Cover -- W. H. Auden: The Critical Heritage -- Copyright -- General Editor's Preface -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Selection and Text -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- 'Paid on Both Sides:A Charade 'Criterion', January 1930 -- 1. William Empson, Review, 'experiment', Spring 1931 -- Poems'London, September 1930 -- 2. Naomi Mitchison, Review, 'week-end Review', October 1930 -- 3. Dilys Powell, Review, 'sunday Times', December 1930 -- 4. Michael Roberts, Review, 'adelphi', December 1930 -- 5. Louis Macneice, Review, 'oxford Outlook', March 1931 -- 6. F.r. Leavis, Unsigned Review, 'times Literary Supplement', March 1931 -- 7. M . D . Zabel, Review, 'poetry', May 1931 -- 8. Dudley Fitts, Review, 'hound and Horn', Sum-mer 1931 -- 'The Orators'London, May 1932 -- 9. William Plomer, Review, 'sunday Referee', May 1932 -- 10. Alan Pryce-jones, Review, 'london Mercury', May 1932 -- 11. A.c. Brock, Unsigned Review, 'times Literary Supplement', June 1932 -- 12. F.r.lea Vis, Unsigned Review, 'listener', June 1932 -- 13. Stephen Spender, Essay, 'twentieth Century', July 1932 -- 14. Geoffrey Grigson, Review, 'saturday Review', July 1932 -- 15. Michael Roberts, Review, 'adelphi', August 1932 -- 16. Bonamydobr£e, Review, 'spectator', August 1932 -- 17. John Hayward, Review, 'criterion', October 1932 -- 18. Graham Greene, Review, 'oxford Magazine', November 1932 -- 19. Hugh Gordon Porteus, Review, 'twentieth Century', February 1933 -- 20. Henry Bamford Parkes, Review, 'symposium', April 1933 -- 21. John Gould Fletcher, Review, 'poetry', May 1933 -- 22. Robert Penn Warren, Review, 'american Review', May 1934 -- 23. Stephen Spender, from 'the Destructive Element', 1935 -- An uncompleted 'epic'1932-3 -- 24. Harold Nicolson, from His Diary, August 1933 -- 'The Witnesses' ('listener', Poetry Supplement, July 1933).

25. T.s.eliot, from a Report to the Bbc, Autumn 1933 -- Poems', second editionLondon, November 1933 -- 26. F.r. Lea Vis, Review,'scrutiny', June 1934 -- 'The Dance of Death' (november 1933) -- A. The Text -- 27. John Pudney, Review, 'week-end Review', December 1933 -- 28. D.g. Bridson, Review, 'new English Weekly', December 1933 -- 29. C. Day-lewis, from 'a Hope for Poetry', 1934 -- B. The Productions -- 30. A. Desmond Hawkins, Review, 'new English Weekly', April 1934 -- 31. Michael Sayers, Review, 'new English Weekly', October 1935 -- 32. A.l. Morton, Review, 'daily Worker', October 1935 -- 33. Harold Hobson, Review, 'christian Science Monitor', October 1935 -- 34. Ashley Dukes, Review, 'theatre Arts Monthly', December 1935 -- 'Poems' (american Edition, September 1934) -- 35. Jamesburnham, Review, 'nation', August 1934 -- 36. Ruth Lechlitner, Review, 'new York Herald Tribune', September 1934 -- 37. Malcolm Cowley, Review, 'new Republic', Sep-tember 1934 -- 'The Dog Beneath the Skin'(may 1935) -- A. The Text -- 38. Ianparsons, Review, 'spectator',june 1935 -- 39. A.l. Morton, Review,'daily Worker',july 1935 -- 40. Montagu Slater, Two Reviews, 'left Review', July and October 1935 -- 41. Louise Bogan, Review, 'new Republic', Novem-ber 193 5 -- 42. John Lehmann, Review Essay, 'international Litera-ture', April 1936 -- B. the Production -- 43. Derek Verschoyle, Review, 'spectator', February 1936 -- 44. Cyril Connolly, Review, 'new Statesman and Nation', February 1936 -- 'The Ascent of F6' -- A. The Text -- 45. E.m. Forster, Review,'listener', October 1936 -- 46. Stephen Spender, Review, 'left Review', Novem-ber 1936 -- 47. Benbelitt, Review,'nation', April 1937 -- 48. Wyndham Lewis, from 'blasting and Bombardier-ing', 1937 -- 49. Stephen Spender, Essay, 'new Writing', Autumn 1938 -- B. The Productions.

50. A.r. Humphreys, Review, 'cambridge Review', April 1937 -- 51. G.w. Stonier on the Revival, 'new Statesman and Nation', July 1939 -- 'Look, Stranger!(October 1936) -- Combined Reviews with 'the Ascent of F6' -- 52. Dilys Powell, Two Reviews, 'london Mercury', October and November 1936 -- 53 Gavin Ewart, Two Reviews, 'university Forward', November 1936 -- 54. F.r. Lea Vis, Review, 'scrutiny', December 1936 -- 55. C. Day-lewis, Review,'poetry', January 1937 -- 56. Janet Adam Smith, Review, 'criterion', January 1937 -- 57. Edmund Wilson, Review, 'new Republic', Feb-ruary 1937 -- 'Spain' -- 58. C. Day-lewis, Review, 'listener', May 1937 -- 59. Richard Goodman, Review, 'daily Worker', June 1937 -- 60. Cyril Connolly, Review, 'new Statesman and Nation', June 1937 -- 'Letters from Iceland' -- 61. Edward Sackville-west, Review, 'new Statesman and Nation', August 1937 -- 62. Unsigned Review, 'times Literary Supplement', August 1937 -- 63. Michael Roberts, Review, 'london Mercury', Sep-tember 1937 -- 64. Edwinmuir, Review, 'criterion', October 1937 -- From Auden Double Number, 'new Verse', November -- 65. Christopher Isherwood on Auden's Early Poetry -- 66. Stephen Spender, Oxford to Communism -- 67. Louis Macneice, Letter to W.h. Auden -- 68. Geoffrey Grigson, Auden as a Monster -- 69. Kenneth Allott, Auden in the Theatre -- 70. Edgell Rickword, Auden and Politics -- 71. Twelve Comments on Auden: -- I. Edwin Muir -- II. George Barker -- III. Frederic Prokosch -- IV. David Gascoyne -- V. Dylan Thomas -- VI. C. Day-Lewis -- VII. Allen Tate -- VIII. Charles Madge -- IX. Herbert Read -- X. John Masefield -- XI. Graham Greene -- XII. Sir Hugh Walpole -- 'On the Frontier' -- 72. Unsigned Review, Times Literary Supplement', October 1938 -- 73. Kingsley Martin, Review, 'new Statesman and Nation', November 1938.

