeii.
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Subjects: Play
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References: The Streets of Pompeii
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357. Trewin, J.C. "Return Journeys." Listener 47, no. 1203 (20 March 1952): 487.
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Description: Trewin's review of the original broadcast of Reed's play, The Streets of Pompeii. '[A] real and terrifying journey.'
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Journal: The Listener, Mar. 1952
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: The Streets of Pompeii
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358. "London Concerts." Review of London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, 6 April 1952. Musical Times 93, no. 1311 (May 1952): 221-225 [224].
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Description: The London Symphony Orchestra performed Reed's Bliss collaboration, The Enchantress.
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Arthur Bliss, The Enchantress
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359. Reed, Henry. "For Younger Readers." Review of Our Exploits at West Poley, by Thomas Hardy. Listener 48, no. 1232 (9 October 1952): 599-600.
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Description: Reed believes this new edition will "scarcely" make Hardy's book a children's classic, but believes 'there is some small sort of eternal summer about it."
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Journal: For Younger Readers
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Subjects: Review
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References: Thomas Hardy, Our Exploits at West Poley
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360. Radio Times, "The Great Desire I Had: Shakespeare and Italy," 24 October 1952, 19, 35.
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Description: Broadcast schedule and cast information for Reed's fictional account of Shakespeare visiting Italy.
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Newspaper: The Great Desire I Had: Shakespeare and Italy
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Great Desire I Had, Marius Goring, Flora Robson, John Phillips, Frank Duncan, Carleton Hobbs, Douglas Cleverdon
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361. Reed, Henry. "Did Shakespeare Go to Italy?" Radio Times, 24 October 1952, 7.
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Description: Reed 'explains how he has let his imagination play round the possibilities' of Shakespeare being inspired by a visit to Italy.
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Newspaper: Did Shakespeare Go to Italy?
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Great Desire I Had, William Shakespeare, Vincenzo Gonzaga
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362. Trewin, J.C. "Just Imagine It." Review of The Great Desire I Had by Henry Reed. Listener 48, no. 1235 (30 October 1952): 737.
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Description: A warm, but critical, reception for Reed's Shakespeare-in-Italy play, The Great Desire I Had.
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
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References: The Great Desire I Had
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363. Jarrell, Randall. Poetry and the Age. New York: Vintage Books, 1953. 157.
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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).
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Subjects: Criticism
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364. O'Donnell, Margaret J., comp. An Anthology of Contemporary Verse. London: Blackie & Son, 1953. 79-81.
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Description: Collects Reed's poem, "Movement of Bodies."
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Anthology: An Anthology of Contemporary Verse
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Movement of Bodies
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365. William Phillips, and Philip Rahv, eds. New Partisan Reader: 1945-1953 London: Andre Deutsch, 1953. 164-171.
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Description: Collects Reed's poem, "The Door and the Window," published in the Partisan Review in 1947.
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Anthology: New Partisan Reader: 1945-1953, The
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Door and the Window
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366. Pritchett, V.S. "W.W. Jacobs." Books in General. London: Chatto and Windus, 1953. 235-241 [237, 238].
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Description: This study of Jacobs' stories and novels quotes from Reed's Introduction to Dialstone Lane (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947).
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: W.W. Jacobs, Dialstone Lane
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367. Reed, Henry. "Aubade for Coronation Morning." In A Garland for the Queen, music by Arthur Bliss. London: Stainer and Bell, 1953.
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Description: One of a group of modern madrigals set by Sir Arthur Bliss for the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Sound: Aubade for Coronation Morning
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Aubade
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368. Reed, Henry. A Very Great Man Indeed. In Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
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Description: An earnest young biographer collects material for his subject, a famous novelist, in this satirical radio comedy, which introduced Reed's most well-known character, Hilda Tablet, played by Mary O'Farrell. Broadcast in 1953.
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Play: A Very Great Man Indeed
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Subjects: Play
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References: A Very Great Man Indeed
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369. Selwyn, Lucy, and Laurier Lister, comps. The Apollo Anthology. London: Murray, 1953. 144.
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Description: Anthology collects "Naming of Parts."
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Anthology: The Apollo Anthology
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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370. Union Européenne de Radiodiffusion. Répertoire D'oevres Radiophoniques. Collection Documents series, 1953. 89.
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Description: Contains short summaries of European radio plays, including production details for Reed's 1949 play on the life of Giacomo Leopardi, The Unblest.
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Journal: Répertoire D'oevres Radiophoniques
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Subjects: Play, Biography
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References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi
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371. Steer, Barbara D.G. "Shakespeare and Italy." Notes and Queries 198, no. 1 (January 1953): 23.
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Description: A theory on Shakespeare's Italian influences is provoked by an ad for Reed's radio play, The Great Desire I Had.
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Journal: Shakespeare and Italy
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Shakespeare, The Great Desire I Had
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372. Times (London), "Musicians and Poets," 26 January 1953, 2.
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Description: The Arts Council announces the composers and poets commissioned for Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation, including Reed.
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Newspaper: Musicians and Poets
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Arthur Bliss, The Enchantress
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373. New York Times. "M'Neice is Heard in Readings Here." 6 March 1953, 29.
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Description: Louis MacNeice read from his work and others' (including Reed), at a reading hosted by the Poetry Center of the Lexington Avenue YMHA/YWHA.
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Newspaper: M'Neice is Heard in Readings Here
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Subjects: Criticism, Biography
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References: Louis MacNeice
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374. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 30 March 1955, 3.
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Description: Vincenzo, Reed's radio play on Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, is scheduled for broadcast tonight.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Vincenzo
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375. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 25 April 1953, 8.
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Description: Reed's play The Streets of Pompeii is set to replay this evening on the BBC's Third Programme.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Streets of Pompeii, Marius Goring, Flora Robson
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376. Reed, Henry. "Ruggeri." New Statesman and Nation 45, no. 1156 (2 May 1953): 515-516.
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Description: Reflections on the performances of the great Italian actor, Ruggero Ruggeri.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: Ruggero Ruggeri, Tutto per Bene
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377. Times (London), "Coronation Eve Music." Review of "A Garland for the Queen," Festival Hall, London, 1 June 1953. 2 June 1953, 10.
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Description: The reviewer of the choral piece commissioned for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II says that 'Bliss' "Aubade" catches with felicity the evocations of Henry Reed's poem.'
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Newspaper: Coronation Eve Music
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Subjects: Criticism, Miscellaneous
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References: Arthur Bliss, The Enchantress
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378. Times (London), "The Harmonious Grumbler." Review of Ideas and Places, by Cyril Connolly, 6 June 1953, 7.
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Description: Connolly's book reprints "The Cost of Letters," a 1946 Horizon questionnaire given to British authors, which includes Reed.
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Newspaper: The Harmonious Grumbler
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Subjects: Biography
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References: The Cost of Letters
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379. Reed, Henry. "'If and Perhaps and But'." Listener 49, no. 1268 (18 June 1953): 1017-1018.
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Description: Reed's radio essay on Eliot's critical prose, in the light of publication of the Selected Prose.
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Journal: If and Perhaps and But
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Subjects: Review
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References: T.S. Eliot, John Hayward, Selected Prose
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380. Reed, Henry. "'Henry James, Jr....'." Review of Henry James: The Untried Years, 1843-1870, by Leon Edel. Listener 49, no. 1269 (25 June 1953): 1059-1060.
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Description: Reed's review of Edel's Henry James: The Untried Years (London: Hart-Davis, 1953).
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Journal: Henry James, Jr....
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Subjects: Review
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References: Henry James, Leon Edel, Henry James: The Untried Years
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381. Jones, David. Letter to the editor. Listener 50, no 1270 (2 July 1953): 22.
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Description: Jones' repsonse to Reed's essay "If and Perhaps and But" from June 18: 'Such a change [in poetry] would seem to require some kind of civilisational change.'
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Journal: Letter to the editor
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: If and Perhaps and But
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382. Reed, Henry. "'If and Perhaps and But'." Letter to the editor. Listener 50, no. 1272 (16 July 1953): 105.
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Description: Response to Jones' letter to the editor of July 2nd, regarding Reed's radio talk on Eliot.
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Journal: If and Perhaps and But
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Subjects: Review
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References: T.S. Eliot, David Jones
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383. New York Times Book Review. "Herbert Read," Queries and Answers. 19 July 1953, 23.
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Description: A reader's query looking for the Herbert Read poem which begins 'Today I am sixty-two, last year at this time I was, etc.'
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Newspaper: Queries and Answers
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Chard Whitlow
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384. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 4 August 1953, 11.
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Description: Reed's play, Return to Naples premieres this evening on the BBC's Third Programme.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Return to Naples
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385. New York Times Book Review. "Herbert Read," Queries and Answers. 16 August 1953, 19.
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Description: The poem a reader was seeking turns out to be Reed's "Chard Whitlow."
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Newspaper: Queries and Answers
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Chard Whitlow
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386. Radio Times, "Fun in Literary Bohemia," Both Sides of the Microphone, 4 September 1953, 6-7.
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Description: A short introduction to the world in Reed's radio play, A Very Great Man Indeed.
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Newspaper: Fun in Literary Bohemia
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Very Great Man Indeed
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387. Radio Times, "Hugh Burden in 'A Very Great Man Indeed,' 4 September 1953, 19, 31.
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Description: Broadcast schedule and cast information for the first play in Reed's Hilda Tablet cycle, A Very Great Man Indeed.
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Newspaper: Hugh Burden in "A Very Great man Indeed"
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Douglas Cleverdon, Hugh Burden, Carleton Hobbs, Gwen Cherrell, Marjorie Westbury, Frank Duncan, Susan Richmond, Mary O'Farrell, Donald Swann
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388. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 7 September 1953, 4.
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Description: The premiere of Reed's radio play, A Very Great Man Indeed, is this evening.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Very Great Man Indeed
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389. Salter, William. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 46, no. 1176 (19 September 1953): 315.
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Description: Salter calls the debut of Reed's radio play, A Very Great Man Indeed, 'extremely good fun.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Play
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References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Carleton Hobbs
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390. Reed, Henry. "Cabaco's Song." Music & Letters 34, no. 4 (October 1953): 314.
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Description: Originally part of Reed's Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel (Jonathan Cape, 1947).
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Cabaco's Song
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391. 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).
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Description: This bibliography lists Reed's essay on Eliot's critical prose from The Listener of June 18.
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Journal: Articles on American Literature
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: If and Perhaps and But
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392. Salter, William. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 46, no. 1183 (7 November 1953): 561-562 [561].
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Description: Reviewing the revamped programme, First Reading, Salter places Reed among 'the best writers for radio.'
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: V.S. Pritchett, Geoffrey Grigson, Louis MacNeice, Christopher Sykes
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393. Salter, William. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 46, no. 1187 (5 December 1953): 716.
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Description: Salter reviews Reed's radio adaptation of Pirandello's Tutto per bene, and finds that it 'remained obstinately at the level of a problem in the theory of knowledge.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Luigi Pirandello, All for the Best, Vivienne Chatterton, Peter Claughton, Norman Shelley, George Hayes
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394. Hampson, John. "Gordon HerickxAn Appeal." Spectator 191, no. 6547 (18 December 1953): 726.
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Description: An appeal for funds after the untimely death of Birmingham sculptor Gordon Herickx.
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Walter Allen, Dorothy Baker, John Lehmann, Louis MacNeice, Olivia Manning, E.R. Dodds, William Plomer
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395. Lehmann, John. The Whispering Gallery: Autobiography I. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954. 263.
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Description: Lehmann mentions Reed reviewing Auden for the University of Birmingham's magazine, The Mermaid.
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Book: The Whispering Gallery
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Subjects: Biography, Criticism
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References: W.H. Auden
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396. Potter, Stephen, comp. The Sense of Humour. New York: Henry Holt, 1954. 122-123, 146-149.
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Description: Collects three Henry Reed poems: "Naming of Parts," "Judging Distances," and a parody of Thomas Hardy.
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Anthology: The Sense of Humour
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Subjects: Poem, Parody
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References: Stoutheart on the Southern Railway, Naming of Parts, Juding Distances
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397. Reed, Henry. Emily Butter. Unpublished radio script. Broadcast on BBC Third Programme, 1955.
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Description: A mostly-operatic performance by an almost entirely female cast, this 1954 play was conceived as a composition by Reed's Hilda Tablet character.
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Subjects: Play
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References: Emily Butter
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398. Reed, Henry. The Private Life of Hilda Tablet. In Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
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Description: "Full frontal nudity was heard on radio for the first time," as Reed described it, in this 1954 follow-up to A Very Great Man Indeed.
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Play: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet
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Subjects: Play
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References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet
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399. Rombi, Paride. Perdu and His Father. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Hart-Davis, 1954.
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Description: Reed translated Rombi's novel from the original Italian.
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Book: Perdu and His Father
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Perdu and His Father, Paride Rombi
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400. Tillotson, Kathleen. Novels of the Eighteen-Forties. Oxford: Clarendon, 1954. 20.
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Description: Briefly quotes from Reed's The Novel Since 1939.
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Book: Novels of the Eighteen-Forties
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Subjects: Criticism, Review
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References: The Novel Since 1939
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401. Bevington, Helen. "Books." Review of Poetry and the Age, by Randall Jarrell. South Atloantic Quarterly 53, no. 1 (January 1954): 152.
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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.
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Randall Jarrell, Oscar Williams
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402. "Review of Music." Review of A Garland for the Queen: Songs for Mixed Voices. Music and Letters 35, no. 1 (January 1954) 69-70.
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Description: Review of the musical tribute to Queen Elizabeth for her coronation, which includes Bliss and Reed's The Enchantress.
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Arthur Bliss, The Enchantress
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403. Times (London), "Births," 6 January 1954, 8.
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Description: Michael Ramsbotham is listed as godparent for a Christening.
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Michael Ramsbotham
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404. Reed, Henry. "A Map of Verona." Listener 51, no. 1298 (14 January 1954): 103, 105.
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Description: Reed's "A Map of Verona" was chosen by J.R. Ackerley to be reprinted for The Listener's 25th anniversary issue.
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Subjects: Poem
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References: A Map of Verona
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405. Times (London), "New Fiction: Of Human Bondage." Review of Perdu and His Father, by Paride Rombi, translated by Henry Reed, 30 January 1954, 5.
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Description: The critic for The Times believes Rombi is 'well served' by his translator.
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Subjects: Criticism, Translation
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References: Paride Rombi, Perdu and His Father
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406. Zolotow, Sam. "'Magic and Loss' Arrives Tonight." New York Times, 9 April 1954, 21.
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Description: Mentions upcoming London production of Reed's adaptation of Betti's The Isle of Goats.
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Newspaper: Magic and Loss Arrives Tonight
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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407. Frenaye, Frances. "Desperate Search." Review of Perdu, by Peride Rombi, translated by Henry Reed. New York Times Book Review, 2 May 1954, 4.
