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PRETENDING NOT TO SLEEP (1964)

Alvarez, A.. Observer, 20 December 1964.

Ricks, Christopher.New Statesman, 15 January 1965.

Hobsbaum, Philip. 'New Poetry'. BBC Third Programme, produced by George MacBeth, broadcast
16 January 1965.

Howard, Richard. Poetry (Chicago), June 1967.

 

THE POETRY OF WAR 1939-45 (1965)

Furbank, N. 'Poets in Battledress'. Guardian, 19 November 1965.

Wall, Stephen. 'Rigours of War'. Listener, 2 December 1965: 912-913.

Jennings, Elizabeth. 'War and Peace'. Spectator, 31 December 1965: 868-869.

Read, Herbert. 'Selected Books'. London Magazine, 5:9, December 1965: 75-78.

'Alvarez, A. 'Up-to-Date Aesthete'. Observer, 2 January 1966.

Carey, John. 'Quiet Voices'. New Statesman, 18 February 1966.

Times Literary Supplement, 10 March 1966: 186-188.

 

ALUN LEWIS: SELECTED POETRY AND PROSE (1966)

Alvarez, A. 'Poets on the Battlefield'. Observer, 13 November 1966.

Cox, C.B. 'Poets at War'. Spectator, 18 November 1966: 654.

Carey, John. 'Keith Douglas and Alun Lewis'. New Statesman, 18 November 1966: 745.

Graham, Martin. 'A Human Scale'. 1 December 1966: 816, 818.

'Poetry of Hitler's War'. Times, 1 December 1966.

Symons, Julian. 'Simplified by Death'. Times Literary Supplement, 3379, 1 December 1966.

Burgess, Anthony. 'War and the Wheatsheaf'. Sunday Times, 18 December 1966.

Fuller, Roy. 'Alun Lewis & His Place'. Encounter, 28:4, April 1967: 72-73.

 

THE MODERN POET: ESSAYS FROM THE REVIEW (1969)

Potter, Dennis. 'Poets Squatting Round the Mat'. Times, 25 January 1969.

Bergonzi, Bernard. 'Critical Condition'. New Society, 30 January 1969.

Symons, Julian. 'Detectives of the Spurious'. Times Literary Supplement, 3492, 30 January 1969.

Donoghue, Denis. 'Satisfaction'. Listener, 6 February 1969.

Thwaite, Anthony. 'Pygge's Pokes'. New Statesman, 7 February 1969.

Toynbee, Philip. 'Back to the Fountain-Head'. Observer, 23 February 1969.

Kavanagh, P.J. 'The Modern Critic'. Guardian, March 1969.

Seymour-Smith, Martin. 'Lament for the Makers'. Spectator, 12 July 1969.

Barfoot, C.C. 'Reviews -- Literature'. DQR: The Dutch Quarterly Review of Anglo-American
Letters
, 1:2, 1971: 107-109.

 

THE VISIT (1970)

Bookseller, 21 February 1970.

Dodsworth, Martin. 'A Painful Shot in the Arm'. Observer, 31 May 1970: Review, 30.

Fuller, John. 'The Larger Deception'. Listener, 4 June 1970.

Brownjohn, Alan. 'Present Tense'. New Statesman, 12 June 1970: 844.

Lloyd Evans, Barbara. 'Poetry Today: Are Contemporary Poets Dodos or Phoenixes?'. Birmingham
Post
, 6 June 1970.

Porter, Peter. 'Restraint or Prodigality'. Guardian, 2 July 1970: 9.

Ehrenpreis, Irvin. 'Moments of Suffocation'. Times Literary Supplement, 3566, 2 July 1970.

Jay, David. 'Surface Calm'. Times Educational Supplement, 3 July 1970.

Fried, Michael. 'Strictly Personal'. Spectator, 22 August 1970: 187.

Dale, Peter. 'The Poetry of Ian Hamilton'. Agenda, 9:1, Winter 1971: 38-44.

 

A POETRY CHRONICLE: ESSAYS AND REVIEWS (1973)

Fenton, James. 'Against the Tide'. New Statesman, 12 January 1973: 59-60.

Dodsworth, Martin. 'What's Good is Well-Made'. Times Literary Supplement, 3707, 23 March 1973.

Fuller, Roy. 'Who Needs a Poetry Reviewer?'. Encounter, 40, May 1973: 72.

Stanford, Derek. Books and Bookmen, June 1973.

Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, February 1974: 1866.

Davie, Donald. Poetry Nation, 2, 1974: 72-80.

 

ROBERT FROST: SELECTED POEMS (1973)

Wright, C. 'Bad and Best'. Times Literary Supplement, 3737, 19 October 1973.

 

THE LITTLE MAGAZINES (1976)

James, Clive. 'Hamilton Academicals'. Observer, 29 August 1976: 22.

Lewis, Jeremy. 'Seeing the Light'. Times, 13 September 1976.

de Jongh, Nicholas. 'Small Wonders'. Guardian, 17 September 1976.

Gransden, K.W. 'Ten-Year Sentences'. Listener, 23 September 1976: 381.

Bradbury, Malcolm. 'The Shock Troops of Modernism'. Times Literary Supplement, 3892, 15 October 1976: 1297-1298.

Freeman, John. 'Reviews'. Anglo-Welsh Review, 26:59, Autumn 1977: 74-77.

Bergonzi, Bernard. Modern Language Studies, 74, 1979: 932-933.

 

ROBERT LOWELL: A BIOGRAPHY (1982; 1983)

Davison, Peter. 'Robert Lowell's Terrible Heroism'. Boston Globe, 11 July 1982: B10, B12.

Kirkus Reviews, 1 October 1982.

'Robert Lowell: A Biography'. Publishers Weekly, 15 October 1982: 51.

Hunter, William B'. Jr'. .The Waste of Robert Lowell'. Houston Chronicle, 1 November 1982.

