OXFORD
books
of exceptional interest
The Literary Works of Matthew Prior
Edited by H. BUNKER WRIGHT and MONROE K. SPEARS. In this
edition Prior's complete literary works (prose and verse, English and
Latin) are presented in a critical text based upon a collation of all
the extant manuscripts and early publications. 41 works are here
published for the first time: 3 prose essays, 5 epigrams, and 31 Latin
works. 14 previously published works are also included.
Two volumes, $20.20
The Journals and ,Papers of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Second Edition
Edited by HUMPHRY HOUSE, completed by GRAHAM STOREY.
This new, enlarged edition contains all Hopkins's previously unpub–
lished poems and fragments from his two early diaries; the journal
that gives details of his decision to become a Jesuit; and five under–
graduate essays; a full collection of his drawings; and an appendix
of his music, containing all Hopkins's known settings to songs.
43 illustrations. $15.00
The Chequer'd Shade
Reflections on Obscurity
in
Poetry
By JOHN PRESS. This is an examination of obscurity in the poetry
of many different periods with particular emphasis upon the 20th
century. John Press has cast his explanation in straightforward prose
which sheds considerable light on "difficult" poets of every age. $5.75
Television and the Child
An Empirical Study of the Effect of Television
on the Young
By HILDE T. HIMMELWEIT and A. N. OPPENHEIM. This is a
report on the results of a survey of 4,000 British children to deter–
mine the effects of TV on them. Among the topics the report deals
with are: choice of programs, patterns of taste, attractions of view–
ing, reactions
to
conflict, crime, and violence.
$6.75
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