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Description: Book review of Reed's translation of Rombi's Perdu.
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Newspaper: Desperate Search
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Subjects: Criticism, Translation
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References: Peride Rombi, Perdu and His Father
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408. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 13 May 1954, 2.
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Description: Reed is scheduled to appear on a program called "Literary Opinion," with J.D. Scott, David Daiches, and Graham Hough.
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Subjects: Radio
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References: J.D. Scott, David Daiches, Graham Hough
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409. Radio Times, "Mary O'Farrell and Hugh Burden in 'The Private Life of Hilda Tablet': A Parenthesis for Radio," 21 May 1954, 19, 31.
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Description: Broadcast schedule and cast credits for the second play in Reed's Hilda Tablet series.
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Newspaper: Mary O'Farrell and Hugh Burden in "The Private Life of Hilda Tablet"
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Douglas Cleverdon, Mary O'Farrell, Hugh Burden, Carleton Hobbs, Marjorie Westbury, Susan Richmond, Frank Duncan, Deryck Guyler, Donald Swann
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410. Reed, Henry. "Mary O'Farrell and Hugh Burden in 'The Private Life of Hilda Tablet': A Parenthesis for Radio." Radio Times, 21 May 1954, 19.
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Description: Reed contributes a brief introduction.
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Newspaper: Mary O'Farrell and Hugh Burden in The Private Life of Hilda Tabler
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet
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411. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 24 May 1954, 4.
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Description: The premiere of Reed's play The Private Life of Hilda Tablet: A Parenthesis for Radio is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. this evening, on the Third Programme.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Mary O'Farrell, Hugh Burden
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412. Condon, Richard A. "Reed's 'Naming of Parts.'" Explicator 12, no. 8 (June 1954): 54.
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Description: Richard Condon's summary and critical analysis of Reed's poem, "Naming of Parts."
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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413. Trewin, J.C. "Alive and Dead." Listener 51, no. 1318 (3 June 1954): 983-984.
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Description: Trewin's review of the original BBC broadcast of The Private Life of Hilda Tablet.
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet
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414. Zolotow, Sam. "British Firm Buys Satire by Wilson." New York Times 28 July 1954, 28.
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Description: Describes plans for a local production of Betti's The Isle of Goats, as adapted by Reed.
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Newspaper: British Firm Buys Satire by Wilson
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Angus Wilson, The Mulberry Bush
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415. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 23 August 1954, 2.
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Description: An encore of Reed's play The Private Life of Hilda Tablet is set for this evening.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet
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416. Luciani, Vincent. "Bibliography of Italian Studies in America." Italica 31, no. 3 (September 1954): 179-186 [181].
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Description: Cites Reed's 1954 translation of Rombi's Perdu.
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Journal: Bibliography of Italian Studies in America
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Peride Rombi, Perdu and His Father
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417. Times (London), "Ugo Betti Play Broadcast: The Avant Garde Theatre." Review of The Queen and the Rebels, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, BBC Third Programme, 17 October 1954. 19 October 1954, 10.
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Description: Review of the premiere broadcast of Betti's play, La Regina e gli Insorti, adapted for radio by Reed.
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Newspaper: Ugo Betti Play Broadcast
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels
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418. Radio Times, "Emily Butter: An Occasion Recalled," 12 November 1954, 11.
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Description: Broadcast schedule and cast credits for the first performance of 'Hilda Tablet's opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.'
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Newspaper: Emily Butter: An Occasion Recalled
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Emily Butter, Mary O'Farrell, Hugh Burden, Frank Duncan, Marjorie Westbury, Deryck Guyler, Douglas Cleverdon
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419. Times (London), "Operatic Satire on Third Programme." Review of Emily Butter, by Henry Reed, BBC Third Programme, 14 November 1954. 15 November 1954, 11.
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Description: A review of the premiere broadcast of Reed's all-female ensemble play, Emily Butter.
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Newspaper: Operatic Satire on Third Programme
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
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References: Emily Butter
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420. Reed, Henry. "Discoveries About Hardy." Review of Thomas Hardy: A Bibliographical Study, by Richard L. Purdy. Listener 52, no. 1344 (2 December 1954): 975.
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Description: Review of Purdy's Thomas Hardy: A Bibliographical Study (London: Oxford University Press, 1954).
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Journal: Discoveries About Hardy
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Subjects: Review
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References: Thomas Hardy, Richard L. Purdy, Thomas Hardy: A Bibliographical Study
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421. "Publishers Anonymous." Christmas Diversions. New Statesman and Nation 48, no. 1242 (25 December 1954): 858-859 [859].
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Description: Editors' spoof of advertisements for non-existent books by frequent contributors, including Henry Reed's Have with Thee to Corporation Street!, a parody of his unwritten memoirs of the 1930s.
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Journal: Publishers Anonymous
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Subjects: Parody, Criticism
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References: Have with Thee to Corporation Street!, Elizabeth Bowen, Evelyn Waugh, Angus Wilson, Edward Sackville-West, John Betjeman
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422. Brinnin, John Malcolm. Dylan Thomas in America: An Intimate Journal. Boston: Little, Brown, 1955. 144.
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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.
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Book: Dyaln Thomas in America
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Chard Whitlow
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423. Jeffares, A. Norman, ed. Seven Centuries of Poetry: Chaucer to Dylan Thomas. New York: Longmans, Green, 1955.
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Anthology: Seven Centuries of Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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424. Mielziner, Jo. Production file for Island of Goats by Ugo Betti, English version by Henry Reed. Jo Mielziner Papers, 1903-1976. Series IV: Productions, 1924-1976. Box 38, folder 8. 1955. Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for
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Manuscript: Production File for Island of Goats
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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425. Reed, Henry. Contributor's File. BBC Written Archives Centre, London. Script Writer, 1C. 16 June 1955, 28 February 1956, 18 February 1958, 24 February 1958.
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Manuscript: Contributor's File
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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426. Reed, Henry. Letter to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1955. The Cockerell Papers. British Library, Department of Manuscripts. GB ADD MS 0058 52745. London, England.
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Manuscript: Letter to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Sydney Carlyle Cockerell
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427. Union Européenne de Radiodiffusion. Répertoire D'oevres Radiophoniques. Collection Documents series, 1955. 53.
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Description: Contains brief production details for Samy Fayad's 1954 radio play Don Giovanni Innamorato, which Reed would translate for the BBC as Don Juan in Love. In French.
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Journal: Répertoire D'oevres Radiophoniques
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Don Juan in Love, Samy Fayad
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428. Untermeyer, Louis, ed. "Henry Reed." Modern American and Modern British Poetry. Rev., shorter ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1955. 21, 679-682.
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Description: Collects three of Reed's best-known poems.
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Anthology: Modern American and Modern British Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts, Sailor's Harbour
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429. Times (London), "Ugo Betti's 'L'Aivola Bruciata'," 14 January 1955, 10.
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Description: The first English broadcast of Betti's play, The Burnt Flower-Bed, is scheduled for the the Third Programme on January 23rd.
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Newspaper: Ugo Betti's L'Aivola Bruciata
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, The Queen and the Rebels
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430. Times (London), "Weekend Broadcasting," 22 January 1955, 4.
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Description: The premiere of Reed's radio adaptation of Betti's play The Burnt Flower-Bed is scheduled for tomorrow evening, January 23rd.
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Newspaper: Weekend Broadcasting
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Andrew Cruickshank, Robert Harris, Esmé Percy, Gwen Cherrell, Mary O'Farrell
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431. Times (London), "Posthumous Betti Play." Review of The Burnt Flower-Bed, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, BBC Third Programme, 23 January 1955. 24 January 1955, 3.
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Description: The critic for The Times calls Betti 'one of the most interesting playwrights to have emerged from Europe since the war.'
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Newspaper: Posthumous Betti Play
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Donald McWhinnie, Robert Harris, Andrew Cruickshank, Mary O'Farrell, Esmé Percy
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432. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 28 January 1955, 2.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's play The Burnt Flower-Bed is scheduled this evening on the Third Programme.
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed
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433. Times (London), "Weekend Broadcasting," 5 February 1955, 4.
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Description: Reed's translation of Puecher's The Battle of the Masks is scheduled for this evening on the Third Programme.
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Newspaper: Weekend Broadcasting
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Virginio Puecher, The Battle of the Masks, Robert Eddison
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434. Times (London), "Weekend Broadcasting," 19 February 1955, 4.
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Description: The first broadcast of Reed's radio talk, "The Poetry of Thomas Hardy: A Study," is set for this evening on the Third Programme.
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Newspaper: Weekend Broadcasting
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: Thomas Hardy
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435. Times (London), "Weekend Broadcasting," 19 February 1955, 4.
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Description: Broadcast schedule for Reed's interview program, "Thomas Hardy: A Tribute from His Friends."
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Newspaper: Weekend Broadcasting
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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References: Thomas Hardy
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436. Times (London), "'The Queen and the Rebels'," 21 February 1955, 3.
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Description: The first English production of Reed's translation of Betti's La Regina e gli Insorti, is set for the Midland Theatre Company, Coventry, on March 21st.
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Newspaper: The Queen and the Rebels
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Irene Worth
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437. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Listener 53, no. 1356 (24 February 1955): 355.
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Description: Brief review of Reed's radio talk on the poetry of Thomas Hardy.
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Subjects: Radio, Criticism
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References: Thomas Hardy, Mary O'Farrell, Michael Hordern, James McKechnie
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438. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Listener 53, no 1357 (3 March 1955): 399.
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Description: A short review of Reed's radio tribute to Thomas Hardy.
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Subjects: Radio, Criticism
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References: Thomas Hardy, Cynthia Asquith, Walter de la Mare, St. John Ervine, Robert Graves, Middleton Murry, Leonard Woolf
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439. Sitwell, Edith. Letter to Sacheverell Sitwell, 4 March 1955. In Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell, edited by Richard Greene. London, Virago Press, 1997. 359.
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Description: Sitwell describes a poetry reading at Harvard where Dylan Thomas read Reed's poem "Chard Whitlow," and imitated T.S. Eliot's voice.
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Chapter: Letter to Sacheverell Sitwell ( 186049255X)
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Edith Sitwell, Chard Whitlow, Dylan Thomas, T.S. Eliot
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440. Times (London), "Mr. Reed's New Play for Broadcasting," 24 March 1955, 5.
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Description: An announcement of the BBC's special commission of Reed's radio play, Vincenzo.
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Newspaper: Mr. Reed's New Play for Broadcasting
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Vincenzo, Denis Stevens, Margaretta Scott, Rachel Gurney, Mary O'Farrell, Barbara Couper, Marjorie Westbury, Gladys Young
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441. Times (London), "A New Tragi-Comedy: Mr. Henry Reed's 'Vincenzo'." Review of Vincenzo, by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 30 March 1955. 31 March 1955, 10.
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Description: The Times' critic calls Reed's radio play Vincenzo 'splendidly acted,' and the 'happiest association of playwright and players.'
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Newspaper: A New Tragi-Comedy
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
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References: Vincenzo, Barbara Couper, Rachel Gurney, Gwen Cherrell, Hugh Burden, Margaretta Scott
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442. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 22 April 1955, 8.
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Description: Reed's prizewinning radio play, The Streets of Pompeii, is scheduled for rebroadcast on the Third Programme late this evening.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Streets of Pompeii, Flora Robson, Marius Goring
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443. Untermeyer, Louis. "Poetry: The Muse Still Lures a Lively and Diverse Band." Saturday Review, 7 May 1955, 23-25, 64 [24, 25].
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Description: Untermeyer says Reed's poetry "makes the routine event seem remarkable and gives old legends contemporary significance."
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Journal: Poetry: The Muse Still Lures a Lively and Diverse Band
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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444. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 13 May 1955, 7.
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Description: Broadcast listing for "Thomas Hardy and His Friends," a repeat of Reed's program from February.
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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References: Thomas Hardy
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445. Times (London), "To-morrow," 4 June 1955, 3.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's play Summertime broadcasts this evening as Holiday Land.
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Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Holiday Land
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446. Howarth, Howard. "B.B.C. Recordings." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 27 June 1955, 9.
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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.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Recordings
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: T.S. Eliot
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447. Zolotow, Sam. "'The Isle of Goats' Booked at Fulton." New York Times, 1 August 1955, 15.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's The Isle of Goats is due to start in September, 1955 at the Fulton Theatre, starring Laurence Harvey.
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Newspaper: The Isle of Goats Booked at Fulton
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Laurence Harvey
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448. Times (London), "Posthumous Betti Play," 8 August 1955, 10.
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Description: Only seven months after being first heard on the BBC, Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed is to be produced on the stage at the Arts Theatre, London, August 30th.
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Newspaper: Posthumous Betti Play
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Campbell Williams
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449. Zolotow, Sam. "Graham Greene Completes Play." New York Times, 8 August 1955, 25.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's Goat Island is delayed until October, 1955.
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Newspaper: Graham Greene Completes Play
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Laurence Harvey
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450. Zolotow, Sam. "Two Plays Listed to Bow in October." New York Times, 15 August 1955, 19.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Goat Island is scheduled for the Fulton Theatre on October 4.
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Newspaper: Two Plays Listed to Bow in October
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Crime on Goat Island
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451. Gelb, Arthur. "News and Gossip of the Rialto." New York Times, 21 August 1955, 97.
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Description: Goat Island, Betti's play translated by Reed, to open on October 4, 1955.
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Newspaper: News and Gossip of the Rialto
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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452. Times (London), "'Clérambard' for the West End: A Tip for an Amateur Theatre," 22 August 1955, 10.
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Description: The Arts Theatre production of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed is rescheduled to open on September 7th.
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Newspaper: Clérambard for the West End
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Yvonne Mitchell, Alexander Knox
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453. Calta, Louis. "Uta Hagen Signs for Betti Drama." New York Times, 25 August 1955, 17.
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Description: Announces actress Uta Hagen to costar in Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.
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Newspaper: Uta Hagen Signs for Betti Drama
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey
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454. Times (London), "Ugo Betti: London to See One of His Comedies," 29 August 1955, 10.
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Description: A long quote from Reed for this article on upcoming Betti plays in London: 'The humour of the Italians is very like our own, but there is this difference in their comic drama: they like the fun to go, if possible, the whole time.'
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Newspaper: Ugo Betti: London to See One of His Comedies
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Summertime, The Burnt Flower-Bed, The Queen and the Rebels
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455. Times (London), "'Julius Caesar' at the Old Vic," 5 September 1955, 3.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's L'aiuola Bruciata opens September 9th, at the Arts Theatre, London.