Shapiro, Karl. 'Exploring the Myth and Psyche of Robert Lowell'. Chicago Tribune, Bookworld, 7 November 1982: 1-2.

Maddocks, Melvin. 'Wild Man'. Time, 8 November 1982: K20, K24.

Sachs, Lloyd. 'A Mad Art Beyond Revenge'. Chicago Sun Times, 14 November 1982: 25.

Spender, Stephen. 'Life Studies in Poetry, History and Madness'. Washington Post Book World, 14 November 1982: 1, 9.

Booklist, 15 November 1982.

Strouse, Jean. 'A Life of Lord Weary'. Newsweek, 15 November 1982: 105.

Stone, Laurie. 'Genius at Work: Some Kinds of Love'. Village Voice, 16 November 1982: 1, 43-46.

O.Neill, Catherine. 'Revealing Shadows Hovered Over Poet'. USA Today, 19 November 1982.

Davis, Patricia. 'Who Was That Poet?'. San Diego Union, 21 November 1982.

Merritt, Robert. 'Passionate Poet, Tormented Man'. Richmond Times (Virginia), 21 November
1982.

Schapiro, Nancy. 'From Lout to Man of Sensibility'. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 21 November 1982.

Ellmann, Richard. New York Times Book Review, 28 November 1982: 1, 14.

Seidenbaum, Art. 'Poetry Plus Pain in an Outsized and Wondrous Balance'. Los Angeles Times, 28 November 1982: Book Review, 2.

Whitman, Alden. 'Robert Lowell: A Poet in Pain'. Dallas News, 28 November 1982.

Koenig, Rhoda. 'Loves of a Poet'. New York, 29 November 1982: 76-77.

Rovit, Earl. 'Book Review: Literature'. Library Journal, 107, 1 December 1982: 2258.

Vendler, Helen. 'American Poet'. New York Review of Books, 2 December 1982: 3-5.

Howes, Victor. 'A Poet's Contradictory Life'. Christian Science Monitor, 3 December 1982: B4.

Duhamel, P. Albert. 'Lowell's Tragic Life'. Boston Herald, 5 December 1982.

Mott, Michael. 'Lowell Biography Begs Question of Risk, Art'. Baltimore Sun, 5 December 1982.

New York Times, 5 December 1982: 16.

Staten Island Advance, 5 December 1982.

Walters, Colin. 'Poetic Agonies, Ecstasy'. Washington Times, 7 December 1982: 2C, 15C.

Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher. 'Books of the Times'. New York Times, 9 December 1982: C25.

Starr, William. 'Notable Biographies'. State, (Columbia, South Carolina), 12 December 1982.

Pettingell, Phoebe. 'On Poetry: Mad, Bad and Dangerous'. New Leader, 13 December 1982: 24-25.

Basbanes, Nicholas. 'What's in a Name? Lots, If It's Robert Lowell'. Worcester Gazette (Massachussetts), 15 December 1982.

Torkelson, Lucile. 'Much Wrong with Lowell -- But Not His Poetry'. Milwaukee Sentinel, 17 December 1982.

Brochu, Pam Miller. 'Story of Lowell's High-Speed Life Sheds Light on Enduring Poetry'. Tribune & Herald (Duluth), 19 December 1982: 10, 34.

Carson, Herbert L. 'Flawed Man and Anguished Poet'. Grand Rapids Michigan Press, 19 December 1982.

Clark, Patricia. 'Poet's Gifts Were Considerable, but There Was a Flaw in the Motor'. Houston Post, 19 December 1982: 22F.

King, Nina. 'What Price Poetic Glory?'. Newsday, 19 December 1982.

Morin, Edward. 'Deteriorating Genius'. Detroit News, 19 December 1982: 2-K.

Schott, Webster. 'Robert Lowell, Kamikaze Poet'. Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), 19 December 1982: Books, 18-C.

Whitman, Alden. 'The Dark-Spirited Bard Who Was Called Caliban'. Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 19 December 1982: F5-6.

Shaw, Jane, S. 'Robert Lowell: The Dark Side of Genius'. Business Week, 20 December 1982: 8.

Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher. 'Poet Robert Lowell Subject of Biography'. Blade (Toledo, Ohio), 26 December 1982.

Simon, John. 'Cursed and Blessed'. New Republic, 3545, 27 December 1982: 29-32.

Wolcott, James. 'The Limits of Poetic License'. Harper's, 265, December 1982: [52].

Cotter, James Finn. 'Robert Lowell'. America, 148, 1-8 January 1983: 18-19.

Eder, Richard. 'Lowell's Poetry, Pain in Balance'. Indianapolis Star, 2 January 1983.

Prescott, Peter S. 'The Best of a Middling Lot'. Newsweek, 3 January 1983: 58.

Baskin, Bernard. 'Lowell: The Man Who Snubbed LBJ'. Hamilton Spectator (Canada), 8 January 1983.

Brady, Charles A. 'Lowell Preferred to Be a Frog'. Buffalo News, 9 January 1983.

Meece, Gary. 'Along a Trail of Victims'. Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), 9 January 1983: G3.

Secrest, Meryle. Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), 9 January 1983.

Seib, Kenneth. 'Biography of a Brilliant but Troubled Poet'. The Fresno Bee, 9 January 1983: E4.

Gervais, Marty. 'Robert Lowell: The Full Story'. Windsor Star (Canada), 15 January 1983: C9.

Paddock, Polly. 'Making Rhyme and Reason out of Lowell'. Observer (Charlotte, North Carolina), 16 January 1983.

Zaller, Robert. 'The Poet as Connoisseur of Madness'. Miami Herald, 16 January 1983.

Dunne, Michael. 'Study of Lowell: The Biography'. Tennesseean (Nashville), 23 January 1983.

Overmyer, Janet. 'Lowell's Pathetic Genius Described'. Columbia Dispatch, 28 January 1983.

Bond, Carolyn. 'Furies Muscled In'. Whig Standard Magazine, 29 January 1983: 18.

