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Christopher Benfey • 56 Items / 4 Books, 4 Articles, 44 Reviews, 4 Poems
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  1. [+]
    Afterlives (3 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Trying Conclusions, by Howard Nemerov
    1. Trying Conclusions by Howard Nemerov
    2. Selected Poems by Derek Mahon
    3. Seeing Things by Seamus Heaney
    The Partisan Review, Winter 1994, pp. 176-179
  2. [+]
    The Age of Teddy (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Rebirth of a Nation, by Jackson Lears
    1. Rebirth of a Nation by Jackson Lears
    The New York Review of Books, January 14, 2010, pp. 24-27
  3. [+]
    The American Loneliness (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder, by Robin G. Wilder, Jackson R. Bryer, and Thor...
    1. The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder by Robin G. Wilder, Jackson R. Bryer, and Thornton Wilder, ...
    The New Republic, December 3, 2008, pp. 37-39
  4. [+]
    Coming Home (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Omeros, by Derek Walcott
    1. Omeros by Derek Walcott
    The New Republic, October 29, 1990, pp. 36-38
  5. [+]
    Covering Her Century (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn, by Caroline Moorehead and Martha Gellhorn
    1. Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn by Caroline Moorehead and Martha Gellhorn
    The New Republic, September 11, 2006, pp. 28-32
  6. [+]
    The Critter Poet (2 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Mountains and Rivers Without End, by Gary Snyder
    1. Mountains and Rivers Without End by Gary Snyder
    2. A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds by Gary Snyder
    The New Republic, March 24, 1997, pp. 38-41
  7. [+]
    Dark Darker Darkest (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    The Notebooks of Robert Frost, by Robert Faggen and Robert Frost
    1. The Notebooks of Robert Frost by Robert Faggen and Robert Frost
    The New Republic, January 22, 2007, pp. 24-28
  8. Degas and the "Black World"
    Christopher Benfey
    Art and miscegenation in nineteenth-century New Orleans
    The New Republic, October 21, 1996, pp. 25-29
  9. Degas in New Orleans (1998)
    Christopher Benfey
    Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable
    1 Review
  10. Degas in New Orleans
    Christopher Benfey
    The American Scholar, Autumn 1996, pp. 579-586
  11. [+]
    The Demigod (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Flaubert: A Biography, by Frederick Brown
    1. Flaubert: A Biography by Frederick Brown
    The New Republic, May 22, 2006, pp. 37-39
  12. [+]
    Deserters (2 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Novels, 1920-1925, by John Dos Passos
    1. Novels, 1920-1925 by John Dos Passos
    2. Travel Books and Other Writings, 1916-1941 by John Dos Passos
    The New Republic, January 12, 2004, pp. 30-33
  13. [+]
    Dickinson's Children (2 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Unfinished Painting, by Mary Jo Salter
    1. Unfinished Painting by Mary Jo Salter
    2. Take Heart by Molly Peacock
    The New Republic, July 17, 1989, p. 31
  14. The Dickinsons of Amherst (2001)
    Christopher Benfey, Polly Longsworth, and Barton Levi St. Armand, ...
    1 Review
  15. [+]
    The Ding-Dong of Doom (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    One Matchless Time, by Jay Parini
    1. One Matchless Time by Jay Parini
    The New Republic, November 8, 2004, pp. 25-29
  16. The Double Life of Stephen Crane (1992)
    Christopher Benfey
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  17. [+]
    Emily's Revolution (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries, by Helen Vendler
    1. Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries by Helen Vendler
    The New York Review of Books, November 25, 2010, pp. 46-48
  18. Epitaph for Mariana Gryphius, His Brother Paul's Little Daughter, To the Virgin Mary
    Christopher Benfey
    The New Republic, December 18, 1995, pp. 44-45
  19. [+]
    The Escape of the Collyers (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Homer and Langley, by E.L. Doctorow