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Newspaper: Julius Caesar at the Old Vic
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed
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456. Times (London), "Arts Theatre: 'The Burnt Flower-Bed." Review of The Burnt Flower-Bed, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, Arts Theatre, London, 9 September 1955. 10 September 1955, 8.
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Description: The critic for The Times proclaims 'Reed's translation has two advantages: it suggests fidelity to the original and is itself English prose that can be listened to with pleasure.'
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Newspaper: Arts Theatre: The Burnt Flower-Bed
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Yvonne Mitchell, Dudy Nimmo, Alexander Knox, Leo McKern
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457. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 15 September 1955, 6.
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Description: Reed's radio talk, "The Poetry of Thomas Hardy," repeats this evening on the Third Programme.
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Subjects: Review, Radio
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References: Thomas Hardy
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458. New York Times. Photograph of Ruth Ford. 23 September 1955, 20.
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Description: Ruth Ford to replace Betty Field in production of Betti's Island of Goats.
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Newspaper: Photograph of Ruth Ford
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Ruth Ford
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459. Times (London), "Ugo Betti Play for the Haymarket," 23 September 1955, 5.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's play The Queen and the Rebels is scheduled to open on October 26th, with Irene Worth in the leading role.
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Newspaper: Ugo Betti Play for the Haymarket
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Henry Sherek, Frank Hauser, Irene Worth, Audrey Cruddas
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460. New York Times, Advertisement for Island of Goats, 25 September 1955, X4.
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Description: Ad for Reed's version of Betti's Island of Goats at the Fulton Theatre, starring Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, and Ruth Ford.
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Newspaper: Advertisement for Island of Goats
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Laurence Harvey, Uta Hagen, Ruth Ford
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461. New York Times. Advertisement for Island of Goats. 27 September 1955, 42.
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Description: Ad for Reed's version of Betti's Island of Goats at the Fulton Theatre, starring Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, and Ruth Ford.
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Newspaper: Advertisement for Island of Goats
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford
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462. New York Times. Advertisement for Island of Goats. 29 September 1955, 37.
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Description: An ad for a production of Betti's Island of Goats.
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Newspaper: Advertisement for Island of Goats
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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463. Times (London), "New York Stage: Season's Bright Prospects," 30 September 1955, 3.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's Island of Goats is among the translations to be produced in New York this season.
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Newspaper: New York Stage
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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464. Kalb, Bernard. "Pre-war Troy and Wartime Amsterdam Provide Settings for Two Drama This Week." New York Times, 2 October 1955, X1.
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Description: Includes an announcement for the opening of Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.
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Newspaper: Pre-war Troy and Wartime Amsterdam
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford
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465. New York Times. Advertisement for Island of Goats. 2 October 1955, X4.
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Description: Ad for Reed's version of Betti's Island of Goats at the Fulton Theatre, starring Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, and Ruth Ford.
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Newspaper: Advertisement for Island of Goats
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford
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466. Calta, Louis. "'Island of Goats' Arrives Tonight." New York Times, 4 October 1955, 38.
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Description: Announcement of the Fulton Theatre premiere for Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.
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Newspaper: "Island of Goats" Arrives Tonight
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford
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467. 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.
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Description: Review of opening night for Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats at the Fulton Theatre.
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Newspaper: Theatre: Man Mumbling From a Well
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Ruth Ford, Tani Seitz
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468. Zolotow, Sam. "'Macbeth' in Duel for Display Here." New York Times, 7 October 1955, 21.
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Description: Describes the closing of Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats after only seven performances.
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Newspaper: Macbeth in Duel for Display Here
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford
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469. Coffin, Rachel W., ed. "Island of Goats." New York Theatre Critics' Reviews 16, no. 17 (10 October 1955): 260-263.
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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.
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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470. King's Theatre, Glasgow. Programme for Summertime, by Ugo Betti. Translated by Henry Reed. University of Glasgow Special Collections. GB 247 STA Ff 10/11b. Glasgow, Scotland.
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Manuscript: Programme for Summertime
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Subjects: Link, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Summertime
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471. Gibbs, Wolcott. "Amsterdam and Troy." New Yorker 31 (15 October 1955): 77-78.
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Description: Review of the Broadway production of Island of Goats by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed.
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Journal: Amsterdam and Troy
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Crime on Goat Island, Ugo Betti
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472. Weinberg, Herman G. "Big Question." Letter to the drama editor. New York Times, 16 October 1955, X3.
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Description: Letter to the Times' drama editor laments the closing of Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Peter Glenville, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford
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473. Times (London), "Miss Irene Worth in Betti Play," 24 October 1955, 3.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's La Regina e gli Insorti is scheduled to open at London's Haymarket Theatre on October 26th.
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Newspaper: Miss Irene Worth in Betti Play
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Irene Worth, Leo McKErn, Duncan Lamont
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474. Times (London), "Haymarket Theatre: 'The Queen and the Rebels'." Review of The Queen and the Rebels, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, Haymarket Theatre, London, 26 October 1955. 27 October 1955, 3.
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Description: Opening night review of Reed's adaptation of Betti's play, La Regina e gli Insorti.
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Newspaper: Haymarket Theatre: The Queen and the Rebels
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Irene Worth, Leo McKern, Duncan Lamont
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475. Times (London), "Betti's 'Summertime'," 1 November 1955, 3.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Il Paese delle Vacanze is scheduled to open at the Apollo Theatre, London, on November 9th.
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Newspaper: Betti's Summertime
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Summertime, Dirk Bogarde, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Geraldine McEwan, Michael Gwynne
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476. Times (London), "Apollo Theatre: 'Summertime'." Review of Summertime, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, Apollo Theatre, London, 9 November 1955. 10 November 1955, 14.
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Description: Review of opening night for Reed's translation of Betti's Il Paese delle Vacanze.
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Newspaper: Apollo Theatre: Summertime
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Summertime, Geraldine McEwan, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Dirk Bogarde, Michael Gwynn, Mark Dignam
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477. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 26 November 1955, 4.
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Description: Reed's radio play about Shakespeare in Italy, The Great Desire I Had, repeats this evening on the Third Programme.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Great Desire I Had
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478. "Island of Goats." Theatre Arts 39, no. 12 (December 1955): 23.
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Description: Summary and criticism for the Fulton Theatre production of Reed's translation of Ugo Betti's play, Delitto all'Isola delle Capre.
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Henry Sharp, Ruth Ford, Laurence Harvey, Uta Hagen, Tani Seitz
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479. Reed, Henry. "Fine Tenor Bell." Review of Thomas Hardy's Notebooks, edited by Evelyn Hardy. Listener 64, no. 1396 (1 December 1955): 955.
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Description: Review of Hardy's Notebooks, and Some Letters from Julia Augusta Martin, edited by Evelyn Hardy. (London: Hogarth Press, 1955).
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Subjects: Review
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References: Thomas Hardy, Evelyn Hardy, Thomas Hardy's Notebooks, and Some Letters from Julia Martin
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480. Betti, Ugo. Three Plays. Translated and with a foreword by Henry Reed. London: Gollancz, 1956.
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Description: Reed's translations of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, and Summertime.
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime
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481. Fraser, G.S., ed. Poetry Now. London: Faber and Faber, 1956.
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Subjects: Poem
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482. Magalaner, Marvin, and Richard M. Kain. Joyce: The Man, The Work, the Reputation. New York: New York University Press, 1956. 349n.
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Description: Reference's Reed's 1950 Listener article on Joyce.
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Book: Joyce: The Man, The Work, the Reputation
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Subjects: Criticism, Review
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References: James Joyce: The Triple Exile
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483. Perrine, Laurence. Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1956. 37-39.
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Description: Reprints Reed's "Naming of Parts," and provides sample questions for discussion in the classroom.
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Subjects: Poem, Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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484. Reed, Henry. Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti. London: Gollancz, 1956.
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Book: Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Review
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References: Henry Reed, Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti, Ugo Betti
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485. Reed, Henry. A Hedge, Backwards. In Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
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Description: Another in the Hilda Tablet sequence, the biographer is confounded by relatives of his subject, including a brother-in-law, General Gland, played by Derek Guyler. Broadcast in 1956.
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Subjects: Play
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References: A Hedge, Backwards
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486. Stephens, Frances. Theatre World Annual, No. 7: 1st June 1955-31st May 1956. New York: Macmillan, 1956. 26, 27, 72-75, 79-80.
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Description: Reviews and pictorials for 1955 performances of Reed's translations of Betti's plays, The Queen and the Rebels, and Summertime.
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Book: Theatre World Annual, No. 7
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Summertime, Leo McKern, Duncan Lamont, Irene Worth, Alan Tilvern, Geraldine McEwan, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Dirk Bogarde
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487. Radio Times, "Hugh Burden and Carleton Hobbs in 'A Hedge, Backwards': A Discovery for Radio," 24 February 1956.
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Description: Broadcast schedule and cast description for Reed's radio play, "A Hedge, Backwards."
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Newspaper: Hugh Burden and Carleton Hobbs in "A Hedge, Backwards"
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Hedge, Backwards, Douglas Cleverdon, Gwen Cherrell, Dorothy Primrose, Denis Quilloy, Wilfrid Downing, Marjorie Westbury, Mary O'Farrell, Allan McClelland, Donald Swann
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488. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 25 February 1956, 4.
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Description: Reed's radio play, A Very Great Man Indeed, is scheduled for rebroadcast this evening.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Hugh Burden
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489. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 29 February 1956, 4.
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Description: A Hedge, Backwards, "a discovery for radio by Henry Reed," premieres this evening on the Third Programme.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Hedge, Backwards
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490. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 2 March 1956, 5.
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Description: Reed's radio play, A Hedge, Backwards, is scheduled to repeat this evening.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Hedge, Backwards
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491. Goddard, Scott. "Radio Notes." Musical Times.
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Description: Mentions broadcasts of Emily Butter and A Hedge, Backwards.
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Subjects: Play
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References: Emily Butter, A Hedge, Backwards
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492. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 10 August 1956, 2.
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Description: Reed's radio play, A Hedge, Backwards, is scheduled for rebroadcast this evening.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Hedge, Backwards
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493. Sykes, Christopher. "Achievement of the Third Programme." Times (London), 22 August 1956, viii.
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Description: With the exceptions of Reed and Dorothy Baker, the hope for a new school of writers for the BBC remains unfulfilled.
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Newspaper: Achievement of the Third Programme
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio
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References: Dorothy Baker
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494. Thomas, Dylan. "I Am Going to Read Aloud: Introduction to a Reading at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, July 3, 1952." The London Magazine 3, no. 9 (September 1956): 13-17.
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Description: Thomas' introduction to a reading of British poetry which included Reed's "Naming of Parts."
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Journal: I Am Going to Read Aloud
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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495. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 26 September 1956, 6.
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Description: Reed's play, The Streets of Pompeii is scheduled for repeat broadcast this evening.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Streets of Pompeii
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496. Stevens, Denis. "Radio Notes." Musical Times 97, no. 1364 (October 1956): 526-528 [527].
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Description: Calls A Hedge, Backwards a 'witty excursion.'
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Subjects: Play
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References: A Hedge, Backwards
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497. Times (London), Advertisment for From the Third Programme: A Ten-Years' Anthology, 4 October 1956, 13.
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Description: A newspaper ad for an anthology of pieces written for the radio, chosen by John Morris, the Controller of the Third Programme at the time.
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Newspaper: Advertisment for From the Third Programme
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: John Morris, From the Third Programme
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498. Times (London), "'Crime on Goat Island': Ugo Betti's Play Broadcast." Review of Crime on Goat Island, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 7 October 1956. Times (London), 8 October 1956, 3.
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Description: The reviewer of Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island feels the play was marred by 'violently unpredictable changes of mood.'
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Newspaper: Crime on Goat Island
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Norman Wynne, Mary Wimbush, Trader Faulkner, Dudy Nimmo
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499. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 5 November 1956, 5.
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Description: Reed's translation of Fayad's play Don Juan in Love is scheduled to be broadcast this evening.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Samy Fayad, Don Juan in Love
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500. Spender, Stephen. "Hungary." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 16 November 1956, 11.
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Description: A number of British authors announce their application for visas, following a request from Hungarian writers for aid for refugees.
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Stephen Spender, Kingsley Amis, Stephen Potter, Christopher Fry, Walter Allen, Geoffrey Grigson, Laurie Lee, Angus Wilson
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501. Zolotow, Sam. "Gregory Slates Musical Comedy." New York Times, 23 November 1956, 37.
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Description: Developments for a production of Reed's translation of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels mentions Joan Fontaine considering the lead role, and Alfred Hitchcock owning the film rights.
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Newspaper: Gregory Slates Musical Comedy
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Joan Fontaine, Irene Worth, Alfred Hitchcock
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502. Zolotow, Sam. "Melvyn Douglas Weighs Play Bid." New York Times, 28 November 1956, 39.
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Description: Update on a possible New York production for Reed's translation of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels has Nancy Kelly considering the script.
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Newspaper: Melvyn Douglas Weighs Play Bid
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Nancy Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock
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503. Morris, John. "Britain's Case for Egghead Radio." New York Times, 9 December 1956, 19-20, 22 [22].
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Description: In discussing the BBC's Third Programme, Reed is called 'perhaps the most accomplished writer of sophisticated satire now working in radio.'
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Newspaper: Britain's Case for Egghead Radio
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Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Play
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504. Betti, Ugo. The Burnt Flower-Bed: A Play in Three Acts. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1957.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Ainola Bruciata.
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Play: The Burnt Flower-Bed
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed
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505. Betti, Ugo. The Queen and the Rebels: A Play in Two Acts. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1957.
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Description: Reed's translation from the original Italian.
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Play: The Queen and the Rebels ( 0573013632)
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels
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506. Betti, Ugo. Summertime: An Idyll in Three Acts. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1957.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Il Paese delle Vacanze.
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Summertime
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507. Hoover, Benjamin, and Donald S. Taylor. Story, Poem, Essay: A University Reader. New York: Henry Holt, 1957. 381, 605.
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Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts."
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Anthology: Story, Poem, Essay
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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508. Zolotow, Sam. "Two Plays to End Run on Saturday." New York Times, 6 February 1957, 21.
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Description: Update on a production of Reed's translation of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels mentions the authors being represented by the literary agent Ninon Tallon (later Karlweiss).
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Newspaper: Two Plays to End Run on Saturday
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Kermit Bloomgarden, Ninon Tallon, Alfred Hitchcock
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509. Whittemore, Reed. "The 'Modern Idiom' of Poetry, and All That." Yale Review 46, no. 3 (Spring 1957): 357-371 [371].
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Description: "Naming of Parts" is set as an example of the answer to modern poetry.
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Journal: The 'Modern Idiom' of Poetry, and All That
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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510. Times (London), "The Other Theatre in Edinburgh," 16 August 1957, 3.