Petersen, Donald. 'The Legacy of Robert Lowell'. New Criterion, January 1983: 9-29.

Stern, Richard. 'Obsessed with Writing'. Chicago, January 1983: 78-79.

Patton, Priscilla. 'A Candid Look at Robert Lowell'. Brian College Station Eagle (Texas), 12 February 1983.

Evening Post (Charleston), 18 February 1983.

Rolfe, John. 'Lowell Book Probes Life of a Public Poet'. Telegram (Portland, Maine), 20 February 1983.

McCabe, Bernard. 'The Luckiest Poet'. Nation, 236, 26 February 1983: 246-248.

Adams, Phoebe-Lou. 'Short Reviews: Robert Lowell'. Atlantic Monthly, 251:2, February 1983: 105.

Vogue, February 1983.

Lovering, Joseph, P. Best Sellers (University of Scranton, Pennsylvania), February 1983: 427.

Naiden, James. 'A Portrait of Robert Lowell'. Minneapolis Tribune, 6 March 1983: 16G-17G.

Mallon, Thomas. 'CAL'. National Review, 35, 18 March 1983: 333-334.

'Recent Arrivals'. Christian Century, 26 March 1983.

Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 20, March 1983: 984.

Shaw, Robert B. 'A Life Studied'. Inquiry, March 1983: 35-36.

Tillinghast, Richard. 'The Life of Robert Lowell'. Boston Review, March-April 1983.

Reynolds, Stanley. 'Boston Strangler'. Punch, 4 May 1983.

Kazin, Alfred. 'The Case History of Cal'. Times Literary Supplement, 4179, 6 May 1983: 447-448.

Alvarez, A. 'Expense of Spirit'. Observer, 8 May 1983: 30.

Carey, John. 'The Sport of a Mad Master'. Sunday Times, 8 May 1983: 45.

Grigson, Geoffrey. 'Scarcely a Poet'. Standard (London), 11 May 1983: 14.

Adcock, Fleur. 'The Cal Story'. New Society, 12 May 1983: 236.

Jennings, Elizabeth. 'Most Gifted Poet'. Telegraph, 12 May 1983.

Ratcliffe, Michael. 'Seriously Crazy Times'. Times, 12 May 1983.

Shrimpton, Nicholas. 'I Was a Reincarnation of the Holy Ghost'. Listener, 12 May 1983: 22-23.

Lucas, John. 'Lord Weary'. New Statesman, 13 May 1983: 25-26.

Thwaite, Anthony. 'Madness and Authority'. Spectator, 14 May 1983: 21.

Miller, Karl. 'Some Names for Robert Lowell'. London Review of Books, 5:9, 19 May-2 June 1983: 7-10.

'Public Property'. Economist, 287, 21 May 1983: 113.

Williams, Hugo. 'Lowell Life'. Tatler, May 1983: 129-130.

Hecht, Anthony. 'Le Byron de Nos Jours'. Grand Street, 2, Spring 1983: 32-48.

'Robert Lowell: A Biography'. Antioch Review, 41:2, Spring 1983: 250.

Gowrie, Grey. 'Poor Passing Facts'. Literary Review, 61, July 1983: 2-4.

Harmon, William. 'Analysts or Annalists'. Kenyon Review, 5:3, Summer 1983: 112-117.

Meyers, Jeffrey. 'Cosmic Sorrows'. Virginia Quarterly Review, 59, Summer 1983: [516].

Pratt, William. World Literature Today, 57:3, Summer 1983: 463-464.

'Robert Lowell: A Biography'. Publishers Weekly, 19 August 1983: 77.

Dunn, Douglas. 'Infinite Mischief'. Encounter, 61, September-October 1983: 68.

Gelpi, Albert. 'Book Reviews'. American Literature, 55, October 1983: 481-484.

Cantor, Jay. New England Quarterly, 56:4, December 1983: 606-609.

Levi, Peter. PN Review, 10:1, 1983: 24-26.

Pinsker, Sanford. Literary Review (Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey), 1983: 259-261.

Richman, Robert. 'The Saddest Story'. American Scholar, 53, Spring 1984: 266-274.

Crowley, S.M. Religion and Literature, 16:3, 1984: 73-83.

Neill, E. 'Pity the Monster -- Reflections on a Biography of Lowell'. Critical Quarterly, 27:3, 1985: 53-62.

Spears, Monroe K. Southern Review, 20, 1985: 221-231.

Waddell, William S. Jr. Modern Language Studies, 15:4, 1985: 370-372.

 

THE NEW REVIEW ANTHOLOGY (1985)

Christiansen, Rupert. 'The Last Party'. New Statesman, 1 November 1985: 31.

Berry, Neil. 'From the Middle Ground'. Times Literary Supplement, 4312, 22 November 1985.

Pulik, Ruth. UNISA English Studies: Journal of the Department of English, University of South
Africa
(Pretoria), 24:2, September 1986: 54-55.

 

FIFTY POEMS (1988)

de Jongh, Nicholas. 'A Gamekeeper's Bag'. Guardian, 21 January 1988.

Mackinnon, Lachlan. Times Literary Supplement, 4426, 29 January 1988: 115.

Jenkins, Alan. 'Hand to mouth'. Observer, 31 January 1988.

Billington, Rachel. 'Poetry in Motion'. Financial Times, 20 February 1988.

Profumo, David. Sunday Times, 21 February 1988: G10.

Morrison, Blake. 'Every Three Years'. London Review of Books, 10:5, 3 March 1988: 13-14.

Jennings, Elizabeth. 'Occasional Verse'. Independent, 17 March, 1988.

Dunn, Douglas. 'Caribbean Beat'. Punch, 25 March 1988: 47.

Hofmann, Michael. 'An Oriental Air'. New Statesman, 25 March 1988: 28.

Abse Dannie. 'Poet As His own Critic'. Evening Standard, 7 April 1988.

