Critical and biographical information on Henry Reed, World War II British poet, critic, translator, and radio dramatist — author of "Naming of Parts"
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1. England, West Midlands. Census of England and Wales, 1911. Erdington, 12 New Street, Reed household.
Description: Census form from the Reed house in Erdington lists Polly, Gladys, and Henry Reed, Sr. (setter at brick-kiln) living in four rooms.

Manuscript: England, West Midlands 
Subjects: Biography
References: Birmingham

2. "Piling and Unpiling Arms." Manual of Elementary Drill (All Arms) 1935. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1935. 55-56.
Description: British military drill manual with instructions for the piling of arms, and easing of springs.

Chapter: Manual of Elementary Drill 
Subjects: Biography
References: Naming of Parts

3. Reed, Henry. Letters to Rona Laurie, 1935-1936. University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections. L. Add. 5965-5970. Birmingham, England.
Description: Letters and poems from Reed to actress and voice coach Rona Laurie.

Manuscript: Letters to Rona Laurie 
Subjects: Biography
References: Rona Laurie

4. Reed, Henry. "Early Life and Works of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1878." MA thesis, University of Birmingham. Birmingham, England. 1936.

Manuscript: Early Life and Works of Thomas Hardy 
Subjects: Review
References: Thomas Hardy

5. Lohf, Kenneth A. Manuscripts (ca. 19) of poems, many related to World War II, 1937-1969. Pierpont Morgan Library Literary Manuscripts, New York, NY.
Description: Manuscripts relating to the publication of Lohf's Poets in a War (1995), which includes Reed.

Manuscript: Manuscripts (ca. 19) of Poems 
Subjects: Poem
References: Kenneth A. Lohf, Poets in a War

6. Birmingham Post, "The Merchant of Venice," 5 March 1937.
Description: Photograph of Henry Reed with members of the Birmingham University Dramatic Society's (BUDS) production of The Merchant of Venice. Shylock played by Ian Alexander.

Newspaper: The Merchant of Venice 
Subjects: Criticism

7. Reed, Henry, "'Tatty': The Year's New Word," Birmingham Post, 13 October 1937.
Description: Discusses the history and usage of the word 'tatty'.

Newspaper: 'Tatty': The Year's New Word 
Subjects: Review

8. Reed, Henry. "Poem." Listener 18, no. 468 (29 December 1937): 1416.
Description: Reed's first published poem, "The Captain," as it originally appeared in The Listener.

Journal: Poem 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Captain

9. Reed, Henry. "Sailor's Harbour." New Statesman and Nation 15, no. 366 (26 February 1938): 326.
Description: First publication of Reed's poem, "Sailor's Harbour."

Journal: Sailor's Harbour 
Subjects: Poem
References: Sailor's Harbour

10. Reed, Henry. "South." Listener 19, no. 438 (13 April 1938): 806.

Journal: South 
Subjects: Poem
References: South

11. Reed, Henry. "Max Gate: Memories of Hardy's Home." Birmingham Post, 15 June 1938.

Newspaper: Max Gate: Memories of Hardy's Home 
Subjects: Biography
References: Thomas Hardy

12. Reed, Henry. "The Builders." Listener 22, no. 549 (20 July 1939): 143.

Poem: The Builders 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Builders

13. Reed, Henry. "Poem." Listener 22, no. 556 (7 September 1939): 486.
Description: Originally published in The Listener, this poem appears in A Map of Verona as "Outside and In."

Journal: Poem 
Subjects: Poem
References: Outside and In

14. Orwell, George. "The Lessons of War." Reviews of Warfare, by Ludwig Renn, and Prelude to Victory, by E.L. Spears. Horizon 1, no. 2 (February 1940): 133-137.

Journal: The Lessons of War 
Subjects: Review

15. Reed, Henry. "Poem." Listener 23, no. 587 (11 April 1940): 750.
Description: Reed's poem, "Hiding Beneath the Furze," as it first appeared in The Listener.

Journal: Poem 
Subjects: Poem
References: Hiding Beneath the Furze

16. Auden, W.H. "Spring in Wartime." Horizon 1, no. 7 (July 1940): 529-530.

Journal: Spring in Wartime 
Subjects: Poem

17. Stonier, G.W. "Week-end Competition, No. 585." New Statesman and Nation 21, no. 530 (19 April 1941): 422.
Description: Sets the requirements for the parody contest that Reed won with "Chard Whitlow."

Journal: Week-end Competition, No. 585 
Subjects: Biography
References: Chard Whitlow

18. Reed, Henry. "Chard Whitlow (Mr Eliot's Sunday Evening Postscript)." New Statesman and Nation 21, no. 533 (10 May 1941): 494.
Description: Reed's famous parody of T.S. Eliot won a 1941 New Statesman and Nation contest.

Journal: Chard Whitlow 
Subjects: Poem, Parody
References: Chard Whitlow

19. Stonier, G.W. "Result of Competition No. 585." New Statesman and Nation 21, no. 533 (10 May 1941): 493-494.
Description: Stonier introduces the winning parodies, including "Chard Whitlow," by 'H.R.'

Journal: Result of Competition No. 585 
Subjects: Criticism

20. Reed, Henry. "A Map of Verona." Listener 27, no. 687 (12 March 1942): 343.

Journal: A Map of Verona 
Subjects: Poem
References: A Map of Verona

21. Reed, Henry. "Naming of Parts." New Statesman and Nation 24, no. 598 (8 August 1942): 92.
Description: Reed's best-known poem appeared in 1942 with the subtitle "A Poem from the Forces."

Journal: Naming of Parts 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

22. Reed, Henry. "Tintagel." Listener 28, no. 720 (29 October 1942): 564.
Description: This poem was later renamed "Tristram" for A Map of Verona.

Journal: Tintagel 
Subjects: Poem
References: Tintagel

23. Reed, Henry. "Chrysothemis." New Writing and Daylight (Winter 1942-1943): 53-56.
Description: The first appearance of Reed's long poem about the sister of Orestes and Electra includes a short biographical note.

Journal: Chrysothemis 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chrysothemis

24. Reed, Henry. "The End of an Impulse." New Writing and Daylight (Summer 1943): 111-123.
Description: Reed describes the new, lyric poetry of Auden, Spender, and Day-Lewis.

Journal: The End of an Impulse 
Subjects: Review
References: W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, C. Day Lewis

25. Reed, Henry. "The Making of 'The Dynasts'." Penguin New Writing 18 (1943): 136-147.
Description: Reed's reflections on the creation of Hardy's epic poem, The Dynasts.

Journal: The Making of The Dynasts 
Subjects: Review
References: The Dynasts, Thomas Hardy

26. Reed, Henry. "The Wall." Penguin New Writing 17 (1943): 85-86.
Description: A short, biographical note on Reed is included in "About the New Contributors" for this first publication of his poem, "The Wall."

Journal: The Wall 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Wall

27. Rhys, Keidrich, ed. More Poems from the Forces: A Collection of Verses by Serving Members of the Navy, Army, and Air Force. London: G. Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1943. 224-231.
Description: Reed's "Tintagel" poem was later renamed "Tristram" for A Map of Verona.

Anthology: More Poems from the Forces 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, A Map of Verona, Lives, Tintagel, Hiding Beneath the Furze

28. Reed, Henry. "Judging Distances." New Statesman and Nation 25, no. 628 (6 March 1943): 155.
Description: The first appearance in print of the second of Reed's "Lessons of the War."

Journal: Judging Distances 
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

29. Orwell, George. "Young Writers." Review of New Writing and Daylight (Summer 1943), edited by John Lehmann. Spectator (30 July 1943): 110.
Description: Orwell says of "The End of an Impulse," Reed's criticism of the Auden-Spender school of poetry, 'Henry Reed's essay contains some valuable remarks on the dangers of group literature.'

Newspaper: Young Writers 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The End of an Impulse

30. Reed, Henry. "Iseult Blaunchesmains." Listener 30, no. 781 (30 December 1943): 756.
Description: Reed's poem "Iseult Blaunchesmains," part of his "Tingagel" series, is published here for the first time.

Journal: Iseult Blaunchesmains 
Subjects: Poem
References: Iseult Blaunchesmains

31. Lehmann, John. "The Armoured Writer—V." New Writing and Daylight (Autumn 1944): 171, 175.
Description: In part five of his series on writing during wartime, Lehmann calls Reed one of the 'new names of promise.'

Journal: New Writing and Daylight, Aut. 1944 
Subjects: Criticism

32. Reed, Henry. Letters to Michael Ramsbotham, 1944-1985. Henry Reed Papers. University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections. 9/1&3. Birmingham, England.
Description: More than 70 items of personal correspondence from Reed are housed in Birmingham University's Special Collections department.

Manuscript: Letters to Michael Ramsbotham 
Subjects: Biography
References: Michael Ramsbotham

33. Reed, Henry. "Philoctetes." New Writing and Daylight (Autumn 1944): 136-139.

Journal: Philoctetes 
Subjects: Poem
References: Philoctetes

34. Reed, Henry. "The Poetry of Edith Sitwell." Penguin New Writing 21 (1944): 109-122.
Description: Reed discusses the poetic development of Edith Sitwell.

Journal: The Poetry of Edith Sitwell 
Subjects: Review
References: Edith Sitwell

35. Walton, Geoffrey. "The Age of Yeats or the Age of Eliot?" Notes on Recent Verse. Scrutiny 12, no. 4 (Autumn 1944): 310-321 [310].
Description: Reed's poem "Iseult Blaunchesmains" is quoted from The Listener as being in 'Mr. Eliot's later manner.'

Journal: The Age of Yeats or the Age of Eliot? 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Iseult Blaunchesmains

36. Williams, Oscar, ed. New Poems 1944: An Anthology of American and British Verse, with a Selection of Poems From the Armed Forces. New York: Howell, Soskin, 1944. 256.
Description: This appearance of "Naming of Parts" predates publication of A Map of Verona.

Anthology: New Poems 1944 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

37. Reed, Henry. "Talks to India," Men and Books. Time & Tide 25, no. 3 (15 January 1944): 54-55.
Description: Reed's review of Talking to India, edited by George Orwell (London: Allen & Unwin, 1943).

Journal: Talks to India 
Subjects: Reviews, Radio
References: George Orwell, E.M. Forster, Ritchie Calder, Cedric Dover, Hsiao Ch'ien

38. Chaplin, Sid. Letter to John Lehmann, 8 February 1944. Lehmann Papers. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. University of Texas at Austin, Austin Texas.
Description: The novelist Sid Chaplin writes of Reed's "The End of an Impulse": 'the most sensible piece about modern poetry I have seen in a long time.'

Manuscript: Letter to John Lehmann 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The End of an Impulse, John Lehmann

39. Reed, Henry. "Radio Drama," Men and Books. Time & Tide 25, no. 17 (22 April 1944): 350-358 (354).
Description: Reed's review of Louis MacNeice's Christopher Columbus: A Radio Play (London: Faber, 1944).

Journal: Radio Drama 
Subjects: Reviews, Radio
References: Louis MacNeice, Christopher Columbus

40. Sitwell, Edith. Letter to John Lehmann, 22 May 1944. In Edith Sitwell: Selected Letters, 1919-1964, edited by John Lehmann and Derek Parker. New York: Vanguard Press, 1970. 121.
Description: Sitwell expresses concern to Lehmann about an article concerning her new poetry, written by Reed for Penguin New Writing.

Chapter: Letter to John Lehmann 
Subjects: Biography
References: Edith Sitwell, John Lehmann

41. Fuller, Roy. Letter to Julian Symons, 16 June 1944. Roy Fuller Correspondence with Julian Symons and Jack Clark, 1937-1992. Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A&M University Manuscripts. Series 1. Box 1, folder 1480. College Station, Texas.
Description: Fuller's letter to Symons is regarding, or is a response to, a mention of Reed.

Manuscript: Letter to Julian Symons 
Subjects: Biography
References: Roy Fuller, Julian Symons

42. Reed, Henry. "Morning." Listener 32, no. 811 (27 July 1944): 96.
Description: First publication of Reed's poem, "Morning."

Journal: Morning 
Subjects: Poem
References: Morning

43. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Friendly Young Ladies, The Power House, Wild River, and So Immortal a Flower. New Statesman and Nation 28, no. 712 (14 October 1944): 256-257.
Description: Of Mary Renault's The Friendly Young Ladies (Longmans, Green, 1944), Reed wonders 'precisely how friendly the young ladies have been to each other.'

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Mary Renault, The Friendly Young Ladies, The Middle Mist, Alex Comfort, The Power House, Anna Louise Strong, Wild River, Cecil Roberts, So Immortal a Flower

44. Reed, Henry. "Daly's." Review of Daly's: The Biography of a Theatre, by D. Forbes-Winslow. New Statesman and Nation 28, no. 714 (28 October 1944): 290-291.
Description: Review of D. Forbes-Winslow's history of Daly's Theatre, London (London: W.H. Allen, 1944).

Journal: Daly's 
Subjects: Review
References: D. Forbes Winslow, Daly's

45. Reed, Henry. "The Door and the Window." Listener 32, no. 825 (2 November 1944): 488.
Description: Reed's poem "The Door and the Window" appears here for the first time.

Journal: The Door and the Window 
Subjects: Poem

46. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of A Walk in the Sun, Fair Stood the Wind for France, and Men Die Alone. New Statesman and Nation 28, no. 719 (2 December 1944): 374.
Description: Reed reviews current fiction.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Harry Brown, A Walk in the Sun, H.E. Bates, Fair Stood the Wind for France, Michael Leigh, Men Die Alone

47. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 7 December 1944, 6.
Description: The program "New Poems" featured Reed's four-part series of poems, Tintagel.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Poem
References: Tintagel, Iseult Blanchesmaines, King Mark, Iseult La Belle, Tristram

48. Reed, Henry. "Il Migglior Fabbro." Review of Four Quartets, by T.S. Eliot. Time and Tide (9 December 1944): 1088.
Description: Reed was identified as the author of this unsigned review in the January 13, 1945 Notes and Queries.

Journal: Il Miglior Fabbro 
Subjects: Review
References: T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

49. Forster, E.M. Letter to Henry Reed, 12(?) December 1944. The Papers of Edward Morgan Forster. GBR/0272/EMF/18/456. King's College Archive Centre, Cambridge, England.
Description: Photocopy of Forster's letter to Reed, concerning the broadcast of "The Return" on the BBC on Christmas Eve, 1944 (letter probably 25/12/1944).

Manuscript: Letter to Henry Reed 
Subjects: Criticism
References: E.M. Forster, The Return

50. Reed, Henry. "The Return." Listener 32, no. 833 (28 December 1944): 710.
Description: Upon hearing this poem read on the BBC Christmas Eve, 1944, E.M. Forster immediately wrote a letter to Reed.

Journal: The Return 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Return, C. Day Lewis, Laurie Lee

51. Elizabeth Bowen Collection. Typescript of BBC talk by Henry Reed, 1945. 3pp. TXRC98-A19. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Manuscript: Typescript of BBC talk 
Subjects: Radio

52. Flint, F. Cudworth. "The War Poets." Review of The War Poets: An Anthology of the War Poetry of the Twentieth Century, edited by Oscar Williams. Virginia Quarterly Review 21, no. 4 (Autumn 1945): 633-640 [637-638].
Description: Cudworth calls "Naming of Parts," by Private Henry Reed, 'a poem of the charmingly clever sort....'

Journal: The War Poets 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Dunstan Thompson, Frederick Ebright, Alfred Hayes

53. Reed, Henry. "Chrysothemis." Penguin New Writing 26 (1945): 98-100.

Journal: Chrysothemis 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chrysothemis

54. Reed, Henry. Correspondence with Jonathan Cape, Ltd., 1945-1950. University of Reading, Archives and Manuscripts. MS2446. Reading, England. 3 letters.
Description: Three letters from Reed to the publisher of A Map of Verona and Moby Dick: A Play for Radio.

Manuscript: Correspondence with Jonathan Cape 
Subjects: Biography, Poem, Play

55. Reed, Henry. "Iseult La Belle." Penguin New Writing 23 (1945): 104-105.

Journal: Iseult La Belle 
Subjects: Poem

56. Reed, Henry. "King Mark." Orion 1 (1945): 103-104.
Description: Part III of Reed's Tintagel sequence, this poem was inspired by Gottfried von Strassburg's epic, Tristan.

Journal: King Mark 
Subjects: Poem
References: King Mark

57. Williams, Oscar, ed. The War Poets: An Anthology of War Poetry of the 20th Century. New York: John Day, 1945. 213, 470.
Description: Collects "Naming of Parts" by Private Henry Reed, with a brief biographical note.

Anthology: The War Poets 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

58. "Memorabilia." Notes and Queries 188, no. 1 (13 January 1945): 1.
Description: Compares Reed's review of Four Quartets from Time and Tide with that from the Meanjin Papers.

Journal: Memorabilia 
Subjects: Criticism, Review
References: T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, E.J. Stormon

59. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Review of The Shrimp and the Anemone, The Stranger, A Bomb and a Girl, and The Twelfth. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 725 (13 January 1945): 27-28.
Description: Review of current fiction includes L.P. Hartley's The Shrimp and the Anemone (London: Putnam, 1944).

Journal: Review of The Shrimp and the Anemone 
Subjects: Review
References: L.P. Hartley, The Shrimp and the Anemone, Maria Kuncewiczowa, The Stranger, Hugh Shearman, A Bomb and a Girl, J.K. Stanford, The Twelfth

60. Reed, Henry. "Poetry in War Time: I—The Older Poets." Listener 33, no. 836 (18 January 1945): 69, 72.
Description: Reed discusses three modern poets and their influences in tradition.

Journal: Poetry in War Time: I—The Older Poets 
Subjects: Review
References: Edwin Muir, Louis MacNeice, C. Day Lewis

61. Grigson, Geoffrey. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 837 (25 January 1945): 104.
Description: Grigson writes in to lament the absence of W.H. Auden from Reed's article, "Poetry in War Time: The Older Poets."

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time, W.H. Auden

62. Reed, Henry. "Poetry in War Time: II—The Younger Poets." Listener 33, no. 837 (25 January 1945): 100-101.
Description: Reed touches on many poets currently writing, but focuses on three contemporary poets.

Journal: Poetry in War Time: II—The Younger Poets 
Subjects: Review
References: David Gascoyne, Vernon Watkins, Alun Lewis

63. Allan, G.A. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 838 (1 February 1945): 129.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time, Geoffrey Grigson

64. Reed, Henry. "Without Tears." Review of Poetry for You, by C. Day Lewis. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 278 (3 February 1945): 81-82.
Description: Review of C. Day Lewis's book, Poetry for You: A Book for Boys and Girls on the Enjoyment of Poetry (Oxford, B. Blackwell 1944).

Journal: Without Tears 
Subjects: Review
References: C. Day Lewis, Poetry for You

65. Reed, Henry. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 840 (15 February 1945): 185.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Review
References: Poetry in War Time, George Richards, Geoffrey Grigson

66. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Then a Soldier by Geoffrey Cotterell, The North Wind of Love by Compton Mackenzie, and Avalanche by Kay Boyle. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 730 (17 February 1945): 112.
Description: Reed reviews the novels Then a Soldier, The North Wind of Love, and Avalanche.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Geoffrey Cotterell, Then a Soldier, Compton Mackenzie, The North Wind of Love, Kay Boyle, Avalanche

67. Hunter, N.C. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no 841 (22 February 1945): 213.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time, George Richards

68. Kabraji, Fredoon. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 842 (1 March 1945): 243.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time, N.C. Hunter

69. Richards, George. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 842 (1 March 1945): 243.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time

70. Reed, Henry. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 843 (8 March 1945): 271.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time, N.C. Hunter, George Richards

71. Reed, Henry. "Two Novels." Reviews of All Hallows' Eve by Charles Williams, and The Only Door Out by Mary Wilkes. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 733 (10 March 1945): 160.
Description: Reed's reviews of Charles Williams' All Hallows' Eve, and Mary Wilkes' The Only Door Out (Faber and Faber, 1945).

Journal: Two Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Charles Williams, All Hallows' Eve, Mary Wilkes, The Only Door Out

72. Bliss, William. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 844 (15 March 1945): 299.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time

73. Richards, George. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 844 (15 March 1945): 299.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time

74. Reed, Henry. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 845 (22 March 1945): 324.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: George Richards, William Bliss, Poetry in War Time

75. Bliss, William. Letter to the editor. Listener 33, no. 846 (29 March 1945): 353.
Description: Part of a lengthy exchange of letters over Reed's pair of "Poetry in War Time" articles, published in the Listener in January, 1945.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time

76. Reed, Henry. "Poplit." Review of Soviet Stories of the Last Decade, translated by Elisaveta Fen. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 737 (7 April 1945): 230.
Description: Reed's reviews Soviet Stories of the Last Decade (London: Methuen, 1945), selected and translated by Elisaveta Fen.

Journal: Poplit 
Subjects: Review
References: Elisaveta Fen, Soviet Stories of the Last Decade

77. Reed, Henry. "Unarmed Combat." New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 740 (28 April 1945): 271.
Description: The fourth part of Reed's Lessons of the War series was published in 1945 with the subtitle "A Poem from the Forces" and epigraph "... Et militavi none sine gloria."