    1. Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow
    The New York Review of Books, December 17, 2009, pp. 34-37
  20. Expecting
    Christopher Benfey
    The Paris Review, Winter 1986, p. 186
  21. [+]
    The Family Man (2 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    James Agee, Vol. II, by Michael Sragow and James Agee
    1. James Agee, Vol. II by Michael Sragow and James Agee
    2. James Agee, Vol. I by Michael Sragow and James Agee
    The New Republic, October 31, 2005, pp. 27-30
  22. [+]
    Family Values (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    History: The Home Movie, by Craig Raine
    1. History: The Home Movie by Craig Raine
    The New Republic, October 10, 1994, pp. 47-49
  23. [+]
    Flawed Perfection (2 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Savage Beauty, by Nancy Milford
    1. Savage Beauty by Nancy Milford
    2. What Lips My Lips Have Kissed by Daniel Mark Epstein
    The New Republic, November 5, 2001, pp. 39-41
  24. [+]
    Glamorous Pictures (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    James Fenimore Cooper: The Early Years, by Wayne Franklin
    1. James Fenimore Cooper: The Early Years by Wayne Franklin
    The New Republic, October 8, 2007, pp. 61-63
  25. [+]
    The Hunger Artists (3 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Dancing in the Dark, by Morris Dickstein
    1. Dancing in the Dark by Morris Dickstein
    2. Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
    3. American Hungers by Gavin Jones
    The New Republic, December 2, 2009, pp. 44-46
  26. [+]
    Inconstant Anderson (2 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Letters to Bab, by Sherwood Anderson and William A. Sutton
    1. Letters to Bab by Sherwood Anderson and William A. Sutton
    2. Kit Brandon: A Portrait by Sherwood Anderson
    The New York Review of Books, January 30, 1986, pp. 16-19
  27. [+]
    Lady in the Dark (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Emily Dickinson, by Cynthia Griffin Wolff
    1. Emily Dickinson by Cynthia Griffin Wolff
    The New York Review of Books, March 26, 1987, pp. 46-49
  28. Letters
    Sanjay Amin, Colin Wilson, Martin Gardner, and Kevin Sweeney, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 15, 1989, pp. 58-64
  29. Letters
    David Stoll, Peter Canby, Barbara E. Joe, and Susan Howe, ...
    The New York Review of Books, October 21, 1999, pp. 72-76
  30. [+]
    The Limits of Fun (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    The Last Avant-Garde, by David Lehman
    1. The Last Avant-Garde by David Lehman
    The New Republic, January 4, 1999, pp. 37-41
  31. [+]
    Love in the Ruins (2 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Walker Percy: A Life, by Patrick H. Samway
    1. Walker Percy: A Life by Patrick H. Samway
    2. The Correspondence of Shelby Foote and Walker Percy by Jay Tolson, Shelby Foote, and Walker Percy
    The New Republic, September 8, 1997, pp. 41-43
  32. [+]
    Mary McCarthy's Room (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    A Jury of Her Peers, by Elaine Showalter
    1. A Jury of Her Peers by Elaine Showalter
    The New York Review of Books, October 8, 2009, pp. 37-38
  33. [+]
    Meet John Smith (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Dream Song, by Paul Mariani
    1. Dream Song by Paul Mariani
    The New Republic, April 9, 1990, p. 34
  34. [+]
    Mr. Coffee and Mr. Fixit (2 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Raymond Carver: Collected Stories, by William L. Stull, Maureen P. Carroll, and Raymond...
    1. Raymond Carver: Collected Stories by William L. Stull, Maureen P. Carroll, and Raymond Carver, ...
    2. Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life by Carol Sklenicka
    The New Republic, March 25, 2010, pp. 28-30
  35. [+]
    The Mysterious Mythmaker of New York (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Knickerbocker, by Elizabeth L. Bradley
    1. Knickerbocker by Elizabeth L. Bradley
    The New York Review of Books, April 29, 2010, p. 51
  36. [+]
    The Mystery of Emily Dickinson (3 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    The Poems of Emily Dickinson, by R.W. Franklin and Emily Dickinson
