THE POETIC ART OF W. H. AUDEN
By JOHN G. BLAIR. "Mr. Blair makes fresh use of Auden's
critical prose and analyzes Auden's poetry in terms of his inten–
tions and achievements. Mr. Blair organizes his book into dis–
cerning topical discussions and considers Auden's chronological
development only incidentally. This approach is new in the books
on Auden and establishes Auden firmly as a major figure in
modern letters."-Frederick P. W. McDowell
192
pages.
$4.50
RELIGIOUS HUMANISM AND THE
VICTORIAN NOVEL: GEORGE ELIOT,
WALTER PATER, AND SAMUEL BUTLER
By U. C. KNOEPFLMACHER. Believing that the work of these
novelists requires a special approach which must take into account
the writers' ideological intent, Mr. Knoepflmacher offers provoca–
tive new interpretations of individual novels in terms of the
ideas that lie behind them. He sets the novels in significant rela–
tion to each other and to the rich intellectual background from
which they sprung.
328
pages.
$6.50
THE BURDEN OF TIME:
THE FUGITIVES AND AGRARIANS
By JOHN L. STEWART. Two literary groups originating in
Nashville, Tennessee, in the early 1920's had a strong influence
on American letters. Known as the "Fugitives" and "Agrarians,"
they included, among others, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate,
Robert Penn Warren, Donald Davidson, Merrill Moore. Mr.
Stewart concentrates on the ideas, styles, themes of the two
groups, and their widespread influence, rather than on bio–
graphical data. "-a searching, supple, and most of the time
brilliantly precise account of the writing, ideas, and attitudes
of several of this century's most interesting men of letters."–
R. W. B. Lewis.
600
pages.
$12.50
Princeton University Press