Booth, Martin. 'Transcending the Pain'. Tribune, 22 April 1988.

Eagleton, Terry. 'Poetry Chronicle'. Stand, Spring 1990.

Surple, John. 'Ian Hamilton'. Agenda, 31:2, Summer 1993: 107-111.

 

IN SEARCH OF J.D. SALINGER (1988)

Stuttaford, Genevieve. 'Nonfiction: J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life'. Publishers Weekly, 27 June 1986: 80.

Young, Tracy. 'J.D. Salinger: a Writing Life'. Vogue, August 1986: 196.

'J.D. Salinger Sues to Bar Biography'. New York Times, 4 October 1986: 8 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Streitfeld, David. 'Salinger's Articles of Privacy'. Washington Post, 22 October 1986: C1 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Yen, Marianne. 'Judge Grants Restraint Order on Salinger Bio'. Publishers Weekly, 24 October 1986: 13 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

'J.D. Salinger Sues to Bar Biography'. New York Times, 4 October 1986: 8 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Streitfeld, David. 'Salinger Loses Bid for Injunction Against Biography'. Washington Post, 6 November 1986: D1 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Streitfeld, David. 'Salinger Wins Delay on Biography'. Washington Post, 8 November 1986: D3 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Hitchens, Christopher. 'American Notes'. Times Literary Supplement, 4363, 14 November 1986: 1276.

Streitfeld, David. 'Court to Hear Salinger Appeal'. Washington Post, 19 November 1986: B4 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

McDowell, Edwin. 'Salinger Book's Fate Cloudy'. New York Times, 20 November 1986: 16 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Streitfeld, David. 'Salinger's Privacy Claim'. Washington Post, 4 December 1986: C8 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Lubasch, Arnold H. 'Salinger Biography Is Blocked'. New York Times, 30 January 1987: 1 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Streitfeld, David. 'Salinger Wins Injunction'. Washington Post, 30 January 1987: C1 [Legal case
involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Streitfeld, David. 'Rehearing Sought in Salinger Case'. Washington Post, 4 February 1987: D3
[Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

McDowell, Edwin. 'Publisher to Seek Rehearing on Salinger Biography Ban'. New York Times, 5
February 1987: 24 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Press, Aric. 'Whose Mail Is It, Anyway? J.D. Salinger Bests a Biographer in Court'. Newsweek, 9
February 1987: 58 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

'Return to Sender; Salinger Throws a Writer's Block'. Time, 9 February 1987: 62 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Yardley, Johnathan. 'The Catcher in the Right'. Washington Post, 9 February 1987: D2 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Streitfeld, David. 'Salinger Reconsideration Asked'. Washington Post, 13 February 1987: B2 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Yen, Marianne. 'Random House Seeks Review of Salinger Decision'. Publishers Weekly, 13 February 1987: 24 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Yen, Marianne. 'AAP Files Amicus Brief for Random House in Appeal of Salinger Desicion'. Publishers Weekly, 27 February 1987: 90 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Delbanco, Andrew. 'Holden Caulfield Goes to Law School'. New Republic, 196:10, 9 March 1987: 27-30 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

'Salinger Copyright Claim Blocks Letter Use in Book'. News Media & the Law, 11:2, Spring 1987: 41-42 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Hoban, Phoebe. 'The Salinger File: Fighting for His Privacy, America's Most Elusive Author Is Flushed From His Refuge'. New York, 15 June 1987: 36 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Diviney, Catherine A. 'Guardian of the Public Interest: an Alternative Application of the Fair Use Doctrine in Salinger V. Random House, Inc.'. St. John's Law Review, 61:4, Summer 1987: 615-628 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Fields, Howard. 'AAP and Seven Authors Ask to Join Random House in Salinger Appeal'. Publishers Weekly, 25 September 1987: 11 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Teachout, Terry. 'Salinger Then and Now'. Commentary, 84:3, September 1987: 61 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Murphy, Christopher A. 'The Author's Interests in Unpublished Materials'. Columbia - VLA Journal of Law & the Arts, 12:1, Autumn 1987: 103-129 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

'Ruling Stands Against Book on Salinger'. New York Law Journal, 198, 6 October 1987: 1 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Blau, Eleanor. 'Supreme Court Refuses to Review Salinger Ruling'. New York Times, 6 October 1987: 17 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Reuter, Madalynne. 'High Court Won't Rule on Salinger'. Publishers Weekly, 16 October 1987: 13 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Zissu, Roger L. 'Salinger and Random House: Good News and Bad News'. Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. 35:1, October 1987: 13-16 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Margolic, David. 'Whose Words Are They, Anyway?'. New York Times, 1 November 1987: 1 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Gillespie, Elgy. 'Catcher in the Court'. New Statesman, 13 November 1987: 13 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Zissu, Roger L. 'Fears, Criticisms of Salinger Opinion Result From Misreading of Decision'. The National Law Journal, 10:16-17, 28 December 1987: 24 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

McDowell, Edwin. 'Writer, Twice Restrained, Has New Salinger Book'. New York Times, 19 February 1988: 34.

Goldstein, William. 'Random to Issue New Version of Embattled Salinger Biography'. Publishers Weekly, 26 February 1988: 102.

Zissu, Roger L. 'Fears, Criticisms of Opinion Result From Misreading of Decision'. Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. 35:3, April 1988: 189-195 [Legal case involving J. D. Salinger: A Writing Life].

Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher. 'A Frustrated Hunter on the Trail of J. D. Salinger'. New York Times, 19 May 1988: 29.

Stuttaford, Genevieve. 'Nonfiction'. Publishers Weekly, 20 May 1988: 80.

Clemons, Walter. 'The Phantom of Cornish'. Newsweek, 111:21, 23 May 1988: 73.

Koenig, Rhoda. 'Search and Destroy'. New York, 21:21, 23 May 1988: 93-94.