74. C. Day-lewis, Review, 'listener', November 1938 -- 75. Julian Symons on the Dramatic Canon, 'life and Letters Today', February 1939 -- 'Journey to a War' (march 1939) -- 76. Evelyn Waugh, Review,'spectator', March 1939 -- 77. Randall Swingler, Review, 'daily Worker', March 1939 -- 78. William Plomer, Review, 'london Mercury', April 1939 -- 79. Geoffrey Grigson, Review, 'new Verse', May 1939 -- 80. Lincoln Kirstein, Review, 'nation', August 1939 -- 'Another Time' -- 81. Michael Roberts, Review, 'spectator', July 1940 -- 82. T.c. Worsley, Review, 'new Statesman and Nation', July 1940 -- 83. William Empson, Review, 'life and Letters Today', August 1940 -- 'The Double Man' -- 84. Malcolm Cowley, Review, 'new Republic', April 1941 -- 85. Randall Jarrell, Review,'nation', April 1941 -- 86. Babette Deutsch, Review, 'poetry', June 1941 -- 87. Herbert Read, Review, 'spectator', June 1941 -- 88. Charles Williams, Review, 'dublin Review', July 1941 -- 89. Raymond Winkler, Review, 'scrutiny', October I94i -- 'For the Time Being' -- 90. Mark Schorer, Review, 'new York Times', Sep-tember 1944 -- 91. Harry Levin, Review, 'new Republic', September 1944 -- 92. Desmond Maccarthy, Review, 'sunday Times', March 1945 -- 93. Hugh Kingsmill, Review, 'new English Review', May 1945 -- 94. Stephen Spender, Review, 'time and Tide', August 1945 -- 95. R.g. Lienhardt, Review, 'scrutiny', September 1945 -- 'The Collected Poetry of W.H. Auden' -- 96. F. Cudworth Flint, Review, 'New York Times', April 1945 -- 97. Louise Bogan, Review,'new Yorker', April 1945 -- 98. John Van Druten, Review, 'kenyon Review', Sum-mer 1945 -- 'The Age of Anxiety' -- 99. M.l. Rosenthal, Review, 'new York Herald Tri-bune', July 1947 -- 100. Jacques Barzun, Review, 'harper's Magazine', September 1947 -- 101. Delmore Schwartz, Review, 'partisan Review', September-october 1947.

102. Giles Romilly, Review, 'new Statesman and Nation', October 1948 -- 103. Patric Dickinson, Review,'horizon', May 1949 -- 'Collected Shorter Poems, 1930-1944' (march 1950) -- 104. George D. Painter, Review, 'listener', April 1950 -- 'Nones' -- 105. G.s. Fraser, Review, 'new Statesman and Nation', March 1952 -- 106. Robinmayhead, Review,'scrutiny', June 1952 -- 107. Unsigned Review, 'times Literary Supplement', July 1952 -- 'The Shield of Achilles' -- 108. Karl Shapiro, Review, 'new York Times', Feb-ruary 1955 -- 109. Horace Gregory, Review, 'new York Herald Tribune', February 1955 -- 110. No Randalljarrell, Review, 'yalereview', June 1955 -- 111. Donald Davie, Review, 'shenandoah', Autumn 1955 -- 112. Anthony Hartley, Review, 'spectator', December 1955 -- 113. Edmund Wilson, Essay, 'new Statesman and Nation', June 1956 -- 'Homage to Clio' (april I960) -- 114. Donald Hall, Review, 'new Statesman', July I960 -- 115. Philiplarkin, Review, 'spectator', July I960 -- 116. Graham Hough, Review,'listener', July I960 -- 117. Thom Gunn, Review, 'yale Review', Autumn I960 -- 'About the House' (july 1965) -- 118.John Updike, Review, 'motive', November 1965 -- 119. C.b. Cox, Review, 'spectator', February 1966 -- 120. Christopher Ricks, Review, 'new Statesman', February 1966 -- 121. Unsigned Review, 'times Literary Supplement', March 1966 -- 'Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957' (november 1966) -- 122. John Carey, Review, 'new Statesman', December 1966 -- 123. John Whitehead, Review, 'essays in Criticism', October 1967 -- 'Collected Longer Poens' -- 124. Richard Mayne, Review, 'new Statesman', December 1968 -- 125. Jeremy Robson, Review, 'encounter', January 1970 -- 'City without Walls' -- 126. Johnbayley, Review, 'listener', September 1969 -- 127. John Fletcher, Review, 'spectator', December 1969 -- 128. Monroe K. Spears, Review, 'yale Review', Autumn 1970.

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