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Aimez-Vous Brecht (2 Reviews) James Fenton
Brecht in Context, by John Willett
- Brecht in Context by John Willett
- Brecht: A Biography by Ronald Hayman

All the Wrong Places (1988)James Fenton
Adrift in the Politics of the Pacific Rim
1 Review

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An Ardor for Armor (3 Reviews) James Fenton
Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance, by Stuart W. Pyhrr and Jose-A. Godoy
- Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance by Stuart W. Pyhrr and Jose-A. Godoy
- Arms and Armor by Stephen N. Fliegel
- Arms and Armor in The Art Institute of Chicago by Walter I. Karcheski, Jr.




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Auden at Home (3 Reviews) James Fenton
Collected Poems, by W.H. Auden and Edward Mendelson
- Collected Poems by W.H. Auden and Edward Mendelson
- About the House by W.H. Auden
- The English Auden by Edward Mendelson and W.H. Auden

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Auden's Enchantment (6 Reviews) James Fenton
Later Auden, by Edward Mendelson
- Later Auden by Edward Mendelson
- The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays by W.H. Auden
- The English Auden by Edward Mendelson and W.H. Auden
- W. H. Auden: A Commentary by John Fuller
- Prose and Travel Books in Prose and Verse, 1926-1938 by W.H. Auden and Edward Mendelson
- The Table Talk of W.H. Auden by Alan Ansen and Nicholas Jenkins


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The Bad News First (Review) James Fenton
Tony Benn: A Critical Biography, by Russell Lewis
- Tony Benn: A Critical Biography by Russell Lewis

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A Banner With a Strange Device (Review) James Fenton
Jasper Johns: A Retrospective, by Kirk Varnedoe and Jasper Johns
- Jasper Johns: A Retrospective by Kirk Varnedoe and Jasper Johns


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Becoming Picasso (Review) James Fenton
A Life of Picasso, Vol II: 1907-1917, by John Richardson
- A Life of Picasso, Vol II: 1907-1917 by John Richardson



Cambodian Witness (1986)Someth May and James Fenton
The Autobiography of Someth May
2 Reviews, 1 Readable

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Catastrophe Theory (Review) James Fenton
Decent Interval, by Frank Snepp
- Decent Interval by Frank Snepp


Children in Exile (1984)James Fenton
Poems 1968-1984
4 Reviews


Books & Art
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The Cloud of Knowing (2 Reviews) James Fenton
On Difficulty, and Other Essays, by George Steiner
- On Difficulty, and Other Essays by George Steiner
- Martin Heidegger by George Steiner

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Clues to the Holocaust (Review) James Fenton
Freud, Jews, and Other Germans, by Peter Gay
- Freud, Jews, and Other Germans by Peter Gay




Cut-Throat ChristJames Fenton
Or The New Ballad of the Dosi Pares






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Degas in Chicago (Review) James Fenton
Degas: Beyond Impressionism, by Richard Kendall
- Degas: Beyond Impressionism by Richard Kendall

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Degas in New Orleans (Review) James Fenton
Degas and New Orleans, by Gail Feigenbaum
- Degas and New Orleans by Gail Feigenbaum

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Degas in the Evening (Review) James Fenton
Degas: Beyond Impressionism, by Richard Kendall
- Degas: Beyond Impressionism by Richard Kendall



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Dutch Treat (Review) James Fenton
Adriaen de Vries, 1556-1626, by Frits Scholten
- Adriaen de Vries, 1556-1626 by Frits Scholten


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Escape Clauses (Review) James Fenton
Paris Journal, 1937-39, by David Gascoyne
- Paris Journal, 1937-39 by David Gascoyne



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The Exhibition Follies (Review) James Fenton
The Ephemeral Museum, by Francis Haskell
- The Ephemeral Museum by Francis Haskell


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A Family Romance (Review) James Fenton
Birthday Letters, by Ted Hughes
- Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes





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Free Spirit (2 Reviews) James Fenton
Daumier, 1808-1879, by Henry Loyrette and Michael Pantazzi
- Daumier, 1808-1879 by Henry Loyrette and Michael Pantazzi
- Daumier by Judith Wechsler


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Giving Offense (2 Reviews) James Fenton
Clemente, by Lisa Dennison
- Clemente by Lisa Dennison
- Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection by Norman Rosenthal, Brooks Adams, and Richard Stone, ...