Journal: Unarmed Combat 
Subjects: Poem
References: Unarmed Combat

78. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Loving by Henry Green, The Light in the Dust by Willy Goldman, and The Royal Game by Stefan Zweig. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 741 (5 May 1945): 292.
Description: Reed reviews new fiction by Henry Green, Willy Goldman, and Stefan Zweig.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Henry Green, Loving, Willy Goldman, The Light in the Dust, Stefan Zweig, The Royal Game

79. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Odd Man Out, Seven Times the Leading Man, A Fugue in Time, and An Ape, a Dog, and a Serpent. New Statesman and Nation 29, no 747 (16 June 1945): 392-393.
Description: Reed reviews new fiction by F.L. Green, Egon Hostovsky, Rumer Godden, and Gerald Kersh.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: F.L. Green, Odd Man Out, Egon Hostovsky, Seven Times the Leading Man, Rumer Godden, A Fugue in Time, Gerald Kersh, An Ape, A Dog, and a Serpent

80. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, Household in Athens by Glenway Wescott, and I Will Be Good by Hester W. Chapman. New Statesman and Nation 29, no. 748 (23 June 1945): 408-409.
Description: Includes Reed's review of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited (London: Chapman and Hall, 1945), among others.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Glenway Wescott, Household in Athens, Hester W. Chapman, I Will Be Good

81. "Memorabilia." Notes and Queries 188, no. 13 (30 June 1945): 265.
Description: An examination of Reed's review of Williams' All Hallows' Eve in the New Statesman.

Journal: Memorabilia 
Subjects: Criticism, Review
References: Charles Williams, All Hallows' Eve

82. Reed, Henry. "Short Stories." Reviews of Travellers by L.A.G. Strong, The Wide Net by Eudora Welty, and The Water Music by Glyn Jones. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 752 (21 July 1945): 44-45.
Description: Reed reviews new collections of short fiction.

Journal: Short Stories 
Subjects: Review
References: L.A.G. Strong, Travellers, Eudora Welty, The Wide Net, Glyn Jones, The Water Music

83. Reed, Henry. "Epilogue." Time and Tide 26, no. 30 (28 July 1945): 622.
Description: This poem appears in A Map of Verona as "Envoy."

Journal: Epilogue 
Subjects: Poem

84. Reed, Henry. "Mr. Eliot's Classic." New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 756 (18 August 1945): 113.
Description: Reed's review of T.S. Eliot's What is a Classic? An Address Delivered Before the Virgil Society on the 16th of October, 1944. (London: Faber & Faber, 1945.)

Journal: Mr. Eliot's Classic 
Subjects: Review
References: What is a Classic?, T.S. Eliot

85. Reed, Henry. "The Place and the Person." New Writing and Daylight (September 1945). 161-165.

Journal: The Place and the Person 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Place and the Person

86. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 17 September 1945, 8.
Description: "Book Talk," by Henry Reed.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Review

87. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of In This Thy Day, The Elderbrook Brothers, Goon in the Block, and Valley of the Sky. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 761 (22 September 1945): 200-201.
Description: Reed reviews new fiction by Michael McLaverty, Gerald Bullett, Eric Williams, and Hobert Douglas Skidmore.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Michael McLaverty, In This Thy Day, Gerald Bullett, The Elderbrook Brothers, Eric Williams, Goon in the Block, Hobert Douglas Skidmore, Valley of the Sky

88. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Final Score, Mine Own Executioner, The English Teacher, and At Mrs. Lippincote's. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 764 (13 October 1945): 249-250.
Description: Reviews of new fiction includes Balchin's Mine Own Executioner (London: Collins, 1945), and R.K. Narayan's The English Teacher (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1945).

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Warren Beck, Final Score, Nigel Balchin, Mine Own Executioner, R.K. Narayan, The English Teacher, Elizabeth Taylor, At Mrs. Lippincote's

89. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 29 October 1945, 8.
Description: Scheduled "Book Talk" on Narayan's The English Teacher, by Henry Reed.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Review
References: R.K. Narayan, The English Teacher

90. Times (London), Advertisement for Mine Own Executioner, by Nigel Balchin, 30 October 1945, 6.
Description: Reed is quoted as calling Balchin 'a brilliant novelist.'

Newspaper: Advertisement for Mine Own Executioner 
Subjects: Review
References: Nigel Balchin, Mine Own Executioner

91. Brown, Antony. "In Daylight." Review of New Writing and Daylight, no. 6 (1945), edited by John Lehmann. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 767 (3 November 1945). 304-305 [305].
Description: Brown calls Reed's poem, "The Place and the Person," one of 'great conviction and power'.

Journal: In Daylight 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Place and the Person

92. Reed, Henry. "New Fiction." Reviews of The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen, To the Boating by Inez Holden, and First Impressions by Isobel Strachey. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 767 (3 November 1945): 302.
Description: Reed's reviews of Bowen's short story collection, The Demon Lover, and Other Stories (London: Jonathan Cape, 1945), others.

Journal: New Fiction 
Subjects: Review
References: Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover, Inez Holden, To the Boating, Isabel Strachey, First Impressions

93. Times (London), "Literary Bursaries," 12 November 1945, 6.
Description: Reed is one of the recipients of the Hodder and Stoughton Bursary for new writers.

Newspaper: Literary Bursaries 
Subjects: Biography
References: William Robson

94. Reed, Henry. "Lorca Again." Review of García Lorca, by Edwin Honig. New English Review 11, no. 8 (December 1945): 759-760.
Description: A decidedly negative review: 'His study of Lorca is very badly written....'

Journal: Lorca, Again 
Subjects: Review
References: García Lorca, Edwin Honig

95. Reed, Henry. "Born for Death." Review of Curious Relations, by William d'Arfey. Listener 34, no. 882 (6 December 1945): 672.
Description: Reed reviews d'Arfey's 'family history by a non-professional writer.'

Journal: Born for Death 
Subjects: Review
References: William d'Arfey, Curious Relations, William Plomer

96. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The House in Clewe Street by Mary Lavin, Dead Ground by Howard Clewes, and The White Rock by Denys Val Baker. New Statesman and Nation 30, no. 773 (15 December 1945): 412-413.
Description: Reed reviews new fiction by Mary Lavin, Howard Clewes, and Denys Val Baker.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Mary Lavin, The House in Clewe Street, Howard Clewes, Dead Ground, The White Rock, Denys Val Baker

97. Bebbington, W.G. "Of the Moderns Without Contempt." Poetry Review 37, no. 1 (1946): 17-28 [17].
Description: Reaction to modern poetry calls Reed the "protagonist" in the correspondence following his "Poetry in War Time" articles for The Listener.

Journal: Of the Moderns Without Contempt 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time

98. Lehmann, John, comp. Poems from New Writing, 1936-1946. London: John Lehmann, 1946. 85-88, 96-97.
Description: Collects Reed's poems "Chrysothemis," and "The Wall."

Anthology: Poems from New Writing, 1936-1946 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chrysothemis, The Wall

99. Melville, John. "Portrait of Henry Reed." Photograuvre illustration. The Penguin New Writing 27. London: Penguin Books, 1946.
Description: Photograuvre reproduction of John Melville's painting "Portrait of Henry Reed."

Journal: Portrait of Henry Reed 
Subjects: Biography

100. Reed, Henry. A Map of Verona: Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, 1946.
Description: Reed's first collection of poetry.

Book: A Map of Verona: Poems 
Subjects: Poem

101. Reed, Henry. The Novel Since 1939. British Council pamphlet. London: Longmans, Green, 1946.
Description: '[R]eactions of a sensitive and intelligent young critic to the work of British novelists during the war years,' from Virginia Woolf to Aldous Huxley.

Book: The Novel Since 1939 
Subjects: Review

102. Spender, Stephen. Poetry Since 1939. London: British Council, 1946. 54-55.
Description: Written before Reed's first collection was published, Spender believes Reed will soon 'take his place with F.T. Prince, Vernon Watkins, and Terence Tiller as one of the really significant younger poets.'

Book: Poetry Since 1939 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: The Door and the Window, A Map of Verona, Naming of Parts

103. Val Baker, Denys, ed. Little Reviews Anthology, 1946. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1946. 91-93.
Description: Reprints Reed's poem "Iseult La Belle" from a 1945 Penguin New Writing.

Anthology: Little Reviews Anthology, 1946 
Subjects: Poem
References: Iseult La Belle

104. Reed, Henry. "Short Stories." Reviews of It May Never Happen, Better Than a Kick in the Pants, and Stories of the Forties. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 776 (5 January 1946): 12.
Description: Review of V.S. Pritchett's It May Never Happen (London: Chatto and Windus, 1945), J. Maclaren-Ross' Better Than a Kick in the Pants (London: Lawson and Dunn, 1945), and Stories of the Forties, edited by Reginald Moore and Woodrow Wyatt (London: Nicholson and Watson, 1945).

Journal: Short Stories 
Subjects: Review
References: V.S. Pritchett, J. Maclaren-Ross, Reginald Moore, Woodrow Wyatt

105. Reed, Henry. "Pity and Terror." Review of The Song of the Cold, by Edith Sitwell. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 779 (26 January 1946): 69.
Description: Review of Edith Sitwell's poetry collection, The Song of the Cold (London: Macmillan, 1945).

Journal: Pity and Terror 
Subjects: Review
References: Edith Sitwell

106. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Pursuit of Love, Of Many Men, and The Crater's Edge. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 780 (2 February 1946): 89-90.
Description: Reviews of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love (Hamish Hamilton, 1945), James Aldridge's Of Many Men (Michael Joseph, 1946), and Stephen Bagnall's The Crater's Edge (Hamish Hamilton, 1945).

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Nancy Mitford, James Aldridge, Stephen Bagnall

107. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Spanish Portrait, The Trip to London, What Farrar Saw, and Bitten by the Tarantula. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 784 (2 March 1946): 160.
Description: Reviews of Elizabeth Lake's Spanish Portrait (Pilot, 1945), Rhys Davies' The Trip to London (Heinemann, 1946), James Hanley's What Farrar Saw (Nicholson and Watson, 1946), and J. Maclaren-Ross' Bitten by the Tarantula (Wingate, 1945).

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Elizabeth Lake, Rhys Davies, James Hanley, J. Maclaren-Ross

108. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 4 March 1946, 8.
Description: Savage cites this day as the premiere of Reed's first original work for radio, "Noises."

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play
References: Noises On

109. Reed, Henry. "New Poetic Drama." Reviews of This Way to the Tomb by Ronald Duncan, and The Old Man of the Mountains by Norman Nicholson. Listener 35, no. 900 (11 April 1946): 486.
Description: Reed reviews verse drama: This Way to the Tomb, by Ronald Duncan (London: Faber and Faber, 1946), and The Old Man of the Mountains, by Norman Nicholson (London: Faber and Faber, 1946).

Journal: New Poetic Drama 
Subjects: Review
References: Ronald Duncan, This Way to the Tomb, Norman Nicholson, The Old Man of the Mountains

110. Reed, Henry. "Protestant Boy." Review of The Midnight Court, by Bryan Merriman. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 790 (13 April 1946): 268.
Description: Review of Bryan Merriman's The Midnight Court, translated by Frank O'Connor (London: M. Fridberg, 1945).

Journal: Protestant Boy 
Subjects: Review
References: Bryan Merriman

111. Comfort, Alex. "Two Poets: Dylan Thomas and Henry Reed." ADAM International Review 14, no. 158 (May 1946): 19.
Description: A short review of Reed's first book of poems from Alex Comfort, the author of The Joy of Sex.

Journal: ADAM International Review 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Tristram, Dylan Thomas, Deaths and Entrances, Miron Grindea

112. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Titus Groan, Three, The Gipsy's Baby, and The Real Life of Sebastian Knight. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 793 (4 May 1946): 323.
Description: Reviews of Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1946), William Sansom's Three (Hogarth, 1946), Rosamond Lehmann's The Gipsy's Baby (Collins, 1946), and The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (Poetry London, 1945), by Vladimir Nabokov.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Mervyn Peake, William Sansom, Rosamond Lehmann, Vladimir Nabokov

113. Stonier, G.W. "A Rare Poet." New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 793 (4 May 1946): 321.
Description: G.W. Stonier's review was quoted for the A Map of Verona dust jacket: 'Mr. Henry Reed is a rare poet in more senses than one.'

Journal: The New Statesman and Nation, May 1946 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, A Map of Verona, Sailor's Harbour, King Mark, Philoctetes, Tristram, The Place and the Person

114. Sackville-West, Vita. "Seething Brain." Observer (London), 5 May 1946, 3.
Description: Vita Sackville-West speaks admirably of Reed's poetry, and was personally 'taken with the poem called "Lives," which seemed to express so admirably Mr. Reed's sense of the elusiveness as well as the continuity of life.'

Newspaper: The Observer (London), May 1946 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Tintagel, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Lives, Tristram

115. A.M. Hardie, "Man's Conflicts," Times (London) Literary Supplement, 11 May 1946, 225.
Description: Uncredited early review of A Map of Verona, calls Reed a '[master] of many moods.'

Newspaper: The Times Literary Supplement, May 1946 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Tristram, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes

116. Times (London). "English Poetry of Many Ages." 15 May 1946, 6.
Description: Report on a poetry recital at Wigmore Hall given by the Society of Authors for the Queen and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, which Reed helped to organize.

Newspaper: English Poetry of Many Ages 
Subjects: Biography

117. Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 35, no. 906 (23 May 1946): 689-690 (690).
Description: The Listener's reviewer calls Reed's A Map of Verona 'one of those rare books... which give new heart to dispirited poets.'

Journal: The Listener, May 1946 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow, Lives, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, The Place and the Person, Tristram

118. Allen Walter. "Poetry." Time and Tide 27, no. 21 (25 May 1946): 498-499.
Description: Walter Allen's early review of A Map of Verona was quoted for the dust jacket blurb: 'No better first book of poetry has appeared for many years....'

Journal: Time & Tide 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Philoctetes, Naming of Parts, Antigone, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult La Belle, Chrysothemis

119. Friend-Periera, F.J. "Four Poets," Some Recent Books, New Review 23, no. 128 (June 1946), 482-484 [482].
Description: A short review calls A Map of Verona more pretentious than C.C. Abbott's The Sand Castle; influenced by Eliot, Auden, MacNeice, and Day Lewis.

Journal: Four Poets 
Subjects: Poems, Criticism
References: A Map of Verona, The Place and the Person, Tintagel

120. Iremonger, Valentin. "Check List." The Bell 12, no. 3 (June 1946): 263-265 [264-265].
Description: Of A Map of Verona, Valentin Iremonger says 'Henry Reed's is one of the most impressive first volumes I have seen for some time.'

Journal: The Bell 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: The Wall, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes

121. "Poets and Pretenders." The Poetry Review 37, no. 3 (June-July 1946): 213-220 [215].
Description: The anonymous critic finds 'little to praise or blame' in A Map of Verona.

Journal: Poets and Pretenders 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Envoy

122. Church, Richard. "Poets Worth Praising." John O'London's Weekly 55, no. 1287 (14 June 1946): 115.
Description: Church describes Reed 'as a man of wry, almost sly humour, endowed with a shrewd critical mind that gives his first work a matter-of-factness wholly acceptable to the fastidious reader's palate.'

Journal: John O'London's Weekly 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: A Map of Verona

123. Hodge, Alan. "Thunder on the Right." Tribune (London), 14 June 1946, 15.
Description: Hodge finds 'dry charm as well as quiet wit' in "Judging Distances," but overall feels Reed is 'diffuse and not sufficiently accomplished.'

Newspaper: The Tribune (London), June 1946 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Judging Distances, Tristram, Iseult La Belle, Philoctetes, Iseult Blaunchesmains

124. Reed, Henry. "An Eliot Study." Review of "Four Quartets" Rehearsed: A Commentary on T.S. Eliot's Cycle of Poems, by Raymond Preston. New Statesman and Nation 31, no. 799 (15 June 1946): 434-435.
Description: Review of "Four Quartets" Rehearsed: A Commentary on T.S. Eliot's Cycle of Poems by Raymond Preston (Sheed and Ward, 1946).

Journal: An Eliot Study 
Subjects: Review
References: Raymond Preston, T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding, Four Quartets

125. Blunden, Edmund. "Poets and Poetry." Bookman, n.s., 1, no. 4 (July 1946): 14-15.
Description: Edmund Blunden says Reed's Lessons of the War poems 'have captured something of the time-spirit and ambiguity of the recent war in a style of wit and deep feeling united.'

Journal: The Bookman 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Philoctetes

126. Literature. British Book News, July 1946. 275-276.
Description: A blurb announcing the publication of Reed's A Map of Verona, 'The first book of a distinguished poet and critic.'

Journal: British Book News 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: A Map of Verona, Philoctetes, Chrysothemis, Tristram, Iseult la Belle

127. Mellers, W.H. "Some Recent Poetry." New English Review 13, no. 1 (July 1946): 104, 106.
Description: Wilfrid Mellers compares Geoffrey Grigson and Reed, and finds Grigson to be merely a 'verse-maker', while Reed is a 'poet', in this review from 1946.

Journal: The New English Review 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow, The Door and the Window, The Return, The Wall, Hiding Beneath the Furze, Unarmed Combat, The Place and the Person, Geoffrey Grigson

128. Swingler, Randall. "Books of Poems." Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. Our Time 5, no. 12 (July 1946): 272-273.
Description: Randall Swingler describes Reed as being in regions 'where our maps are useless and the compass variation is enormous.'

Journal: Our Time 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: The Builders

129. Heppenstall, Rayner. Letter to George Orwell (Eric Blair), 8 July 1946. BBC Written Archives Centre, London, England.
Description: Heppenstall gets news of Orwell's Animal Farm being chosen for the Book of the Month club in the United States from Reed.

Manuscript: Letter to George Orwell 
Subjects: Biography
References: George Orwell, Eric Blair, Animal Farm, Rayner Heppenstall

130. Manning, Hugo. "Recent Verse." Books of the Day, Guardian (Manchester), 31 July 1946, 3.
Description: Manning feels that 'Mr. Reed has worn thin much of his genuine talent in this direction by too much self-inflicted censorship.'

Newspaper: Recent Verse 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem

131. "The Reviewer Answers a Critic." The Poetry Review 37, no. 4 (August-September 1946): 300-301.
Description: The reviewer defends statements made about Reed's A Map of Verona made in the June-July issue.

Journal: The Reviewer Answers a Critic 
Subjects: Criticism

132. Shannon, Sheila. "New Poetry." Reviews of Isles of Scilly, Talking Bronco, The Voyage and Other Poems, and A Map of Verona. Spectator 177, no. 6165 (23 August 1946): 196-197 [197].
Description: Sheila Shannon's brief review of Reed's first volume of poetry, "written by someone with an ear and a self-indulgent appreciation of words and their musical and evocative power."

Journal: The Spectator, August 1946 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Geoffrey Grigson, Isles of Scilly, Roy Campbell, Talking Bronco, Edwin Muir, The Voyage and Other Poems, A Map of Verona

133. Reed, Henry. "Books in General." Review of The Scarlet Tree, by Osbert Sitwell. New Statesman and Nation 32, no. 810 (31 August 1946): 155.
Description: Reed's review of Osbert Sitwell's The Scarlet Tree (Macmillan, 1946).

Journal: Books in General 
Subjects: Review
References: Osbert Sitwell, The Scarlet Tree

134. Reed, Henry. "Questionnaire: The Cost of Letters." Horizon 14, no. 81 (September 1946): 139, 140, 162-164.
Description: Reed's answer to a questionnaire about life as a writer.

Journal: Horizon 
Subjects: Biography

135. "The Programmes in Detail." Listener 36, no 924 (26 September 1946): 111.
Description: In this issue devoted to the inauguration of the BBC's Third Programme, Reed's radio adaptation of Moby Dick is mentioned as a coming attraction.

Journal: The Programmes in Detail 
Subjects: Review, Radio, Play
References: Moby Dick

136. Radio Times. Billing for "New Poems," 27 September 1946, 8.
Description: Billing for Third Programme broadcast of new poems by Reed and others.

Journal: Billing for New Poems 
Subjects: Poem, Radio
References: Antigone, Walter de la Mare, W.J. Turner, Dylan Thomas, C. Day Lewis, W.R. Rodgers, Patric Dickinson

137. Reed, Henry. "The Making of a Poem: Henry Reed on 'Gerontion' by T.S. Eliot." BBC radio, London. 27 September 1946.

Radio: The Making of a Poem 
Subjects: Review
References: T.S. Eliot, Gerontion

138. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 27 September 1946, 6.
Description: Reed is scheduled to deliver a talk called "The Making of a Poem" this evening on the BBC's Home Service.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: The Making of a Poem, T.S. Eliot, Gerontion

139. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 30 September 1946, 6.
Description: Schedule of broadcast of "New Poems," read by contemporary poets.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Poem, Radio
References: Antigone

140. Boyd, A.C. "A Poet of Sensibility." Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. Britain To-day 126 (October 1946): 41.
Description: Boyd feels that Reed 'can be deliberately ingenuous or rise to a tragic intensity all in the same poem...', and proclaims that 'Everything in this small book is of interest.'

Journal: Britain To-day 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Unarmed Combat, Philoctetes, Iseult la Belle, Iseult Blaunchesmains, Tristram, King Mark, Chard Whitlow

141. Reed, Henry. "An Hour In the Hand." Review of Happy as Larry, by Donagh MacDonagh. The Bell 13, no. 1 (October 1946): 76-78.
Description: MacDonagh's play is 'written in a manner which is to-day usually reserved for radio-features,' and 'is probably a better play for the study than for the theatre.'

Journal: An Hour In the Hand 
Subjects: Review
References: Donagh MacDonagh, Happy as Larry

142. Lehmann, Rosamond. "New Novels." Listener 36, no. 925 (3 October 1946): 450.
Description: A note at the end of this column announces that 'New novels are now being reviewed by a number of critics in turn," with Reed taking over on October 24.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Biography

143. Reed, Henry. "Sonnet." Listener 36, no. 927 (17 October 1946): 498.
Description: This poem appears Reed's collection, A Map of Verona, as "The Forest."

Journal: Sonnet 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Forest

144. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of At Heaven's Gate, The Folded Leaf, and The Stormy Dawn. Listener 36, no. 928 (24 October 1946): 570.
Description: Reed review new fiction.

Review: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Robert Penn Warren, At Heaven's Gate, William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf, Mark Freshfield, The Stormy Dawn

145. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 26 October 1946, 6.
Description: Reed's talk on the poetry of Edith Sitwell is scheduled this evening on the Third Programme's "The Poet and His Critic."