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Description: The Oxford Theatre Group returns to Edinburgh with Reed's translation of Betti's Corruption in the Palace of Justice, from August 21st through September 7th.
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Newspaper: The Other Theatre in Edinburgh
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice
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511. Times (London), "New Betti Play at Edinburgh: An Undergraduate Production." The Arts. Review of Corruption in the Palace of Justice, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Gullan's Close, Edinburgh, 21 August 1957. Times (Londo
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Newspaper: New Betti Play at Edinburgh
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice
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512. States, Jr., Bert O. "Addendum: The Stage History of Shelley's The Cenci." PMLA 72, no. 4 (September 1957): 633-644 [635].
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Description: Quotes from Reed's 1947 Listener review of a BBC staging of Shelley's The Cenci.
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Journal: Addendum: The Stage History of Shelley's The Cenci
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci
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513. Times (London), "Third Programme Plays," 3 October 1957, 7.
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Description: Irene, Reed's translation of Betti's play, Irene Innocente, is scheduled for broadcast twice this week.
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Newspaper: Third Programme Plays
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, Irene
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514. Rexroth, Kenneth. "Two Voices Against the Chorus." Reviews of True and False Unicorn, by James Broughton, and Meditations in an Emergency, by Frank O'Hara. New York Times Book Review, 6 October 1957, 297.
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Description: Rexroth describes O'Hara's poetry as resembling "that poem of the English poet Henry Reed, 'Today We Have Naming of Parts'" [sic].
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Newspaper: Two Voices Against the Chorus
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: James Broughton, True and False Unicorn, Frank O'Hara, Meditations in an Emergency
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515. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 19 October 1957, 4.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Irene Innocente is scheduled to premiere tomorrow night, Saturday, October 20th.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, Irene
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516. Times (London), "An Allegory by Ugo Betti: Irene Broadcast." Review of Irene, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 20 October 1957. Times (London), 22 October 1957, 3.
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Description: The reviewer of this adaptation of Betti's Irene Innocente believes that 'Mr. Donald McWhinnie's production did not counteract the bleak effect of some lines of Mr. Reed's.'
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Newspaper: An Allegory by Ugo Betti
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, Irene, Donal Donnelly, Joan Plowright, Donald McWhinnie
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517. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 22 October 1957, 4.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's play, Irene Innocente, is scheduled to be repeated this evening.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Irene
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518. Times (London), "Spate of New Plays," 18 November 1957, 3.
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Description: The Oxford Playhouse is scheduled to produce Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island on December 3rd.
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Newspaper: Spate of New Plays
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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519. Times (London), "Crime on Goat Island: Ugo Betti Play at Oxford." Review of Crime on Goat Island, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, 2 December 1957. Times (London), 3 December 1957, 3.
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Description: The reviewer feels that "Betti and his translator Mr. Henry Reed... subtract from the interest of the character instead of adding to it."
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Newspaper: Crime on Goat Island
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Keith Mitchell, Catherine Lacey, Patricia Kneale, Jeanette Sterke
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520. Aldington, Richard, ed. The Viking Book of Poetry of the English Speaking World. New York: Viking, 1958.
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Anthology: The Viking Book of Poetry of the English Speaking World
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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521. 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.
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Sound: The Jupiter Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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522. Betti, Ugo. Three Plays. Translated and with a foreword by Henry Reed. New York: Grove Press, 1958.
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Subjects: Translation
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References: The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime
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523. Cecil, David, and Allen Tate, eds. Modern Verse in English, 1900-1950. New York: Macmillan Company, 1958. 578-582, 638-639.
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Anthology: Modern Verse in English, 1900-1950
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Subjects: Poem, Biography
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References: Naming of Parts, Chrysothemis, Morning
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524. Lortel, Lucille. 8 photographs for Irene Innocente by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Lucille Lortel Papers, 1902-2000. Sub-series 2: White Barn Theatre, 1947-1998. Box 99, folder 6. July 12-13, 1958. Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York
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Manuscript: Photographs for Irene Innocente
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Irene Innocente, John Conrad, Adelaide Klein, David Kurzon, Gerald Price, Delmar Roos
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525. "Notes and News." Tempo, new series, 48 (Summer 1958): 1-3 [3].
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Description: Coinage of the term "composeress" is attributed to Reed.
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Ethel Smyth
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526. Pettit, Henry, and Angus MacDonald, eds. Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature. Vol. 30. London: Cambridge University Press, 1958. 638, 654.
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Description: Indexes Reed's articles for The Listener: "Towards 'The Cocktail Party'," and "James Joyce: The Triple Exile."
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Book: Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: T.S. Eliot, James Joyce
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527. Pettit, Henry, and Angus MacDonald, eds. Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature, 1946. Vol. 26. London: Cambridge University Press, 1958. 100, 106.
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Description: Indexes Reed's poem in Orion, "King Mark," and The Novel Since 1939.
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Book: Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: King Mark, The Novel Since 1939
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528. Reed, Henry. Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti. New York: Grove Press, 1958. 5-8.
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Description: Reed's 'brief non-critical account of Betti's progress through his quarter-century of playwriting,' with some biographical details of the Italian poet and author.
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Book: Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti
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Subjects: Translation, Play, Review
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References: Henry Reed, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime, Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti
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529. Reed, Henry. The Primal Scene, As It Were. In Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
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Description: Hilda Tablet and her entourage embark on a Mediterranean voyage in this psychoanalytical farce from 1958.
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Play: The Primal Scene, As It Were
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Subjects: Play
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References: Primal Scene, As It Were
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530. Scott, J.A. Review of Three Plays by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Italian Quarterly 2, no. 1, (Spring 1958): 72-74.
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Description: Scott's review is positive, though he takes some issue with Reed's translation of a few Italian idioms.
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Journal: Italian Quarterly
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Three Plays
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531. Williams, Oscar, ed. A Pocket Book of Modern Verse. Rev. ed. New York: Washington Square Press, 1958. 538-539.
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Description: Collects the second of Reed's Lessons of the War, "Judging Distances."
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Anthology: A Pocket Book of Modern Verse
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Judging Distances
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532. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 24 January 1958, 5.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's play, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, is scheduled to premiere this evening.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice
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533. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 13 February 1958, 2.
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Description: Reed's radio play starring Hugh Burden, A Very Great Man Indeed, is scheduled to be replayed this evening.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Hugh Burden
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534. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 20 February 1958, 3.
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Description: Reed's radio play, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, is scheduled to be rebroadcast this evening.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet
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535. Atkinson, Brooks. "'The Entertainer'." New York Times, 23 February 1958, X1.
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Description: The "Drama Bookshelf" lists the new Grove Press edition of Reed's translation of three Ugo Betti plays.
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Newspaper: The Entertainer
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime
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536. Walker, Roy. "Overdose." Listener 59, no. 1509 (27 February 1958): 379-380.
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Description: Exhausted by the rebroadcast of Reed's Hilda Tablet series, Walker laments sequels.
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
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References: A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet
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537. MacGregor-Hastie, Roy. "The Poet in His Workshop: No 4—The Great Unclassified." Arena 48 (March 1958): 10-13 [12-13].
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Description: MacGregor-Hastie shows great respect for Reed in this series on the state of poetry (but little regard for the poets of the 'Thirties).
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Journal: The Poet in His Workshop: No 4—The Great Unclassified
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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538. Times (London), "Apollo Society," 7 March 1959, 3.
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Description: An announcement for a festival of verse and music invoking Italy and Greece includes Irene Worth reading Reed's poetry.
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Newspaper: Apollo Society
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Subjects: Biography, Poem
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References: Irene Worth
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539. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 11 March 1958, 6.
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Description: The premiere of The Primal Scene, As It Were, scheduled for this evening, is described as 'nine studies in disloyalty.'
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Primal Scene, As It Were
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540. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 14 March 1958, 6.
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Description: Reed's radio play, The Primal Scene, As It Were..., is replayed this evening.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: The Primal Scene, As It Were
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541. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 26 March 1958, 6.
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Description: Reed's translation of Audiberti's play, Le Mal Court, will be broadcast tonight, starring the actress Joan Plowright.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Jacques Audiberti, Alarica, Joan Plowright
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542. Ottaway, Hugh. "Broadcast Music." Musical Times 99, no. 1382 (April 1958): 198-199 [198].
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Description: Mentions Reed's Hilda Tablet plays, commenting on Emily Butter.
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Subjects: Play
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References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Emily Butter
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543. Times (London), "Trumpet Voluntary." Review of The Sweeniad, by Victor Purcell (as Myra Buttle). 22 May 1958, 13.
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Description: Victor Purcell's Sweeniad does not achieve the 'demure but paralysing force of Mr. Henry Reed's brief "Chard Whitlow."'
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Newspaper: Trumpet Voluntary
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem, Parody
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References: Myra Buttle, The Sweeniad, Chard Whitlow
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544. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 16 August 1958, 3.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruption in the Palace of Justice is scheduled to replay this evening.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice
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545. Luciani, Vincent. "Bibliography of Italian Studies in America." Italica 35, no. 3 (September 1958): 205-210 [210].
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Description: Cites Scott's 1958 review of Betti's Three Plays in Italian Quarterly.
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Journal: Bibliography of Italian Studies in America
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Ugo Betti
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546. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 20 September 1958, 4.
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Description: Reed is slated to premiere his new poem, "The Auction Sale," tonight on the BBC's Third Programme.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend
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Subjects: Poem
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References: The Auction Sale
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547. Reed, Henry. "The Auction Sale." Encounter 11, no. 4 (October 1958): 49-55.
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Description: Restrained drama unfurls in this long, 300-line, Hardyesque poem about a country auction and the battle for a special painting. Originally published in Stephen Spender's Encounter, October 1958.
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Journal: The Auction Sale
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Subjects: Poem
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References: The Auction Sale
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548. Times (London), "Christmas Gifts." Advertisement for the Jupiter Anthology of 20th-century Poetry. 11 December 1958, 1.
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Description: Reed is included among the poets on this two-disc recording of modern poetry.
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Newspaper: Christmas Gifts
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Edith Sitwell, John Betjeman, C. Day Lewis, Laurie Lee, W.R. Rogers, Richard Church, Vernon Watkins, Roy Fuller
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549. Times (London), "Plays for the Connoisseur," 11 December 1959, 3.
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Description: Reed's translation of Montherlant's tragedy, La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant, is expected in a production for the Third Programme.
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Newspaper: Plays for the Connoisseur
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child
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550. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 15 December 1958, 4.
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Description: Reed is scheduled to read his poem "The Auction Sale" tonight on the Third Programme.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Poem, Radio
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References: The Auction Sale
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551. Ciardi, John. How Does a Poem Mean?. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. 832-833.
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Description: Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" is used for a section describing diction. With suggested questions for class.
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Anthology: How Does a Poem Mean?
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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552. Cole, William, ed. The Fireside Book of Humorous Poetry. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
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Anthology: The Fireside Book of Humorous Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Chard Whitlow
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553. 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.
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Description: Jones' response to Reed's essay in The Listener of June 18, 1953.
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Chapter: If and Perhaps and But
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: If and Perhaps and But
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554. Kenner, Hugh. The Invisible Poet: T.S. Eliot. New York: McDowell, Oblensky, 1959. iv, 314.
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Description: Reed's Eliot parody "Chard Whitlow" is quoted.
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Subjects: Criticism, Parody
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References: Chard Whitlow
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555. Lewis, C. Day, and John Lehmann, eds. The Chatto Book of Modern Poetry, 1915-1955. London: Chatto and Windus, 1959.
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Anthology: The Chatto Book of Modern Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: A Map of Verona, Judging Distances
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556. Painter, George D. Dedication to Proust: The Early Years. Boston: Little, Brown, 1959.
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Description: The first volume of Painter's Proust biography is dedicated "For Henry Reed."
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Book: Proust: The Early Years
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Subjects: Biography, Miscellaneous
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References: George D. Painter
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557. Ramsbotham, Michael. The Parish of Long Trister. Cresset Press, 1959.
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Book: The Parish of Long Trister
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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558. Reed, Henry. Musique Discrète. Unpublished radio script. Broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, 1959.
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Description: A request programme of compositions by Dame Hilda Tablet, broadcast in 1959.
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Subjects: Play
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References: Musique Discrète
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559. Reed, Henry. Not a Drum Was Heard: The War Memoirs of General Gland. Unpublished radio script. Broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, 6 May 1959.
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Description: A tangent in the Hilda Tablet sequence, with overtones of General Montgomery. Broadcast in 1959.
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Play: Not a Drum Was Heard
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Subjects: Play
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560. Stokes, Edward. The Novels of Henry Green. London: Hogarth Press, 1959. 8, 60, 116, 222.
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Description: Quotes Reed's May, 1945 review of Henry Green's novel, Loving.
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Book: The Novels of Henry Green
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Henry Green, Loving
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561. Storrs, Ronald, ed. Ad Pyrrham: A Polyglot Collection of Translations of Horace's Ode to Pyrrha (Book I, Ode 5). London: Oxford University Press, 1959. vii.
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Description: Reed selected the twelve Italian translations for Storr's collection.
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Subjects: Translation, Poem
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References: Horace
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562. Williams, Oscar, ed. An Album of Modern Poetry: An Anthology Read by the Poets. LP recording 3 sound discs: analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono., 12 in. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Recording Laboratory, 1959.
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Description: A set of recordings of poets reading from their works includes Reed reciting "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances."
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Sound: An Album of Modern Poetry: An Anthology Read by the Poets
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances
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563. Times (London), "Contrasts in Verse and Prose," 22 January 1959, 3.
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Description: Reed's poem "The Auction Sale" was read by Marius Goring at an Arts Council programme yesterday in St. James's Square.
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Newspaper: Contrasts in Verse and Prose
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Subjects: Review, Poem
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References: The Auction Sale, Marius Goring
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564. Times (London), "Montherlant School Play," 26 February 1959, 3.
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Description: Reed's translation of Montherlant's La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant will be broadcast on March 10th of this year.
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Newspaper: Montherlant School Play
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Archie Campbell, Denholm Elliott, Brian Bedford, Nicky Edmett, Carleton Hobbs
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565. Times (London), "The B.B.C. Plucks Up Courage," 4 March 1959, 5.
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Description: The question is raised about Reed's radio plays, 'possibly the funniest broadcasting of its type,' only being offered to the smallest of audiences.
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Newspaper: The B.B.C. Plucks Up Courage
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
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566. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 10 March 1959, 6.
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Description: Reed's translation of Montherlant's La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant is scheduled for broadcast this evening.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Denholm Elliott
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567. Times (London), "Credible Triangle." Review of The Land Where the King is a Child, by Henry de Montherlant, translated by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 10 March 1959. 11 March 1959, 13.
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Description: The radio critic for the Times calls Reed's translation 'the most closely argued play we have heard for a long time.'