Sheppard, R. Z. 'Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted'. Time, 131:21, 23 May 1988: 74.

Moran, Terence. 'In Search of J.D. Salinger'. Legal Times, 11:1, 30 May 1988: 34.

Richler, Mordecai. 'Rises at Dawn, Writes, Then Retires'. New York Times Book Review, 5 June 1988: 7.

Chambers, Andrea and Jonathan Cooper. 'In Search of J.D. Salinger: Biographer Ian Hamilton Discovers a Subject Who Didn't Want to Be Found'. People Weekly, 29:22, 6 June 1988: 50.

Yardley, Jonathan. 'Of Salinger & Sour Grapes'. Washington Post, 8 June 1988: C2.

Harris, Mark. 'J. D. Salinger Has Won'. Los Angeles Times, 12 June 1988: 3.

Cryer, Dan. 'Salinger Reclusive As Ever Despite Search'. Newsday, 13 June 1988: 6.

Winship, Frederick. 'Ian Hamilton's Losing Match with J. D. Salinger'. UPI, 21 June 1988.

Peary, Gerald. 'A Novelist in Hiding'. Maclean's, 101:27, 27 June 1988: 56.

Udovitch, Mim. 'So Sue Me: Mixed Messages from J. D. Salinger'. Village Voice, 33:27, 5 July 1988: 49.

Cockburn, Alexander. 'Peepers and Pokers'. Interview, 18:7, July 1988: 95-96.

Gargan, William. 'Book Review: Literature'. Library Journal, 113:12, July 1988: 81.

Warner, Judy. 'In Search of Ian Hamilton'. National Review, 40:15, 5 August 1988: 48.

Lee, Michael. 'A Game Called Catcher in the Wry'. National Catholic Reporter, 24:37, 12 August 1988: 9.

Glendinning, Victoria. Times, 17 September 1988.

'Lives of the Famous: Private, Keep Out'. Economist, 17 September 1988: 108-110.

Gross, John. 'The Book About the Book That Salinger Escaped From'. Sunday Telegraph, 18 September 1988.

Profumo, David. 'The Greta Garbo of American Letters'. Sunday Times, 18 September 1988.

Raban, Jonathan. 'Catcher on the Sly'. Observer, 18 September 1988.

Barnacle, Hugo. 'Enough for one life'. Independent, 20 September 1988.

Folkenflik, Robert. 'Ferret in the Rye'. Listener, 22 September 1988: 23-24.

Angier, Carole. 'Shoot the Biographer'. New Statesman & Society, 1:16, 23 September 1988: 33-34.

Lewis, Roger. 'He Wants to Be Alone'. Punch, 23 September 1988: 49-50.

Morton, Brian. 'Desperately Seeking Salinger'. Times Educational Supplement, 3769, 23 September 1988: 27.

Ford, Mark. 'Author, Author'. Times Literary Supplement, 4461, 30 September 1988: 1066.

Catling, Patrick Skene. 'People Who Live in Glass Houses May Remain Invisible'. Spectator, 1 October 1988: 33-34.

Barnes, Julian. 'Salinger Affair'. London Review of Books, 10:19, 27 October 1988: 3.

Sheed, Wilfrid. 'The Exile'. New York Review of Books, 35:16, 27 October 1988: 35.

Goddard, John. Books Canadian, 17, October 1988: 29.

Johnson, George Sim. 'Book Reviews'. American Spectator, 21:10, October 1988: 38-39.

Cockburn, Alexander. 'Peepers and Pokers'. Interview Magazine, 18:8, 1988.

Bellman, S. I. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 26, February 1989: 939.

Washington Post Book World, 27 August 1989: 12.

Whalen-Bridge, John. Modern Fiction Studies, 35:2, Summer 1989: 299-300.

Benson, Jackson J. 'Book Reviews'. American Literature, 61:3, October 1989: 465-468.

Sheppard, R. Z. 'Foul Weather for Fair Use'. Time, 30 April 1990: 86.

Silverberg, Mark. 'A Bouquet of Empty Brackets: Author-Function and the Search for J. D. Salinger'. Dalhousie Review, 75:2, Summer-Fall 1995: 222.

 

SOHO SQUARE II (1989)

Coe, Jonathan. 'My Wife'. London Review of Books, 11:24, 21 December 1989: 20-21.

Menand, Louis. 'Memoirs, Dramas, Reflections'. Times Literary Supplement, 4525, 22 December
1989: 1411.

Hughes-Hallett, Lucy. 'A Picker-Up of Considered Trifles'. Spectator, 20 January 1990: 28.

 

WRITERS IN HOLLYWOOD (1990)

Ward, Robert. 'As Good As Their Words'. Los Angeles Times, 1 April 1990: 1.

Wiener, Thomas. 'Book Review: Performing Arts'. Library Journal, 115:6, 1 April 1990: 117.

Stuttaford, Genevieve. 'Nonfiction'. Publishers Weekly, 6 April 1990: 110.

Feeney, Mark. 'Wordsmiths for the Silver Screen'. Boston Globe, 6 May 1990: B51.

Walters, Colin. 'Hollywood Story Has Thin Script'. Washington Times, 14 May 1990: E6.

Hunter, Frederic. 'Hollywood's Write Stuff'. Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 1990: 14.

Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher. 'Putting Words in the Actors. Mouths'. New York Times, 21 May 1990: 14.

'War of the Words in Hollywood'. USA Today, 25 May 1990: 6.

Sigal, Clancy. 'Life Among the "Thickheads"'. New York Times Book Review, 27 May 1990: 2.

Hampton, Christopher. 'Stuck Together in Tinsel Town'. Sunday Telegraph, 10 June 1990.

Latham, Aaron. 'Credits Where Credit Is Due'. Washington Post Book World, 10 June 1990: 4-5.

Taylor, D. J. 'Stars and Bars'. Sunday Times, 10 June 1990.

Truss, Lynne. 'More Cents than Sense'. Listener, 14 June 1990: 29.