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Review
References: Edith Sitwell

146. Thomson, R.W. "Entre Nous." Expository Times 58, no. 2 (November 1946): 55-56 [56].
Description: Reviews of recent poetry mentions publication of Reed's A Map of Verona, and quotes from his poem, "Iseult la Belle."

Journal: The Expository Times 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Iseult la Belle

147. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 2 November 1946, 8.
Description: Edith Sitwell's response to Reed's talk is scheduled this evening as "The Poet and His Critic": 2.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Review
References: Edith Sitwell

148. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Death of Virgil, Sweet River in the Morning, and To the Dark Tower. Listener 36, no. 930 (7 November 1946): 644.
Description: Reed reviews new fiction.

Review: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Hermann Broch, The Death of Virgil, Winston Clewes, Sweet River in the Morning, Francis King, To the Dark Tower

149. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 9 November 1946, 6.
Description: Reed is scheduled to appear with poet Edith Sitwell on the BBC Third Programme's "The Poet and His Critic" series this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Review
References: Edith Sitwell

150. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 18 November 1946, 8.
Description: Reed's first play for BBC radio, "Noises," described as 'a satirical programme,' premieres this evening in an extended, half-hour version on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Noises

151. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 23 November 1946, 6.
Description: Reed's radio play Noises is rebroadcast in its expanded format.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Noises On

152. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Review of Noises, by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 18 and 23 November 1946. Listener 36, no. 933 (28 November 1946): 767.
Description: Armstrong 'expected the worst, and was agreeably disappointed.'

Journal: The Spoken Word 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Noises

153. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Thieves in the Night, Back, and Mist in the Tagus. Listener 36, no. 933 (28 November 1946): 766.
Description: Reed reviews new fiction, including Henry Green's Back: A Novel (London: Hogarth, 1946).

Review: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Arthur Koestler, Thieves in the Night, Henry Green, Back, Tom Hopkinson, Mist in the Tagus

154. Klingopulos, G. D. "Eliot's Heir." Scrutiny 14, no. 2 (December 1946): 141-144.
Description: A 1946 review of Reed's first book, A Map of Verona, by G.D. Klingopulos.

Journal: Scrutiny 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, A Map of Verona, Unarmed Combat, The Wall, Philoctetes, Iseult La Belle, The Return, Chrysothemis

155. Times (London), "Bursaries for Young Writers," 7 December 1946, 6.
Description: Reed is among the recipients of a three-year, £200 bursary awarded by The Society of Authors.

Newspaper: Bursaries for Young Writers 
Subjects: Biography
References: Osbert Sitwell, Lawrence Alloway, George Barker, George Fraser, Walter Marsden, William Robson, William Sansom

156. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Marguerite Reilly, That Summer, and A Frenchman Must Die. Listener 36, no. 935 (12 December 1946): 856.
Description: Reed reviews new fiction.

Review: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Elizabeth Lake, Marguerite Reilly, Frank Sargeson, That Summer, Kay Boyle, A Frenchman Must Die

157. Times (London), Advertisement for The Society of Authors and the Hodder and Stoughton Bursary Scheme, 20 December 1946, 6.
Description: Reed is among the eight young writers chosen to recieve a bursary of £200 a year for three years.

Newspaper: The Society of Authors and the Hodder and Stoughton Bursary Scheme 
Subjects: Biography
References: Lawrence Alloway, George Barker, George Fraser, Walter Marsden, William Robson, William Sansom, Osbert Sitwell, C. Day Lewis

158. Bell, H.T. Montague. "Retrospect of Literature, Art, and Science in 1946." The Annual Register: A Review of Public Events at Home and Abroad for 1946. New Series. London: Longmans, Green, 1947. 351.
Description: In A Map of Verona, Reed has developed 'a meditative romanticism not as yet sure of its own direction.'

Book: The Annual Register, 1946 
Subjects: Criticism

159. British Thought, 1947. New York: Greshem, 1947. 428-430, 460.
Description: This anthology of British writing reprints Reed's answer to the Horizon questionnaire from September, 1946.

Anthology: British Thought, 1947 
Subjects: Biography
References: The Cost of Letters

160. Enright, D.J. "The Significance of Poetry London." Critic 1, no. 1 (Spring 1947): 3-10.
Description: Enright takes time out from discussing the problems with contemporary poetry to praise Reed.

Journal: The Significance of Poetry London 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Lessons of the War

161. Reed, Henry. "Antigone." Penguin New Writing 30 (1947): 97-99.

Journal: Antigone 
Subjects: Poem
References: Antigone

162. Reed, Henry. "Hiding Beneath the Furze." In A Map of Verona and Other Poems. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947. 23.

Book: Hiding Beneath the Furze 
Subjects: Poem
References: Hiding Beneath the Furze

163. Reed, Henry. Introduction to Dialstone Lane, by W.W. Jacobs. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947. v-viii.
Description: Reed writes high praise for W.W. Jacobs, author of "The Monkey's Paw," for his precision and economy of style, in this 1947 introduction to one of his longer stories.

Chapter: Introduction to Dialstone Lane 
Subjects: Biography, Review
References: W.W. Jacobs, Dialstone Lane

164. Reed, Henry. "Joyce's Progress." Orion 4 (Autumn 1947): 131-146.
Description: Written as an lecture to the Oxford University English Club in 1946, Reed posits Joyce as "progressing" away from three things: his family, Dublin, and the Catholic Church.

Journal: Joyce's Progress 
Subjects: Review
References: James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as Young Man, Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, G.D. Painter, Rosamond Lehmann, Denys Kilham Roberts, C. Day Lewis

165. Reed, Henry. Letters to Emyr Humphreys, 1947-1949. National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records. AI/1957-8. Cymru, Wales.
Description: Reed's letters to Welsh author Emyr Humphreys, who was a producer of drama at the BBC.

Manuscript: Letters to Emyr Humphreys 
Subjects: Biography
References: Emyr Humphreys

166. Reed, Henry. A Map of Verona and Other Poems. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947.
Description: American edition of Reed's first poetry collection.

Book: A Map of Verona and Other Poems 
Subjects: Poem

167. Reed, Henry. Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel. London: Jonathan Cape, 1947.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Melville's novel for BBC radio had a cast which included Sir Ralph Richardson as Ahab, Cyril Cusack, and Bernard Miles.

Play: Moby Dick 
Subjects: Play
References: Moby Dick, Herman Melville

168. Reed, Henry. Noises On. BBC radio play, 1947.
Description: BBC radio play.

Radio: Noises On 
Subjects: Play
References: Noises On

169. Reed, Henry. Preface to Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel. London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. 5-11.
Description: Reed's preface to his adaptation of Melville's novel for BBC radio.

Book: Preface to Moby Dick: A Play for Radio 
Subjects: Play, Criticism, Biography
References: Moby Dick, Herman Melville, Ishmael

170. Reed, Henry. "Rates for Reviewing." Author, Playwright and Composer 57, no. 4 (Summer 1947): 64-68 [67].
Description: 'The whole rackety business is a microcosm of human weakness and wickedness,' Reed says.

Journal: Rates for Reviewing 
Subjects: Review
References: John Betjeman, Daniel George, Rayner Heppenstall, H.J. Massingham, William Plomer, Herbert Read, C.E. Vulliamy, C.V. Wedgwood

171. Reed, Henry. "W.H. Auden in America." Review of For the Time Being, by W.H. Auden. Penguin New Writing 31 (1947). 124-130.
Description: Reed's review of For the Time Being, Auden's first book of poems from America (1945).

Journal: W.H. Auden in America 
Subjects: Review
References: W.H. Auden, The Sea and the Mirror, For the Time Being

172. Vallette, Jacques. "Grand-Bretagne," Mercure de France, no. 1001 (1 January 1947): 157-158.
Description: A contemporary French language review of Reed's A Map of Verona.

Journal: Mercure de France 
Subjects: Poems, Criticism
References: Tintagel, Philoctetes, Tristram, King Mark, Iseult la Belle, Iseult Blaunchesmains

173. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Little Kingdom, The Triumph of Death, and The Becker Wives. Listener 37, no. 938 (2 January 1947): 36.
Description: Reed reviews new fiction, including Emyr Humphreys' The Little Kingdom (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946).

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Emyr Humphreys, The Little Kingdom, C.F. Ramuz, The Triumph of Death, Mary Lavin, The Becker Wives

174. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Sixth Heaven, Dangling Man, Guiding Star, and Contemporary Chinese Short Stories. Listener 37, no. 940 (16 January 1947): 124.
Description: Reed reviews new fiction by L.P. Hartley, Saul Bellow, Vercors (Jean Bruller), and an anthology of translations from Chinese.

Review: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Saul Bellow, Dangling Man, Sixth Heaven, L.P. Hartley, Guiding Star, Vercors, Contemporary Chinese Short Stories, Yuan Chia-Hua, Robert Payne

175. Radio Times, "Ralph Richardson as Ahab in 'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville," 24 January 1947, 8, 24.
Description: Broadcast schedule and cast information for Reed's radio adaptation of Moby Dick.

Newspaper: Ralph Richardson as Ahab in "Moby Dick" 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Moby Dick, Valentine Dyall, Cyril Cusack, Harry Quashie, Carleton Hobbs, Mark Dignam, Antony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson, Murray Davies, Bernard Miles

176. Reed, Henry. "Captain Ahab and the Great White Whale." Radio Times, 24 January 1947, 4.
Description: Reed 'discusses the symbolism of the tale and explains how he has tackled the problems of adaptation.' A revised version of this article will become the Preface to the published version of the script.

Newspaper: Captain Ahab and the Great White Whale 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Moby Dick

177. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 25 January 1947, 6.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Melville's Moby Dick premieres this weekend on the Third Programme, in two parts.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Play
References: Moby Dick, Herman Melville

178. Hope-Wallace, Philip. "Live Whale and Dead Sprats." Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio, adapted by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 25 January 1947. Listener 37, no. 942 (30 January 1947): 215.
Description: Hope-Wallace says of Reed's radio adaptation of Melville's novel: 'This kind of success is all too rare in radio.'

Journal: The Listener 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
References: Moby Dick

179. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 31 January 1947, 6.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Melville's Moby Dick replays this evening on the Third Programme, in two parts.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Play
References: Moby Dick, Herman Melville

180. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Age of Reason, Pascual Duarte's Family, and The Leaping Lad. Listener 37, no. 943 (6 February 1947): 256.
Description: Reed reviews books by Sartre, Camilo J. Cela, and Sid Chaplin.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Jean-Paul Sarte, The Age of Reason, Eric Sutton, Camilo J. Cela, Pascual Duarte's Family, Sid Chaplin, The Leaping Lad

181. Lloyd, L.C. "On the Air." Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio, by Henry Reed. Spectator 178, no. 6189 (7 February 1947): 174.
Description: Reed 'was a bold man to make the attempt,' but the play was 'like trying to put Niagara in a bottle. Still, 'his achievement was considerable.'

Journal: On the Air 
Subjects: Radio, Play, Criticism
References: Moby Dick

182. Sackville-West, Edward. "Radio Notes." Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio, BBC Third Programme, 25-26 January 1947. New Statesman and Nation 33, no. 833 (8 February 1947): 112.
Description: Sackville-West says of Reed's adaptation of Moby Dick: '[E]ven where it failed the failure was, so to speak, of a high order.'

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Radio, Criticism
References: Moby Dick, Stephen Potter, Anthony Hopkins, Brian Weske, Ralph Richardson, Bernard Miles

183. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 22 February 1947, 10.
Description: Reed compiled this evening's "Poetry Notebook" on the Home Service.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio
References: Time for Verse

184. Reed, Henry, comp. "Time for Verse." Poetry Notebook. Broadcast on the BBC Home Service, 23 February 1947.

Radio: Time for Verse 
Subjects: Radio, Review

185. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 27 February 1947, 7.
Description: Schedule contains broadcast of part two of Monteverdi's "Vespers."

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio
References: Monteverdi

186. MacKay, Louis. Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. Canadian Poetry Magazine 10, no. 3 (March 1947): 35.
Description: Louis MacKay believes that Reed 'shows a neat wit and humanity in parodies of army instruction and of T.S. Eliot,' and his monologues 'combine admirably a sustained relevance to their dramatic situation with a broader reference to problems that are perhaps more pressing and more universal now than they have ever been.'

Journal: Canadian Poetry Magazine 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes

187. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Review of Freedom Road, More Deadly Than the Male, and Teresa and Other Stories. Listener 37, no. 395 (6 March 1947): 344.
Description: In this, his last article as fiction reviewer for the Listener, Reed reviews books by Howard Fast, Ambrose Grant, and Seán O'Faoláin.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Howard Fast, Freedom Road, Ambrose Grant, More Deadly Than the Male, Seán O'Faoláin, Teresa and Other Stories

188. "Lectures and Meetings." New Statesman and Nation 33, no. 838 (29 March 1947): 224.
Description: An announcement of Reed giving a poetry reading at the International Arts Centre in London, on April 1, 1947.

Journal: Lectures and Meetings 
Subjects: Biography

189. Times (London), Advertisement for The English Teacher, by R.K. Narayan, 28 April 1947, 7.
Description: Reed is quoted for a blurb: 'Very elusive, mocking, gentle, wistful.'

Newspaper: Advertisement for The English Teacher 
Subjects: Review
References: R.K. Narayan, The English Teacher

190. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 24 May 1947, 6.
Description: The premiere broadcast of Reed's radio play, "Pytheas," is scheduled for the BBC's Third Programme at 7:30 p.m. this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Pytheas

191. Reed, Henry. "Pytheas." BBC Third Programme broadcast, 25 May 1947.
Description: Written in verse, this radio play follows Pytheas, the Greek traveler in search of the mysterious island kingdom, Ultima Thule.

Play: Pytheas 
Subjects: Play
References: Pytheas

192. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 28 May 1947, 6.
Description: Reed's play, "Pytheas: A Dramatic Speculation," is scheduled to run again on the Third Programme this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Pytheas

193. Reed, Henry. "Books in General." Review of Billy Budd, by Herman Melville. New Statesman and Nation 33, no. 847 (31 May 1947): 397.
Description: Reed reviews a new edition of Melville's Billy Budd with an introduction by William Plomer (London: Lehmann, 1947).

Journal: Books in General 
Subjects: Review
References: Herman Melville, Billy Budd, William Plomer

194. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 17 June 1947, 6.
Description: "Book Review" to be broadcast by Henry Reed, on The Nascent Mind of Shelley, by A. M. D. Hughes, and The Poetic Image, by C. Day Lewis.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Review
References: Percy Bysshe Shelley, C. Day Lewis

195. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 18 June 1947, 8.
Description: Reed's play, "Pytheas," is scheduled for rebroadcast on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Pytheas

196. Worsley, T.C. "Spring Collections." Review of Penguin New Writing, edited by John Lehmann. New Statesman and Nation 34, no 853 (12 July 1947): 36-37 [37].
Description: Reed's and MacNeice's poems were chosen for Lehmann's anthology.

Journal: Spring Collections 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Louis MacNeice

197. Reed, Henry. "The Door and the Window." Partisan Review 14, no. 5 (September-October 1947): 523.

Journal: The Door and the Window 
Subjects: Poem
References: Door and the Window

198. "Reed, Henry," Publishers Weekly, 152, no. 15 (11 October 1947), 1945.
Description: A note on the publication of the American edition of Reed's A Map of Verona.

Journal: Publishers Weekly 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Lessons of the War, A Map of Verona

199. Karsell, Doris. "New Poet Now Mature." Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, MS), 12 October 1947, 9.
Description: In her review of the American edition of Reed's first volume of poems, Karsell says 'each line in the collection has been cut and finished with precision. One believes that no other form or words could have been used.'

Newspaper: Delta Democrat-Times 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult La Belle, Chrysothemis, Antigone, Philoctetes, Moby Dick

200. Kirkus, Virginia. "Two Young Poets." Review of A Map of Verona, and Other Poems, by Henry Reed. Bulletin from Virginia Kirkus' Bookshop Service 15, no. 20 (15 October 1947): 594.
Description: Kirkus reviews A Map of Verona, contrasting Reed against Richard Wilbur.

Journal: Kirkus Reviews 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Richard Wilbur, The Beautiful Changes

201. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of BBC broadcasts of Henry VI, Richard III, Henry IV, and "Preface to Paradise Lost." New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 867 (18 October 1947): 308.
Description: Reed reviews recent radio programs.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Richard III, Henry IV, C.S. Lewis, John Milton, Paradise Lost

202. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 868 (25 October 1947): 329.
Description: Reed's reviews of the BBC's Dialogues of Plato, Cervantes' Numancia, and various radio talks.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review

203. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Review of BBC broadcast of Electra. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 869 (1 November 1947): 349.
Description: Reed's review of the October 24 and 26, 1947 BBC broadcasts of Sir Thomas Beecham's production of the Strauss opera Elektra, featuring Ljuba Welitsch as Chrysothemis.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review
References: Richard Strauss, Electra, Ljuba Welitsch, Chrysothemis

204. Times (London) Literary Supplement, "A Poet of Strange Vision," 1 November 1947, 562.
Description: Reed's Moby Dick: A Play for Radio mentioned in review of Melville's poetry.

Newspaper: A Poet of Strange Vision 
Subjects: Criticism

205. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Review of the BBC series, "Belief and Unbelief." New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 870 (8 November 1947): 368-369.
Description: Reed reviews "Belief and Unbelief," a BBC series of talks on religion, with Dr. Ronald Winfield and the Reverend Nathaniel Micklem.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review
References: Belief and Unbelief

206. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Review of the BBC shows "Window on Europe" and "Critics." New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 871 (15 November 1947): 389.
Description: Reed reviews two BBC programs: "Window on Europe," interviews with post-war Germans, and an episode of "Critics" on French Novelists.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review
References: Window on Europe, Critics, Walter Allen, Philip Hope-Wallace, Eric Newton, Edward Sackville-West, V.S. Pritchett

207. Bogan, Louise. "Briefly Noted." New Yorker. 22 November 1947, 140.
Description: Reed's 'ironic "Naming of Parts"... is one of the few memorable pieces of verse produced during the war years.'

Journal: The New Yorker 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

208. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of BBC broadcasts of a Cambridge Union debate, the BBC's 25th birthday celebrations, and Shelley's The Cenci. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 872 (22 November 1947): 409.
Description: Reed's reviews of radio broadcasts of a student debate in the Cambridge Union; the BBC's 25th birthday celebrations; and a production of Shelley's play, The Cenci.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review
References: Ted Cavanagh, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci

209. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of the Royal Wedding, The Guinea-Pig, and "Roman Britain." New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 873 (29 November 1947): 429-430.
Description: Reed reviews BBC radio's coverage of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip; a rebroadcast of the play The Guinea-Pig; and the program, "Roman Britain."

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review
References: Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, The Guinea-Pig, Roman Britain, Jenifer Wayne

210. Nerber, John, et al. "The Poetry Bulletin." Tiger's Eye 2 (December 1947): 110.
Description: Short blurb announcing the publication of the American edition of Reed's A Map of Verona and Other Poems.

Journal: The Poetry Bulletin 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chrysothemis, Tristram, Moby Dick

211. MacDonald, Gerald. "Poetry." Review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems, by Henry Reed. Library Journal 72, no. 21 (1 December 1947): 1688.
Description: A short, 50-word description for the newly-published American edition of Reed's A Map of Verona.

Journal: Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Moby Dick

212. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 5 December 1947, 7.
Description: The schedule for the Third Programme includes part one of Monteverdi's "Vespers."

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio
References: Monteverdi

213. "Books of 1947: A Selected List." Nation 165, no. 23 (6 December 1947): 632-633 [632].
Description: The American printing of A Map of Verona and Other Poems is announced.

Journal: Books of 1947: A Selected List 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

214. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Review of BBC production of Paradise Lost, by John Milton. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 874 (6 December 1947): 449-450.
Description: So displeased is he with Dylan Thomas' performance in the BBC's Paradise Lost, Reed is led to invent the word 'inauscultable' — unlistenable-to (though he blames the subject-matter).

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review
References: Dylan Thomas, John Milton, Paradise Lost

215. Times (London) Literary Supplement, "The Spoken Word," 6 December 1947, 632.
Description: Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel. Cape. 6s.

Newspaper: The Spoken Word 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Moby Dick

216. New York Times. "For the Christmas Check-List." International Affairs. 7 December 1947, 74.
Description: A holiday listing of suggested reading includes Reed's A Map of Verona and Other Poems: "A collection of unostentatious poems by a new British poet."

Newspaper: For the Christmas Check-List 
Subjects: Criticism
References: A Map of Verona

217. Reed, Henry. Letters to Graham Greene, 1947-1948. Graham Greene Papers, 1807-1999. Boston College, John J. Burns Library, Archives and Manuscripts Department, MS.1995.003. Chestnut Hill, MA.
Description: Letters from Reed to Graham Greene, including one from December, 1947 Reed included in an inscribed copy of A Map of Verona (1947).

Manuscript: Letters to Graham Greene, 1947-1948 
Subjects: Biography
References: Graham Greene, A Map of Verona

218. Poston, Elizabeth. Letter to the editor, 10 December 1947. New Statesman Archive, Editorial Correspondence, c. 1948-1952 (Boxes 7-9). University of Sussex Library, Special Collections. Brighton, England.
Description: Letter directed to Reed, possibly in response to his "Radio Notes" column for The New Statesman and Nation.

Manuscript: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism

219. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of "Belief and Unbelief," and Whose Body?, by Dorothy Sayers. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 875 (13 December 1947): 469.
Description: Reed reviews the last four talks from "Belief and Unbelief," a series on religion; a program on the burgeoning technology of television; and a dramatisation of Dorothy Sayer's Whose Body?

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review
References: Belief and Unbelief, Whose Body?, Dorothy Sayers

220. Reed, Henry. Letter to the editor, 15 December 1947. New Statesman Archive, Editorial Correspondence, c. 1948-1952 (Boxes 7-9). University of Sussex Library, Special Collections. Brighton, England.
Description: Possible response to Poston's letter to The New Statesman and Nation of December 10th, 1947.