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Newspaper: Credible Triangle
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child
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568. Times (London), "New Play by Mr. Samuel Beckett," 11 March 1959, 13.
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Description: New radio plays for this season include Beckett's Embers, and Reed's Not a Drum was Heard (to be broadcast in May).
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Newspaper: New Play by Mr. Samuel Beckett
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Not a Drum was Heard
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569. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 10 April 1959, 6.
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Description: Reed's translation of Montherlant's The Land Where the King is a Child is rebroadcast on the Third Programme tonight.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Denholm Elliott
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570. Radio Times, "General Gland," Round and About, 1 May 1959, 4.
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Description: A short column introducing Reed's next radio play in the Hilda Tablet sequence.
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Not a Drum Was Heard, Deryck Guyler, Michael Flanders, Dorothy Primrose, Frank Duncan, Donald Swann
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571. Reed, Henry. "Deryck Guyler in 'Not a Drum Was Heard': The War Memoirs of General Gland." Radio Times, 1 May 1959, 41.
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Description: Includes a short, introductory note by Reed.
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Newspaper: Deryck Guyler in "Not a Drum Was Heard"
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Not a Drum Was Heard
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572. Meredith, William. "Images and Reality." Reviews of The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace and Other Poems, by James Merrill, and The Minute and Longer Poems, by John Holloway. New York Times Book Review, 3 May 1959, 4.
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Description: Holloway's "A Voice for Winter" is the best poem Meredith knows (excluding Reed's "Chard Whitlow") that derives closely from Eliot's Four Quartets.
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Newspaper: Images and Reality
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Subjects: Criticism, Review
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References: James Merrill, The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace, John Holloway, The Minute and Longer Poems
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573. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 6 May 1959, 8.
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Description: Reed's next installment in the Hilda Tablet series, Not a Drum was Heard, premieres this evening on the Third Programme.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Not a Drum was Heard
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574. Times (London), "General's Paranoia." Review of Not a Drum Was Heard, by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 6 May 1959. 7 May 1959, 4.
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Description: The radio critic for the Times calls Reed's play 'ridiculous enough to be beautiful.'
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Newspaper: General's Paranoia
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
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References: Not a Drum was Heard
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575. Richart, Bette. "Verse of Wit." Review of Testament and Other Poems, by John Fandel. Commonweal 70, no. 6 (8 May 1959): 163-166 [163-164].
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Description: Evoking Reed's 1946 A Map of Verona, Richart says Reed 'proved decisively that the image is not the whole poem'; he 'wrote the poetry of statement'; and that 'he sometimes actually said something, rather than evoked feelings.'
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Subjects: Criticism
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576. Radio Times, "Deryck Guyler in 'Not a Drum Was Heard': The War Memoirs of General Gland," 22 May 1959, 31.
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Description: Schedule for a repeat broadcast of Reed's radio play.
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Newspaper: Deryck Guyler in "Not a Drum Was Heard"
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Not a Drum Was Heard, Douglas Cleverdon, Deryck Guyler, Michael Flanders, Frank Duncan, Hugh Burden, Mary O'Farrell, Marjorie Westbury, Carleton Hobbs, Donald Swann
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577. Times (London), "Writing for the Radio," 22 May 1959, 16.
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Description: Discussing the problems and rewards of radio drama, the correspondent remarks that 'Henry Reed has comically but brutally dismembered large tracts of contemporary society....'
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Newspaper: Writing for the Radio
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Subjects: Criticism, Play
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References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, A Very Good Man Indeed, The Primal Scene, As it Were
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578. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 26 May 1959, 5.
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Description: Reed's play, Not a Drum was Heard: The War Memoirs of General Gland is scheduled to broadcast on the Third Programme tonight.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Not a Drum was Heard
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579. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 12 June 1959, 9.
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Description: Reed's translation of Giovaninetti's One Flesh is scheduled for broadcast on the Third Programme this evening.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Silvio Giovaninetti, One Flesh
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580. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 1 July 1959, 9.
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Description: Reed's translation of Giovaninetti's One Flesh is scheduled for rebroadcast on the Third Programme this evening.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Silvio Giovaninetti, One Flesh
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581. Williams, Oscar. Letters to Henry Reed, 9 July 1959, 28 March 1963 (carbons). Williams, Oscar Mss. Collection. Lilly Library Manuscripts Department. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
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Manuscript: Letters to Henry Reed
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Subjects: Biography
|
References: Oscar Williams
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582. Cambon, Glauco. "An Italian Chronicle." Poetry 94, no. 5 (August 1959): 350-354.
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Description: Review of Three Plays by Ugo Betti, translated and with a foreword by Henry Reed. Evergreen Books. Grove Press. $1.75.
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Journal: Poetry, Aug. 1959
|
Subjects: Criticism
|
References: Three Plays
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583. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 5 September 1959, 4.
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Description: Reed is scheduled to read his long poem, "The Auction Sale," this evening on the BBC.
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Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend
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Subjects: Poem, Radio
|
References: The Auction Sale
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584. Spencer, T.J.B. "Short Notices." Review of The Concise Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, 600-1950, edited by George Watson. Modern Language Review 54, no. 4 (October 1959): 626-627 [627].
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Description: Mentions several authors who failed to make the "Concise" volume, including Reed.
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|
Subjects: Criticism
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585. Dubester, Henry J. Letter to Henry Reed (carbon), 2 October 1959. Williams, Oscar Mss. Collection. Lilly Library Manuscripts Department. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
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Manuscript: Letter to Henry Reed
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Subjects: Biography
|
References: Oscar Williams, Henry J. Dubester
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586. New York Times. "Radio." 7 October 1959, 87.
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Description: The schedule for WYNC has Reed's The Streets of Pompeii as a "Drama from Canada."
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Subjects: Play
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References: The Streets of Pompeii
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587. Reed, Henry. "Homage to Dame HildaOr Swann's Way." Radio Times, 23 October 1959, 6.
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Description: Reed 'offers a few well-chosen words about "Musique Discrète.'
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Newspaper: Homage to Dame Hilda
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Musique Discrète, Donald Swann
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588. Times (London), "Radio and the Survival of the Fittest," The Arts, 28 October 1959, 4.
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Description: The correspondent calls for a "fuss" to be made of good radio work by Reed, Cooper, and Naughton.
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Newspaper: Radio and the Survival of the Fittest
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Giles Cooper, William Naughton
|
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589. Zolotow, Sam. "Gore Vidal Play, 'Best Man,' Due." New York Times, 30 October 1959, 32.
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Description: Betti's Time of Vengeance formerly at the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut, translated by Reed as Irene Innocente.
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Newspaper: Gore Vidal Play, "Best Man," Due
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Irene Innocente
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590. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 11 December 1959, 7.
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Description: Derek Guyler stars in this evening's broadcast of Reed's Not a Drum Was Heard: The War Memoirs of General Gland.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Not a Drum Was Heard, Derek Guyler
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591. Times (London), "Enoch Arden Read to Strauss Music," 11 December 1959, 16.
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Description: Reed's "The Auction Sale" is part of an evening of music and literature.
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Newspaper: Enoch Arden Read to Strauss Music
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Subjects: Miscellaneous, Poem
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References: The Auction Sale, Marius Goring
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592. Betti, Ugo. Crime on Goat Island. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1960.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Delitto all'Isola delle Capre.
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Play: Crime on Goat Island
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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593. Currey, R.N. Poets of the 1939-1945 War. London: Longmans, Green, 1960. 7, 36, 43, 47.
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Description: Currey calls Reed's "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances" 'brilliant' in this British Council pamphlet.
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Book: Poets of the 1939-1945 War
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances
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594. Hallmark Cards, Inc. Poetry for Pleasure: The Hallmark Book of Poetry. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1960.
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Anthology: Poetry for Pleasure
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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595. Lehmann, John. I Am My Brother: Autobiography II. London: Longmans, Green, 1960. 167-169.
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Description: John Lehmann considers Reed's poems, and reflects on their early correspondence.
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Subjects: Biography, Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Tristram, Iseult La Belle, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark
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596. Macdonald, Dwight, ed. Parodies: an Anthology from Chaucer to Beerbohm—and After. New York: Random House, 1960. 218-219.
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Description: Macdonald feels that Reed's poem, "Chard Whitlow," escapes the sins of other Eliot parodies.
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Anthology: Parodies: an Anthology
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Chard Whitlow, T.S. Eliot
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597. Pine, L.G., ed. "Reed, Henry." The Author's and Writer's Who's Who. 4th ed. New York: Hafner, 1960. 325.
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Description: Brief biography listing Reed's publications and contributions.
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Book: The Author's and Writer's Who's Who
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Subjects: Biography
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References: A Map of Verona, Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939, Three Plays by Ugo Betti, Perdu and His Father
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598. Reed, Henry. Review of Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 64, no. 1652 (24 November 1960): 948.
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Description: Reed's reviews Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover following the lift of the obscenity ban in Britain, wondering how many people have read it cover to cover (as opposed to every who has dipped into it, 'here and there').
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Journal: Review of Lady Chatterley's Lover
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Subjects: Review
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References: D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
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599. Reed, Henry. Reviews of The Necessary Angel and Opus Posthumous, by Wallace Stevens. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 63, no. 1620 (14 April 1960): 675-676.
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Description: Reed reviews of Wallace Stevens' The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination (London: Faber and Faber, 1960), and Opus Posthumous, edited by Samuel French Morse (London: Faber and Faber, 1960).
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Review: Review of The Necessary Angel
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Subjects: Review
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References: Wallace Stevens, The Necessary Angel, Opus Posthumous
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600. Sawin, Lewis, ed. Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature, 1953-1954. Vol. 31. London: Cambridge University Press, 1960. 449.
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Description: Indexes Reed's article for The Listener, "'If and Perhaps and But'."
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Book: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, 1953-1954
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: If and Perhaps and But
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601. Reed, Henry. "'Kennst Du Das Land?'" Reviews of Italy, by M. Paul Lechat, and As for Italy, by Jean François Revel. Listener 63, no. 1607 (14 January 1960): 93.
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Description: Reed's reviews of Italian travel books, including Jean François Revel's As for Italy, translated by Anthony Rhodes (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959).
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Journal: Review of As for Italy
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Subjects: Review
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References: Jean François Revel, As for Italy, M. Paul Lechat, Italy
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602. Times (London), Advertisement for All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren. 14 January 1960, 15.
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Description: Reed is quoted for a blurb on All the King's Men: 'I have read no better book by an American writer of this century.'
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Newspaper: Advertisement for All the King's Men
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Subjects: Review
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References: Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men
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603. Scott, J.A. "The Message of Ugo Betti." Italica 37, no. 1 (March 1960): 44-57 [44].
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Description: Acknowledges the contribution of Reed's translations of Betti's plays.
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Journal: The Message of Ugo Betti
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti
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604. de Montherlant, Henry. The Land Where the King is a Child, translated and adapted by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, April 5 1960.
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Description: Reed adapted de Montherlant's play La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant for BBC radio.
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Radio: The Land Where the King is a Child
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where The King is a Child, Denholm Elliott
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605. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 5 April 1960, 8.
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Description: Scheduled for this evening on the Third Programme is Reed's adaptation of de Montherlant's The Land Where the King is a Child.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Denholm Elliott
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606. Times (London), "Art of the Radio Actor," 19 April 1960, 14.
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Description: Carleton Hobbs, who provided voices for Reed's Hilda Tablet plays and The Land Where the King is a Child, is mentioned as a noteworthy radio actor.
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Newspaper: Art of the Radio Actor
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
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References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, The Land Where the King is a Child, Carleton Hobbs
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607. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 12 May 1960, 11.
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Description: Reed is scheduled to appear on "Comment on the Arts," reviewing The Leopard, by the Prince of Lampedusa, translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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References: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
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608. Calta, Louis. "Broadway to See Betti Drama." New York Times, 8 July 1960, 17.
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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.
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Newspaper: Broadway to See Betti Drama
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Irene Worth
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609. Times (London), "The Opinions of Dame Hilda Tablet," 15 August 1960, 3.
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Description: A "biographic" piece from the London Times concerning the grande dame's opinions on music, casting, and composing. External link.
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Link: The Times (London), Aug. 1960
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Subjects: Play, Criticism, Radio
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References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet
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610. Reed, Henry. Review of Six Poets of Modern Greece, translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 64, no. 1642 (15 September 1960): 438-439.
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Description: Reed feels that Cavafy is 'striking,' and Seferis 'comes over with real vividness,' but the other four poets do not fare as well.
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Review: Review of Six Poets of Modern Greece
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Subjects: Review
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References: George Seferis, Anghelos Sikelianos, D.I. Antoniou, Odysseus Elytis, Nikos Gatsos, C.P. Cavafy
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611. Herbert, Sir Alan. "Thoughts on 'Lady Chatterley'." Listener 64, no. 1650 (10 November 1960): 834-835.
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Description: Comment from the Third Programme on the recent "not guilty" verdict in the obscenity trial over Lady Chatterley's Lover.
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Journal: Thoughts on Lady Chatterley
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Denys Kilham Roberts
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612. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 15 November 1960, 3.
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Description: Reed's radio play, Emily Butter, with music by Donald Swann, is scheduled for rebroadcast this evening.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Emily Butter, Donald Swann
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613. Bouquet, A.C. "Thoughts on 'Lady Chatterley'." Listener 64, no. 1651 (17 November 1960): 895.
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Description: Reed refers to this letter in his review of Lady Chatterley's Lover on November 24.
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Journal: Thoughts on Lady Chatterley
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
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614. Betti, Ugo. Crime on Goat Island. Translated by Henry Reed. San Francisco, CA: Chandler, 1961.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Delitto all'Isola delle Capre.
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Play: Crime on Goat Island
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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615. 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.
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Description: Reissue of Jupiter Anthology.
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Sound: Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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616. 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.
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Manuscript: A Production Book of Ugo Betti's The Queen and the Rebels
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels
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617. 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.
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Description: Reed's translation is not criticized or commented on.
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Journal: Ugo Betti: The High Court of Drama
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Subjects: Translation, Criticism
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime
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618. Jennings, Elizabeth, ed. An Anthology of Modern Verse, 1940-1960. London: Methuen, 1961. 210-215.
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Description: Collects Reed's poems "A Map of Verona," "The Wall," and "Naming of Parts."
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Anthology: An Anthology of Modern Verse, 1940-1960
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Subjects: Poem
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References: A Map of Verona, The Wall, Naming of Parts
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619. Lehmann, John. "English Letters in the Doldrums?" Texas Quarterly 4, no. 3 (Autumn 1961): 56-63 [58, 59].
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Description: Lehmann mentions Reed, lamenting he "has fallen entirely silent" by this time.
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Journal: English Letters in the Doldrums?