Wood, Michael. 'Bonded by the Bottle'. London Review of Books, 12:11, 14 June 1990: 21.

French, Sean. 'Refuge for Writers'. New Statesman & Society, 3:105, 15 June 1990: 33-34.

Leader, Zachary. 'Pride and Professionalism'. Times Literary Supplement, 4550, 15 June 1990: 630.

Andrews, Nigel. 'The Not So Lost Race of the Movie World'. Financial Times, 16 June 1990.

Critics Forum: Review discussion on BBC Radio 3, 23 June 1990.

Mortimer, John. 'Two Thousand Dolours'. Spectator, 23 June 1990: 32.

Klepp, L. S. Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 1990.

Green, William. 'Hackery Packery'. Punch, 6 July 1990: 48.

Katzmann, Pat. San Francisco Chronicle, July 1990.

Stimson, Mansel. Film, July-August 1990.

'Literati'. Variety, 340:4, 1 August 1990: 80.

Allen, W.H. Film Review Annual, 1990-1.

Dardis, Tom. 'Writers in Hollywood'. America, 164:8, 2 March 1991: 252-253.

Kalson, Albert E. 'The Americas'. Modern Fiction Studies, 37:2, Summer 1991: 259.

McGilligan, Patrick. 'Reviews'. Film Quarterly, 45:1, Autumn 1991: 46-47.

Ceplair, Larry. 'Book Reviews'. Cineaste, 18:4, December 1991: 53.


THE FABER BOOK OF SOCCER (1992)

O'Hagan, Simon. 'Poetry and Pros'. Independent on Sunday, 9 February 1992.

O'Keefe, Brendan. 'We wuz robbed'. Observer, 9 February 1992.

Read, Benedict. 'West Ham Three - Arsenal Nil'. Sunday Telegraph, 16 February 1992.

White, Jim. 'The Cultured Pass'. Independent, 17 February 1992.

Fletcher, Martin. 'Set Pieces'. New Statesman & Society, 5:190, 21 February 1992: 41.

Flusfeder, David. 'Literary Goals'. G.Q. March 1992.

Ford, Mark. 'Perishing Genius'. Times Literary Supplement, 4648, 1 May 1992: 32.

 

KEEPERS OF THE FLAME (1992; 1993)

Motion, Andrew. Observer, 4 October 1992.

Fraser, Antonia. 'Private Faces in Public Places'. Times, 8 October 1992.

Thwaite, Anthony. Sunday Telegraph, 11 October 1992.

Miller, Karl. Guardian, 13 October 1992.

Binding, Paul. 'Shilling Lives'. New Statesman & Society, 5:224, 16 October 1992: 40-41.

Treglown, Jeremy. 'Beware the Biographer'. Times Literary Supplement, 4674, 30 October 1992: 9.

Symons, Julian. 'Burnt Offerings'. Sunday Times, 1 November 1992.

Sutherland, John. 'After-Lives'. London Review of Books, 14:21, 5 November 1992: 8-9.

Lee, Hermione. Independent on Sunday, 10 November 1992.

Keates, Jonathan. Independent, 25 November 1992.

Christiansen, Rupert. 'Hanging Out the Washing'. Spectator, 5 December 1992: 45.

Braybrooke, Neville. The Tablet, 6 March 1993.

Belsey, Andrew.Journal of Media Law and Practice, 14, 1993: 83-84.

Stuttaford, Genevieve. 'Nonfiction: Keepers of the Flames'. Publishers Weekly, 14 February 1994: 74.

Lehman, David. 'Over Their Dead Bodies'. New York Times Book Review, 27 March 1994: 20.

Yardley, Jonathan. 'Their Precious Reputations'. Washington Post Book World, 10 April 1994: 3.

Mallon, Thomas. 'Books'. New Criterion, 12:10, June 1994: 80-84.

Black, Barbara. 'Literary Fame and Misfortune Go Hand in Hand'. Gazette (Montreal), 23 July 1994: H2.

Hulbert, Ann. 'The Soul and Discretion'. New Republic, 211:8-9, 22-29 August 1994: 40.

Glendinning, Victoria. 'Whose Life Is It Anyway?'. Los Angeles Times, 23 October 1994: 2.

West, James L. W. 'Biography and Literary Estates'. Sewannee Review, 103:1, Winter 1995: xx-xxi.

 

GAZZA ITALIA (1993)
GAZZA AGONISTES (1994; 1998)

Crickmer, Clive. 'Samson and Gazza!'. Daily Mirror, 4 October 1993.

Young, Robin. 'Gazza's Poetry On the Ball Makes Him a Literary Hero'. Times, 4 October 1993.

Herbert, Susannah. Sunday Telegraph, 28 November 1993.

Barnes, Simon. 'Yes, But Who Is Gazza?'. Times, 28 May 1994.

Hofmann, Michael. 'Main Man'. London Review of Books, 16:13, 7 July 1994: 6.

Thomas, Dave. 'Gazza's Grief'. Times, 24 October 1998.

Glanville, Brian. 'Book Review'. Sunday Times, 1 November 1998.

 

WALKING POSSESSION (1994; 1996)

Wright, Michael. 'Rarity Among Critics'. Times, 5 May 1994.

Ford, Mark. 'Unimpressed by Not Unappeased'. Times Literary Supplement, 4754, 13 May 1994: 23.

Sexton, David. 'The Gazza of Criticism?'. Sunday Telegraph, 15 May 1994.

Taylor, D. J. 'For Love and Money'. Sunday Times, 22 May 1994.

Hofmann, Michael. 'Main Man'. London Review of Books, 16:13, 7 July 1994: 6.

Armstrong, Isobel. 'Decades in the Making'. Times Educational Supplement, 4074, 29 July 1994: 18.

Stuttaford, Genevieve. 'Nonfiction: Walking Possession'. Publishers Weekly, 8 July 1996: 68.