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Going Half the Way (Review) James Fenton
O My Land, My Friends, by Brom Weber, Langdon Hammer, and Hart Crane
- O My Land, My Friends by Brom Weber, Langdon Hammer, and Hart Crane


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Grand Illusions (Review) James Fenton
New Worlds from Old, by Elizabeth B. Johns and Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, ...
- New Worlds from Old by Elizabeth B. Johns and Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, ...


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Hard To Do (Review) James Fenton
The Break-Up of Britain, by Tom Nairn
- The Break-Up of Britain by Tom Nairn



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How Great Art Was Made (3 Reviews) James Fenton
Bernini: Genius of the Baroque, by Charles Avery and David Finn
- Bernini: Genius of the Baroque by Charles Avery and David Finn
- Bernini's Scala Regia at the Vatican Palace by Tod A. Marder
- Italian Baroque Sculpture by Bruce Boucher

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How to Paint Like Titian (Review) James Fenton
Benjamin West and the Venetian Secret, by Julie Lavorgna
- Benjamin West and the Venetian Secret by Julie Lavorgna






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In Samuel Palmer's Garden (Review) James Fenton
Samuel Palmer, 1805-1881: Vion and Landscape, by William Vaughan, Elizabeth E. Barker, ...
- Samuel Palmer, 1805-1881: Vion and Landscape by William Vaughan, Elizabeth E. Barker, and Colin Harrison, ...

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In the Squirrel Cage (2 Reviews) James Fenton
John Ruskin: The Argument of the Eye, by Robert Hewison
- John Ruskin: The Argument of the Eye by Robert Hewison
- Oscar Wilde: A Biography by H. Montgomery Hyde

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Ins Archiv (2 Reviews) James Fenton
The Flounder, by Gunter Grass
- The Flounder by Gunter Grass
- In the Egg and Other Poems by Gunter Grass





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Jesuitical (2 Reviews) James Fenton
Landscape and Inscape, by Peter Milward and Raymond V. Schoder
- Landscape and Inscape by Peter Milward and Raymond V. Schoder
- Dylan Thomas: Poet of His People by Andrew Sinclair


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Keats the Radical (2 Reviews) James Fenton
John Keats and the Culture of Dissent, by Nicholas Roe
- John Keats and the Culture of Dissent by Nicholas Roe
- Keats: A Biography by Andrew Motion

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Keeping Up with Salman Rushdie (Review) James Fenton
Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie
- Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

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Kwalitee Street (Review) James Fenton
Within the Family Circle, by Violet Powell
- Within the Family Circle by Violet Powell

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La Saigonnaise (Review) James Fenton
Dust of Life, by Liz Thomas
- Dust of Life by Liz Thomas







LettersRichard Helgerson, Frank Kermode, and Philip Roth, ...

LettersGuy MacLean Rogers, Mary Lefkowitz, and Bruce Seymour, ...

LettersTheodore Reff, James Fenton, and Morris Dickstein, ...

LettersJohn Sweeney, Jeff Madrick, and Rudolph H. Weingartner, ...

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London's New Left Bank (2 Reviews) James Fenton
Tate Modern: The Handbook, by Iwona Blazwick and Simon Wilson
- Tate Modern: The Handbook by Iwona Blazwick and Simon Wilson
- Representing Britain 1500-2000 by Matin Myrone

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Looking at a Snowdrop (10 Reviews) James Fenton
A Year at North Hill, by Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd
- A Year at North Hill by Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd
- Annuals and Biennials by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix
- The Genus Galanthus by Aaron P. Davis
- My Garden by Jamaica Kincaid and Jill Fox
- My Favorite Plant by Jamaica Kincaid
- The Explorer's Garden by Daniel J. Hinkley
- Alhambra: A Moorish Paradise by Gabrielle Van Zuylen and Claire de Virieu
- Apremont: A French Folly by Gabrielle van Zuylen and Claire de Virieu
- Majorelle: A Moroccan Oasis by Pierre Berge, Madison Cox, and Claire de Virieu
- Ninfa: A Roman Enchantment by Lauro Marchetti, Esme Howard, and Claire de Virieu, ...