Manuscript: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Biography

221. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of a BBC Party Political broadcast, Peace in Our Time, by Noel Coward, and a production of Tartuffe, by Molière. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 876 (20 December 1947): 490.
Description: Reed reviews such diverse BBC broadcasts as a Party Political speech by Herbert Morrison, Noel Coward's Peace in Our Time, and a production of Molière's Tartuffe.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review
References: Herbert Morrison, Peace in Our Time, Noel Coward, Tartuffe, Molière

222. Times (London). "Broadcasting." 24 December 1947, 6.
Description: A program of parodies (including a poem by Reed), presented by Stephen Potter, "Parodies Regained," is scheduled.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Parody, Poem
References: Stephen Potter, Stoutheart on the Southern Railway

223. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of BBC programs "British Courage," "Meet the People," "The Red Horse of Hollywood," and a production of The Cloister, by Emile Verhaeren. New Statesman and Nation 34, no. 877 (27 December 1947): 508.
Description: Reed reviews the BBC programs "British Courage" and Meet the People"; a talk about America by Dennis Johnston, called "The Red Horse of Hollywood"; and a production of Emile Verhaeren's The Cloister.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review
References: British Courage, Meet the People, The Red Horse of Hollywood, Dennis Johnston, The Cloister, Emile Verhaeren

224. Breit, Harvey. "Verona, Under the Still Lamplight." New York Times Book Review, 28 December 1947, 8.
Description: Harvey Breit's 1947 review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems.

Newspaper: The New York Times Book Review 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, A Map of Verona

225. Arrowsmith, William. "Recent Verse." Hudson Review 1, no. 1 (Spring 1948): 98, 101-102.
Description: Critic William Arrowsmith proclaims Reed 'professional, original, and articulate' in this review of the American edition of A Map of Verona.

Journal: The Hudson Review 
Subjects: Criticism
References: South, The Builders, Iseult La Belle, Morning

226. Gordon Jr., Ambrose. "Six British Writers Under American Wrappers." Furioso 3, no. 3 (Spring 1948): 65-66.
Description: Ambrose Gordon, Jr. is stunned by the brilliance of the American edition of A Map of Verona, but seems to have doubts about Reed's originality.

Journal: Furioso 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chrysothemis, Chard Whitlow, A Map of Verona, Ishmael, Tristram

227. Hassal, Christopher. "Notes on the Verse Drama." Masque 6 (1948): 36.
Description: Regarding verse drama on the radio, Hassal feels that Reed 'will have helped to found a tradition in this medium.'

Journal: Notes on the Verse Drama 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
References: Louis MacNeice, Patric Dickinson

228. James, Mertice M., and Dorothy Brown, eds. "Reed, Henry." In vol. 43, Book Review Digest. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1948. 743.
Description: Indexes four book reviews of Reed's A Map of Verona, and Other Poems.

Chapter: Reed, Henry 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem

229. Lougée, David. "The Long Road to Parnassus." Voices: A Quarterly of Poetry 135 (Autumn 1948): 54.
Description: David Lougée's succinct and scathing review of the American edition of A Map of Verona and Other Poems calls Reed's collection a 'serious hoax.'

Journal: Voices 
Subjects: Criticism
References: A Map of Verona, Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Lives, Ishmael

230. MacDonald, Angus, ed. Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature. Vol. 20. London: Cambridge university Press, 1948. 206.
Description: Indexes Reed's article on Thomas Hardy's Max Gate for the Birmingham Post.

Book: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1994 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

231. Pine, L.G., ed. "Reed, Henry." The Author's and Writer's Who's Who and Reference Guide. 3rd ed. London: Shaw, 1948-1949. 443-444.
Description: This very brief biography lists Reed as a 'Poet & Critic', with his recreations being 'Music, travel'.

Book: The Author's and Writer's Who's Who and Reference Guide 
Subjects: Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939

232. Pritchett, V.S., ed. Turnstile One: A Literary Miscellany from the New Statesman and Nation. London: Turnstile Press, 1948. 144.
Description: Collects "Naming of Parts," originally published in the New Statesman and Nation in August, 1942.

Anthology: Turnstile 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

233. Reed, Henry. "Ars Poetica." Botteghe Oscure 2 (1948): 262-264.
Description: This poem, a long meditation on regret, appears in Reed's Collected Poems as "De Arte Poetica."

Journal: Ars Poetica 
Subjects: Poem, Translation
References: De Arte Poetica

234. Reed, Henry. Letter to T.S. Eliot,1948. Papers of the Hayward Bequest of T.S. Eliot Material. GBR/0272/HB/L/7/b. King's College Archive Centre, Cambridge, England.
Description: A collection of T.S. Eliot material contains a letter from Reed.

Manuscript: Letter to T.S. Eliot 
Subjects: Link, Biography
References: T.S. Eliot

235. Simon, Irène. "English Letters." Revue des Langues Vivantes/Tijdschrift voor Levende Talen 14, no. 3 (May/June 1948): 173-178 [176].
Description: Simon reviews the American edition of A Map of Verona and Other Poems, and finds 'Reed's purpose is to suggest more than to describe.'

Journal: Revue des Langues Vivantes 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: A Map of Verona, The Return, Outside and In, The Place and the Person, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Morning

236. L.E. Sissman, "Late Empire." Halcyon 1, no. 2 (Spring 1948), 54.
Description: Sissman reviews William Jay Smith, Karl Shapiro, Richard Eberhart, Thomas Merton, Henry Reed, and Stephen Spender.

Journal: Halcyon 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: A Map of Verona

237. Suttor, T.L. Review of The Novel Since 1939, by Henry Reed. Southerly 9, no. 4 (1948): 231-232.
Description: Review of Reed's British Council pamphlet on wartime and post-war English novelists.

Journal: Review of The Novel Since 1939 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Novel Since 1939

238. Swallow, Alan. "Reed, Henry: A Map of Verona and Other Poems." In vol. 1948, Index to Little Magazines. Denver, CO: A. Swallow, 1948. 67.
Description: This index lists four reviewers of the American edition of Reed's A Map of Verona: Arrowsmith, Gordon, Lougée, and Swallow.

Book: Index to Little Magazines 
Subjects: Criticism

239. Swallow, Alan. "Some Current Poetry." New Mexico Quarterly Review 18, no. 4 (Winter 1948): 460.
Description: This 1948 review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems compares Reed's poetry with that of his American contemporary, John Berryman.

Journal: New Mexico Quarterly Review 
Subjects: Criticism
References: A Map of Verona

240. Martin, Oliver. "Import Drive." Our Time 7, no. 5 (January/February 1948): 125-126 [126].
Description: Reed, MacNeice, and Dylan Thomas are described as masters of radio drama.

Journal: Import Drive 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Louis MacNeice, Dylan Thomas

241. Unger, Leonard. "Seven Poets." The Sewanee Review 56, no. 1 (January-March 1948): 162-164.
Description: Leonard Unger's 1948 review of Reed's collection, A Map of Verona and Other Poems.

Journal: The Sewanee Review 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow, The Place and the Person

242. Armstrong, Martin. "Keats on the Air." The Spoken Word. Listener 39, no. 988 (1 January 1948): 35.
Description: A review of Stephen Potter's program, "Parodies Regained" (December 24, 1947), mentions Reed's uncanny parody of Hardy.

Journal: Keats on the Air 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem, Parody
References: Thomas Hardy, Stoutheart on the Southern Railway

243. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 878 (3 January 1948): 10.
Description: Reed reviews recent BBC broadcasts of The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Men of Goodwill, and the opening of the Milan opera.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Men of Goodwill

244. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 3 January 1948, 8.
Description: Reed participated in "An Argument on 'Paradise Lost'", a criticism of the recent program. The talk elicited a postcard from George Bernard Shaw.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio
References: Paradise Lost

245. Listener. Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel, by Henry Reed. 39, no. 989 (8 January 1948): 74.
Description: The reviewer calls Reed's adaptation 'an opportunity for making Moby Dick's acquaintance on easy terms, and in particularly happy circumstances.'

Journal: Review of Moby Dick 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Moby Dick

246. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." Reviews of BBC broadcasts by James Stephens, C. Day Lewis, Margaret Field-Hyde, Marius Goring, and James McKechnie. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 879 (10 January 1948): 28-29.
Description: Reed reviews several BBC radio broadcasts, including C. Day Lewis' "Time for Verse," and James McKechnie's "The House of the Barber."

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review
References: James Stephens, I Knew These Men, C. Day Lewis, Time for Verse, Margaret Field-Hyde, Marius Goring, The Mary Gloster, James McKechnie, The House of the Barber, Second Opinion

247. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 10 January 1948, 6.
Description: Schedule includes Part II of "A History in Sound of European Music": Early Christian Music.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio

248. Rago, Henry. "Four Poets." Commonweal 47, no. 14 (16 January 1948): 353.
Description: A brief book review by Henry Rago of the American edition of A Map of Verona.

Journal: Commonweal 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Door and the Window, Outside and In

249. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 880 (17 January 1948): 50.
Description: Reed reviews recent BBC productions.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Angela Glynne, Alice in Wonderland, Barbara Sleigh, The Piece Egg, John Keir, The Swish of the Curtain, Geoffrey Grigson, John Dryden

250. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 17 January 1948, 8.
Description: The Third Programme schedule includes Part III of "A History in Sound of European Music": The Beginnings of Polyphony.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio

251. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 881 (24 January 1948): 70.
Description: Reed reviews several recent BBC productions.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: A History of Sound in European Music, M.R. Ridley, Measure for Measure, James Law Forsythe, Bronze Horse, Second Opinion

252. Bridie, James. "Bronze Horse." Letter to the editor. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 882 (31 January 1948): 96.
Description: Responding to his criticism of a radio adaptation of James Forsyth's play, Bronze Horse, Bridie calls Reed "a very stupid fellow."

Journal: Bronze Horse 
Subjects: Criticism

253. Pritchett, V.S. "Moby Dick." Review of Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel by Henry Reed. New Statesman and Nation (31 January 1948): 101-102.
Description: Pritchett calls Reed's adaptation Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel (Jonathan Cape, 1947) 'exalted, refreshing, vivid and excellent.'

Journal: Moby Dick 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Moby Dick

254. Redlich, H.F. "Monteverdi's Vespers." Letter to the editor. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 882 (31 January 1948): 96.
Description: Redlich reacts strongly to an off-the-cuff remark Reed makes in his January 24th Radio Notes column, regarding Monteverdi's Vespers.

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Claudio Monteverdi

255. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 882 (31 January 1948): 92.
Description: Reed reviews recent BBC productions, including Coghill's adaptation of Chaucer.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Progress Report, Second Opinion, Stephen Potter, Married to a Genius, Nevill Coghill, Troilus and Criseyde

256. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 31 January 1948, 8.
Description: Schedule lists Part V of "A History in Sound of European Music": Early Secular Polyphony.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio

257. Reed, Henry. "Monteverdi's Vespers." Letter to the editor. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 883 (7 February 1948): 115.
Description: An apologetic response to a previous letter from Dr. Hans Redlich.

Journal: Correspondence 
Subjects: Review
References: Monteverdi, Hans Redlich

258. Reed, Henry. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 883 (7 February 1948): 112-113.
Description: Reed reviews the program "Living Writers," which features authors interviewing other writers.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Living Writers, Ivy Compton-Burnette, Elizabeth Bowen, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, E.M. Forster

259. Jarrell, Randall. Letter to John Berryman, dated in Berryman's hand, 12 February 1948. Manuscripts Division, University of Minnesota Libraries. MSS043.
Description: Upon reading "Waiting for the End, Boys," Jarrell wrote to Berryman, 'I don't like Reed nearly as much as you do, but this is a small point.'

Manuscript: Letter to John Berryman 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Randall Jarrell, John Berryman

260. Berryman, John. "Waiting for the End, Boys." Partisan Review 15, no. 2 (15 February 1948): 262-267.
Description: A glowing 1948 review by John Berryman of A Map of Verona and Other Poems.

Journal: Partisan Review, Feb. 1948 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Tristram, Chrysothemis, Antigone, Philoctetes, Chard Whitlow

261. Advertisement for Turnstile One. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 887 (6 March 1948): 194.
Description: Promotes new journal with 'poems of Auden, Spender, and Day Lewis, Alun Lewis and Henry Reed'.

Journal: Advertisement for Turnstile One 
Subjects: Criticism

262. Jarrell, Randall. "Verse Chronicle." Nation 166, no. 13 (27 March 1948): 360-361 [360].
Description: The American poet and critic Randall Jarrell's curt review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems, in which he compares Reed to 'a nap after dinner.'

Journal: The Nation, Mar. 1948 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Tristram, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Antigone, Rolfe Humphries, John Ciardi

263. Reed, Henry. "Italics Mine." Review of T.S. Eliot: A Study of His Writings by Several Hands, and Fabulous Voyager: James Joyce's Ulysses. New Statesman and Nation 35, no. 891 (3 April 1948): 278.
Description: Reviews of two critical studies: T.S. Eliot: A Study of His Writings by Several Hands (Balachandra Rajan, ed. London: Dobson, 1947), and Fabulous Voyager: James Joyce's Ulysses (Richard M. Kain. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1947).

Journal: Italics Mine 
Subjects: Review
References: T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, Ulysses, Balachandra Rajan, Richard M. Kain

264. Graham, W.S. "England's Old Young Men." New Republic 118, no. 17 (26 April 1948): 28-31 [30-31].
Description: Graham says of A Map of Verona: '[It] has already made a considerable stir and has been pronounced by some critics to be the offspring of Eliot's later blank-verse style. It is a reflective poetry written with a masterly off-handedness.'

Journal: England's Old Young Men 
Subjects: Criticism
References: T.S. Eliot

265. Spender, Stephen. "Randall Jarrell's Landscape." Review of Losses, by Randall Jarrell. Nation 166, no. 18 (1 May 1948): 475-476.
Description: Spender disagrees with Jarrell's comments about Reed from March's Nation.

Journal: Randall Jarrell's Landscape 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Randall Jarrell, Orestes at Tauris

266. Elton, William. "Eliot-cum-BBC." Poetry 72, no. 3 (June 1948): 165-167.
Description: William Elton's short review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems, comparing Reed with T.S. Eliot.

Journal: Poetry, June 1948 
Subjects: Criticism
References: A Map of Verona, Unarmed Combat, Morning, The Return, The Forest, The Wall, Outside and In, Chrysothemis, Ishmael

267. Lehmann, John. "A Literary Letter from England." New York Times Book Review, 6 June 1948, 4.
Description: Lehmann feels there has been little development in British poetry since the war, despite 'a great diversity of new talent,' including Reed.

Newspaper: A Literary Letter from England 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Laurie Lee, Vernon Watkins, Norman Nicholson, Terence Tiller, Lawrence Durrell

268. Painter, George D. "New Novels." Listener 39, no. 1011 (10 June 1948): 946.
Description: Painter quotes Reed's essay on Greene from The Novel Since 1939.

Journal: New Novels 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Graham Greene, The Novel Since 1939

269. Lehmann, John. "Envie D'Ailleurs—English Brand." New York Times Book Review, 1 August 1948, 2.
Description: In this article on English writers seeking inspiration abroad, Reed is mentioned as 'just returned from Cyprus.'

Manuscript: Envie D'Ailleurs—English Brand 
Subjects: Biography

270. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 17 August 1948, 8.
Description: Reed's Third Programme reply to C.V. Wedgwood’s talk on de Madariaga's Hamlet, "Hamlet Once More," is scheduled this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Hamlet Once More

271. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Critic on the Hearth. Listener 40, no. 1022 (26 August 1948): 320.
Description: Armstrong feels Reed's August 17th radio review of de Madariaga's book On Hamlet 'tore it to smithereens.'

Journal: The Spoken Word 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Hamlet Once More, Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet

272. Reed, Henry. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1023 (2 September 1948): 350.
Description: de Madariaga writes in response to Martin Armstrong's August 26 review of Reed's radio talk, "Hamlet Once More."

Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet' 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet, Hamlet Once More

273. George, Daniel. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1025 (16 September 1948): 422.
Description: George brings up a previous "appreciatory" broadcast from July, by Ms. C.V. Wedgewood on de Madariaga's book.

Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet' 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet, C.V. Wedgewood

274. Reed, Henry. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1025 (16 September 1948): 422.
Description: Reed's reply to de Madariaga's letter of September 2nd, mentions his recent attendance of the Oxford Players' Hamlet.

Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet' 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet

275. Tynan, Ken Peacock. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1027 (30 September 1948): 491.
Description: Tynan, director of the Oxford University Players' First Quarto Hamlet, writes in to defend his production.

Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet' 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Kenneth Peacock Tynan, Hamlet

276. Deutsch, Babette. Review of A Map of Verona, by Henry Reed. Tomorrow 8, no. 2 (October 1948): 58-59.
Description: Although Deutsch feels that Lessons of the War have a 'restrained power,' and some of Reed's poems 'exhibit a melancholy loveliness,' the book as a whole is left wanting.

Journal: Tomorrow, Oct. 1948 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Outside and In, The Door and the Window

277. Reed, Henry. "Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet'." Letter to the editor. Listener 40, no. 1028 (7 October 1948): 530.
Description: Reed's final word in the exchange over his radio talk of August 17, with an "apology" to Kenneth Tynan.

Journal: Salvador de Madariaga's 'On Hamlet' 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Salvador de Madariaga, On Hamlet, Kenneth Peacock Tynan

278. Rosenthal, M.L. "Experience and Poetry." Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review (New York), 17 October 1948, 28.
Description: Rosenthal says Reed shares with Laurie Lee 'that unhappy vice of young intellectuals—a certain blandness of which the ever-simple irony is a symptom.'

Newspaper: Experience and Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Judging Distances, Sailor's Harbour

279. Rodman, Selden. "Albion's New Versifiers." Review of The New British Poets, edited by Kenneth Rexroth. New York Times Book Review, 19 December 1948, 4.
Description: Rodman wishes he could see more work by the likes of Henry Reed, Sidney Keyes, and Alun Lewis.

Newspaper: Albion's New Versifiers 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Kenneth Rexroth, The New British Poets, Keith Douglas, Adam Drinan, Roy Fuller, David Gascoyne, Louis Adeane, Vernon Watkins, Laurie Lee

280. Berlind, Bruce. "Partisan Review: Indication and Indictment." Hopkins Review 2, no. 2 (Spring 1949): 57-63 [59].
Description: Berlind calls Reed 'the one new poet of major promise.'

Journal: Partisan Review: Indication and Indictment 
Subjects: Criticism

281. Reed, Henry. The English Novel Since 1939. Berlin: Cornelsenverlag, 1949.
Description: German edition of Reed's critical pamphlet for the British Council.

Book: The English Novel Since 1939 
Subjects: Review
References: The Novel Since 1939

282. Reed, Henry. "What the Wireless Can Do for Literature." BBC Quarterly 3 (1948-1949): 217-222.
Description: Reed's radio manifesto, which contains 'that blunt, crude acknowledgment of the fact that some listeners are fools, and some are not, and that we cannot wait for the fools to catch up with their betters.'

Journal: What the Wireless Can Do for Literature 
Subjects: Review, Play, Radio
References: Louis MacNeice, V.S. Pritchett

283. Rexroth, Kenneth, ed. The New British Poets: An Anthology. Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1949. 179-180.
Description: Collects Reed's poems "Morning," and "The Door and the Window."

Anthology: The New British Poets 
Subjects: Poem, Biography
References: The Door and the Window, Morning

284. Rodman, Seldon, ed. 100 Modern Poems. New York: Pellegrin and Cudahy, 1949.

Anthology: 100 Modern Poems 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

285. Reed, Henry. "Proust's Way." Reviews of Marcel Proust: A Selection from His Miscellaneous Writings translated by Gerard Hopkins, and The Two Worlds of Marcel Proust by Harold March. Observer, 16 January 1949, 4.
Description: Reed says, 'Proust, like Shakespeare, should be read as early in life as possible, and should be read entire.'

Newspaper: Proust's Way 
Subjects: Review
References: Marcel Proust, Gerard Hopkins, Harold March

286. Hope-Wallace, Philip. "Boo to a Goosegirl?" Broadcast Drama. Listener 41, no. 1046 (10 February 1949): 243.
Description: Review of Leopardi's "Moralities," translated by Henry Reed.

Journal: Boo to a Goosegirl? 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Giacomo Leopardi, Brief Moralities, Rayner Heppenstall, Robert Eddison

287. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 12 February 1949, 8.
Description: Schedule for broadcast of Reed's biographical program on Giacomo Leopardi, "Brief Moralities," in two parts. Part of the Imaginary Conversations series.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio
References: Giacomo Leopardi, Brief Moralities

288. Advertisement for Marcel Proust: A Selection From His Miscellaneous Writings, translated by Gerard Hopkins. Spectator 182, no. 6295 (18 February 1949): 233.
Description: Ad quotes from Reed's January, 1949 Observer review of Hopkins's translations of Proust.

Journal: Advertisement for Marcel Proust 
Subjects: Review
References: Gerard Hopkins, Marcel Proust: A Selection From His Miscellaneous Writings

289. Page, James. "Radio Round Up." Our Time 8, no. 4 (April 1949): 107-108 [107].
Description: Thoughtful description of effects and transitions used in Reed's program on Leopardi, "Brief Moralities."

Journal: Radio Round Up 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Giacomo Leopardi, Brief Moralities

290. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 7 April 1949, 8.
Description: A radio talk by Reed, "Writers and Music," is scheduled for the Third Programme this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Writers and Music

291. Leopardi, Giacomo. "Chorus of the Dead." Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 41, no 1057 (28 April 1949): 710.
Description: Reed's translation of Giacomo Leopardi's "Coro di Morti" was broadcast on the BBC on February 6, 1949. The poem was published in The Listener, April 28, 1949.