    1. The Poems of Emily Dickinson by R.W. Franklin and Emily Dickinson
    2. Open Me Carefully by Emily Dickinson, Ellen Louise Hart, and Martha Nell Smith, ...
    3. The Emily Dickinson Handbook by Gudrun Grabher, Roland Hagenbuchle, and Cristanne Miller, ...
    The New York Review of Books, April 8, 1999, pp. 39-44
  37. [+]
    Native American (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Writing Was Everything, by Alfred Kazin
    1. Writing Was Everything by Alfred Kazin
    The New Republic, October 9, 1995, p. 37
  38. [+]
    The Ohioan (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Above the River, by James Wright
    1. Above the River by James Wright
    The New Republic, September 3, 1990, pp. 38-40
  39. [+]
    Poet in the Sun Belt (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Randall Jarrell's Letters, by Mary Jarrell and Randall Jarrell
    1. Randall Jarrell's Letters by Mary Jarrell and Randall Jarrell
    The New York Review of Books, May 9, 1985, pp. 29-31
  40. [+]
    Portraits and Puzzles (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Flow Chart, by John Ashbery
    1. Flow Chart by John Ashbery
    The New Republic, June 17, 1991, p. 42
  41. [+]
    Questions of Travel (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Becoming a Poet, by David Kalstone and Robert Hemenway
    1. Becoming a Poet by David Kalstone and Robert Hemenway
    The New Republic, November 27, 1989, pp. 37-39
  42. [+]
    'The Real Critter' (3 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    On Whitman, by C.K. Williams
    1. On Whitman by C.K. Williams
    2. Three American Poets by William C. Spengemann
    3. Song of Myself and Other Poems by Walt Whitman and Robert Hass
    The New York Review of Books, June 24, 2010, pp. 18-21
  43. [+]
    Rilke In America (9 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    The Best of Rilke, by Rainer Maria Rilke
    1. The Best of Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke
    2. The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Stephen Mitchell and Rainer Maria Rilke
    3. Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke
    4. The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke
    5. Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke
    6. The Book of Images by Rainer Maria Rilke
    7. New Poems [1907] by Rainer Maria Rilke
    8. New Poems, 1908: The Other Part by Rainer Maria Rilke
    9. The Unknown Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke
    The New Republic, January 3, 1994, pp. 31-35
  44. [+]
    A Sense of Place (3 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays and Memoir, by Richard Ford, Michael Kreyling, and Eudora...
    1. Eudora Welty: Stories, Essays and Memoir by Richard Ford, Michael Kreyling, and Eudora Welty, ...
    2. Eudora Welty: Complete Novels by Richard Ford, Michael Kreyling, and Eudora Welty, ...
    3. Eudora Welty: A Writer's Life by Ann Waldron
    The New Republic, March 8, 1999, pp. 40-45
  45. [+]
    Sex and the City (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Republic of Dreams, by Ross Wetzsteon
    1. Republic of Dreams by Ross Wetzsteon
    The New Republic, November 11, 2002, pp. 32-33
  46. [+]
    Sing for Me, Muse, the Mania (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Words in Air, by Thomas Travisano, Saskia Hamilton, and Elizabeth Bishop, ...
    1. Words in Air by Thomas Travisano, Saskia Hamilton, and Elizabeth Bishop, ...
    The New Republic, October 8, 2008, pp. 41-45
  47. [+]
    Strangely Sinister in Saratoga (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    The Fall of the House of Walworth, by Geoffrey O'Brien
    1. The Fall of the House of Walworth by Geoffrey O'Brien
    The New York Review of Books, August 19, 2010, pp. 30-32
  48. A Summer of Hummingbirds (2008)
    Christopher Benfey
    Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Tw...
    3 Reviews
  49. [+]
    Tea with Okakura (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    The Book of Tea, by Kakuzo Okakura
    1. The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura
    The New York Review of Books, May 25, 2000, pp. 43-47
  50. [+]
    Telling It Slant (3 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Epistemology of the Closet, by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
    1. Epistemology of the Closet by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
    2. Disseminating Whitman by Michael Moon
    3. Hart Crane and the Homosexual Text by Thomas E. Yingling
    The New Republic, March 18, 1991, pp. 35-39
  51. [+]
    Three Ways of Looking at Thomas Eakins (3 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Eakins Revealed, by Henry Adams and Thomas Eakins
    1. Eakins Revealed by Henry Adams and Thomas Eakins
    2. The Revenge of Thomas Eakins by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick
    3. Portrait: The Life of Thomas Eakins by William McFeely
    The New York Review of Books, March 29, 2007, pp. 29-32
  52. [+]
    Transcendental Woman (3 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life, Vol. II, by Charles Capper
    1. Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life, Vol. II by Charles Capper
    2. Margaret Fuller: Wandering Pilgrim by Meg McGavran Murray
    3. Fuller in Her Own Time by Joel Myerson
    The New York Review of Books, May 14, 2009, pp. 23-32
  53. Two Poems
    Christopher Benfey
    The Paris Review, Summer 1989, pp. 126-127
  54. Two Poems
    Christopher Benfey
    The Paris Review, Winter 1991, pp. 187-188
  55. [+]
    The War Between the Tates (2 Reviews)
    Christopher Benfey
    Allen Tate: Orphan of the South, by Thomas A. Underwood
    1. Allen Tate: Orphan of the South by Thomas A. Underwood
    2. Essays of Four Decades by Allen Tate
    The New Republic, June 4, 2001, pp. 44-50
  56. [+]
    The Way of Distortion (Review)
    Christopher Benfey
    Flannery, by Brad Gooch
    1. Flannery by Brad Gooch
    The New Republic, June 3, 2009, pp. 39-42
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