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Subjects: Criticism
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620. Britten, Benjamin. "Chorale." The Score: A Music Magazine 28, (January 1961): 47-51, 75 [75].
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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."
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Subjects: Poem, Radio
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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
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621. Times (London), "Poetry Should Use More Than One of Its Voices." Review of An Album of Modern Poetry: An Anthology Read by the Poets, edited by Oscar Williams, 7 January 1961, 9.
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Description: Review of the three-record set An Album of Modern Poetry, (Library of Congress, 1959), which includes Reed reading "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances."
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Newspaper: Poetry Should Use More Than One
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances
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622. Reed, Henry. "Rome: 'Time's Central City'." Review of A Time in Rome, by Elizabeth Bowen. Listener 65, no. 1659 (12 January 1961): 91.
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Description: Reed calls Bowen's book 'essentially a book to be read away from Rome, not in it', and feels this Rome is 'perfectly created.'
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Journal: Rome: Time's Central City
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Subjects: Review
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References: Elizabeth Bowen, A Time in Rome, D.H. Lawrence, Twilight in Italy
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623. "The Unstuffed Owl." Review of Parodies: An Anthology From Chaucer to Beerbohm and After, edited by Dwight Macdonald. Time, 13 January 1961, 80.
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Description: Excerpts "Chard Whitlow" as a parody of Eliot.
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Journal: The Unstuffed Owl
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Subjects: Parody
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References: Chard Whitlow
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624. Times (London), "Three Women, One Man," The Arts, Review of Crime on Goat Island by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, Pembroke Theatre, London, 31 January 1961. 1 February 1961, 5.
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Description: 'The enterprising playgoer is advised to accept the opportunity' to see Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island.
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Newspaper: Three Women, One Man
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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625. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 3 February 1961, 3.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's House on the Water is on the Third Programme's schedule this evening.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, House on the Water
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626. Times (London), "Through Gloom to Catastrophe." Review of House on the Water, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, BBC Third Programme. 4 February 1961, 3.
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Description: The previous night's broadcast of Reed's translation of Betti's House on the Water is reviewed.
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Newspaper: Through Gloom to Catastrophe
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Ugo Betti, House on the Water, Judi Dench, Peter Woodthorpe, Jack May
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627. Laws, Frederick. "Much Ambivalence." Review of The House on the Water, by Ugo Betti. Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 65, no. 1663 (9 February 1961): 282.
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Description: Laws feels Reed's translation 'didn't come off at all.'
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Journal: Much Ambivalence
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Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
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References: The House on the Water, Ugo Betti
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628. Cloyne, George. "Shock Treatment." Talking of Books. Times (London), 16 February 1961, 15.
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Description: On the subject of the rarity of good parody, Reed's poem "Chard Whitlow" is mentioned.
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Newspaper: Shock Treatment
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Chard Whitlow
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629. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes for the Weekend," 18 February 1961, 5.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's The House on the Water is scheduled for broadcast on the Third Programme.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes for the Weekend
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Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The House on the Water
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630. Pryce-Jones, Alan. "Society and Life, Here and Abroad." The New Books. Harper's Magazine 222, no. 1330 (March 1961): 112-120 [118].
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Description: Quotes "Chard Whitlow" in a review of François Mauriac's Mémoires Intérieurs.
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Journal: Society and Life, Here and Abroad
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Chard Whitlow
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631. Reed, Henry. "'Richard'." Review of Narrative of a Child Analysis, by Melanie Klein. Listener 65, no. 1667 (9 March 1961): 445-446.
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Description: Reed, a self-proclaimed Kleinian, reviews this treatise on the conduct of child psychoanalysis, which he keeps 'on the same shelf as Finnegans Wake and War and Peace'.
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Subjects: Review
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References: Melanie Klein, Narrative of a Child Analysis
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632. Reed, Henry. "Ego in Flight." Review of Saint-Exupéry, by Marcel Migeo. Sunday Telegraph (London), 26 March 1961, 6.
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Description: Reed describes Migeo's biography of "Saint-Ex" as "authoritative" but "unorganized."
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Subjects: Review
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References: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Marcel Migeo
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633. New York Times. "Radio." 8 April 1961, 43.
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Description: The radio schedule for this date lists the BBC's broadcast of Reed's The Street of Pompeii.
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Subjects: Play
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References: The Streets of Pompeii, Flora Robson, Marius Goring
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634. Funke, Lewis. "News of the Rialto: Optimists." New York Times, 30 April 1961, X1.
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Description: Mentions a summer of 1960 testing of Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed in Westport, CT.
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Newspaper: News of the Rialto: Optimists
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed
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635. Reed, Henry. "Maigret's Master." Reviews of Maigret in Court, and The Premier, by Georges Simenon. Sunday Telegraph (London), 14 May 1961, 7.
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Description: Reed finds the translation of Simenon's The Premiere "fortunate," but not so for Maigret in Court, which is "crude" at best.
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Newspaper: Maigret's Master
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Subjects: Review
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References: George Simenon, Maigret in Court, Robert Brain, The Premier, Daphne Woodward
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636. Laws, Frederick. "Shop Window." Listener 65, no. 1678 (25 May 1961): 941-942 [942].
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Description: In his review of a revised production of A Very Great Man Indeed, Laws says 'the number of memorable and established plays specifically for radio by writers of the quality of Mr. Reed is not as great as an enthusiast would wish to boast.'
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Subjects: Play
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References: A Very Great Man Indeed
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637. Reed, Henry. Review of Poems, by George Seferis, translated by Rex Warner. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 65, no. 1679 (1 June 1961): 978.
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Description: Reed reviews a collection of Seferis' poetry, whom he calls a 'major poet.'
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Subjects: Review
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References: George Seferis, Poems, Rex Warner
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638. Reed, Henry. "New Thurber." Review of Lanterns and Lances, by James Thurber. New Statesman 61, no. 1578 (9 June 1961): 924-925.
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Description: Reed reviews Thurber's essay collection, Lanterns and Lances (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961).
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Subjects: Review
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References: James Thurber, Lanterns and Lances
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639. Reed, Henry. "Ageing Passions." Review of The Complete Poems of Michelangelo, translated by Joseph Tusiana. Sunday Telegraph (London), 11 June 1961, 7.
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Description: Reed feels that Professor Tusiani's translations have "merely produced page after page of lifeless verse, often unscannable, and stuffed with many images and fantasies of his own."
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Newspaper: Ageing Passions
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Subjects: Review
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References: The Complete Poems of Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Joseph Tusiani
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640. Advertisement for future issue. English Journal 50, no. 6 (September 1961): 442.
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Description: Highlights of an upcoming issue include a study of Reed's "Naming of Parts."
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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641. Reed, Henry. "Veteris Vestigia Flammae." Review of Some Recollections, by Emma Hardy. Listener 66, no. 1700 (26 October 1961): 678.
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Description: Reed's review of Some Recollections by Emma Hardy (Thomas Hardy's first wife), edited by Evelyn Hardy and Robert Gittings. (London: Oxford University Press, 1961).
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Journal: Veteris Vestigia Flammae
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Subjects: Review
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References: Thomas Hardy
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642. Reed, Henry. "What the Master Kept Back." Review of Picasso's Picassos, photographed and introduced by David Douglas Duncan. Sunday Telegraph (London), 29 October 1961, 6.
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Description: Reed calls this book "much more than a retrospective" of unseen works by a master: this collection is "infinitely more touching, and possibly more absorbing."
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Newspaper: What the Master Kept Back
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Subjects: Review
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References: Picasso's Picassos, Pablo Picasso, David Douglas Duncan
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643. Hyndman, Roger. "Point of Balance: A Lesson in 'Naming of Parts.'" English Journal 50, no. 8 (November 1961): 569-571, 577.
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Description: Analysis, study questions, and lesson plans for teaching Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" in class.
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Journal: The English Journal
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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644. Simon, John. "Are You Illiterate about Modern Poetry?" Vogue 138, no. 8 (1 November 1961): 124-125, 174, 177-180 [177].
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Description: Simon mentions Reed's "Naming of Parts," and alludes to "Chard Whitlow."
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Journal: Are You Illiterate about Modern Poetry?
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whiltow
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645. Reed, Henry. "Shocked into Life." Review of The Empty Canvas, by Alberto Moravia, translated by Angus Davidson. Sunday Telegraph (London), 19 November 1961, 7.
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Description: Of Moravia's most recent novel, Reed says "there is something unquestionably heroic about the whole enterprise."
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Newspaper: Shocked into Life
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Subjects: Review
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References: The Empty Canvas, Alberto Moravia, Angus Davidson
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646. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 22 November 1961, 7.
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Description: Reed's play, A Hospital Case, is scheduled for broadcast this evening on the Third Programme.
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Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Hospital Case
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647. Reed, Henry. "Leading a Dance." Review of Fokine: Memoirs of a Ballet Master, translated by Vitale Fokine. Sunday Telegraph (London), 26 November 1961, 6.
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Description: Reed finds Fokine's memoirs "very absorbing and intelligent."
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Newspaper: Leading a Dance
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Subjects: Review
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References: Michel Fokine, Fokine: Memoirs of a Ballet Master, Vitale Fokine, Anatole Chujoy
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648. Rodger, Ian. "A Hospital Hell." Listener 66, no. 1705 (30 November 1961): 947.
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Description: Rodger's review of Reed's adaptation of Buzzati's A Hospital Case: '[A] forceful play with not a few moments of great theatre' with 'excellent use of radiophonic effects.'
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Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
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References: Dino Buzzati, A Hospital Case, Martin Esslin, Nigel Davenport, Stephen Murray, Matrick Magee
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649. Quinn, Sister M. Bernetta. "Modern Poetry in the Classroom." English Journal 50, no. 9 (December 1961) 590-595, 611 [611].
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Description: Sister Bernetta wonders if perhaps difficult poems are being avoided in high school, over worries that the likes of Reed, and Roethke will not stand the test of time.
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Journal: Modern Poetry and the Classroom
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Subjects: Criticism
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650. Allott, Kenneth, ed. The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse, 1918-60. New rev. ed. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1962. 287-290.
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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.'
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Anthology: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse
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Subjects: Biography, Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Philoctetes, Chard Whitlow, Iseult La Belle, King Mark, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains
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651. Balzac, Honoré de. Père Goriot. Translated and with an afterword by Henry Reed. New York: American Library, 1962.
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Description: Reed's translation from the original French.
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
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652. Buzzati, Dino. Larger than Life. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Secker & Warburg, 1962.
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Description: Reed's translation of Buzzati's novel Il Grande Ritratto.
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Dino Buzzati, Larger than Life
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653. Cohen, John Michael. English Translations and Translators. London: Longmans, Green, 1962. 46.
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Book: English Translations and Translators
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Subjects: Criticism, Review
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References: The Novel Since 1939
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654. Nowottny, Winifred. The Language Poets Use. New York: Oxford University Press, 1962. 37-38.
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Description: A chapter on diction uses "Naming of Parts" as an example of using a ready-made language and shifting of styles.
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Book: The Language Poets Use
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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655. Pirandello, Luigi. All for the Best. Translated by Henry Reed. In Right You Are! Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1962.
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Description: Reed's translation of Pirandello's Tutto per Bene.
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Luigi Pirandello, All for the Best
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656. Reed, Henry. Afterword to Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac. New York: American Library, 1962.
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Book: Afterword to Père Goriot
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
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657. Taylor, John Russell. Anger and After: A Guide to the New British Drama. London: Methuen, 1962. 26.
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Description: Reed's dramatic work for radio and stage is mentioned in passing as part of "The Early Fifties."
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Return to Naples, The Streets of Pompeii, A Very Great Man Indeed
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658. Untermeyer, Louis, ed. "Henry Reed." Modern British Poetry. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962. 506-512.
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Description: A brief biography outlining Reed's radio plays, poetry, and translations.
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Anthology: Modern British Poetry
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Subjects: Biography, Criticism
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References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Sailor's Harbour, The Auction Sale, Ishmael, Moby Dick
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659. Reed, Henry. Reviews of Paul Gauguin: Water-Colours, Pastels, and Drawings in Colour, and Noa Noa, by Paul Gauguin. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 67, no. 1710 (4 January 1962): 34.
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Description: Reed reviews a collection of Gauguin's art in color, and the artist's Tahitian journal, Noa Noa.
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Journal: Reviews of Paul Gauguin
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Subjects: Review
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References: Paul Gauguin, Jean Leymarie, Jonathan Griffin
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660. Times (London), "Quest for Truth and Style in Radio," 17 March 1962, 4.
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Description: On the subject of the radio ballad, a 'promised' feature on Mycenae by Reed is mentioned.
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Newspaper: Quest for Truth and Style in Radio
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Mycenae
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661. Reed, Henry. "Hardy's Secret Self-Portrait." Review of The Life of Thomas Hardy, by Florence Emily Hardy. Sunday Telegraph (London), 25 March 1962, 6.
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Description: Reed says this disguised autobiography is a "ramshackle work," but is still "packed with a miscellany of information not available elsewhere, and readers who care for Hardy will find it everywhere endearing, engaging, and full of his characteristic humour."
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Newspaper: Hardy's Secret Self-Portrait
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Subjects: Review
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References: Thomas Hardy, The Life of Thomas Hardy, Florence Emily Hardy
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662. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 30 March 1962, 10.
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Description: Reed's satirical comedy, Emily Butter, is scheduled to be rebroadcast this evening.
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Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: Emily Butter
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663. "Books and Theatre: 1961-62." Tulane Drama Review 6, no. 4 (June 1962): 168-170, 172, 176-180, 182-184 [176].
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Description: Lists publication of Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island, with an introduction by G.H. McWilliam (Chandler, 1961).
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Journal: Books and Theatre: 1961-62
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, G.H. McWilliam
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664. Reed, Henry. "Stravinsky Speaks." Review of Expositions and Developments, by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft. Sunday Telegraph (London), 3 June 1962, 7.
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Description: Reed calls Robert Craft an "adroit questioner," who provokes answers from Stravinsky which are "voluminous, entertaining and full of insight."
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Newspaper: Stravinsky Speaks
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Subjects: Review
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References: Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft, Expositions and Developments
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665. Times (London), Advertisement for Expositions and Developments by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft. 7 June 1962, 16.
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Description: An ad for the new Stravinsky book has a quote by Reed: 'as charming as its predecessors.'
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Newspaper: Advertisement for Expositions and Developments
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Subjects: Review
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References: Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft, Expositions and Developments
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666. Shuttleworth, Martin. "A Magnificent Piece." Listener 67, no 1733 (14 June 1962): 1045-1046 [1046].
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Description: Shuttleworth calls Reed's radio play, A Hedge, Backwards (rebroadcast for the fifth time on June 6, 1962) a 'quintessentially delightful piece of English nonsense...[.]'
