John Wain Archives All Years = 27 Books, 106 Articles Decade 1950s = 8 Books, 10 Articles Year 1953 = 1 Book Year 1954 = 1 Book Year 1955 = 1 Book, 1 Article Year 1956 = 2 Books, 1 Article Year 1957 = 1 Article Year 1958 = 2 Books, 3 Articles Year 1959 = 1 Book, 4 Articles Decade 1960s = 10 Books, 61 Articles Year 1960 = 5 Articles Year 1961 = 2 Books, 7 Articles Year 1962 = 2 Books, 5 Articles Year 1963 = 1 Book, 7 Articles Year 1964 = 1 Book, 8 Articles Year 1965 = 1 Book, 5 Articles Year 1966 = 2 Books, 9 Articles Year 1967 = 5 Articles Year 1968 = 3 Articles Year 1969 = 1 Book, 7 Articles Decade 1970s = 8 Books, 19 Articles Year 1970 = 1 Book, 5 Articles Year 1971 = 1 Book, 3 Articles Year 1972 = 1 Book, 2 Articles Year 1973 = 3 Articles Year 1974 = 1 Article Year 1975 = 2 Books, 1 Article Year 1976 = 2 Articles Year 1977 = 1 Book, 2 Articles Year 1978 = 2 Books Decade 1980s = 1 Book, 14 Articles Year 1980 = 1 Book, 1 Article Year 1981 = 1 Article Year 1982 = 2 Articles Year 1983 = 3 Articles Year 1984 = 1 Article Year 1985 = 2 Articles Year 1986 = 1 Article Year 1987 = 3 Articles Decade 1990s = 2 Articles Year 1990 = 1 Article Year 1993 = 1 Article John Wain • 133 Items / 27 Books, 42 Articles, 57 Reviews, 7 Poems
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Books and the Arts
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An Adolescence in Slow Motion (Review) John Wain
Therefore Be Bold, by Herbert Gold
Therefore Be Bold by Herbert GoldBooks and the Arts
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After the Deluge, What? (Review) John Wain
Flood: A Romance of Our Time, by Robert Penn Warren
Flood: A Romance of Our Time by Robert Penn WarrenBooks and the Arts
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American Victorian (Review) John Wain
The Will, by Harvey Swados
The Will by Harvey SwadosArts and Letters
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Another Room in Hell (Review) John Wain
Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend Is Laid, by Malcolm Lowry, Douglas Day, and Margeri...
Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend Is Laid by Malcolm Lowry, Douglas Day, and Margerie Lowry [+]
Art and Nature (Review) John Wain
Time of Need, by William Barrett
Time of Need by William Barrett [+]
Art, If You Like (Review) John Wain
All What Jazz, by Philip Larkin
All What Jazz by Philip Larkin Book Reviews
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Art, Play and Protest (3 Reviews) John Wain
Local Anaesthetic, by Gunter Grass
Local Anaesthetic by Gunter GrassThe Trial of the Catonsville Nine by Daniel BerriganTrial Poems by Daniel Berrigan and Tom Lewis [+]
The Artist as Rebel (Review) John Wain
Writers and Revolution, by Renee Winegarten
Writers and Revolution by Renee Winegarten [+]
Bits and Pieces of Trips (Review) John Wain
Nog, by Rudolph Wurlitzer
Nog by Rudolph Wurlitzer [+]
Books: Home Truths (Review) John Wain
Through the Fields of Clover, by Peter De Vries
Through the Fields of Clover by Peter De Vries Born in Captivity (1953) John Wain
3 Reviews
Notes & Topics
C. S. Lewis John Wain
Books and the Arts
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The Case of Ben Hecht (2 Reviews) John Wain
A Treasury of Ben Hecht, by Ben Hecht
A Treasury of Ben Hecht by Ben HechtThe Sensualists by Ben HechtBooks in Review
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The Celtic Strain (Review) John Wain
The Life of Dylan Thomas, by Constantine FitzGibbon
The Life of Dylan Thomas by Constantine FitzGibbonCommunications John Wain, R.H.S. Crossman, H.O. Alexander, and John Lehmann, ...
