DANTE. POET OF THE SECULAR WORLD
By Erich Auerbach•.Translated by Ralph Manheim.
The
late noted German scholar presents a significant concep–
tion· of the
Divine Comedy.
His study - based on the
poem's various influences and the poet's life and early
work - concludes that Dante brought to poetry that sense
of human presentness which has ever since been .the
great constant in Western art.
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THE RHETORIC OF FICTION
By Wayne C. Booth.
Concerned with the novelist's tech–
nique for controlling the reader's interest and responses,
Mr. Booth examines such critical terms as "telling,"
"showing," "objectivity," and "aesthetic distance." Says
JOHN CROWE RANSOM: "An indispensable handbook of
the art ••• Students of 1iction must have it by
th~m
on
the desk."
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MY
SAD CAPTAINS
By Thom Gunn.
This young English poet again showl
the brilliance that won so much acclaim for.his previous
work. "Energy, depth and technical skill have not come
together in this way for quite some time."-RoBERT CON–
QUEST,
Spectator.
"He is clearly England's most important
export since Auden."-PHILIP BOOTH,
Christian Scienc,
Monitor.
Phoenix Paperback
,1.50,
Cloth
,2.50
THE LOOKING GLASS
By Isabella Gardner.
A new book of poems. "Isabella
Gardner is a conjurer, a believer, a maker." - RICHARD
EBERHART. "I
belie~e
Isabella Gardner to
be
a very dis–
tinguished poet." - EDITH SITWELL.
Phoenix Paperback
,1.50,
Cloth
,2.50
THREE PLAYS OF RACINE
PHAEDRE, ANDROMACHE, BRITANNICUS
Translated by George Dillon.
In elegant, unpretentious,
well-paced blank verse, a distinguished American poet
captures Racine's particular combination of precision
and spontaneity. Mr: Dillon, former editor of
Poetry,
was co-translator of Baudelaire's
Flowers of Evil
with
Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Phoenix Paperback
,1.95,
Cloth
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