THE PROBLEMS
OF AESTHETICS
By Eliseo Vivas, Northwest ern, and
Murray Krieger, Univ. of Minn.
A book of contemporary selections
on the philosophy of art arranged
in an intelligible order which relate
to the basic problems of aesthetics.
639
pp.,
$6 .00
THE ENGLISH NOVEL:
FORM
&
FUNCTION
By Dorothy Van Ghent, Univ. of
Vermont.
Analytical studies of
eighteen novels, from
Don Quixote
to
Portrait of the Artist,
with ex–
tensive sets of questions for class
discussion. The treatment encour–
ages an understanding of each
novel both as a single whole and
as part of its tradition.
Text edition:
473
pp.,
$5.00
Trade edition:
276
pp.,
$4.00
POEMS for STUDY
By Leonard Unger and William
Van O'Connor, both of the Univ.
of Minn.
An anthology of English
and American poems from Skelton
to Spender which combines the
historical and critical approach to
the study of poetry. Significant
biographical facts and critical dis–
cussions are furnished for each
poet, along with analyses of one
or more of his poems.
743
pp.,
$4.75
RINEHART
&
CO.
232 madison avenue • n. y. 16
CONTRIBUTORS
IRVING HOWE, who has published
critical studies of Sherwood Ander–
son and William Faulkner, is now
teaching at Brandeis University.
MARY McCARTHY'S most recent
novel was The Groves of Academ.e.
WALLACE MARKFI ELD'S first
story appeared in PR in 1946. His
work has appeared frequently since
in Commentary, The Hudson Re–
view, The New Leader, and else–
where.
HARVEY BREIT, who is on the staff
of The New York Times Book Re–
view, recently spent some time in
India for the Ford Foundation.
HANS MEYERHOFF teaches phil–
osophy at the University of Southern
California.
AUSTIN WARREN is the author of
several books of criticism, and is
co-author, with Rene Wellek, of the
recent Theory of Literature. He is
on the permanent English faculty
at the University of Michigan, but
is spending this winter in New York
as a visiting professor at NYU.
NORMAN PODHORETZ, a young
New York writer who studied at
Columbia and at Cambridge, is
now in the army.
THE ARTISTS THEATRE
presents
FIRE EXIT
a new play by V. R. LANG
directed by HERBERT MACHIZ
THE AMATO THEATRE
159 Bleecker Street
JANUARY 26, 27, 28
For information call
JOHN MYERS
c/o Tibor De Nagy Gallery
206 E. 53 Street
PL 9-1621