The Contenders (1958) John Wain
8 Reviews, 2 Readable
Books
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To Criticize the Critic (Review) John Wain
Writing Dangerously, by Carol Brightman
Writing Dangerously by Carol BrightmanBooks & Writers
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Criticizing the Critic (Review) John Wain
The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters, by John Gross
The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters by John GrossBooks and the Arts
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Doing Away with Man (Review) John Wain
The Flood, by J.M.G. LeClezio
The Flood by J.M.G. LeClezioBooks & Writers
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Dr Johnson as Poet (Review) John Wain
The Complete English Poems, by Samuel Johnson and J.D. Fleeman
The Complete English Poems by Samuel Johnson and J.D. FleemanBooks
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Dutch Courage (Review) John Wain
Confessions of a European in England, by J.H. Huizinga
Confessions of a European in England by J.H. HuizingaBooks and the Arts
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E Pluribus Unum (Review) John Wain
Variety of Men, by C.P. Snow
Variety of Men by C.P. Snow [+]
Eating Fables (3 Reviews) John Wain
The Carnal Myth, by Edward Dahlberg
The Carnal Myth by Edward DahlbergThe Leafless American by Edward DahlbergEdward Dahlberg: American Ishmael of Letters by Harold Billings Books and the Arts
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Edmund Wilson: the Critic as Novelist (Review) John Wain
Memoirs of Hecate County, by Edmund Wilson
Memoirs of Hecate County by Edmund Wilson [+]
The Education of Lytton Strachey (Review) John Wain
Spectatorial Essays, by Lytton Strachey
Spectatorial Essays by Lytton Strachey Notes & Topics
Electing a Poet John Wain
Essays on Literature and Ideas (1962) John Wain
6 Reviews, 2 Readable
The Life & Death of Arthur Koestler (II)
From Diagnosis to Nightmare John Wain
Books and the Arts
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Go Home, Buddy Glass (Review) John Wain
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, by J.D. Salinger
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour by J.D. SalingerBooks and the Arts
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A Greats Man (Review) John Wain
Memories, 1898-1939, by C.M. Bowra
Memories, 1898-1939 by C.M. BowraBooks and the Arts
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The Green Burroughs Affair (Review) John Wain
The Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs
The Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs [+]
Half Way to Greatness (Review) John Wain
Words for the Wind, by Theodore Roethke
Words for the Wind by Theodore Roethke Books
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Here Lies Lower Binfield (Review) John Wain
George Orwell: Fugitive from the Camp of Victory, by Richard Rees
George Orwell: Fugitive from the Camp of Victory by Richard ReesHurry On Down (1954) John Wain
2 Reviews, 1 Readable
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In Johnson's Bear Bug (8 Reviews) John Wain
Boswell in Extremes, 1776-1778, by Charles McC. Weis, Frederick A. Pottle, and James Bo...
Boswell in Extremes, 1776-1778 by Charles McC. Weis, Frederick A. Pottle, and James Boswell, ...The Correspondence and Other Papers of James Boswell Relating to the Making of the Life of Johnson by Marshall Waingrow and James BoswellSamuel Johnson and the Life of Writing by Paul FussellThe Conversations of Dr. Johnson by Raymond Postgate and James BoswellA Journey to the Western Island of Scotland by Samuel Johnson and Mary LascellesLife of Savage by Samuel JohnsonThe History of Rasselas by Samuel Johnson, Geoffrey Tillotson, and Brian Jenkins, ...The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 3: The Rambler by W.J. Bate, Albrecht B. Strauss, and Samuel Johnson, ... Books and the Arts
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In the Echo Chamber (Review) John Wain
A Spaniard in the Works, by John Lennon
A Spaniard in the Works by John Lennon [+]
An Inspector Calls (Review) John Wain
Potbank, by Mervyn Jones
Potbank by Mervyn Jones International Literary Annual No. 1 (1958) John Wain
2 Reviews, 1 Readable
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Japanese Modern (Review) John Wain
Death in Midsummer, and Other Stories, by Yukio Mishima
Death in Midsummer, and Other Stories by Yukio Mishima Johnson on Johnson (1975) John Wain and Samuel Johnson
A Selection of Personal and Autobiographical Writing of Samuel
2 Reviews
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Just Good Friends (Review) John Wain
The Impossible Friendship, by Mary Hyde
The Impossible Friendship by Mary Hyde Letters Martin Gilbert, Timothy Garton Ash, and Roger E. Alcaly, ...
Letters to Five Artists (1969) John Wain
1 Review
The Life Guard (1972) John Wain
Stories
2 Reviews
Book Reviews
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Literate, Witty, Civilized (2 Reviews) John Wain
The World of Apples, by John Cheever
The World of Apples by John CheeverForever Panting by Peter De VriesLiving in the Present (1955) John Wain
A Novel
1 Review, 1 Readable
The Living World of Shakespeare (1964) John Wain
A Playgoer's Guide
1 Review
Books
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Lost Horizons? (Review) John Wain
Enemies of Promise, by Cyril Connolly
Enemies of Promise by Cyril Connolly [+]
Mailer's America (Review) John Wain
Cannibals and Christians, by Norman Mailer
Cannibals and Christians by Norman Mailer [+]
Mantle of Faulkner? (Review) John Wain
A Generous Man, by Reynolds Price
A Generous Man by Reynolds Price [+]
A Metropolitan Girlhood (Review) John Wain
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, by Simone de Beauvoir
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir [+]
Mr. Day Lewis' Pale Fire (Review) John Wain
Selected Poems, by C. Day Lewis
Selected Poems by C. Day Lewis Books and the Arts
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Mr. MacLeish's New Play (Review) John Wain
Herakles: A Play in Verse, by Archibald MacLeish
Herakles: A Play in Verse by Archibald MacLeishBooks and the Arts
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Nabokov's Beheading (Review) John Wain
Invitation to a Beheading, by Vladimir Nabokov
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir NabokovBooks and the Arts
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The New Robert Lowell (Review) John Wain
For the Union Dead, by Robert Lowell
For the Union Dead by Robert LowellBooks
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The Novel as Novel (Review) John Wain
The Characters of Love, by John Bayley
The Characters of Love by John BayleyNuncle, and Other Stories (1961) John Wain
1 Review, 1 Readable
Controversy
On George Orwell John Wain and George Woodcock
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One Book Too Many (Review) John Wain
Dylan Thomas, by Ernest Warnock Tedlock
Dylan Thomas by Ernest Warnock Tedlock Books & Writers
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Orwell & The Intelligentsia (6 Reviews) John Wain
The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell, by Sonia Orwell, Ian An...