Journal: Chorus of the Dead 
Subjects: Translation, Poem
References: Giacomo Leopardi, Chorus of the Dead

292. Anderson, W.R. "Round About Radio." Musical Times 90, no. 1275 (May 1949): 161-162 [161].
Description: Comments on the radio talk "Writers and Music," in which Reed discussed the musical influences of Holst, among others.

Journal: Round About Radio 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography, Radio
References: Writers and Music, Gustav Holst

293. Radio Times, "The Unblest," 6 May 1949, 13.
Description: Broadcast schedule and cast information for Reed's play on the Italian poet, Leopardi.

Newspaper: The Unblest 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi, Rayner Heppenstall, David King Wood, Carleton Hobbs, Gladys Young, Abraham Sofaer, Marjorie Westbury

294. Reed, Henry. "The Prisoner in the Palazzo." Radio Times, 6 May 1949, 7.
Description: An introduction to Reed's play 'in which he has dramatised the early life of the nineteenth-century Italian poet Leopardi.'

Newspaper: The Prisoner in the Palazzo 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi

295. Radio Times, "The Unblest," 27 May 1949, 17.
Description: Broadcast schedule for a repeat broadcast of Reed's radio play on the Italian poet, Leopardi.

Newspaper: The Unblest 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi, Rayner Heppenstall, David King Wood, Carleton Hobbs, Gladys Young, Marjorie Westbury

296. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 1 June 1949, 7.
Description: Reed's radio play about Giacomo Leopardi, The Unblest, premieres at 9:30 p.m. this evening, on the BBC's Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi

297. Reed, Henry. "Mum's the Word." Reviews of Hamlet and Œdipus by Ernest Jones, and Character and Motive in Shakespeare by J.I.M. Stewart. Listener 41, no. 1066 (30 June 1949): 1129.

Journal: Mum's the Word 
Subjects: Review
References: Ernest Jones, Hamlet and Oedipus, J.I.M. Stewart, Character and Motive in Shakespeare

298. Tiller, Terrence. "1904 and All That." Reviews of Poetry of the Present, edited by Geoffrey Grigson, and Contemporary Irish Poetry, edited by Robert Greacen and Valentin Iremonger. Tribune, 22 July 1949, 18-19 [19].
Description: Tiller is skeptical of Grigson's latest anthology, as it neglects to include Durrell, Reed, or himself.

Journal: 1904 and All That 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Lawrence Durrell

299. "Advertisement for Since 1939: 2." Listener 42, no. 1072 (11 August 1949): 243.
Description: Ad for the Phoenix House reprint of The Novel Since 1939.

Journal: Advertisement for Since 1939: 2 
Subjects: Biography
References: The Novel Since 1939, Robert Speaight, Stephen Spender, John Hayward

300. Pryce Jones, Alan. "Broadcasting and Literature." Listener 42, no. 1074 (25 August 1949): 317-319 [318].
Description: Pryce Jones says of the radio version of Moby Dick: '[I]t is absorbing to watch the skill with which Henry Reed has adapted Melville's dialogue, and tightened his plot into a more strictly dramatic form.'

Journal: Broadcasting and Literature 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
References: Louis MacNeice, The Voyage of Magellan, Edward Sackville-West, The Rescue, Moby Dick

301. Times (London), Advertisement for The Voice of a Stranger, by Emyr Humphreys, 27 September 1949, 7.
Description: A Reed radio talk is quoted for this book promotion: 'A real tragic feeling and vision permeate the book... clean, swift narrative power... art and skill.'

Newspaper: Advertisement for The Voice of a Stranger 
Subjects: Review
References: Emyr Humphreys, The Voice of a Stranger

302. "Shorter Notices." Review of Since 1939 (2). Spectator 183, no. 6328 (7 October 1949): 480.
Description: On the reissue of The Novel Since 1939: 'Mr. Reed is hardly tactful to write overtly as an "intellectual addressing other intellectuals," yet his essay is perhaps the most rewarding (for this very reason?).'

Journal: Shorter Notices 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Novel Since 1939

303. "Molten Treasure." Review of Loving, by Henry Green. Time, 10 October 1949, 104.
Description: Quotes Reed as critic.

Journal: Molten Treasure 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Henry Green, Loving

304. Reed, Henry. "James in the Stalls." Review of The Scenic Art, by Henry James. Listener 42, no. 1081 (13 October 1949): 645.
Description: Reed's review of James' The Scenic Art: Notes on Acting and the Drama, 1872-1901, edited by Allen Wade and Rupert Hart-Davis (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1948).

Review: James in the Stalls 
Subjects: Review
References: Henry James, The Scenic Art

305. "Reviews." Review of Poetry of the Present, edited by Geoffrey Grigson. Notes and Queries 194, no. 19 (17 September 1949): 418.
Description: The reviewer laments the lack of inclusion of several poets, Henry Reed not the least.

Journal: Reviews 
Subjects: Criticism

306. Reed, Henry. "Rilke Once More." Christmas Books. Reviews of Rilke: Man and Poet, and Rilke and Benvenuta. Listener 42, no. 1089 (8 December 1949): 1014-1015.
Description: Reed reviews two books for the Christmas season: Purtscher-Wydenbruck's Rilke: Man and Poet (London: Lehmann, 1949), and von Graedener-Hattingberg's Rilke and Benvenuta, translated by Cyrus Brooks (London: Heinemann, 1949).

Review: Rilke Once More 
Subjects: Review
References: Nora Wydenbruck, Rilke: Man and Poet, Magda von Hattingberg, Rilke and Benvenuta: A Book of Thanks

307. Allott, Kenneth, ed. The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse. Harmondsworth and Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1950.

Anthology: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse 
Subjects: Poem

308. Bogan, Louise. Works in the Humanities Published in Great Britain, 1939-1946: A Selective List. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1950. 78.
Description: Reed is placed among "new names of interest and importance" in poetry.

Book: Works in the Humanities Published in Great Britain 
Subjects: Criticism

309. Bridson, D.G. Introduction to The Christmas Child. London: Falcon, 1950. 10.
Description: From Bridson's Introduction: 'Archibald MacLeish, Louis MacNeice, Laurie Lee, Terence Tiller, Henry Reed and others, have taken to radio as to a new dramatic medium.'

Book: The Christmas Child 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography

310. Peschmann, Hermann. The Voice of Poetry (1930-1950): An Anthology. London: Evans Brothers, 1950. xviii, 150-151, 239, 249.
Description: Brief biographical sketch from Reed's own self-description, it would seem.

Anthology: The Voice of Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

311. Sergeant, Howard, ed. These Years: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. Leeds, England: Arnold, 1950.

Anthology: These Years 
Subjects: Poem

312. Reed, Henry. "The Changeling." Listener 43, no. 1095 (19 January 1950): 115.

Journal: The Changeling 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Changeling

313. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 28 February 1950, 7.
Description: Part 8 in series on the "English Novel" continues this evening, with Henry Reed on James Joyce.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio
References: James Joyce

314. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 7 March 1950, 9.
Description: Reed's radio play on Giacomo Leopardi's final years, The Monument, premieres this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Play
References: The Monument

315. Reed, Henry. "James Joyce: The Triple Exile." Listener 43, no. 1102 (9 March 1950): 437-439.
Description: Reed radio talk on the nature of Joyce's art, and his effect on the English novel.

Journal: James Joyce: The Triple Exile 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: James Joyce, Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake

316. Armstrong, Martin. "Moot Points." Listener 43, no. 1103 (16 March 1950): 492.
Description: Armstrong decides the conclusions of Reed's radio talk on Joyce, "The Triple Exile," are simply moot.

Journal: Moot Points 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: James Joyce, The Triple Exile

317. Hope-Wallace, Philip. "Laying a Ghost." Listener 43, no. 1103 (16 March 1950): 492.
Description: Dismisses Reed's Leopardi plays as "interesting and admirably done, as far as that kind of thing goes."

Journal: The Listener 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: Giocomo Leopardi, The Unblest, The Monument, Rayner Heppenstall

318. Reed, Henry. "L'Enfer, c'est Moi." Review of A Season in Hell, by Arthur Rimbaud. Translated by Norman Cameron. Listener 43, no. 1108 (20 April 1950): 703.
Description: Review of Norman Cameron's translation of Rimbaud's Une Saison en Enfer (London: John Lehmann, 1949).

Review: L'Enfer, c'est Moi 
Subjects: Review, Translation
References: Arthur Rimbaud, A Season in Hell, Norman Cameron

319. Henderson, Philip. "English Poetry Since 1946." British Book News 117 (May 1950), 295.
Description: Reed's A Map of Verona is mentioned in a survey of the previous five years of English poetry.

Journal: English Poetry Since 1946 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Iseult la Belle, Tristram, Philoctetes, Chrysothemis, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

320. Reed, Henry. "Movement of Bodies." Listener 43, no. 1106 (6 April 1950): 609.

Journal: Movement of Bodies 
Subjects: Poem
References: Movement of Bodies

321. Leopardi, Giacomo. "The Infinite." Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 43, no. 1113 (25 May 1950): 924.
Description: Reed's translation of Giacomo Leopardi's poem, "L'Infinito," was broadcast on BBC radio on January 12, 1975, and first appeared in print in the June 1, 1950 Listener.

Journal: The Infinite 
Subjects: Translation, Poem
References: Giacomo Leopardi, The Infinite

322. Leopardi, Giacomo. "To Himself." Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 43, no 1114 (1 June 1950): 957.
Description: Leopardi's poem "A se Stesso," translated by Reed.

Poem: To Himself 
Subjects: Translation
References: To Himself

323. Reed, Henry. "Imitation." Listener 43, no. 1116 (15 June 1950): 1016.
Description: Reed imitates both Arnauld and Leopardi.

Journal: Imitation 
Subjects: Poem
References: Imitation, Giacomo Leopardi, Antoine Arnauld

324. Times (London). "Broadcasting." 20 June 1950, 6.
Description: Schedule for Wynford Vaughan Thomas program, "A Day in Naples," which Reed assisted with the production.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Biography
References: Wynford Vaughan Thomas, A Day in Naples

325. Times (London), "Aldeburgh Festival," 24 June 1950, 2.
Description: At a concert tribute to Bach, poems by Auden, Eliot and Reed are recited.

Newspaper: Aldeburgh Festival 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Grizelda Harvey

326. J.O.C. "The Aldeburgh Festival." Musical Times 91, no. 1289 (July 1950): 280.
Description: Describes a concert of 'sacred music and poetry' at which Bach canatas were alternated with poems by Auden, Eliot, and Reed.

Journal: The Aldeburgh Festival 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

327. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 17 August 1950, 6.
Description: Reed's radio play Return to Naples premieres this evening at 9:15 p.m., on the BBC's Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Return to Naples

328. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 8 November 1950, 11.
Description: Reed's study of the Italian poet Leopardi is rebroadcast this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Monument

329. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Disobedience, Across the River and Into the Trees, Helena, Confessions of a Novice, and The Circle of the Minotaur. Listener 44, no. 1132 (9 November 1950): 515.
Description: Reed reviews new fiction, including Waugh's Helena (London: Chapman & Hall, 1950).

Review: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Disobedience, Alberto Moravia, Across the River and Into the Trees, Ernest Hemingway, Helena, Evelyn Waugh, Confession of a Novice, Guido Piovene, The Circle of the Minotaur, Stuart Hood

330. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of Dead Man Over All, Operation Heartbreak, Neapolitan Gold, and The Sunnier Side. Listener 44, no. 1134 (23 November 1950): 609.
Description: Reviews of newly-published novels.

Review: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Walter Allen, Dead Man Over All, Duff Copper, Operation Heartbreak, Giusepee Marotta, Neapolitan Gold, Charles Jackson, The Sunnier Side

331. Reed, Henry. "New Novels." Reviews of The Forests of the Night, The Wall, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, and A Woman of Means. Listener 44, no. 1137 (14 December 1950): 757.
Description: Reed reviews newly published novels.

Review: New Novels 
Subjects: Review
References: Jean-Louis Curtis, The Forests of the Night, John Hersey, The Wall, Tennessee Williams, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Peter Taylor, A Woman of Means

332. Reed, Henry. A By-Election in the Nineties. BBC radio broadcast, 1951.
Description: A lighthearted radio comedy, regarding a special election in a Hardyesque Dorchester.

Play: A By-Election in the Nineties 
Subjects: Play
References: A By-Election in the Nineties

333. Roberts, Michael, and Anne Ridler, eds. The Faber Book of Modern Verse, rev. ed. London: Faber and Faber, 1951.
Description: The supplement to the new edition adds the work of Kathleen Raine, W.R. Rodgers, F.T. Prince, Henry Reed, W.S. Graham, and others who have emerged during and since the Second World War.

Anthology: The Faber Book of Modern Verse 
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

334. Williams, Oscar, ed. A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950. New York: Scribner, 1951.

Anthology: A Little Treasury of British Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Wall, Judging Distances, Lives, Unarmed Combat

335. Times (London), "Arts and Entertainment," 1 January 1951, V.
Description: In this summary of radio from 1950, 'the programmes on the poet Leopardi were outstanding.'

Newspaper: Arts and Entertainment 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Unblest, The Monument

336. Reed, Henry. "New Novels and Stories." Reviews of A Rage to Live, The Lighted Cities, A Little Stone, and The Passionate North. Listener 45, no. 1140 (4 January 1951): 33.
Description: Reed reviews two new novels, and two collections of short stories.

Review: New Novels and Stories 
Subjects: Review
References: John O'Hara, A Rage to Live, Ernest Frost, The Lighted Cities, Paul Bowles, A Little Stone, William Sansom, The Passionate North

337. Radio Times. Billing for "The Book of My Childhood." 19 January 1951, 32.
Description: Scheduled on BBC Midland from 8:15-8:30, an autobiographical(?) programme from Henry Reed.

Journal: Billing for "The Book of My Childhood" 
Subjects: Radio, Biography

338. Salter, William. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 41, no. 1046 (24 March 1951): 342.
Description: A short review of Reed's radio play, A By-Election in the Nineties, originally broadcast on the BCC Third Programme on March 12, 1951. 'It wasn't rendered absurd enough, it wasn't funny enough, and the wit wasn't sharp or cruel enough for satire.'

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
References: A By-Election in the Nineties

339. Salter, Williams. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 41, no. 1048 (7 April 1951): 392.
Description: Salter finds Reed's Canterbury Cathedral: An Exploration in Sound to be 'the most exciting feature programme I have heard for many, many months.'

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Elisabeth Lutyens, Canterbury Cathedral

340. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 9 April 1951, 6.
Description: Reed's play on Giacomo Leopardi, The Unblest, is rerun this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Unblest

341. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 9 April 1951, 6.
Description: Reed's 'play about Leopardi,' The Unblest, is scheduled for this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi

342. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 14 April 1951, 8.
Description: Reed's radio play Return to Naples reruns this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Return to Naples

343. Reed, Henry. "Towards 'The Cocktail Party'." Listener 45, no. 1158 (10 May 1951): 763-764.
Description: The first of two radio talks by Reed on the problems presented by dramatic writing.

Journal: Towards 'The Cocktail Party' 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: T.S. Eliot, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, Henrik Ibsen

344. Reed, Henry. "Towards 'The Cocktail Party'— II." Listener 45, no. 1159 (17 May 1951): 803-804.
Description: The second of Reed's radio talks on the problems of dramatic writing.

Journal: Towards 'The Cocktail Party' — II 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: George Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare, Hamlet, T.S. Eliot

345. Shayon, Robert Lewis. "TV and Radio." Saturday Review of Literature, 19 May 1951, 28.
Description: Lutyen's compostition, Canterbury Cathedral, written by Reed, is heard on WNYC, courtesy of the BBC's "World Theatre" series.

Newspaper: TV and Radio 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Elisabeth Lutyens, Canterbury Catherdral

346. Palmer, Herbert. "English Poetry: 1938-1950—I." Fortnightly 1017 N.S. (September 1951): 624-628 [627].
Description: Reed is included in the roll of poets who 'made their first appearance, or chief appearance, after 1937....'

Journal: English Poetry: 1938-1950 
Subjects: Criticism

347. Schorer, Mark. "Native Boy in Patent Leather Shoes." Review of Mister Johnson, by Joyce Cary. New York Times, 7 October 1951, 1, 41 [1].
Description: This review of Mister Johnson quotes Reed's 1949 New Statesman article on Joyce Cary.

Newspaper: Native Boy in Patent Leather Shoes 
Subjects: Review
References: Joyce Cary, Mister Johnson

348. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 20 October 1951, 3.
Description: An excerpt of Hardy's Dynasts, adpated by Reed, is scheduled for BBC Home Service this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Poem, Radio
References: The Battle of Trafalgar, The Dynasts

349. Bliss, Arthur. The Enchantress: Scena for Contralto and Orchestra. Words by Henry Reed. London: Novello & Company, 1952.
Description: Reed's adaptation of a passage from the Second Idyll of Theocritus, set to music by Arthur Bliss.

Book: The Enchantress 
Subjects: Poem

350. Lehmann, John, ed. Pleasures of New Writing: An Anthology of Poems, Stories, and Other Prose Pieces from the Pages of New Writing. London: Lehamnn, 1952. 186.
Description: Collects one of Reed's Tintagel poems, "Iseult la Belle."

Anthology: Pleasures of New Writing 
Subjects: Poem
References: Iseult la Belle

351. "Reed, Henry." Who's Who, 1952. New York: Macmillan, 1952. 2387.
Description: Reed's first appearance in Who's Who.

Book: Reed, Henry 
Subjects: Biography
References: Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939

352. Williams, Oscar. Immortal Poems of the English Language: An Anthology. New York: Pocket Books, 1952. 604-605.

Anthology: Immortal Poems of the English Language 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

353. Radio Times, Billing for Malatesta, 22 February 1952, 27.
Description: Reed's translation of de Montherlant's play is scheduled for February 26, 1952.

Journal: Billing for Malatesta 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Henry de Montherlant, Howard Marion-Crawford, E.A. Harding

354. Trewin, J.C. "Collectors' Pieces." Listener 47, no. 1201 (6 March 1952): 399.
Description: Trewin calls Reed's translation of de Montherlant's Malatesta 'an elaborate, wordy invention, often strangled in its own verbiage.'

Journal: Collectors' Pieces 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Henri de Montherlant, Malatesta

355. Radio Times, "Marius Goring and Flora Robson in 'The Streets of Pompeii,'" 14 March 1952, 19, 31.
Description: Broadcast schedule and cast information for Reed's award-winning radio drama, The Streets of Pompeii.

Newspaper: Marius Goring and Flora Robson in "The Streets of Pompeii" 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Streets of Pompeii, Flora Robson, Marius Goring, Robert Rietty, Gwen Cherrell, Anthony Smith-Masters, Douglas Cleverdon

356. Reed, Henry. Radio Times (14 March 1952): 11.
Description: Introduction to The Streets of Pompeii.

Journal:  
Subjects: Play
References: The Streets of Pompeii

357. Trewin, J.C. "Return Journeys." Listener 47, no. 1203 (20 March 1952): 487.
Description: Trewin's review of the original broadcast of Reed's play, The Streets of Pompeii. '[A] real and terrifying journey.'

Journal: The Listener, Mar. 1952 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Streets of Pompeii

358. "London Concerts." Review of London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, 6 April 1952. Musical Times 93, no. 1311 (May 1952): 221-225 [224].
Description: The London Symphony Orchestra performed Reed's Bliss collaboration, The Enchantress.

Journal: London Concerts 
Subjects: Biography
References: Arthur Bliss, The Enchantress

359. Reed, Henry. "For Younger Readers." Review of Our Exploits at West Poley, by Thomas Hardy. Listener 48, no. 1232 (9 October 1952): 599-600.
Description: Reed believes this new edition will "scarcely" make Hardy's book a children's classic, but believes 'there is some small sort of eternal summer about it."

Journal: For Younger Readers 
Subjects: Review
References: Thomas Hardy, Our Exploits at West Poley

360. Radio Times, "The Great Desire I Had: Shakespeare and Italy," 24 October 1952, 19, 35.
Description: Broadcast schedule and cast information for Reed's fictional account of Shakespeare visiting Italy.

Newspaper: The Great Desire I Had: Shakespeare and Italy 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Great Desire I Had, Marius Goring, Flora Robson, John Phillips, Frank Duncan, Carleton Hobbs, Douglas Cleverdon

361. Reed, Henry. "Did Shakespeare Go to Italy?" Radio Times, 24 October 1952, 7.
Description: Reed 'explains how he has let his imagination play round the possibilities' of Shakespeare being inspired by a visit to Italy.

Newspaper: Did Shakespeare Go to Italy? 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Great Desire I Had, William Shakespeare, Vincenzo Gonzaga

362. Trewin, J.C. "Just Imagine It." Review of The Great Desire I Had by Henry Reed. Listener 48, no. 1235 (30 October 1952): 737.
Description: A warm, but critical, reception for Reed's Shakespeare-in-Italy play, The Great Desire I Had.

Journal: Just Imagine It 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: The Great Desire I Had

363. Jarrell, Randall. Poetry and the Age. New York: Vintage Books, 1953. 157.
Description: Jarrell looks 'in vain for a single poem by Robert Lowell, Henry Reed, Howard Baker, and many another' in Oscar Williams' A Little Treasury of Modern Poetry (1946).

Book: Poetry and the Age 
Subjects: Criticism

364. O'Donnell, Margaret J., comp. An Anthology of Contemporary Verse. London: Blackie & Son, 1953. 79-81.
Description: Collects Reed's poem, "Movement of Bodies."

Anthology: An Anthology of Contemporary Verse 
Subjects: Poem
References: Movement of Bodies

365. William Phillips, and Philip Rahv, eds. New Partisan Reader: 1945-1953 London: Andre Deutsch, 1953. 164-171.
Description: Collects Reed's poem, "The Door and the Window," published in the Partisan Review in 1947.

Anthology: New Partisan Reader: 1945-1953, The 
Subjects: Poem
References: Door and the Window

366. Pritchett, V.S. "W.W. Jacobs." Books in General. London: Chatto and Windus, 1953. 235-241 [237, 238].
Description: This study of Jacobs' stories and novels quotes from Reed's Introduction to Dialstone Lane (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947).