Johnson, Denise. 'Reviews: Literature'. Library Journal, 121:15, 15 September 1996: 69.

Seaman, Donna. 'Nonfiction'. Booklist, 93:2, 15 September 1996: 204.

Firchow, Peter. 'Essays'. World Literature Today, 71:3, Summer 1997: 596-597.

Simon, John. 'Supreme Nonfiction'. New Criterion, 15:5, 1997: 63-68.

Pinsker, Sanford. 'Essayists, Obsessions and Hardcovers'. Georgia Review, 51:3, Autumn 1997:
549-556.

Kirsch, Adam. Harvard Review, 12, 1997: 221-222.

 

THE OXFORD COMPANION TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY POETRY (1994)

Cunningham, Valentine. Observer, 6 February 1994.

Scammell, William. 'Swans, Geese and Ugly Ducklings'. Independent on Sunday, 6 February
1994.

Sexton, David. 'Intimations of immortality'. Sunday Telegraph, 6 February 1994.

Spender, Stephen. 'The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English'. Times, 7
February 1994.

Horovitz, Michael. 'Gents at Work'. New Statesman & Society, 7:289, 11 February 1994: 37.

Corke, Hillary. 'You Taught Me the Language'. Spectator, 12 February 1994: 24.

Potts, Robert. 'Poetries in Englishes'. Times Literary Supplement, 4742, 18 February 1994: 9.

Gowrie, Grey. 'The Special Relationship'. Daily Telegraph, 26 February 1994.

Porlock, Harvey. 'On the Critical List'. Sunday Times, 6 March 1994.

Booklist, 90:16, 15 April 1994: 1557.

Dollard, Peter. 'Book Reviews: Reference'. Library Journal, 119, 15 April 1994: 68.

Day, Aidan. 'Dylan, Rap and Angry Penguins'. Times Higher Education Supplement, 1122, 6
May 1994: 32.

Craven, Peter. 'Hamilton's 1500'. The Age (Melbourne, Australia), 14 May 1994.

Vendler, Helen. 'The Three Acts of Criticism'. London Review of Books, 16:10, 26 May 1994: 5-6.

Bravard, R. S. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 32:1, September 1994: 74.

Craig, Patricia. Honest Ulsterman (Belfast), 98, 1994: 105-107.

Poole, Richard. Poetry Wales, 30:1, 1994: 2-4.

'At a Glance'. School Library Journal, 41:3, March 1995: 238.

North, Michael. 'Book Review'. Modernism/Modernity, 2:2, April 1995: 86-88.

Haberer, Adolphe, Études Anglaises (Paris), 48:3, July-30 September 1995: 343-344.

McIlvaine, Eileen. 'Selected Reference Books of 1994'. College & Research Libraries, 56:5, September
1995: 433.

 

STEPS (1997)

Sansom, Ian. Poetry Review, 87:4, 1997: 32.

Gregson, I. Stand, 39:3, Summer 1998: 47.


SIXTY POEMS (1998)

Sanderson, Mark. 'A Hard Man to Please'. Sunday Telegraph, 18 April 1999: Review, 12.

Greenlaw, Lavinia. 'Heads Off'. New Statesman, 26 April 1999: 47.

Brownjohn, Alan. 'A Hard Act'. Sunday Times, 9 May 1999: Art and Books, 10.

Waling, Steven.City Life (What's on in Manchester), 26 May 1999: 55.

Kellaway, Kate. 'Who Turned the Page?'. Prospect, May 1999: 65.

Murray, Nicholas. 'Brief but Feelingful'. Times Literary Supplement, 5018, 4 June 1999: 25.

Spivey, Nigel. 'Lest the Tribute Turn to Gush'. Daily Telegraph, 12 June 1999: Arts & Books, 4.

Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. 'Poetry of the Month'. Times, 31 July 1999: Metro, 18.

 

A GIFT IMPRISONED (1998; 1999)

Gross, John. 'Return to Dover Beach'. Sunday Telegraph, 8 March 1998.

Eagleton, Terry. 'Dreaming Uninspired'. Times Higher Education Supplement, 1323, 13 March
1998: 22.

Taylor, D. J. 'Counterpoints'. New Statesman, 13 March 1998: 53.

Hughes, Kathryn. 'Driven to Duty by His Father's Memory'. Daily Telegraph, 14 March 1998.

Scott, Peter. 'Elusive Poet and Dutiful Victorian'. Financial Times, 14 March 1998.

Conrad, Peter. 'Rhyme and Punishment'. Observer, 15 March 1998.

Tomalin, Claire. 'In His Father's Shadow'. Sunday Times, 15 March 1998.

Sutherland, John. 'Enisled'. London Review of Books, 20:6, 19 March 1998: 7-8.

Murray, Nicholas. 'Rare Case of a Poet Who Doubted His Own Genius'. Literary Review, March
1998.

Morrison, Blake. 'Poet Beached at Dover'. Independent on Sunday, 5 April 1998.

Nye, Robert. 'Parting Lines of a Divine Dandy'. Times, 5 April 1998.

Adams, Jad. 'How Matthew Lost His Muse'. Times Educational Supplement, 4266/4267, 10 April
1998: Friday Supplement, 10.

'Dr. Arnold's Boy'. Economist, 347:8064, 18 April 1998: 13.

Pierce, Peter.The Bulletin with Newsweek, 117:6137, 25 August 1998: 69.

Imlah, Mick. 'A Poet Aged Before His Time'. Times Literary Supplement, 4979, 4 September
1998: 4.

MacKinnon, Lachlan. 'School Inspector Marked for Life'. Independent, 1998.

Lane, Anthony. 'Poetry and Principle'. New Yorker, 74:44, 1 February 1999: 74.

Driscoll, Kevin. 'The Poet Is Dead. We Have Lost a Poet'. Washington Times, 21 March 1999: B6.