The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell by Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus, and George OrwellThe Road to Wigan Pier by George OrwellDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellHomage to Catalonia by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellBooks
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Oysters and a Novelist's Art (Review) John Wain
The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark
The Oysters of Locmariaquer by Eleanor ClarkThe Pardoner's Tale (1978) John Wain
6 Reviews, 1 Readable
Fall Book Review
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The Pasternak Legacy (Review) John Wain
The Poems of Doctor Zhivago, by Boris L. Pasternak and Donald Davie
The Poems of Doctor Zhivago by Boris L. Pasternak and Donald DavieFall Book Review
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Picking Up the Pieces (Review) John Wain
Previous Convictions, by Cyril Connolly
Previous Convictions by Cyril ConnollyBooks
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Poems of a Prosaist (Review) John Wain
The Collected Poetry of Aldous Huxley, by Donald Watt and Aldous Huxley
The Collected Poetry of Aldous Huxley by Donald Watt and Aldous HuxleyPoems, 1949-1979 (1980) John Wain
1 Review, 1 Readable
Preliminary Essays (1956) John Wain
3 Reviews, 1 Readable
Professing Poetry (1977) John Wain
2 Reviews, 1 Readable
Fall Book Review
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Robert Penn Warren: The Drama of the Past (Review) John Wain
Selected Poems: New and Old, 1923-1966, by Robert Penn Warren
Selected Poems: New and Old, 1923-1966 by Robert Penn Warren [+]
Ruminating about Freedom (Review) John Wain
The Sleep of Reason, by C.P. Snow
The Sleep of Reason by C.P. Snow Notes & Topics
Salade Nicoise John Wain
Samuel Johnson: A Biography (1975) John Wain
10 Reviews, 2 Readable
Shakespeare: Othello (1971) John Wain
A Casebook
1 Review, 1 Readable
Books
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Snowed Under (Review) John Wain
From the Terrace, by John O'Hara
From the Terrace by John O'HaraBooks and the Arts
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Song of Myself, 1963 (Review) John Wain
The Benefactor, by Susan Sontag
The Benefactor by Susan SontagSprightly Running (1963) John Wain
Part of an Autobiography
4 Reviews, 1 Readable
Strike the Father Dead (1962) John Wain
6 Reviews, 1 Readable
Notes & Topics
T. S. Eliot John Wain
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"That Poor Little Swinburne" (Review) John Wain
The Swinburne Letters, by Cecil Y. Lang and Algernon Swinburne
The Swinburne Letters by Cecil Y. Lang and Algernon Swinburne A Travelling Woman (1959) John Wain
A Novel
5 Reviews, 2 Readable
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The Very Thing (5 Reviews) John Wain
Command, and I Will Obey You, and Other Stories, by Alberto Moravia
Command, and I Will Obey You, and Other Stories by Alberto MoraviaBad Debts by Geoffrey WolffLunar Landscapes by John HawkesThe Cost of Living Like This by James KennawayDona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado Winter Book Review
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A Voice from the Grave (Review) John Wain
Enemies of Promise, by Cyril Connolly
Enemies of Promise by Cyril ConnollyWeep Before God (1961) John Wain
2 Reviews
Wildtrack (1966) John Wain
1 Review
A Winter in the Hills (1970) John Wain
3 Reviews, 1 Readable
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Women's Work (3 Reviews) John Wain
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford, by Jean Stafford
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford by Jean StaffordBruno's Dream by Iris MurdochA Compass Error by Sybille Bedford A Word Carved on a Sill (1956) John Wain
2 Reviews, 1 Readable
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A World's Beginning (Review) John Wain
Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic, 1895-1926, by Richard Perceval Graves
Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic, 1895-1926 by Richard Perceval Graves Books & Writers
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"To Write for My Own Race" (3 Reviews) John Wain
At Swim-Two-Birds, by Flann O'Brien
At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'BrienThe Dalkey Archive by Flann O'BrienThe Hard Life by Flann O'BrienThe Young Visitors (1965) John Wain
5 Reviews, 1 Readable
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