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Lost Treasures (Review) James Fenton
From Pigalle to Preault, by Alison West
- From Pigalle to Preault by Alison West

The Love Bomb (2003)James Fenton
And Other Musical Pieces
1 Review

Books and Arts
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Making History (4 Reviews) James Fenton
Napoleon and the Restoration of the Bourbons, by Thomas Babington Macaulay and Joseph H...
- Napoleon and the Restoration of the Bourbons by Thomas Babington Macaulay and Joseph Hamburger, ...
- Macaulay and the Whig Tradition by Joseph Hamburger
- The Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay by Thomas Pinney and Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Horatius at the Bridge by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Books & Arts
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A Man Blind of One Eye (Review) James Fenton
Notable Man, by John Ginger
- Notable Man by John Ginger

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The Many Arts of Elizabeth Bishop (4 Reviews) James Fenton
Exchanging Hats: Paintings, by Elizabeth Bishop and William Benton
- Exchanging Hats: Paintings by Elizabeth Bishop and William Benton
- Becoming a Poet by David Kalstone and Robert Hemenway
- One Art: Letters by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Giroux
- Elizabeth Bishop: Life and the Memory of It by Brett C. Millier

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Marxism and Aesthetics (Review) James Fenton
Aesthetics and Politics, by Ronald Taylor
- Aesthetics and Politics by Ronald Taylor

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The Master Builders (5 Reviews) James Fenton
Wren's 'Tracts' on Architecture and Other Writings, by Lydia M. Soo
- Wren's 'Tracts' on Architecture and Other Writings by Lydia M. Soo
- The City Churches of Sir Christopher Wren by Paul Jeffrey
- Inigo Jones by John Summerson
- Sir John Vanbrugh and Landscape Architecture in Baroque England, 1690-1730 by Christopher Ridgway, Robert Williams, and Kerry Downes, ...
- Hawksmoor's London Churches by Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey


Books & Arts
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The Means of Production (2 Reviews) James Fenton
One-Way Street, and Other Writings, by Walter Benjamin
- One-Way Street, and Other Writings by Walter Benjamin
- The Origin of German Tragic Drama by Walter Benjamin

The Memory of War (1983)James Fenton
Poems, 1968-1983
1 Review, 1 Readable

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Men, Women & Beasts (5 Reviews) James Fenton
D. H. Lawrence: The Cambridge Biography, Vol. I, by John Worthen
- D. H. Lawrence: The Cambridge Biography, Vol. I by John Worthen
- D. H. Lawrence: The Cambridge Biography, Vol. II by Mark Kinkead-Weekes
- D. H. Lawrence: The Cambridge Biography, Vol. III by David Ellis
- Birds, Beasts, and Flowers! by D.H. Lawrence
- D. H. Lawrence: The Complete Poems by Vivian de Sola Pinto, Warren Roberts, and D.H. Lawrence, ...

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The Metropolitan Poet (Review) James Fenton
Britannia Bright's Bewilderment in the Wilderness of Westminster, by Clive James
- Britannia Bright's Bewilderment in the Wilderness of Westminster by Clive James


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'Monuments to Every Moment' (Review) James Fenton
Utopia Parkway, by Deborah Solomon
- Utopia Parkway by Deborah Solomon








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The Mummy's Secret (3 Reviews) James Fenton
Ancient Faces, by Susan Walker and Morris Bierbrier
- Ancient Faces by Susan Walker and Morris Bierbrier
- Mysterious Fayum Portraits by Euphrosyne Doxiadis
- Portraits and Masks by Morris Bierbrier



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A Nice German Lady (2 Reviews) James Fenton
The Queen, by Ben Pimlott
- The Queen by Ben Pimlott
- The Royals by Kitty Kelley

Books and Arts
No NonsenseJames Fenton

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Nope (Review) James Fenton
Christopher Isherwood, by Brian Finney
- Christopher Isherwood by Brian Finney

Books & Arts
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Nostalgie de la Guerre (Review) James Fenton
Dispatches, by Michael Herr
- Dispatches by Michael Herr


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Object Lessons (Review) James Fenton
Photography: An Independent Art, by Mark Haworth-Booth
- Photography: An Independent Art by Mark Haworth-Booth


On DrawingAvigdor Arikha, Dorothea Tanning, and James Fenton, ...
An Exchange






Books & Arts
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One Nostril Means Latin (Review) James Fenton
English and American Surrealist Poetry, by Edward B. Germain
- English and American Surrealist Poetry by Edward B. Germain


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The Orpheus of Ulster (3 Reviews) James Fenton
The Spirit Level, by Seamus Heaney
- The Spirit Level by Seamus Heaney
- The Redress of Poetry by Seamus Heaney
- Crediting Poetry by Seamus Heaney





