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White Collar
The A.merican Middle Classes
By C. WRIGHT MILLS.
A nationally known expert on the
~ddle
classes presents a devastating expose of every aspect of
this amorphous social bracket. "A portrait of today's representa–
tive American, drawn with dramatic verve, literary skill and
epigrammatic wit. . . . This is a book that persons of every
level of the white-collar pyramid should read and ponder."–
N. Y. Times Book Review.
"Surely one of the most interesting
and valuable books of its kind since
Middletown, U.S.A."-
. CLIFTON FADIMAN.
$5.00
Literature Through Art
A New A.pproach to French Literature
By HALMUT HATZFELD.
Winner of the MLA-Oxford
Award, this distinguished book analyzes the history of French
literature in relation to the fine arts. Placing painting and
sculpture side by side with literary texts, Mr. Hatzfeld shows
how a picture may clarify the meaning of a work of literature
and
vice versa.
His study is an excellent introduction to a
significant literature and at the same time an approach whose
application is universal. With
100
halftone reproductions.
$7.50
Christopher Fry:
VENUS OBSERVED.
"Grandeur and elegance, imagery and
richness, wit and playfulness. . .. The sprightliness comes out as
well from book pages as from three walls, and the dialogue even
better."--N.
Y. Times.
$2.50
A SLEEP OF PRISONERS.
"A tremendously exciting experi–
ence. . . . The play has violence, frequent majesty and a linger–
ing echo of inspiration."-WILLIAM HAWKINS,
N. Y. World
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&
Sun.
"The most distinguished l?lay brought forth by
the festival of Britain."-N.
Y. Herald Tnbune.
$2.00
Poems in Process
By PHYLLIS BARTLETT.
Winner of the Po.try Society of
America Poetry Chap-Book Award.
A lively and informative
discussion of the poet's creative process in a wide range of
British and Amedcan poets. "A reading pleasure. . • . Miss
Bartlett enables us to contemplate as a single phenomenon the
whole range of the compositional experience. • • . Compact
and lucid, this book
will
become one of the standard works
of reference in literary study."-MARK SCHORER,
N. Y. Times
Book Review.
$4.00
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