Chapter: W.W. Jacobs 
Subjects: Criticism
References: W.W. Jacobs, Dialstone Lane

367. Reed, Henry. "Aubade for Coronation Morning." In A Garland for the Queen, music by Arthur Bliss. London: Stainer and Bell, 1953.
Description: One of a group of modern madrigals set by Sir Arthur Bliss for the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Sound: Aubade for Coronation Morning 
Subjects: Poem
References: Aubade

368. Reed, Henry. A Very Great Man Indeed. In Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: An earnest young biographer collects material for his subject, a famous novelist, in this satirical radio comedy, which introduced Reed's most well-known character, Hilda Tablet, played by Mary O'Farrell. Broadcast in 1953.

Play: A Very Great Man Indeed 
Subjects: Play
References: A Very Great Man Indeed

369. Selwyn, Lucy, and Laurier Lister, comps. The Apollo Anthology. London: Murray, 1953. 144.
Description: Anthology collects "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: The Apollo Anthology 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

370. Union Européenne de Radiodiffusion. Répertoire D'oevres Radiophoniques. Collection Documents series, 1953. 89.
Description: Contains short summaries of European radio plays, including production details for Reed's 1949 play on the life of Giacomo Leopardi, The Unblest.

Journal: Répertoire D'oevres Radiophoniques 
Subjects: Play, Biography
References: The Unblest, Giacomo Leopardi

371. Steer, Barbara D.G. "Shakespeare and Italy." Notes and Queries 198, no. 1 (January 1953): 23.
Description: A theory on Shakespeare's Italian influences is provoked by an ad for Reed's radio play, The Great Desire I Had.

Journal: Shakespeare and Italy 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Shakespeare, The Great Desire I Had

372. Times (London), "Musicians and Poets," 26 January 1953, 2.
Description: The Arts Council announces the composers and poets commissioned for Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation, including Reed.

Newspaper: Musicians and Poets 
Subjects: Biography
References: Arthur Bliss, The Enchantress

373. New York Times. "M'Neice is Heard in Readings Here." 6 March 1953, 29.
Description: Louis MacNeice read from his work and others' (including Reed), at a reading hosted by the Poetry Center of the Lexington Avenue YMHA/YWHA.

Newspaper: M'Neice is Heard in Readings Here 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Louis MacNeice

374. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 30 March 1955, 3.
Description: Vincenzo, Reed's radio play on Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, is scheduled for broadcast tonight.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Vincenzo

375. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 25 April 1953, 8.
Description: Reed's play The Streets of Pompeii is set to replay this evening on the BBC's Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Streets of Pompeii, Marius Goring, Flora Robson

376. Reed, Henry. "Ruggeri." New Statesman and Nation 45, no. 1156 (2 May 1953): 515-516.
Description: Reflections on the performances of the great Italian actor, Ruggero Ruggeri.

Journal: Ruggeri 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Ruggero Ruggeri, Tutto per Bene

377. Times (London), "Coronation Eve Music." Review of "A Garland for the Queen," Festival Hall, London, 1 June 1953. 2 June 1953, 10.
Description: The reviewer of the choral piece commissioned for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II says that 'Bliss' "Aubade" catches with felicity the evocations of Henry Reed's poem.'

Newspaper: Coronation Eve Music 
Subjects: Criticism, Miscellaneous
References: Arthur Bliss, The Enchantress

378. Times (London), "The Harmonious Grumbler." Review of Ideas and Places, by Cyril Connolly, 6 June 1953, 7.
Description: Connolly's book reprints "The Cost of Letters," a 1946 Horizon questionnaire given to British authors, which includes Reed.

Newspaper: The Harmonious Grumbler 
Subjects: Biography
References: The Cost of Letters

379. Reed, Henry. "'If and Perhaps and But'." Listener 49, no. 1268 (18 June 1953): 1017-1018.
Description: Reed's radio essay on Eliot's critical prose, in the light of publication of the Selected Prose.

Journal: If and Perhaps and But 
Subjects: Review
References: T.S. Eliot, John Hayward, Selected Prose

380. Reed, Henry. "'Henry James, Jr....'." Review of Henry James: The Untried Years, 1843-1870, by Leon Edel. Listener 49, no. 1269 (25 June 1953): 1059-1060.
Description: Reed's review of Edel's Henry James: The Untried Years (London: Hart-Davis, 1953).

Journal: Henry James, Jr.... 
Subjects: Review
References: Henry James, Leon Edel, Henry James: The Untried Years

381. Jones, David. Letter to the editor. Listener 50, no 1270 (2 July 1953): 22.
Description: Jones' repsonse to Reed's essay "If and Perhaps and But" from June 18: 'Such a change [in poetry] would seem to require some kind of civilisational change.'

Journal: Letter to the editor 
Subjects: Criticism
References: If and Perhaps and But

382. Reed, Henry. "'If and Perhaps and But'." Letter to the editor. Listener 50, no. 1272 (16 July 1953): 105.
Description: Response to Jones' letter to the editor of July 2nd, regarding Reed's radio talk on Eliot.

Journal: If and Perhaps and But 
Subjects: Review
References: T.S. Eliot, David Jones

383. New York Times Book Review. "Herbert Read," Queries and Answers. 19 July 1953, 23.
Description: A reader's query looking for the Herbert Read poem which begins 'Today I am sixty-two, last year at this time I was, etc.'

Newspaper: Queries and Answers 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Chard Whitlow

384. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 4 August 1953, 11.
Description: Reed's play, Return to Naples premieres this evening on the BBC's Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Return to Naples

385. New York Times Book Review. "Herbert Read," Queries and Answers. 16 August 1953, 19.
Description: The poem a reader was seeking turns out to be Reed's "Chard Whitlow."

Newspaper: Queries and Answers 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Chard Whitlow

386. Radio Times, "Fun in Literary Bohemia," Both Sides of the Microphone, 4 September 1953, 6-7.
Description: A short introduction to the world in Reed's radio play, A Very Great Man Indeed.

Newspaper: Fun in Literary Bohemia 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Very Great Man Indeed

387. Radio Times, "Hugh Burden in 'A Very Great Man Indeed,' 4 September 1953, 19, 31.
Description: Broadcast schedule and cast information for the first play in Reed's Hilda Tablet cycle, A Very Great Man Indeed.

Newspaper: Hugh Burden in "A Very Great man Indeed" 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Douglas Cleverdon, Hugh Burden, Carleton Hobbs, Gwen Cherrell, Marjorie Westbury, Frank Duncan, Susan Richmond, Mary O'Farrell, Donald Swann

388. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 7 September 1953, 4.
Description: The premiere of Reed's radio play, A Very Great Man Indeed, is this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Very Great Man Indeed

389. Trewin, J.C. "Dead and Alive." Listener 50, no. 1281 (17 Sepetember 1953): 479-480.
Description: Trewin's review of the BBC Third Programme premiere of Reed's play, A Very Great Man Indeed.

Journal: Dead and Alive 
Subjects: Plays, Radio, Criticism
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Hilda Tablet

390. Salter, William. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 46, no. 1176 (19 September 1953): 315.
Description: Salter calls the debut of Reed's radio play, A Very Great Man Indeed, 'extremely good fun.'

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Criticism, Play
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Carleton Hobbs

391. Reed, Henry. "Cabaco's Song." Music & Letters 34, no. 4 (October 1953): 314.
Description: Originally part of Reed's Moby Dick: A Play for Radio from Herman Melville's Novel (Jonathan Cape, 1947).

Journal: Cabaco's Song 
Subjects: Poem
References: Cabaco's Song

392. Committee on Bibliography of the American Literature Group of the Modern Language Association. "Articles on American Literature Appearing in Current Periodicals." American Literature 25, no. 3 (November 1953): 409 (397-416).
Description: This bibliography lists Reed's essay on Eliot's critical prose from The Listener of June 18.

Journal: Articles on American Literature 
Subjects: Criticism
References: If and Perhaps and But

393. Salter, William. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 46, no. 1183 (7 November 1953): 561-562 [561].
Description: Reviewing the revamped programme, First Reading, Salter places Reed among 'the best writers for radio.'

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Criticism
References: V.S. Pritchett, Geoffrey Grigson, Louis MacNeice, Christopher Sykes

394. Salter, William. "Radio Notes." New Statesman and Nation 46, no. 1187 (5 December 1953): 716.
Description: Salter reviews Reed's radio adaptation of Pirandello's Tutto per bene, and finds that it 'remained obstinately at the level of a problem in the theory of knowledge.'

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Luigi Pirandello, All for the Best, Vivienne Chatterton, Peter Claughton, Norman Shelley, George Hayes

395. Hampson, John. "Gordon Herickx—An Appeal." Spectator 191, no. 6547 (18 December 1953): 726.
Description: An appeal for funds after the untimely death of Birmingham sculptor Gordon Herickx.

Journal: Gordon Herickx 
Subjects: Biography
References: Walter Allen, Dorothy Baker, John Lehmann, Louis MacNeice, Olivia Manning, E.R. Dodds, William Plomer

396. Lehmann, John. The Whispering Gallery: Autobiography I. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954. 263.
Description: Lehmann mentions Reed reviewing Auden for the University of Birmingham's magazine, The Mermaid.

Book: The Whispering Gallery 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: W.H. Auden

397. Potter, Stephen, comp. The Sense of Humour. New York: Henry Holt, 1954. 122-123, 146-149.
Description: Collects three Henry Reed poems: "Naming of Parts," "Judging Distances," and a parody of Thomas Hardy.

Anthology: The Sense of Humour 
Subjects: Poem, Parody
References: Stoutheart on the Southern Railway, Naming of Parts, Juding Distances

398. Reed, Henry. Emily Butter. Unpublished radio script. Broadcast on BBC Third Programme, 1955.
Description: A mostly-operatic performance by an almost entirely female cast, this 1954 play was conceived as a composition by Reed's Hilda Tablet character.

Play: Emily Butter 
Subjects: Play
References: Emily Butter

399. Reed, Henry. The Private Life of Hilda Tablet. In Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: "Full frontal nudity was heard on radio for the first time," as Reed described it, in this 1954 follow-up to A Very Great Man Indeed.

Play: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet 
Subjects: Play
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

400. Rombi, Paride. Perdu and His Father. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Hart-Davis, 1954.
Description: Reed translated Rombi's novel from the original Italian.

Book: Perdu and His Father 
Subjects: Translation
References: Perdu and His Father, Paride Rombi

401. Tillotson, Kathleen. Novels of the Eighteen-Forties. Oxford: Clarendon, 1954. 20.
Description: Briefly quotes from Reed's The Novel Since 1939.

Book: Novels of the Eighteen-Forties 
Subjects: Criticism, Review
References: The Novel Since 1939

402. Bevington, Helen. "Books." Review of Poetry and the Age, by Randall Jarrell. South Atloantic Quarterly 53, no. 1 (January 1954): 152.
Description: Points out that Jarrell's original attack on Williams' Little Treasury of Modern Poetry (for lacking Lowell and Reed) was based on the early, unrevised edition.

Journal: Books 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Randall Jarrell, Oscar Williams

403. "Review of Music." Review of A Garland for the Queen: Songs for Mixed Voices. Music and Letters 35, no. 1 (January 1954) 69-70.
Description: Review of the musical tribute to Queen Elizabeth for her coronation, which includes Bliss and Reed's The Enchantress.

Journal: Review of Music 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Arthur Bliss, The Enchantress

404. Times (London), "Births," 6 January 1954, 8.
Description: Michael Ramsbotham is listed as godparent for a Christening.

Newspaper: Births 
Subjects: Biography
References: Michael Ramsbotham

405. Reed, Henry. "A Map of Verona." Listener 51, no. 1298 (14 January 1954): 103, 105.
Description: Reed's "A Map of Verona" was chosen by J.R. Ackerley to be reprinted for The Listener's 25th anniversary issue.

Journal: A Map of Verona 
Subjects: Poem
References: A Map of Verona

406. Times (London), "New Fiction: Of Human Bondage." Review of Perdu and His Father, by Paride Rombi, translated by Henry Reed, 30 January 1954, 5.
Description: The critic for The Times believes Rombi is 'well served' by his translator.

Newspaper: New Fiction 
Subjects: Criticism, Translation
References: Paride Rombi, Perdu and His Father

407. Zolotow, Sam. "'Magic and Loss' Arrives Tonight." New York Times, 9 April 1954, 21.
Description: Mentions upcoming London production of Reed's adaptation of Betti's The Isle of Goats.

Newspaper: Magic and Loss Arrives Tonight 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

408. Frenaye, Frances. "Desperate Search." Review of Perdu, by Peride Rombi, translated by Henry Reed. New York Times Book Review, 2 May 1954, 4.
Description: Book review of Reed's translation of Rombi's Perdu.

Newspaper: Desperate Search 
Subjects: Criticism, Translation
References: Peride Rombi, Perdu and His Father

409. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 13 May 1954, 2.
Description: Reed is scheduled to appear on a program called "Literary Opinion," with J.D. Scott, David Daiches, and Graham Hough.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio
References: J.D. Scott, David Daiches, Graham Hough

410. Radio Times, "Mary O'Farrell and Hugh Burden in 'The Private Life of Hilda Tablet': A Parenthesis for Radio," 21 May 1954, 19, 31.
Description: Broadcast schedule and cast credits for the second play in Reed's Hilda Tablet series.

Newspaper: Mary O'Farrell and Hugh Burden in "The Private Life of Hilda Tablet" 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Douglas Cleverdon, Mary O'Farrell, Hugh Burden, Carleton Hobbs, Marjorie Westbury, Susan Richmond, Frank Duncan, Deryck Guyler, Donald Swann

411. Reed, Henry. "Mary O'Farrell and Hugh Burden in 'The Private Life of Hilda Tablet': A Parenthesis for Radio." Radio Times, 21 May 1954, 19.
Description: Reed contributes a brief introduction.

Newspaper: Mary O'Farrell and Hugh Burden in The Private Life of Hilda Tabler 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

412. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 24 May 1954, 4.
Description: The premiere of Reed's play The Private Life of Hilda Tablet: A Parenthesis for Radio is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. this evening, on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Mary O'Farrell, Hugh Burden

413. Condon, Richard A. "Reed's 'Naming of Parts.'" Explicator 12, no. 8 (June 1954): 54.
Description: Richard Condon's summary and critical analysis of Reed's poem, "Naming of Parts."

Journal: The Explicator 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

414. Trewin, J.C. "Alive and Dead." Listener 51, no. 1318 (3 June 1954): 983-984.
Description: Trewin's review of the original BBC broadcast of The Private Life of Hilda Tablet.

Book: The Listener 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

415. Zolotow, Sam. "British Firm Buys Satire by Wilson." New York Times 28 July 1954, 28.
Description: Describes plans for a local production of Betti's The Isle of Goats, as adapted by Reed.

Newspaper: British Firm Buys Satire by Wilson 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Angus Wilson, The Mulberry Bush

416. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 23 August 1954, 2.
Description: An encore of Reed's play The Private Life of Hilda Tablet is set for this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

417. Luciani, Vincent. "Bibliography of Italian Studies in America." Italica 31, no. 3 (September 1954): 179-186 [181].
Description: Cites Reed's 1954 translation of Rombi's Perdu.

Journal: Bibliography of Italian Studies in America 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Peride Rombi, Perdu and His Father

418. Times (London), "Ugo Betti Play Broadcast: The Avant Garde Theatre." Review of The Queen and the Rebels, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, BBC Third Programme, 17 October 1954. 19 October 1954, 10.
Description: Review of the premiere broadcast of Betti's play, La Regina e gli Insorti, adapted for radio by Reed.

Newspaper: Ugo Betti Play Broadcast 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

419. Radio Times, "Emily Butter: An Occasion Recalled," 12 November 1954, 11.
Description: Broadcast schedule and cast credits for the first performance of 'Hilda Tablet's opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.'

Newspaper: Emily Butter: An Occasion Recalled 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Emily Butter, Mary O'Farrell, Hugh Burden, Frank Duncan, Marjorie Westbury, Deryck Guyler, Douglas Cleverdon

420. Times (London), "Operatic Satire on Third Programme." Review of Emily Butter, by Henry Reed, BBC Third Programme, 14 November 1954. 15 November 1954, 11.
Description: A review of the premiere broadcast of Reed's all-female ensemble play, Emily Butter.

Newspaper: Operatic Satire on Third Programme 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: Emily Butter

421. Reed, Henry. "Discoveries About Hardy." Review of Thomas Hardy: A Bibliographical Study, by Richard L. Purdy. Listener 52, no. 1344 (2 December 1954): 975.
Description: Review of Purdy's Thomas Hardy: A Bibliographical Study (London: Oxford University Press, 1954).

Journal: Discoveries About Hardy 
Subjects: Review
References: Thomas Hardy, Richard L. Purdy, Thomas Hardy: A Bibliographical Study

422. "Publishers Anonymous." Christmas Diversions. New Statesman and Nation 48, no. 1242 (25 December 1954): 858-859 [859].
Description: Editors' spoof of advertisements for non-existent books by frequent contributors, including Henry Reed's Have with Thee to Corporation Street!, a parody of his unwritten memoirs of the 1930s.

Journal: Publishers Anonymous 
Subjects: Parody, Criticism
References: Have with Thee to Corporation Street!, Elizabeth Bowen, Evelyn Waugh, Angus Wilson, Edward Sackville-West, John Betjeman

423. Brinnin, John Malcolm. Dylan Thomas in America: An Intimate Journal. Boston: Little, Brown, 1955. 144.
Description: Brinnin relates the response to Dylan Thomas performing Reed's "Chard Whitlow" in an imitation of Eliot's voice, at a poetry reading in in New York.

Book: Dyaln Thomas in America 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

424. Jeffares, A. Norman, ed. Seven Centuries of Poetry: Chaucer to Dylan Thomas. New York: Longmans, Green, 1955.

Anthology: Seven Centuries of Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

425. Mielziner, Jo. Production file for Island of Goats by Ugo Betti, English version by Henry Reed. Jo Mielziner Papers, 1903-1976. Series IV: Productions, 1924-1976. Box 38, folder 8. 1955. Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for

Manuscript: Production File for Island of Goats 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

426. Reed, Henry. Contributor's File. BBC Written Archives Centre, London. Script Writer, 1C. 16 June 1955, 28 February 1956, 18 February 1958, 24 February 1958.

Manuscript: Contributor's File 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

427. Reed, Henry. Letter to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1955. The Cockerell Papers. British Library, Department of Manuscripts. GB ADD MS 0058 52745. London, England.

Manuscript: Letter to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell 
Subjects: Biography
References: Sydney Carlyle Cockerell

428. Union Européenne de Radiodiffusion. Répertoire D'oevres Radiophoniques. Collection Documents series, 1955. 53.
Description: Contains brief production details for Samy Fayad's 1954 radio play Don Giovanni Innamorato, which Reed would translate for the BBC as Don Juan in Love. In French.

Journal: Répertoire D'oevres Radiophoniques 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Don Juan in Love, Samy Fayad

429. Untermeyer, Louis, ed. "Henry Reed." Modern American and Modern British Poetry. Rev., shorter ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1955. 21, 679-682.
Description: Collects three of Reed's best-known poems.

Anthology: Modern American and Modern British Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts, Sailor's Harbour

430. Times (London), "Ugo Betti's 'L'Aivola Bruciata'," 14 January 1955, 10.
Description: The first English broadcast of Betti's play, The Burnt Flower-Bed, is scheduled for the the Third Programme on January 23rd.

Newspaper: Ugo Betti's L'Aivola Bruciata 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, The Queen and the Rebels

431. Times (London), "Weekend Broadcasting," 22 January 1955, 4.
Description: The premiere of Reed's radio adaptation of Betti's play The Burnt Flower-Bed is scheduled for tomorrow evening, January 23rd.

Newspaper: Weekend Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Andrew Cruickshank, Robert Harris, Esmé Percy, Gwen Cherrell, Mary O'Farrell

432. Times (London), "Posthumous Betti Play." Review of The Burnt Flower-Bed, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, BBC Third Programme, 23 January 1955. 24 January 1955, 3.
Description: The critic for The Times calls Betti 'one of the most interesting playwrights to have emerged from Europe since the war.'

Newspaper: Posthumous Betti Play 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Donald McWhinnie, Robert Harris, Andrew Cruickshank, Mary O'Farrell, Esmé Percy

433. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 28 January 1955, 2.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's play The Burnt Flower-Bed is scheduled this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed

434. Times (London), "Weekend Broadcasting," 5 February 1955, 4.
Description: Reed's translation of Puecher's The Battle of the Masks is scheduled for this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Weekend Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Virginio Puecher, The Battle of the Masks, Robert Eddison

435. Times (London), "Weekend Broadcasting," 19 February 1955, 4.
Description: The first broadcast of Reed's radio talk, "The Poetry of Thomas Hardy: A Study," is set for this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Weekend Broadcasting 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Thomas Hardy

436. Times (London), "Weekend Broadcasting," 19 February 1955, 4.
Description: Broadcast schedule for Reed's interview program, "Thomas Hardy: A Tribute from His Friends."

Newspaper: Weekend Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Review
References: Thomas Hardy

437. Times (London), "'The Queen and the Rebels'," 21 February 1955, 3.
Description: The first English production of Reed's translation of Betti's La Regina e gli Insorti, is set for the Midland Theatre Company, Coventry, on March 21st.

Newspaper: The Queen and the Rebels 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Irene Worth

438. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Listener 53, no. 1356 (24 February 1955): 355.
Description: Brief review of Reed's radio talk on the poetry of Thomas Hardy.

Journal: The Spoken Word 
Subjects: Radio, Criticism
References: Thomas Hardy, Mary O'Farrell, Michael Hordern, James McKechnie

439. Armstrong, Martin. "The Spoken Word." Listener 53, no 1357 (3 March 1955): 399.
Description: A short review of Reed's radio tribute to Thomas Hardy.

