A
Study
oj Literature
FOR READERS AND CRITICS
,In. this keenly written and soundly conceived volume
•Dard Daiches, P:rofessor .qf English in Cornell Univ–
!ersity, discusses the basic {unction and purpose of im-
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a:ginative prose and poetry.
252 .pages, $2.75.
American Vanguard
Edited by Don M. Wolfe of the New School for Social
Research, these selections from the pens of men and
women in the writers' workshop at the New School are
examples of modern writing with its detached compas–
sion and attention to detail.
351 pages, $3.50.
Writers for Tomorrow
These stories were selected from manuscripts submitted
in creative writing courses at Cornell. The· authors are
young men and women
in
their twenties, seeking to
in–
terpret their times. Baxter Hathaway, Assistant Professor
of English in Cornell, edited the book.
236 pages, $2.75.
The Idiom of Poetry
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Relative aesthetic and absolute moral standards of critic–
ism are upheld in this stimulating series of essays by
Frederick
A.
Pottle, Sterling Professor of English in Yale
University. "... logically reasoned, thought-provoking."
-Johnsonian News Letter. 250 pages, $2.50.
Writers and Their Critics
The failure of critics to recognize contemporary works
of genius is entertainingly and devastatingly set forth
in this original and useful book by Henri Peyre, Sterling
Professor of French in Yale University.
340 pages, $3.00.
Order from Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York
Cornell l;{niversity Press
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