Kimball, Roger. 'The Divided Victorian'. Wall Street Journal, 25 March 1999: 24.

Jenkins, Nicholas. 'The Story of A'. New York Times Book Review, 20 June 1999: 12.

Vendler, Helen. 'The Unburied Life'. New Republic, 21 June 1999: 48.

Carduff, Christopher. 'Book Notes'. New Criterion, 17:10, June 1999: 90.

Mermin, Dorothy. 'Reviews'. Nineteenth-Century Literature, 54:1, June 1999: 110-113.

Hoagwood, T. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 37, September 1999: 143.

Machann, Clinton. 'Matthew Arnold'. Victorian Poetry, 37:3, Autumn 1999: 366.

Bryant, Hallman. 'Honour Thy Father'. South Carolina Review, 33:1, Autumn 2000: 213-219.

 

ANTHONY THWAITE IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER DALE AND IAN HAMILTON (1999)

Crotty, Patrick. 'Poets on the Parish'. Times Literary Supplement, 5091, 27 October 2000: 27.

Share, Don. 'Interviewing'. Essays in Criticism, 50:4, October 2000: 378.

 

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY ESSAYS (1999)
THE BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY ESSAYS (2000)


Scruton, Roger. 'An Assay into Essay Finds the Best of a Form Which Won't Be Ignored'. Times,
26 August 1999.

Palmer, Alasdair. 'Culture of Complaint'. Sunday Telegraph, 19 September 1999.

Banville, John. 'A Craftily Assembled Collection'. Irish Times, 25 September 1999.

Hillier, Bevis. 'Why Did He Leave Out E.M. Forster?'. Spectator, 25 September 1999.

Lewis, Jeremy. 'A Worthy Enthusiasm'. Literary Review, September 1999.

Grayling, A.C. 'A Touch of the Indefinable Thing'. Weekend Financial Times, 9 October 1999.

Adams, Tim. 'The Secret of the Universe? It's a Banana ...'. Observer, 10 October 1999.

Fearn, Nicholas. 'A Sense of an Ending'. New Statesman, 6 December 1999: 77.

Thomson, Ian. Independent, 1999.

'Reviews'. Contemporary Review, 276:1608, January 2000: 54.

Lezard, Nicholas. 'Nice Shorts'. Guardian, 24 April 2000.

'The Book of 20th-Century Essays'. Publishers Weekly, 21 August 2000: 60-61.

Christensen, Bryce. 'The Book of Twentieth-Century Essays'. Booklist, 97:1, 1 September 2000: 57.

Paumier Jones, Mary. 'The Book of Twentieth-Century Essays'. Library Journal, 125:14, 1 September
2000: 206.

Birkerts, Sven. 'State of the Art: The Essay'. Washington Post Book World, 19 November 2000.

Carey, Leo. 'Thinking Men'. New Yorker, 76:41, 8 January 2001: 16.

Butscher, Edward. 'Essays of Our Time and Clime'. Georgia Review, 55, Spring 2001: 170.

 

AGAINST OBLIVION [BBC Radio 3 broadcasts, 2000]

Warner, Val. 'Poetry's Maw'. PN Review, 134, 26:6.

 

AGAINST OBLIVION (2002)

Adams, Tim. 'Chapter and Verse: Ian Hamilton's Valedictory Work'. Observer, 17 March 2002:
Review, 15.

Thwaite, Anthony. 'Survival of the Poetic'. Sunday Telegraph, 17 March 2002: 12.

Gray, Simon. Front Row, BBC Radio 4, 20 March 2002.

Wroe, Ann. Daily Telegraph, 23 March 2002: 3.

Carey, John. 'Reading Between the Lines: What Makes a Poet's Work Survive?'. Sunday Times, 24
March 2002.

Herbert, W.N. 'Against Oblivion: Poetry's Judge, Jury and Executioner'. Scotland on Sunday, 24
March 2002: 5.

Hulse, Michael. 'Editorial'. Leviathan Quarterly, 3, March 2002: 72.

Potts, Robert. 'A Passionate Partisan'. New Statesman, 1 April 2002: 51-52.

 

MAGAZINES

THE REVIEW

Bergonzi, Bernard. 'The Poet's Reasons'. Guardian, April 1962.

Enright, D.J. 'Frogs'. New Statesman, Spring 1962.

'Language and the Self'. Times Literary Supplement, 29 June 1962.

Kermode, Frank. 'Eliot on Herbert'. Guardian, 14 December 1962.

Braybrooke, Neville. 'Reviewing the Reviews'. Time & Tide, 21-27 February 1963.

Dale, Peter. 'Experience and Experiencing'. Isis, 6 March 1963: 18, 20, 23.

Kell, Richard. 'The Fruits of Obsession'. Guardian, Autumn 1963.

'Don't Bury the Hatchet'. Times Literary Supplement, 13 February 1964.

'Little Magazines'. New Statesman, 21 February 1964.

'Literary Periodicals'. Times Literary Supplement, 26 March 1964.

Daniel, John. 'The Little Magazines'. Guardian, Spring 1964.

'The Thirties and the Under-Thirties'. Guardian, July 1964.

Stephen Spender. 'A High-Pitched Scream'. Listener, 13 August 1964.

Toynbee, Philip. 'Hurrah for the Republic?'. Observer, 16 August 1964.

John Horner. 'And the Same Old Mix'. Spectator, Summer 1964.

Connolly, Cyril. 'Battles of the Thirties'. Sunday Times, 20 December 1964.

Allen, Walter. 'Letter from London'. New York Times Book Review, 24 January 1965.

Dale, Peter, Agenda, 4:1, April-May 1965: 49-52.

'Reducing the Risks'. Times Literary Supplement, 10 October 1968.

Boston, Richard. 'The Razor's Edge'. Guardian, 30 August 1972: Arts, 8.


THE NEW REVIEW

Andrews, Lyman. 'First Steps'. Sunday Times, 7 April 1974.

 
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