Journal: The Spoken Word 
Subjects: Radio, Criticism
References: Thomas Hardy, Cynthia Asquith, Walter de la Mare, St. John Ervine, Robert Graves, Middleton Murry, Leonard Woolf

440. Sitwell, Edith. Letter to Sacheverell Sitwell, 4 March 1955. In Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell, edited by Richard Greene. London, Virago Press, 1997. 359.
Description: Sitwell describes a poetry reading at Harvard where Dylan Thomas read Reed's poem "Chard Whitlow," and imitated T.S. Eliot's voice.

Chapter: Letter to Sacheverell Sitwell (186049255X)
Subjects: Biography
References: Edith Sitwell, Chard Whitlow, Dylan Thomas, T.S. Eliot

441. Times (London), "Mr. Reed's New Play for Broadcasting," 24 March 1955, 5.
Description: An announcement of the BBC's special commission of Reed's radio play, Vincenzo.

Newspaper: Mr. Reed's New Play for Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Vincenzo, Denis Stevens, Margaretta Scott, Rachel Gurney, Mary O'Farrell, Barbara Couper, Marjorie Westbury, Gladys Young

442. Times (London), "A New Tragi-Comedy: Mr. Henry Reed's 'Vincenzo'." Review of Vincenzo, by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 30 March 1955. 31 March 1955, 10.
Description: The Times' critic calls Reed's radio play Vincenzo 'splendidly acted,' and the 'happiest association of playwright and players.'

Newspaper: A New Tragi-Comedy 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: Vincenzo, Barbara Couper, Rachel Gurney, Gwen Cherrell, Hugh Burden, Margaretta Scott

443. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 22 April 1955, 8.
Description: Reed's prizewinning radio play, The Streets of Pompeii, is scheduled for rebroadcast on the Third Programme late this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Streets of Pompeii, Flora Robson, Marius Goring

444. Untermeyer, Louis. "Poetry: The Muse Still Lures a Lively and Diverse Band." Saturday Review, 7 May 1955, 23-25, 64 [24, 25].
Description: Untermeyer says Reed's poetry "makes the routine event seem remarkable and gives old legends contemporary significance."

Journal: Poetry: The Muse Still Lures a Lively and Diverse Band 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

445. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 13 May 1955, 7.
Description: Broadcast listing for "Thomas Hardy and His Friends," a repeat of Reed's program from February.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Review
References: Thomas Hardy

446. Trewin, J.C., "Old Master." Listener 53, no. 1368 (19 May 1955), 905-906.
Description: Trewin's review of Henry Reed's radio drama, Vincenzo.

Journal: Old Master 
Subjects: Radio, Plays, Criticism
References: Vincenzo

447. Times (London), "To-morrow," 4 June 1955, 3.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's play Summertime broadcasts this evening as Holiday Land.

Newspaper: To-morrow 
Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Holiday Land

448. Howarth, Howard. "B.B.C. Recordings." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 27 June 1955, 9.
Description: A University of Michigan professor laments that transcriptions of BBC programs (like Reed's talk on T.S. Eliot) are not available for classroom study.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Recordings 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: T.S. Eliot

449. Zolotow, Sam. "'The Isle of Goats' Booked at Fulton." New York Times, 1 August 1955, 15.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's The Isle of Goats is due to start in September, 1955 at the Fulton Theatre, starring Laurence Harvey.

Newspaper: The Isle of Goats Booked at Fulton 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Laurence Harvey

450. Times (London), "Posthumous Betti Play," 8 August 1955, 10.
Description: Only seven months after being first heard on the BBC, Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed is to be produced on the stage at the Arts Theatre, London, August 30th.

Newspaper: Posthumous Betti Play 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Campbell Williams

451. Zolotow, Sam. "Graham Greene Completes Play." New York Times, 8 August 1955, 25.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's Goat Island is delayed until October, 1955.

Newspaper: Graham Greene Completes Play 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Laurence Harvey

452. Zolotow, Sam. "Two Plays Listed to Bow in October." New York Times, 15 August 1955, 19.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Goat Island is scheduled for the Fulton Theatre on October 4.

Newspaper: Two Plays Listed to Bow in October 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Crime on Goat Island

453. Gelb, Arthur. "News and Gossip of the Rialto." New York Times, 21 August 1955, 97.
Description: Goat Island, Betti's play translated by Reed, to open on October 4, 1955.

Newspaper: News and Gossip of the Rialto 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

454. Times (London), "'Clérambard' for the West End: A Tip for an Amateur Theatre," 22 August 1955, 10.
Description: The Arts Theatre production of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed is rescheduled to open on September 7th.

Newspaper: Clérambard for the West End 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Yvonne Mitchell, Alexander Knox

455. Calta, Louis. "Uta Hagen Signs for Betti Drama." New York Times, 25 August 1955, 17.
Description: Announces actress Uta Hagen to costar in Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.

Newspaper: Uta Hagen Signs for Betti Drama 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey

456. Times (London), "Ugo Betti: London to See One of His Comedies," 29 August 1955, 10.
Description: A long quote from Reed for this article on upcoming Betti plays in London: 'The humour of the Italians is very like our own, but there is this difference in their comic drama: they like the fun to go, if possible, the whole time.'

Newspaper: Ugo Betti: London to See One of His Comedies 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Summertime, The Burnt Flower-Bed, The Queen and the Rebels

457. Times (London), "'Julius Caesar' at the Old Vic," 5 September 1955, 3.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's L'aiuola Bruciata opens September 9th, at the Arts Theatre, London.

Newspaper: Julius Caesar at the Old Vic 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed

458. Times (London), "Arts Theatre: 'The Burnt Flower-Bed." Review of The Burnt Flower-Bed, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, Arts Theatre, London, 9 September 1955. 10 September 1955, 8.
Description: The critic for The Times proclaims 'Reed's translation has two advantages: it suggests fidelity to the original and is itself English prose that can be listened to with pleasure.'

Newspaper: Arts Theatre: The Burnt Flower-Bed 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Yvonne Mitchell, Dudy Nimmo, Alexander Knox, Leo McKern

459. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 15 September 1955, 6.
Description: Reed's radio talk, "The Poetry of Thomas Hardy," repeats this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Thomas Hardy

460. New York Times. Photograph of Ruth Ford. 23 September 1955, 20.
Description: Ruth Ford to replace Betty Field in production of Betti's Island of Goats.

Newspaper: Photograph of Ruth Ford 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Ruth Ford

461. Times (London), "Ugo Betti Play for the Haymarket," 23 September 1955, 5.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's play The Queen and the Rebels is scheduled to open on October 26th, with Irene Worth in the leading role.

Newspaper: Ugo Betti Play for the Haymarket 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Henry Sherek, Frank Hauser, Irene Worth, Audrey Cruddas

462. New York Times, Advertisement for Island of Goats, 25 September 1955, X4.
Description: Ad for Reed's version of Betti's Island of Goats at the Fulton Theatre, starring Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, and Ruth Ford.

Newspaper: Advertisement for Island of Goats 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Laurence Harvey, Uta Hagen, Ruth Ford

463. New York Times. Advertisement for Island of Goats. 27 September 1955, 42.
Description: Ad for Reed's version of Betti's Island of Goats at the Fulton Theatre, starring Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, and Ruth Ford.

Newspaper: Advertisement for Island of Goats 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford

464. New York Times. Advertisement for Island of Goats. 29 September 1955, 37.
Description: An ad for a production of Betti's Island of Goats.

Newspaper: Advertisement for Island of Goats 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

465. Times (London), "New York Stage: Season's Bright Prospects," 30 September 1955, 3.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's Island of Goats is among the translations to be produced in New York this season.

Newspaper: New York Stage 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

466. Kalb, Bernard. "Pre-war Troy and Wartime Amsterdam Provide Settings for Two Drama This Week." New York Times, 2 October 1955, X1.
Description: Includes an announcement for the opening of Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.

Newspaper: Pre-war Troy and Wartime Amsterdam 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford

467. New York Times. Advertisement for Island of Goats. 2 October 1955, X4.
Description: Ad for Reed's version of Betti's Island of Goats at the Fulton Theatre, starring Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, and Ruth Ford.

Newspaper: Advertisement for Island of Goats 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford

468. Calta, Louis. "'Island of Goats' Arrives Tonight." New York Times, 4 October 1955, 38.
Description: Announcement of the Fulton Theatre premiere for Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.

Newspaper: "Island of Goats" Arrives Tonight 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford

469. Atkinson, Brooks. "Theatre: Man Mumbling From a Well." Review of Island of Goats, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. New York, Fulton Theatre, 4 October 1955. New York Times, 5 October 1955, 40.
Description: Review of opening night for Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats at the Fulton Theatre.

Newspaper: Theatre: Man Mumbling From a Well 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Ruth Ford, Tani Seitz

470. Zolotow, Sam. "'Macbeth' in Duel for Display Here." New York Times, 7 October 1955, 21.
Description: Describes the closing of Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats after only seven performances.

Newspaper: Macbeth in Duel for Display Here 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford

471. Coffin, Rachel W., ed. "Island of Goats." New York Theatre Critics' Reviews 16, no. 17 (10 October 1955): 260-263.
Description: Reproduces theatre reviews from The New York World Telegram and The Sun, The New York Daily News, The New York Journal-American, The New York Post, The New York Herald Tribune, The New York Times, and The New York Daily Mirror.

Journal: Island of Goats 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

472. King's Theatre, Glasgow. Programme for Summertime, by Ugo Betti. Translated by Henry Reed. University of Glasgow Special Collections. GB 247 STA Ff 10/11b. Glasgow, Scotland.

Manuscript: Programme for Summertime 
Subjects: Link, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Summertime

473. Gibbs, Wolcott. "Amsterdam and Troy." New Yorker 31 (15 October 1955): 77-78.
Description: Review of the Broadway production of Island of Goats by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed.

Journal: Amsterdam and Troy 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Crime on Goat Island, Ugo Betti

474. Weinberg, Herman G. "Big Question." Letter to the drama editor. New York Times, 16 October 1955, X3.
Description: Letter to the Times' drama editor laments the closing of Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.

Newspaper: Big Question 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Peter Glenville, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey, Ruth Ford

475. Times (London), "Miss Irene Worth in Betti Play," 24 October 1955, 3.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's La Regina e gli Insorti is scheduled to open at London's Haymarket Theatre on October 26th.

Newspaper: Miss Irene Worth in Betti Play 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Irene Worth, Leo McKErn, Duncan Lamont

476. Times (London), "Haymarket Theatre: 'The Queen and the Rebels'." Review of The Queen and the Rebels, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, Haymarket Theatre, London, 26 October 1955. 27 October 1955, 3.
Description: Opening night review of Reed's adaptation of Betti's play, La Regina e gli Insorti.

Newspaper: Haymarket Theatre: The Queen and the Rebels 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Irene Worth, Leo McKern, Duncan Lamont

477. Times (London), "Betti's 'Summertime'," 1 November 1955, 3.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Il Paese delle Vacanze is scheduled to open at the Apollo Theatre, London, on November 9th.

Newspaper: Betti's Summertime 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Summertime, Dirk Bogarde, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Geraldine McEwan, Michael Gwynne

478. Times (London), "Apollo Theatre: 'Summertime'." Review of Summertime, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, Apollo Theatre, London, 9 November 1955. 10 November 1955, 14.
Description: Review of opening night for Reed's translation of Betti's Il Paese delle Vacanze.

Newspaper: Apollo Theatre: Summertime 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Summertime, Geraldine McEwan, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Dirk Bogarde, Michael Gwynn, Mark Dignam

479. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 26 November 1955, 4.
Description: Reed's radio play about Shakespeare in Italy, The Great Desire I Had, repeats this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Great Desire I Had

480. "Island of Goats." Theatre Arts 39, no. 12 (December 1955): 23.
Description: Summary and criticism for the Fulton Theatre production of Reed's translation of Ugo Betti's play, Delitto all'Isola delle Capre.

Journal: Island of Goats 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Henry Sharp, Ruth Ford, Laurence Harvey, Uta Hagen, Tani Seitz

481. Reed, Henry. "Fine Tenor Bell." Review of Thomas Hardy's Notebooks, edited by Evelyn Hardy. Listener 64, no. 1396 (1 December 1955): 955.
Description: Review of Hardy's Notebooks, and Some Letters from Julia Augusta Martin, edited by Evelyn Hardy. (London: Hogarth Press, 1955).

Journal: Fine Tenor Bell 
Subjects: Review
References: Thomas Hardy, Evelyn Hardy, Thomas Hardy's Notebooks, and Some Letters from Julia Martin

482. Betti, Ugo. Three Plays. Translated and with a foreword by Henry Reed. London: Gollancz, 1956.
Description: Reed's translations of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, and Summertime.

Book: Three Plays 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime

483. Fraser, G.S., ed. Poetry Now. London: Faber and Faber, 1956.

Anthology: Poetry Now 
Subjects: Poem

484. Magalaner, Marvin, and Richard M. Kain. Joyce: The Man, The Work, the Reputation. New York: New York University Press, 1956. 349n.
Description: Reference's Reed's 1950 Listener article on Joyce.

Book: Joyce: The Man, The Work, the Reputation 
Subjects: Criticism, Review
References: James Joyce: The Triple Exile

485. Perrine, Laurence. Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1956. 37-39.
Description: Reprints Reed's "Naming of Parts," and provides sample questions for discussion in the classroom.

Book: Sound and Sense 
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

486. Reed, Henry. Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti. London: Gollancz, 1956.

Book: Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Review
References: Henry Reed, Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti, Ugo Betti

487. Reed, Henry. A Hedge, Backwards. In Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: Another in the Hilda Tablet sequence, the biographer is confounded by relatives of his subject, including a brother-in-law, General Gland, played by Derek Guyler. Broadcast in 1956.

Play: A Hedge, Backwards 
Subjects: Play
References: A Hedge, Backwards

488. Stephens, Frances. Theatre World Annual, No. 7: 1st June 1955-31st May 1956. New York: Macmillan, 1956. 26, 27, 72-75, 79-80.
Description: Reviews and pictorials for 1955 performances of Reed's translations of Betti's plays, The Queen and the Rebels, and Summertime.

Book: Theatre World Annual, No. 7 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Summertime, Leo McKern, Duncan Lamont, Irene Worth, Alan Tilvern, Geraldine McEwan, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Dirk Bogarde

489. Radio Times, "Hugh Burden and Carleton Hobbs in 'A Hedge, Backwards': A Discovery for Radio," 24 February 1956.
Description: Broadcast schedule and cast description for Reed's radio play, "A Hedge, Backwards."

Newspaper: Hugh Burden and Carleton Hobbs in "A Hedge, Backwards" 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Hedge, Backwards, Douglas Cleverdon, Gwen Cherrell, Dorothy Primrose, Denis Quilloy, Wilfrid Downing, Marjorie Westbury, Mary O'Farrell, Allan McClelland, Donald Swann

490. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 25 February 1956, 4.
Description: Reed's radio play, A Very Great Man Indeed, is scheduled for rebroadcast this evening.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Hugh Burden

491. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 29 February 1956, 4.
Description: A Hedge, Backwards, "a discovery for radio by Henry Reed," premieres this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Hedge, Backwards

492. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 2 March 1956, 5.
Description: Reed's radio play, A Hedge, Backwards, is scheduled to repeat this evening.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Hedge, Backwards

493. Goddard, Scott. "Radio Notes." Musical Times.
Description: Mentions broadcasts of Emily Butter and A Hedge, Backwards.

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Play
References: Emily Butter, A Hedge, Backwards

494. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 10 August 1956, 2.
Description: Reed's radio play, A Hedge, Backwards, is scheduled for rebroadcast this evening.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Hedge, Backwards

495. Sykes, Christopher. "Achievement of the Third Programme." Times (London), 22 August 1956, viii.
Description: With the exceptions of Reed and Dorothy Baker, the hope for a new school of writers for the BBC remains unfulfilled.

Newspaper: Achievement of the Third Programme 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Dorothy Baker

496. Thomas, Dylan. "I Am Going to Read Aloud: Introduction to a Reading at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, July 3, 1952." The London Magazine 3, no. 9 (September 1956): 13-17.
Description: Thomas' introduction to a reading of British poetry which included Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Journal: I Am Going to Read Aloud 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

497. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 26 September 1956, 6.
Description: Reed's play, The Streets of Pompeii is scheduled for repeat broadcast this evening.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Streets of Pompeii

498. Stevens, Denis. "Radio Notes." Musical Times 97, no. 1364 (October 1956): 526-528 [527].
Description: Calls A Hedge, Backwards a 'witty excursion.'

Journal: Radio Notes 
Subjects: Play
References: A Hedge, Backwards

499. Times (London), Advertisment for From the Third Programme: A Ten-Years' Anthology, 4 October 1956, 13.
Description: A newspaper ad for an anthology of pieces written for the radio, chosen by John Morris, the Controller of the Third Programme at the time.

Newspaper: Advertisment for From the Third Programme 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: John Morris, From the Third Programme

500. Times (London), "'Crime on Goat Island': Ugo Betti's Play Broadcast." Review of Crime on Goat Island, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 7 October 1956. Times (London), 8 October 1956, 3.
Description: The reviewer of Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island feels the play was marred by 'violently unpredictable changes of mood.'

Newspaper: Crime on Goat Island 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Norman Wynne, Mary Wimbush, Trader Faulkner, Dudy Nimmo

501. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 5 November 1956, 5.
Description: Reed's translation of Fayad's play Don Juan in Love is scheduled to be broadcast this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Samy Fayad, Don Juan in Love

502. Spender, Stephen. "Hungary." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 16 November 1956, 11.
Description: A number of British authors announce their application for visas, following a request from Hungarian writers for aid for refugees.

Newspaper: Hungary 
Subjects: Biography
References: Stephen Spender, Kingsley Amis, Stephen Potter, Christopher Fry, Walter Allen, Geoffrey Grigson, Laurie Lee, Angus Wilson

503. Zolotow, Sam. "Gregory Slates Musical Comedy." New York Times, 23 November 1956, 37.
Description: Developments for a production of Reed's translation of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels mentions Joan Fontaine considering the lead role, and Alfred Hitchcock owning the film rights.

Newspaper: Gregory Slates Musical Comedy 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Joan Fontaine, Irene Worth, Alfred Hitchcock

504. Zolotow, Sam. "Melvyn Douglas Weighs Play Bid." New York Times, 28 November 1956, 39.
Description: Update on a possible New York production for Reed's translation of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels has Nancy Kelly considering the script.

Newspaper: Melvyn Douglas Weighs Play Bid 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Nancy Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock

505. Morris, John. "Britain's Case for Egghead Radio." New York Times, 9 December 1956, 19-20, 22 [22].
Description: In discussing the BBC's Third Programme, Reed is called 'perhaps the most accomplished writer of sophisticated satire now working in radio.'

Newspaper: Britain's Case for Egghead Radio 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Play

506. Betti, Ugo. The Burnt Flower-Bed: A Play in Three Acts. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1957.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Ainola Bruciata.

Play: The Burnt Flower-Bed 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed

507. Betti, Ugo. The Queen and the Rebels: A Play in Two Acts. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1957.
Description: Reed's translation from the original Italian.

Play: The Queen and the Rebels (0573013632)
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

508. Betti, Ugo. Summertime: An Idyll in Three Acts. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1957.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Il Paese delle Vacanze.

Play: Summertime 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Summertime

509. Hoover, Benjamin, and Donald S. Taylor. Story, Poem, Essay: A University Reader. New York: Henry Holt, 1957. 381, 605.
Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: Story, Poem, Essay 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

510. Zolotow, Sam. "Two Plays to End Run on Saturday." New York Times, 6 February 1957, 21.
Description: Update on a production of Reed's translation of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels mentions the authors being represented by the literary agent Ninon Tallon (later Karlweiss).

Newspaper: Two Plays to End Run on Saturday 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Kermit Bloomgarden, Ninon Tallon, Alfred Hitchcock

511. Whittemore, Reed. "The 'Modern Idiom' of Poetry, and All That." Yale Review 46, no. 3 (Spring 1957): 357-371 [371].
Description: "Naming of Parts" is set as an example of the answer to modern poetry.

Journal: The 'Modern Idiom' of Poetry, and All That 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

512. Times (London), "The Other Theatre in Edinburgh," 16 August 1957, 3.
Description: The Oxford Theatre Group returns to Edinburgh with Reed's translation of Betti's Corruption in the Palace of Justice, from August 21st through September 7th.

Newspaper: The Other Theatre in Edinburgh 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

513. Times (London), "New Betti Play at Edinburgh: An Undergraduate Production." The Arts. Review of Corruption in the Palace of Justice, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Gullan's Close, Edinburgh, 21 August 1957. Times (Londo

Newspaper: New Betti Play at Edinburgh 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

514. States, Jr., Bert O. "Addendum: The Stage History of Shelley's The Cenci." PMLA 72, no. 4 (September 1957): 633-644 [635].
Description: Quotes from Reed's 1947 Listener review of a BBC staging of Shelley's The Cenci.

Journal: Addendum: The Stage History of Shelley's The Cenci 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cenci

515. Times (London), "Third Programme Plays," 3 October 1957, 7.
Description: Irene, Reed's translation of Betti's play, Irene Innocente, is scheduled for broadcast twice this week.

Newspaper: Third Programme Plays 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, Irene

516. Rexroth, Kenneth. "Two Voices Against the Chorus." Reviews of True and False Unicorn, by James Broughton, and Meditations in an Emergency, by Frank O'Hara. New York Times Book Review, 6 October 1957, 297.
Description: Rexroth describes O'Hara's poetry as resembling "that poem of the English poet Henry Reed, 'Today We Have Naming of Parts'" [sic].