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Journal: A Magnificent Piece
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Subjects: Criticism, Play
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References: A Hedge, Backward
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667. Reed, Henry. "Simenon's Saga." Review of Pedigree by Georges Simenon, translated by Robert Baldick. Sunday Telegraph (London), 12 August 1962, 7.
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Description: Reed calls Pedigree a work for the "very serious Simenon student only," and disagrees with the translator's choice to put the novel into the past tense.
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Newspaper: Simenon's Saga
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Subjects: Review
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References: Georges Simenon, Pedigree, Robert Baldick
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668. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 6 September 1962, 14.
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Description: Reed's play, A Hospital Case, is scheduled for rebroadcast this evening.
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Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting
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Subjects: Play, Radio
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References: A Hospital Case
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669. 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].
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Description: Lists Reed's 1960 Listener review of Wallace Stevens.
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Journal: A Checklist of Stevens Criticism
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Wallace Stevens, The Necessary Angel, Opus Posthumous
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670. Reed, Henry. "Ruth Draper." Radio Times, 11 October 1962, 26.
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Description: Reed introduces "The World of Ruth Draper," a four-part retrospective of the actress and monologuist's career.
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Subjects: Radio, Review
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References: Ruth Draper
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671. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 16 October 1962, 16.
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Description: "The World of Ruth Draper" is scheduled for broadcast this evening on the BBC's Third Programme.
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Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting
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Subjects: Radio
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References: Ruth Draper
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672. Times (London), "Writers' and Producers' Conference," 2 November 1963, 14.
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Description: For the first time, the annual BBC sound feature and drama producers' conference is to include writers, and Reed is listed to be in attendance.
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Newspaper: Writers' and Producers' Conference
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Subjects: Biography
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References: William Naughton, Stephen Potter, Giles Cooper, Vernon Scannell
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673. "Reed, Henry." The Author's and Writer's Who's Who. 5th ed. New York: Hafner, 1963. 405.
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Description: Brief bio listing Reed's publications and contributions.
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Subjects: Biography
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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
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674. Brinnin, John Malcolm, and Bill Read, eds. "Henry Reed." The Modern Poets: an American-British Anthology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963.
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Anthology: The Modern Poets: an American-British Anthology
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Subjects: Poem, Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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675. British Broadcasting Corporation. "Third Programme: Quarterly Plan, Saturday, 29 September - Friday 28 December 1962." London: BBC, 1963.
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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.
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Journal: The Third Programme: Quarterly Plan
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Subjects: Radio
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References: Ruth Draper
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676. 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.
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Sound: Prose and Poetry of England
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Subjects:
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References: Naming of Parts
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677. Grigson, Geoffrey, ed. The Concise Encyclopedia of Modern World Literature. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1963.
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Description: Reed is listed among the contributors to this reference work.
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Book: The Concise Encyclopedia of Modern World Literature ( 0090989902)
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Subjects: Review
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678. Heppenstall, Rayner. The Intellectual Part. London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1963. 67.
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Description: In this autobiography, Heppenstall mentions thinking well of Reed, and calls "Naming of Parts" and "Chard Whitlow" 'a kind of anti-poetry.'
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Book: The Intellectual Part
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Subjects: Biography, Criticism
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References: Pytheas, Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow
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679. 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.
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Description: Analysis, study questions, and lesson plans for teaching Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" in class.
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Chapter: Modern Poetry in the Classroom
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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680. Kuntz, Joseph M. Poetry Explication: A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1925 of British and American Poems Past and Present. Denver, CO: Swallow Press, 1963. 212.
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Description: This index of criticism only lists Condon's 1954 article in The Explicator.
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Book: Poetry Explication: A Checklist
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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681. Maud, Ralph, and Aneirin Talfan Davies, eds. Dylan Thomas's Choice: An Anthology of Verse Spoken by Dylan Thomas. New York: New Directions, 1963. xix, 143-145.
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Description: Thomas read several of Reed's poems to audiences at readings in 1952.
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Anthology: Dylan Thomas's Choice
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts
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682. Perrine, Laurence, ed. Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. 2nd ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963. 40-43.
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Description: Suggests study questions for "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances" to assist in reading and understanding the poems in class.
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Anthology: Sound and Sense
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Subjects: Poem, Criticism
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References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts
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683. Pryce-Jones, David. "Towards The Cocktail Party." In Age of Austerity, edited by Michael Sissons and Philip French. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. 224.
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Description: Quotes Reed's article on Eliot's The Cocktail Party from the May 10, 1951 Listener.
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Chapter: Towards the Cocktail Party
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party
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684. Reed, Henry. Letter to Robin Skelton, 1963. University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections, SC114. Victoria, British Columbia.
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Manuscript: Letter to Robin Skelton
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Robin Skelton
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685. Roach, Helen. Spoken Records. 2nd ed. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1963. 44, 117.
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Description: Index of spoken-word recordings lists Reed and Dylan Thomas reading "Naming of Parts" and "Chard Whitlow."
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Subjects:
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References: Dylan Thomas, Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Caedmon Collection, Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry
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686. Reed, Henry. Letter to Oscar Williams (carbon), 17 April 1963. Williams, Oscar Mss. Lilly Library Manuscripts Department. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
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Manuscript: Letter to Oscar Williams
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Oscar Williams
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687. Times (London), "Mr. Basil Cameron and the Proms," 5 August 1963, 4.
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Description: The season's Promenade Concerts include a 19 August performance of Bliss' "The Enchantress" by the BBC Scottish Orchestra, for which Reed wrote the vocals.
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Newspaper: Mr. Basil Cameron and the Proms
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Arthur Bliss, The Enchantress
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688. Zolotow, Sam. "2 Foreign Plays on 1963 Calendar." New York Times, 16 August 1963, 14.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruption in the Palace of Justice is scheduled for the Cherry Lane Theatre in October of that year.
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Newspaper: 2 Foreign Plays on 1963 Calendar
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice
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689. New York Times. "The Openings." 6 October 1963, 129.
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Description: Announcement for the opening of Betti's Corruption in the Palace of Justice.
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice
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690. Zolotow, Sam. "Writer Assailed Over 'The Deputy'." New York Times, 8 October 1963, 49.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruption in the Palace of Justice opens this night at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
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Newspaper: Writer Assailed Over 'The Deputy'
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice
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691. Taubman, Howard. "'Corruption' is Offered at the Cherry Lane." New York Times, 9 October 1963, 49.
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Description: Theatre review for the 1963 New York production of Reed's translation of Ugo Betti's play.
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Newspaper: 'Corruption' is Offered at the Cherry Lane
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Subjects: Criticism, Play
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References: Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Ugo Betti
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692. "Calendar." Theatre Arts 47, no. 11 (November 1963): 2.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia is listed as playing off-Broadway, at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Corruption inthe Palace of Justice
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693. Searles, John R. "Recordings." English Journal 52, no. 8 (November 1963): 649-650 [650].
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Description: A version of "Naming of Parts" appears on the album Prose and Poetry of England (1963).
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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694. "University of Washington Biography." Academic Human Resources Office faculty personnel files. University of Washington, Seattle. 6 November 1963.
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Description: Reed lists his "Present title and position" as 'Independent writer' in this form filled out for his appointment at the University of Washington.
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Manuscript: University of Washington Biography
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Subjects: Biography
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695. "Calendar." Theatre Arts 47, no. 12 (December 1963): 2.
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Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia is listed as playing off-Broadway, at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice
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696. Gassner, John. "Broadway in Review." Educational Theatre Journal 15, no. 4 (December 1963): 358-365 [364].
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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.
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Journal: Broadway in Review
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice
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697. 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.
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Description: Of several contemporaries of Thomas and Auden, the author considers Reed to be the 'most considerable.'
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Book: Sound and Form in Modern Poetry
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, Chrysothemis, The Auction Sale, Vernon Watkins, William Empson
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698. Palgrave, Francis Turner and John Press, comps. The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language. New York: Oxford University Press, 1964.
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Anthology: The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems ( 0192541560)
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Judging Distances
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699. Skelton, Robin, ed. Poetry of the Thirties. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1964.
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Description: Collection includes Reed's early poem, "Hiding Beneath the Furze."
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Anthology: Poetry of the Thirties
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Hiding Beneath the Furze
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700. Van O'Connor, William. "Parody as Criticism." College English 25, no. 4 (January 1964): 241-248 [246-247].
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Description: Reed's parody, "Chard Whitlow," is used as an argument for Eliot's 'spritual shell game.'
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Journal: Parody as Criticism
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Chard Whitlow
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701. New York Times. "New Books." 8 February 1964, 21.
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Description: Announces publication of the Signet Classic of Reed's translation of Balzac's Eugenie Grandet, with a new afterword by Roger Shattock.
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Honoré de Balzac, Eugenie Grandet
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702. Times (London), "Ginger Group that Matters at the B.B.C.," Notes on Broadcasting. 7 March 1964, 5.
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Description: Regarding the quality of the Third Programme, Reed's Hilda Tablet sequence is mentioned as one of the 'most notable works in sound broadcasting.'
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Newspaper: Ginger Group that Matters at the B.B.C.
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Subjects: Play
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References: Laurence Gilliam
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703. Hamilton, Ian. "Poetry of the FortiesI." 4, no. 1 (April 1964): 81-89 [88].
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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.'
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Journal: Poetry of the FortiesI
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Subjects: Criticism
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704. Hamilton, Ian. "Poetry: The FortiesII." London Magazine 4, no. 3 (June 1964): 67-72 [68-69].
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Description: Hamilton's essay on the poetry of the 1940s was reprinted in A Poetry Chronicle (1973).
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Journal: Poetry: The FortiesII
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts
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705. "News Notes." Poetry 104, no. 3 (June 1964) 193-196 [196].
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Description: Announces University of Washington's first annual Theodore Roethke Memorial Reading by John Crowe Ransom, chosen by Reed, William Matchett, and Carolyn Kizer.
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Subjects: Biography
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References: John Crowe Ransom, William Matchett, Carolyn Kizer
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706. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 18 June 1964, 6.
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Description: Reed's translation of Buzzati's play, "The American Prize," premieres tonight on the Third Programme.
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Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Dino Buzzati, The America Prize
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707. Hughes, Pennethorne. "Howards Beginning." Review of The America Prize, by Dino Buzzati. Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 71, no. 1839 (25 June 1964): 1045.
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Description: Hughes calls Reed's translation 'a moving experience: sophisticated and intelligent.'
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Journal: Howards Beginning
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Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
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References: Dino Buzzati, The America Prize
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708. Times (London), "Laughter on the Third," Notes on Broadcasting, 25 July 1964, 10.
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Description: A call for comedies on the Third Programme invokes Reed's 'radio intelligence.'
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Newspaper: Laughter on the Third
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Subjects: Play
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709. Reed, Henry. "Passage to India." Review of An Area of Darkness, by V.S. Naipaul. Spectator 213, no. 7110 (2 October 1964): 452-453.
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Description: Reed finds that Naipaul's book makes 'that harrowing choice between the sorry thing that can just be laughed at and those that can only be wept at.'
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Subjects: Review
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References: V.S. Naipaul, An Area of Darkness
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710. Beaty, Jerome, and William H. Matchett. Poetry: From Statement to Meaning. New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. 150-157, 192.
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Description: Collects four of Reed's Lessons of the War poems.
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Anthology: Poetry: From Statement to Meaning
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat
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711. Bogan, Louise and William Jay Smith, comps. The Golden Journey: Poems for Young People. Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1965.
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Anthology: The Golden Journey ( 0809286890)
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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712. Clinton-Baddeley, V.C. "The Written and the Spoken Word." Essays and Studies n.s. 18 (1965): 73-82 [78-79].
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Description: Reed's recording of "Naming of Parts," makes Dylan Thomas's seem 'brash and entirely misconceived.'
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Journal: The Written and the Spoken Word
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Jupiter Anthology of 20th-Century English Poetry
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713. 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.
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Description: Larkin's "Next Please" reminds the author of "Chard Whitlow."
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Chapter: No One Actually Starves
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Chard Whitlow
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714. 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.
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Description: Anthology collects "Naming of Parts."
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Anthology: The Case for Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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715. Hamilton, Ian. The Poetry of War, 1939-1945. London: Alan Ross, 1965. 36-40.
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Description: Collects three of Reed's Lessons of the War poems.
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Anthology: The Poetry of War
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat
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716. Hamilton, Ian, ed. The Poetry of War, 1939-1945. London: Alan Ross, 1965. 36.
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Anthology: The Poetry of War, 1939-1945
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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717. Kenner, Hugh. The Invisible Poet: T.S. Eliot. London: Methuen, 1965. 268.
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Description: "Chard Whitlow" is "the only successful parody of an Eliot manner."
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Chard Whitlow, T.S. Eliot, The Dry Salvages
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718. Kroeber, Karl, and John O. Lyons, eds. Studying Poetry: A Critical Anthology of English and American Poems. New York: Harper & Row, 1965. 466-467, 567.
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Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts," with two short exercises for further study.
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Anthology: Studying Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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719. Reed, Henry. "The Complete Lessons of the War," 1965. Third Programme Radio Scripts, 1949-1978. 1055, box 1, folder 21, 2 copies. Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University. Atlanta, Georgia.
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Description: Archive contains many typescripts of radio plays produced by Douglas Cleverdon, including two copies of Reed's "The Complete Lessons of the War."
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Manuscript: The Complete Lessons of the War
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Subjects: Poem, Radio
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat, Returning of Issue
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720. Kinnick, B. Jo. "Professional Publications." Review of Modern Poetry in the Classroom, edited by Roger Hyndman. English Journal 54, no. 2 (February 1965): 142-143 [142].
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Description: Mention of Reed's inclusion in a collection of lesson plans and explications.
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Journal: Professional Publications
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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721. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 22 March 1965, 3.
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Description: Reed's translation of Buzzati's novel Il Grande Ritratto is scheduled for broadcast on the BBC's Home Service this evening, as Zone 36.
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Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting
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Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
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References: Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life, Zone 36
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722. Hughes, Pennethorne. "Out of Mind." Review of Zone 36, by Dino Buzzati. Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 73, no. 1879 (1 April 1965): 500.
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Description: Hughes calls the play a 'fine old shambles,' and a work of 'space fiction.'
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Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
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References: Zone 36, Dino Buzzati, Marjorie Westbury, Martin Esslin
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723. Reed, Henry, et al. "Sounding the Sixties." Letter to the editor. Times Literary Supplement, 12 August 1965, 697.
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Description: Reed, and an assortment of artists, critics, and art historians, write to complain that Adrian Stokes was left off the TLS's list of "English Books of the 1960s."