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Please Please Me (Review) James Fenton
The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse, by Kingsley Amis
- The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse by Kingsley Amis

Books and Arts
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Pobblebookle Abblesquabs? (Review) James Fenton
Edward Lear and His World, by John Lehmann
- Edward Lear and His World by John Lehmann







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Ragged but Right (Review) James Fenton
Reviewing Before the Edinburgh, 1788-1802, by Derek Roper
- Reviewing Before the Edinburgh, 1788-1802 by Derek Roper


ReadingsJames Fenton
The Ballad of the Imam and the Shah

ReadingsJames Fenton
Seoul With Gas


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A Room of One's Own (Review) James Fenton
The Scholar in His Study, by Dora Thornton
- The Scholar in His Study by Dora Thornton






Books & Arts
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Secondary Worlds (Review) James Fenton
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, by Humphrey Carpenter
- J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter

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The Secrets of Maillol (Review) James Fenton
Aristide Maillol, by Bertrand Lorquin
- Aristide Maillol by Bertrand Lorquin

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Selective Silence (9 Reviews) James Fenton
On the Rocks, by Sebastian Barker
- On the Rocks by Sebastian Barker
- New Poetry 3 by Alan Brownjohn and Maureen Duffy
- New Poems 1977-78 by Gavin Ewart
- The First Eleven by Gavin Ewart
- Or Where a Young Penguin Lies Screaming by Gavin Ewart
- The Bear Looked Over the Mountain by Kit Wright
- A Store of Candles by Frank Ormsby
- Enough of Green by Anne Stevenson
- City Hedges by Adrian Henri


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Separate Beds (Review) James Fenton
Boss Cupid, by Thom Gunn
- Boss Cupid by Thom Gunn

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Seurat and the Sewers (3 Reviews) James Fenton
Impressionists on the Seine, by Eliza E. Rathbone
- Impressionists on the Seine by Eliza E. Rathbone
- Seurat and the Bathers by John Leighton, Richard Thomson, and David Bomford, ...
- Seurat and the Avant-Garde by Paul Smith

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Sheridan the Revolutionary (Review) James Fenton
A Traitor's Kiss, by Fintan O'Toole
- A Traitor's Kiss by Fintan O'Toole


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A Short History of Anti-Hamitism (Review) James Fenton
The Rwanda Crisis, by Gerard Prunier
- The Rwanda Crisis by Gerard Prunier



The Snap Revolution (1986)James Fenton
1 Review



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Sporting Life (Review) James Fenton
The Way the Wind Blows, by Alec Douglas-Home
- The Way the Wind Blows by Alec Douglas-Home













Spotlight on PoliticsJames Fenton
A Thousand Years in Hell






















The Strength of Poetry (2001)James Fenton
Oxford Lectures
1 Review



Terminal Moraine (1972)James Fenton
1 Review, 1 Readable


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Through the Looking-Glass (Review) James Fenton
On Reflection, by Jonathan Miller
- On Reflection by Jonathan Miller



A Vacant Possession (1978)James Fenton
1 Review

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Verrocchio: The New Cicerone (Review) James Fenton
The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio, by Andrew Butterfield
- The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio by Andrew Butterfield

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Victims of Vermeermania (2 Reviews) James Fenton
The Man Who Made Vermeers, by Jonathan Lopez
- The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan Lopez
- The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick


Vietnam ReportJames Fenton
III. Last Report from the Central Highlands

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The Voracious Ego (Review) James Fenton
Robert Rauschenberg, by Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson
- Robert Rauschenberg by Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson






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Which Cafe Had Paul Verlaine? (Review) James Fenton
Cafe Society, by Steve Bradshaw
- Cafe Society by Steve Bradshaw




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Who Was Thomas Jones? (3 Reviews) James Fenton
In the Light of Italy, by Philip Conisbee, Sarah Faunce, and Jeremy Strick, ...
- In the Light of Italy by Philip Conisbee, Sarah Faunce, and Jeremy Strick, ...
- Corot in Italy by Peter Galassi
- Before Photography by Peter Galassi




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The Zincsmith of Genius (3 Reviews) James Fenton
Portraits by Ingres, by Gary Tinterow and Philip Conisbee
- Portraits by Ingres by Gary Tinterow and Philip Conisbee
- Ingres in Fashion by Aileen Ribeiro
- Ingres by Georges Vigne
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