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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
has written one of the most exciting plays of recent years in A STREETCAR
NAMED DESIRE. ($2.75 ). Its poetic power and deep compassionate under–
standing of character have moved critics to place it above his prize-winning
The Glass Menagerie.
MONTAGU O'REILLY
has gathered the best of his strange, out-of-this-world stories in WHO HAS
BEEN TAMPERING WITH THESE PIANOS? The combination of interna–
tional society and American tycoons with fantastically delicate incidents, mostly
centering about pianos, makes these tales delightful.
Direction
No. 4. ($1.50)
BERNARD SHAW
has drawn from his critics more conflicting interpretations than any of his con–
temporaries. In his stimulating and understanding "reconsideration," Eric Bentley
attempts to redefine the nature of Shaw's work and opinions. BERNARD SHAW
is in our
Makers of Modern Literature
Series. ($2.00)
GIACOl\'10 LEOPARDI
is generally recognized as one of the greatest European poets of the 19th century.
In a selection of poems and an introductiop., John H eath-Stubbs presents ample
evidence · of Leopardi's freshness of feeling, modern restraint and intellectual
integrity. POEMS FROM GIACOMO LEOPARD! should revive interest in a
poet who lived ahead of his time. ($ 3.00)
D. H. LAWHENCE
the poet has been somewhat overlooked in favor of Lawrence, the novelist. To
remind the public of the distinctive qualities of his poetry, Kenneth R exroth has
edited with an introduction a volume of SELECTED POEMS for our
New
Classics Series.
($1.50)
ERNST JUENGER
published a novel in Nazi Germany in 1939 which subtly attacked the nature of
tyranny. This imaginative piece of writing, ON THE MARBLE CLIFFS, may
be the only real contribution to literature of Hitler's regime and is certain to
provoke discussion. ($2.50)
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
aroused considerable attention when Part I of his long poem about man's relation
to his environment appeared two years ago. Now, PATERSON, PART II, leading
deep er into this four-part epic, will confirm those critics who called it one of
the great American poems. ($3.00)
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