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Newspaper: Sounding the Sixties
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Subjects: Review
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References: Adrian Stokes, Three Essays on the Painting of Our Time, Painting and the Inner World, The Invitation in Art, Frank Kermode, Robert Melville, Herbert Read
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724. Reed, Henry. "Spain, '36-'39: No Art
Out of War." Review of A Poet's War: British Poets and the Spanish Civil War, by Hugh D. Ford. Sunday Times (London), 5 September 1965, 39.
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Description: Reed's review of Hugh D. Ford's A Poet's War: British Poets and the Spanish Civil War (London: Oxford University Press, 1965).
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Newspaper: Spain, '36-'39: No Art Out of War
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Subjects: Review
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References: Hugh D. Ford, W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Louis MacNeice, Herbert Read, C. Day Lewis
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725. Mankin, Paul A. Review of Three Plays on Justice: Landslide, Struggle till Dawn, The Fugitive, by Ugo Betti, translated by G.H. McWilliam. College Composition and Communication 16, no. 3 (October 1965): 180-181 [180].
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Description: Comparing these with Reed's more "felicitous" translations, the author finds them 'suffering.'
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Journal: Review of Three Plays
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Summertime, The Burnt Flower-Bed, The Queen and the Rebels, Crime on Goat Island, G.H. McWilliam
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726. 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].
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Description: Chides the editors for reducing Reed's 'witty and sophisticated' "Naming of Parts" to a 'didactic' reading of simple connotation and denotation.
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Journal: Review of Poetry is for People
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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727. Elliott, George P. "Speaking of Books: Writers on Campus." New York Times Book Review, 26 December 1965, 2.
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Description: This article on writing for a living and teaching mentions Reed visiting at the University of Washington in 1964 and 1965.
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Newspaper: Speaking of Books: Writers on Campus
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Subjects: Biography
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728. Beloof, Robert. The Performing Voice in Literature. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1966. 263-266.
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Description: Three of Reed's Lessons of the War are used as examples of the use of voice in literature.
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Book: The Performing Voice in Literature
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat
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729. Betti, Ugo. The Queen and the Rebels. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Blackie, 1966.
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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.
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Play: The Queen and the Rebels
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels
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730. Blythe, Ronald, ed. Components of the Scene: Stories, Poems, and Essays of the Second World War. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1966.
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Anthology: Components of the Scene
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Subjects: Poem
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731. 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.
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Description: Reprint of Richard Condon's 1954 critique of Reed's "Naming of Parts."
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Chapter: The Explicator Cyclopedia
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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732. Dunning, Stephen. Teaching Literature to Adolescents. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1966. 22-23.
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Description: Teaching poetry 'inductively,' and recognizing different voices or speakers in a poem using "Naming of Parts." With suggested questions for class.
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Book: Teaching Literature to Adolescents
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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733. Gardner, Brian, ed. The Terrible Rain: the War Poets, 1939-1945. London: Methuen, 1966. 33-36.
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Anthology: The Terrible Rain: the War Poets, 1939-1945 ( 0413150100)
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts
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734. Hamblett, Charles, and Leslie Frewin, eds. I Burn For England: An Anthology of World War II. London: Frewin, 1966.
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Anthology: I Burn For England
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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735. Kennedy, X.J., ed. An Introduction to Poetry. Boston: Little, Brown, 1966.
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Anthology: An Introduction to Poetry
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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736. Friedrich, Gerhard. "The English Teacher and the Process of Communication." English Journal 55, no. 1 (January 1966); 19-27 [27].
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Description: "Naming of Parts" cited as an example for 'establishing the identities of compositional techniques and literary effects.'
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Journal: The English Teacher and the Process of Communication
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Naming of Parts
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737. Times (London), "The Consolations of a Routine Evening," 11 February 1966, 17.
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Description: Summation of the previous evening's television includes The Full Man, a program of poetry recited by actors, including poems by Reed.
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Newspaper: The Consolations of a Routine Evening
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Subjects: Poem
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738. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 14 February 1966, 3.
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Description: Reed is scheduled to read The Complete Lessons of the War on the Third Programme this evening.
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Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting
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Subjects: Poem, Radio
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Movement of Bodies, Returning of Issue
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739. Sinicropi, Giovanni. Review of Two Plays, by Ugo Betti, edited by G.H. McWilliam. Modern Language Journal 50, no. 5 (May 1966): 307.
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Description: McWilliam previously wrote the introduction to Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island (1961).
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Journal: Review of Two Plays
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, G.H. McWilliam
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740. Thompson, Kenneth L., comp. "Catalogue of Works." Musical Times 107, no. 1482 (August 1966): 666-670, 672-673 [670].
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Description: This bibliography lists the first performance dates of the composer Arthur Bliss' collaboration with Reed for "The Enchantress."
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Journal: Catalogue of Works
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: The Enchantress
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741. Beringause, Arthur F., ed. English Literature V: From 1940. New Dimensions in Literature Series. Wichita, KS: McCormick-Mathers, 1967.
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Anthology: English Literature V: From 1940
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, The Wall
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742. Bryer, Jackson R. and Thomas J. Bergin, Jr. "Book Reviews." Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature 8, no. 2 (Spring 1967): 325-364 [331].
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Description: This issue, devoted to Nabakov, has a bibliography which includes Reed's 1946 review of Sebastian Knight.
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Vladimir Nabakov, Sebastian Knight
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743. Buzzati, Dino. Larger than Life. Translated by Henry Reed. New York: Walker, 1960, 1967.
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Description: Reed's translation of Buzzati's novel Il Grande Ritratto.
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Dino Buzzati, Larger than Life
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744. Crang, Alan, comp. Tunes on a Tin Whistle: Some Real-Life Poetry. New York: Pergamon, 1967.
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Anthology: Tunes on a Tin Whistle
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Subjects: Poem
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745. Hodnett, Edward, ed. Poems to Read Aloud. New York: Norton, 1967.
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Anthology: Poems to Read Aloud
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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746. Wright, Walter F. The Shaping of The Dynasts: A Study in Thomas Hardy. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1967. 318.
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Description: Quotes from Reed's 1943 Penguin New Writing article, "The Making of 'The Dynasts'."
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Book: The Shaping of The Dynasts
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Subjects: Review
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References: Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts
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747. Zvanut, James Francis. A Production and Production Book of Ugo Betti's Crime on Goat Island. Based on Henry Reed's translation. MFA thesis dissertation: University of Texas, 1967.
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Manuscript: A Production Book of Ugo Betti's Crime on Goat Island
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island
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748. New York Times. "A Listing of New Books." 31 July 1967, 25.
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Description: Announces publication of Reed's translation of Buzzati's novel Larger Than Life.
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Newspaper: A Listing of New Books
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Subjects: Translation
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References: Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life
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749. Lask, Thomas. "To The Bitter End," Books of the Times. Review of Larger Than Life, by Dino Buzzati, translated by Henry Reed. New York Times, 5 August 1967, 21.
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Description: Book review of Reed's translation of Buzzati's Larger Than Life.
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Newspaper: To the Bitter End
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Subjects: Criticism, Translation
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References: Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life
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750. Roloff, Leland H. Review of The Performing Voice in Literature, by Robert Beloof. Educational Theatre Journal 19, no. 3 (October 1967): 404-405.
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Description: Paraphrases Reed's "Judging Distances," included in the reviewed collection.
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Journal: Review of The Performing Voice in Literature
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Judging Distances
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751. Molinaro, Julius A., comp. "Bibliography of Italian Studies in America." Italica 44, no. 4 (December 1967): 482-493 [482].
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Description: Lists Reed's translation of Buzzati's Larger Than Life.
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Journal: Bibliography of Italian Studies in America
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Subjects: Miscellaneous
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References: Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life
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752. Altenbernd, Lynn, and Leslie L. Lewis, eds. Introduction to Literature: Poems. New York: Macmillan, 1968. 486.
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Description: Anthology containing "Lessons of the War: Naming of Parts."
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Anthology: Introduction to Literature: Poems
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts
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753. Cromie, Robert, ed. Where Steel Winds Blow. New York: David McKay, 1968.
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Anthology: Where Steel Winds Blow
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Subjects: Poem
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754. Jones, D.L., ed. War Poetry: An Anthology. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1968. 116-123.
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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.
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Anthology: War Poetry: An Anthology ( 082034818)
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Subjects: Criticism, Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat
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755. Lehmann, John. A Nest of Tigers: The Sitwells in Their Times. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1968. 212.
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Description: Reed visited Edith Sitwell in London, following the publication of his article on her poetry in Penguin New Writing in 1944.
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Edith Sitwell
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756. Levy, William Turner. Affectionately, T.S. Eliot: The Story of a Friendship, 1947-1965. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1968. 106.
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Description: Levy quotes Eliot as saying in 1958 (of Reed's "Chard Whitlow"): 'Not bad. But I think I could write a better parody myself!"
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Book: Affectionately: T.S. Eliot
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Subjects: Biography, Poem
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References: Chard Whitlow, T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas
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757. Skelton, Robin, ed. Poetry of the Forties. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1968. 88-93, 205-206.
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Description: Collects three of the Lessons of the War poems, and Reed's lesser-known "The Wall."
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Anthology: Poetry of the Forties
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Subjects: Poem
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References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, The Wall
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758. Allen, Walter. "Speaking of Books: Report from the Campus." New York Times Book Review, 7 January 1968, 2.
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Description: Mentions Reed's teaching at the University of Washington.
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Newspaper: Speaking of Books: Report from the Campus
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Subjects: Biography
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759. Newby, P.H. "Montherlant's Play." Letter to the editor. Listener 79, no. 2025 (18 January 1968): 84.
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Description: Reminds the Listener that Reed's adaptation of The Land Where the King is a Child was broadcast back in 1959.
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Journal: Montherlant's Play
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Subjects: Biography
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References: Henru de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child.
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760. Times (London), "Marzotto Play for BBC," 20 May 1968, 14.
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Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's The Advertisement is to be broadcast in July.
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Newspaper: Marzotto Play for BBC
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Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
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References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement
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761. Hyman, Stanley Edgar. "Fable Italian Style." New Yorker 44 (1 June 1968): 122-125.
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Description: Review of Larger than Life by Dino Buzzati, translated by Henry Reed.
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Journal: Fable Italian Style
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Subjects: Criticism
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References: Dino Buzzati, Larger than Life
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762. "Plays and Features." Supplement to Listener 79, no. 2047 (20 June 1968): ii.
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Description: Upcoming programs include Reed's translation of Ginzburg's the Advertisement, recorded in advance and broadcast the same night as the stage premiere at the Old Vic Theatre, starring Joan Plowright.
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Journal: Plays and Features
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Subjects: Biography, Play, Radio
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References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement, Joan Plowright
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763. Times (London), "What to Look Out For," 22 June 1968, 18.
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Description: Reed's adaptation of Brusati's La Fastidiosa is predicted to be at the Mercury Theatre this fall.
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Newspaper: What to Look Out For
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa
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764. Evans, Gerard. "Too Much Simulating." Listener 80, no. 2054 (8 August 1968): 187.
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Description: Reed's translation of The Land Where the King is a Child was broadcast for the fourth time.
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Journal: Too Much Simulating
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Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
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References: Henri Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Denholm Elliott, Carleton Hobbs
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765. "Third Programme Quarterly Plan." Supplement to Listener 80, no. 2060 (19 September 1968): i.
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Description: Upcoming repeat of Reed's translation of Ginzburg's The Advertisement.
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Journal: Third Programme Quarterly Plan
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Subjects: Radio, Play
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References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement, Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi, Rosalind Shanks, Carol Mason
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766. Times (London), "Television and Radio," 24 September 1968, 14.
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Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's play L'Inserzione premieres this evening.
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Newspaper: Television and Radio
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Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
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References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement
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767. Wardle, Irving. "Unhappy Opening for New Season." Review of The Advertisement by Natalia Ginzburg, translated by Henry Reed. National Theatre, 24 September 1968. Times (London), 25 September 1968, 8.
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Description: An unfavorable review of opening night for Reed's translation of Ginzburg's The Advertisement. Includes a photograph of Joan Plowright as Teresa.
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Newspaper: Unhappy Opening for New Season
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement, Joan Plowright
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768. Wardle, Irving. "Is the National Theatre Doing Its Job?" Times (London), 28 September 1968, 19.
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Description: Wardle cites the "lachrymous" production of Ginzburg's Advertisement as signs of a poor season.
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Newspaper: Is the National Theatre Doing Its Job?
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Subjects: Play, Criticism
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References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement
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769. Esslin, Martin. "The Advertisement." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 1 October 1968, 11.
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Description: Defends The Advertisement as a Marzotto Prize winner.
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Newspaper: The Advertisement
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisment
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770. Mitchell, A.J. "The Advertisement." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 2 October 1968, 11.
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Description: Letter criticizing Esslin's defense of Ginzburg's play.
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Newspaper: The Advertisement
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advetisement, Martin Esslin
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771. Times (London), "Brusati Play for London," 5 October 1968, 18.
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Description: La Fastidiosa, a play adapted by Reed from Brusati's novel, is scheduled to open at the Mercury Theatre on 21 October.
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Newspaper: Brusati Play for London
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa
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772. Times (London), Advertisement for La Fastidiosa by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed, 21 October 1968, 15.
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Newspaper: Advertisement for La Fastidiosa
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa
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773. Trussler, Simon. "Disturbing Statement About Matriarchy." Review of La Fastidiosa by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed. Mercury Theatre, 21 October 1968. Times (London), 22 October 1968, 13.
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Description: Review of the opening night of Reed's adaptation of Brusati's La Fastidiosa.
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Newspaper: Disturbing Statement About Matriarchy
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa
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774. Times (London), Advertisement for La Fastidiosa, by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed, 23 October 1968, 19.
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Newspaper: Advertisement for La Fastidiosa
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa
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775. Times (London), Advertisement for La Fastidiosa, by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed, 31 October 1968, 19.
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Newspaper: Advertisement for La Fastidiosa
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa
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776. Times (London), Advertisement for La Fastidiosa, by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed, 7 November 1968, 19.
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Newspaper: Advertisement for La Fastidiosa
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa
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777. Times (London), Advertisement for La Fastidiosa, by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed, 9 November 1968, 18.
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Newspaper: Advertisement for La Fastidiosa
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Subjects: Play, Translation
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References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa
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778. Wardle, Irving. "Nothing Much to Cheer." Times (London), 28 December 1968, 16.
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Description: No "big rows" in the preceding theatre season, except those over Ginzburg's The Advetisement, and Hochbuth's Soldiers.
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Newspaper: Nothing Much to Cheer
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Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
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References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement
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779. Bates, Scott, ed. Poems of War Resistance: From 2300 B.C. to the Present. New York: Grossman, 1969
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Anthology: Poems of War Resistance
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Subjects: Poem
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780. Cleverdon, Douglas. The Growth of Milk Wood. New York: New Directions, 1969. 15.
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