Newspaper: Two Voices Against the Chorus 
Subjects: Criticism
References: James Broughton, True and False Unicorn, Frank O'Hara, Meditations in an Emergency

517. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 19 October 1957, 4.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Irene Innocente is scheduled to premiere tomorrow night, Saturday, October 20th.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, Irene

518. Times (London), "An Allegory by Ugo Betti: Irene Broadcast." Review of Irene, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 20 October 1957. Times (London), 22 October 1957, 3.
Description: The reviewer of this adaptation of Betti's Irene Innocente believes that 'Mr. Donald McWhinnie's production did not counteract the bleak effect of some lines of Mr. Reed's.'

Newspaper: An Allegory by Ugo Betti 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, Irene, Donal Donnelly, Joan Plowright, Donald McWhinnie

519. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 22 October 1957, 4.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's play, Irene Innocente, is scheduled to be repeated this evening.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Irene

520. Walker, Roy. "Betti and the Beast." Listener 58, no. 1492 (31 October 1957): 713-714.
Description: Review of Henry Reed's translation of Ugo Betti's Irene, broadcast on the Third Programme on October 20, 1957.

Journal: Betti and the Beast 
Subjects: Plays, Radio, Translations, Criticism
References: Ugo Betti, Irene

521. Times (London), "Spate of New Plays," 18 November 1957, 3.
Description: The Oxford Playhouse is scheduled to produce Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island on December 3rd.

Newspaper: Spate of New Plays 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

522. Times (London), "Crime on Goat Island: Ugo Betti Play at Oxford." Review of Crime on Goat Island, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, 2 December 1957. Times (London), 3 December 1957, 3.
Description: The reviewer feels that "Betti and his translator Mr. Henry Reed... subtract from the interest of the character instead of adding to it."

Newspaper: Crime on Goat Island 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Keith Mitchell, Catherine Lacey, Patricia Kneale, Jeanette Sterke

523. Aldington, Richard, ed. The Viking Book of Poetry of the English Speaking World. New York: Viking, 1958.

Anthology: The Viking Book of Poetry of the English Speaking World 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

524. Balcon, Jill, and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley. The Jupiter Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry. 3 discs; 33⅓ rpm; mono; 12 in. London: Jupiter Records, 1958.

Sound: The Jupiter Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

525. Betti, Ugo. Three Plays. Translated and with a foreword by Henry Reed. New York: Grove Press, 1958.

Book: Three Plays 
Subjects: Translation
References: The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime

526. Cecil, David, and Allen Tate, eds. Modern Verse in English, 1900-1950. New York: Macmillan Company, 1958. 578-582, 638-639.

Anthology: Modern Verse in English, 1900-1950 
Subjects: Poem, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Chrysothemis, Morning

527. Lortel, Lucille. 8 photographs for Irene Innocente by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Lucille Lortel Papers, 1902-2000. Sub-series 2: White Barn Theatre, 1947-1998. Box 99, folder 6. July 12-13, 1958. Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York

Manuscript: Photographs for Irene Innocente 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Irene Innocente, John Conrad, Adelaide Klein, David Kurzon, Gerald Price, Delmar Roos

528. "Notes and News." Tempo, new series, 48 (Summer 1958): 1-3 [3].
Description: Coinage of the term "composeress" is attributed to Reed.

Journal: Notes and News 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Ethel Smyth

529. Pettit, Henry, and Angus MacDonald, eds. Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature. Vol. 30. London: Cambridge University Press, 1958. 638, 654.
Description: Indexes Reed's articles for The Listener: "Towards 'The Cocktail Party'," and "James Joyce: The Triple Exile."

Book: Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: T.S. Eliot, James Joyce

530. Pettit, Henry, and Angus MacDonald, eds. Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature, 1946. Vol. 26. London: Cambridge University Press, 1958. 100, 106.
Description: Indexes Reed's poem in Orion, "King Mark," and The Novel Since 1939.

Book: Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: King Mark, The Novel Since 1939

531. Reed, Henry. Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti. New York: Grove Press, 1958. 5-8.
Description: Reed's 'brief non-critical account of Betti's progress through his quarter-century of playwriting,' with some biographical details of the Italian poet and author.

Book: Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti 
Subjects: Translation, Play, Review
References: Henry Reed, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime, Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Foreword to Three Plays by Ugo Betti

532. Reed, Henry. The Primal Scene, As It Were. In Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: Hilda Tablet and her entourage embark on a Mediterranean voyage in this psychoanalytical farce from 1958.

Play: The Primal Scene, As It Were 
Subjects: Play
References: Primal Scene, As It Were

533. Scott, J.A. Review of Three Plays by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Italian Quarterly 2, no. 1, (Spring 1958): 72-74.
Description: Scott's review is positive, though he takes some issue with Reed's translation of a few Italian idioms.

Journal: Italian Quarterly 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Three Plays

534. Williams, Oscar, ed. A Pocket Book of Modern Verse. Rev. ed. New York: Washington Square Press, 1958. 538-539.
Description: Collects the second of Reed's Lessons of the War, "Judging Distances."

Anthology: A Pocket Book of Modern Verse 
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

535. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 24 January 1958, 5.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's play, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, is scheduled to premiere this evening.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

536. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 13 February 1958, 2.
Description: Reed's radio play starring Hugh Burden, A Very Great Man Indeed, is scheduled to be replayed this evening.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Hugh Burden

537. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 20 February 1958, 3.
Description: Reed's radio play, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, is scheduled to be rebroadcast this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

538. Atkinson, Brooks. "'The Entertainer'." New York Times, 23 February 1958, X1.
Description: The "Drama Bookshelf" lists the new Grove Press edition of Reed's translation of three Ugo Betti plays.

Newspaper: The Entertainer 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime

539. Walker, Roy. "Overdose." Listener 59, no. 1509 (27 February 1958): 379-380.
Description: Exhausted by the rebroadcast of Reed's Hilda Tablet series, Walker laments sequels.

Journal: Overdose 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

540. MacGregor-Hastie, Roy. "The Poet in His Workshop: No 4—The Great Unclassified." Arena 48 (March 1958): 10-13 [12-13].
Description: MacGregor-Hastie shows great respect for Reed in this series on the state of poetry (but little regard for the poets of the 'Thirties).

Journal: The Poet in His Workshop: No 4—The Great Unclassified 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

541. Times (London), "Apollo Society," 7 March 1959, 3.
Description: An announcement for a festival of verse and music invoking Italy and Greece includes Irene Worth reading Reed's poetry.

Newspaper: Apollo Society 
Subjects: Biography, Poem
References: Irene Worth

542. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 11 March 1958, 6.
Description: The premiere of The Primal Scene, As It Were, scheduled for this evening, is described as 'nine studies in disloyalty.'

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Primal Scene, As It Were

543. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 14 March 1958, 6.
Description: Reed's radio play, The Primal Scene, As It Were..., is replayed this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Primal Scene, As It Were

544. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes," 26 March 1958, 6.
Description: Reed's translation of Audiberti's play, Le Mal Court, will be broadcast tonight, starring the actress Joan Plowright.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Jacques Audiberti, Alarica, Joan Plowright

545. Ottaway, Hugh. "Broadcast Music." Musical Times 99, no. 1382 (April 1958): 198-199 [198].
Description: Mentions Reed's Hilda Tablet plays, commenting on Emily Butter.

Journal: Broadcast Music 
Subjects: Play
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Emily Butter

546. Times (London), "Trumpet Voluntary." Review of The Sweeniad, by Victor Purcell (as Myra Buttle). 22 May 1958, 13.
Description: Victor Purcell's Sweeniad does not achieve the 'demure but paralysing force of Mr. Henry Reed's brief "Chard Whitlow."'

Newspaper: Trumpet Voluntary 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem, Parody
References: Myra Buttle, The Sweeniad, Chard Whitlow

547. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 16 August 1958, 3.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruption in the Palace of Justice is scheduled to replay this evening.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

548. Luciani, Vincent. "Bibliography of Italian Studies in America." Italica 35, no. 3 (September 1958): 205-210 [210].
Description: Cites Scott's 1958 review of Betti's Three Plays in Italian Quarterly.

Journal: Bibliography of Italian Studies in America 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Ugo Betti

549. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 20 September 1958, 4.
Description: Reed is slated to premiere his new poem, "The Auction Sale," tonight on the BBC's Third Programme.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Auction Sale

550. Reed, Henry. "The Auction Sale." Encounter 11, no. 4 (October 1958): 49-55.
Description: Restrained drama unfurls in this long, 300-line, Hardyesque poem about a country auction and the battle for a special painting. Originally published in Stephen Spender's Encounter, October 1958.

Journal: The Auction Sale 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Auction Sale

551. Times (London), "Christmas Gifts." Advertisement for the Jupiter Anthology of 20th-century Poetry. 11 December 1958, 1.
Description: Reed is included among the poets on this two-disc recording of modern poetry.

Newspaper: Christmas Gifts 
Subjects: Poem
References: Edith Sitwell, John Betjeman, C. Day Lewis, Laurie Lee, W.R. Rogers, Richard Church, Vernon Watkins, Roy Fuller

552. Times (London), "Plays for the Connoisseur," 11 December 1959, 3.
Description: Reed's translation of Montherlant's tragedy, La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant, is expected in a production for the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Plays for the Connoisseur 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child

553. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 15 December 1958, 4.
Description: Reed is scheduled to read his poem "The Auction Sale" tonight on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Poem, Radio
References: The Auction Sale

554. Ciardi, John. How Does a Poem Mean?. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. 832-833.
Description: Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" is used for a section describing diction. With suggested questions for class.

Anthology: How Does a Poem Mean? 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

555. Cole, William, ed. The Fireside Book of Humorous Poetry. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.

Anthology: The Fireside Book of Humorous Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

556. Jones, David. "If and Perhaps and But." In Epoch and Artist: Selected Writings by David Jones, edited by Harman Grisewood. New York: Chilmark Press, 1959. 278-279. Originally published in The Listener, 2 July 1953.
Description: Jones' response to Reed's essay in The Listener of June 18, 1953.

Chapter: If and Perhaps and But 
Subjects: Criticism
References: If and Perhaps and But

557. Kenner, Hugh. The Invisible Poet: T.S. Eliot. New York: McDowell, Oblensky, 1959. iv, 314.
Description: Reed's Eliot parody "Chard Whitlow" is quoted.

Book: The Invisible Poet 
Subjects: Criticism, Parody
References: Chard Whitlow

558. Lewis, C. Day, and John Lehmann, eds. The Chatto Book of Modern Poetry, 1915-1955. London: Chatto and Windus, 1959.

Anthology: The Chatto Book of Modern Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: A Map of Verona, Judging Distances

559. Painter, George D. Dedication to Proust: The Early Years. Boston: Little, Brown, 1959.
Description: The first volume of Painter's Proust biography is dedicated "For Henry Reed."

Book: Proust: The Early Years 
Subjects: Biography, Miscellaneous
References: George D. Painter

560. Ramsbotham, Michael. The Parish of Long Trister. Cresset Press, 1959.

Book: The Parish of Long Trister 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

561. Reed, Henry. Musique Discrète. Unpublished radio script. Broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, 1959.
Description: A request programme of compositions by Dame Hilda Tablet, broadcast in 1959.

Play: Musique Discrète 
Subjects: Play
References: Musique Discrète

562. Reed, Henry. Not a Drum Was Heard: The War Memoirs of General Gland. Unpublished radio script. Broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, 6 May 1959.
Description: A tangent in the Hilda Tablet sequence, with overtones of General Montgomery. Broadcast in 1959.

Play: Not a Drum Was Heard 
Subjects: Play

563. Stokes, Edward. The Novels of Henry Green. London: Hogarth Press, 1959. 8, 60, 116, 222.
Description: Quotes Reed's May, 1945 review of Henry Green's novel, Loving.

Book: The Novels of Henry Green 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Henry Green, Loving

564. Storrs, Ronald, ed. Ad Pyrrham: A Polyglot Collection of Translations of Horace's Ode to Pyrrha (Book I, Ode 5). London: Oxford University Press, 1959. vii.
Description: Reed selected the twelve Italian translations for Storr's collection.

Anthology: Ad Pyrrham 
Subjects: Translation, Poem
References: Horace

565. Williams, Oscar, ed. An Album of Modern Poetry: An Anthology Read by the Poets. LP recording 3 sound discs: analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono., 12 in. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Recording Laboratory, 1959.
Description: A set of recordings of poets reading from their works includes Reed reciting "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances."

Sound: An Album of Modern Poetry: An Anthology Read by the Poets 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

566. Times (London), "Contrasts in Verse and Prose," 22 January 1959, 3.
Description: Reed's poem "The Auction Sale" was read by Marius Goring at an Arts Council programme yesterday in St. James's Square.

Newspaper: Contrasts in Verse and Prose 
Subjects: Review, Poem
References: The Auction Sale, Marius Goring

567. Times (London), "Montherlant School Play," 26 February 1959, 3.
Description: Reed's translation of Montherlant's La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant will be broadcast on March 10th of this year.

Newspaper: Montherlant School Play 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Archie Campbell, Denholm Elliott, Brian Bedford, Nicky Edmett, Carleton Hobbs

568. Times (London), "The B.B.C. Plucks Up Courage," 4 March 1959, 5.
Description: The question is raised about Reed's radio plays, 'possibly the funniest broadcasting of its type,' only being offered to the smallest of audiences.

Newspaper: The B.B.C. Plucks Up Courage 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio

569. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 10 March 1959, 6.
Description: Reed's translation of Montherlant's La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant is scheduled for broadcast this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Denholm Elliott

570. Times (London), "Credible Triangle." Review of The Land Where the King is a Child, by Henry de Montherlant, translated by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 10 March 1959. 11 March 1959, 13.
Description: The radio critic for the Times calls Reed's translation 'the most closely argued play we have heard for a long time.'

Newspaper: Credible Triangle 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation, Radio
References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child

571. Times (London), "New Play by Mr. Samuel Beckett," 11 March 1959, 13.
Description: New radio plays for this season include Beckett's Embers, and Reed's Not a Drum was Heard (to be broadcast in May).

Newspaper: New Play by Mr. Samuel Beckett 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Not a Drum was Heard

572. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 10 April 1959, 6.
Description: Reed's translation of Montherlant's The Land Where the King is a Child is rebroadcast on the Third Programme tonight.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Denholm Elliott

573. Radio Times, "General Gland," Round and About, 1 May 1959, 4.
Description: A short column introducing Reed's next radio play in the Hilda Tablet sequence.

Newspaper: General Gland 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Not a Drum Was Heard, Deryck Guyler, Michael Flanders, Dorothy Primrose, Frank Duncan, Donald Swann

574. Reed, Henry. "Deryck Guyler in 'Not a Drum Was Heard': The War Memoirs of General Gland." Radio Times, 1 May 1959, 41.
Description: Includes a short, introductory note by Reed.

Newspaper: Deryck Guyler in "Not a Drum Was Heard" 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Not a Drum Was Heard

575. Meredith, William. "Images and Reality." Reviews of The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace and Other Poems, by James Merrill, and The Minute and Longer Poems, by John Holloway. New York Times Book Review, 3 May 1959, 4.
Description: Holloway's "A Voice for Winter" is the best poem Meredith knows (excluding Reed's "Chard Whitlow") that derives closely from Eliot's Four Quartets.

Newspaper: Images and Reality 
Subjects: Criticism, Review
References: James Merrill, The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace, John Holloway, The Minute and Longer Poems

576. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 6 May 1959, 8.
Description: Reed's next installment in the Hilda Tablet series, Not a Drum was Heard, premieres this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Not a Drum was Heard

577. Times (London), "General's Paranoia." Review of Not a Drum Was Heard, by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, 6 May 1959. 7 May 1959, 4.
Description: The radio critic for the Times calls Reed's play 'ridiculous enough to be beautiful.'

Newspaper: General's Paranoia 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: Not a Drum was Heard

578. Richart, Bette. "Verse of Wit." Review of Testament and Other Poems, by John Fandel. Commonweal 70, no. 6 (8 May 1959): 163-166 [163-164].
Description: Evoking Reed's 1946 A Map of Verona, Richart says Reed 'proved decisively that the image is not the whole poem'; he 'wrote the poetry of statement'; and that 'he sometimes actually said something, rather than evoked feelings.'

Journal: Verse of Wit 
Subjects: Criticism

579. Radio Times, "Deryck Guyler in 'Not a Drum Was Heard': The War Memoirs of General Gland," 22 May 1959, 31.
Description: Schedule for a repeat broadcast of Reed's radio play.

Newspaper: Deryck Guyler in "Not a Drum Was Heard" 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Not a Drum Was Heard, Douglas Cleverdon, Deryck Guyler, Michael Flanders, Frank Duncan, Hugh Burden, Mary O'Farrell, Marjorie Westbury, Carleton Hobbs, Donald Swann

580. Times (London), "Writing for the Radio," 22 May 1959, 16.
Description: Discussing the problems and rewards of radio drama, the correspondent remarks that 'Henry Reed has comically but brutally dismembered large tracts of contemporary society....'

Newspaper: Writing for the Radio 
Subjects: Criticism, Play
References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, A Very Good Man Indeed, The Primal Scene, As it Were

581. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 26 May 1959, 5.
Description: Reed's play, Not a Drum was Heard: The War Memoirs of General Gland is scheduled to broadcast on the Third Programme tonight.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Not a Drum was Heard

582. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 12 June 1959, 9.
Description: Reed's translation of Giovaninetti's One Flesh is scheduled for broadcast on the Third Programme this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Silvio Giovaninetti, One Flesh

583. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 1 July 1959, 9.
Description: Reed's translation of Giovaninetti's One Flesh is scheduled for rebroadcast on the Third Programme this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Silvio Giovaninetti, One Flesh

584. Williams, Oscar. Letters to Henry Reed, 9 July 1959, 28 March 1963 (carbons). Williams, Oscar Mss. Collection. Lilly Library Manuscripts Department. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Manuscript: Letters to Henry Reed 
Subjects: Biography
References: Oscar Williams

585. Cambon, Glauco. "An Italian Chronicle." Poetry 94, no. 5 (August 1959): 350-354.
Description: Review of Three Plays by Ugo Betti, translated and with a foreword by Henry Reed. Evergreen Books. Grove Press. $1.75.

Journal: Poetry, Aug. 1959 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Three Plays

586. Times (London), "B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend," 5 September 1959, 4.
Description: Reed is scheduled to read his long poem, "The Auction Sale," this evening on the BBC.

Newspaper: B.B.C. Programmes for the Weekend 
Subjects: Poem, Radio
References: The Auction Sale

587. Spencer, T.J.B. "Short Notices." Review of The Concise Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, 600-1950, edited by George Watson. Modern Language Review 54, no. 4 (October 1959): 626-627 [627].
Description: Mentions several authors who failed to make the "Concise" volume, including Reed.

Journal: Short Notices 
Subjects: Criticism

588. Dubester, Henry J. Letter to Henry Reed (carbon), 2 October 1959. Williams, Oscar Mss. Collection. Lilly Library Manuscripts Department. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Manuscript: Letter to Henry Reed 
Subjects: Biography
References: Oscar Williams, Henry J. Dubester

589. New York Times. "Radio." 7 October 1959, 87.
Description: The schedule for WYNC has Reed's The Streets of Pompeii as a "Drama from Canada."

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Play
References: The Streets of Pompeii

590. Reed, Henry. "Homage to Dame Hilda—Or Swann's Way." Radio Times, 23 October 1959, 6.
Description: Reed 'offers a few well-chosen words about "Musique Discrète.'

Newspaper: Homage to Dame Hilda 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Musique Discrète, Donald Swann

591. Times (London), "Radio and the Survival of the Fittest," The Arts, 28 October 1959, 4.
Description: The correspondent calls for a "fuss" to be made of good radio work by Reed, Cooper, and Naughton.

Newspaper: Radio and the Survival of the Fittest 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Giles Cooper, William Naughton

592. Zolotow, Sam. "Gore Vidal Play, 'Best Man,' Due." New York Times, 30 October 1959, 32.
Description: Betti's Time of Vengeance formerly at the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut, translated by Reed as Irene Innocente.

Newspaper: Gore Vidal Play, "Best Man," Due 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Irene Innocente

593. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 11 December 1959, 7.
Description: Derek Guyler stars in this evening's broadcast of Reed's Not a Drum Was Heard: The War Memoirs of General Gland.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Not a Drum Was Heard, Derek Guyler

594. Times (London), "Enoch Arden Read to Strauss Music," 11 December 1959, 16.
Description: Reed's "The Auction Sale" is part of an evening of music and literature.

Newspaper: Enoch Arden Read to Strauss Music 
Subjects: Miscellaneous, Poem
References: The Auction Sale, Marius Goring

595. Betti, Ugo. Crime on Goat Island. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Samuel French, 1960.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Delitto all'Isola delle Capre.

Play: Crime on Goat Island 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

596. Currey, R.N. Poets of the 1939-1945 War. London: Longmans, Green, 1960. 7, 36, 43, 47.
Description: Currey calls Reed's "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances" 'brilliant' in this British Council pamphlet.

Book: Poets of the 1939-1945 War 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

597. Hallmark Cards, Inc. Poetry for Pleasure: The Hallmark Book of Poetry. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1960.

Anthology: Poetry for Pleasure 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

598. Lehmann, John. I Am My Brother: Autobiography II. London: Longmans, Green, 1960. 167-169.
Description: John Lehmann considers Reed's poems, and reflects on their early correspondence.

Book: I Am My Brother 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Tristram, Iseult La Belle, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark

599. Macdonald, Dwight, ed. Parodies: an Anthology from Chaucer to Beerbohm—and After. New York: Random House, 1960. 218-219.
Description: Macdonald feels that Reed's poem, "Chard Whitlow," escapes the sins of other Eliot parodies.

Anthology: Parodies: an Anthology 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, T.S. Eliot

600. Pine, L.G., ed. "Reed, Henry." The Author's and Writer's Who's Who. 4th ed. New York: Hafner, 1960. 325.
Description: Brief biography listing Reed's publications and contributions.

Book: The Author's and Writer's Who's Who 
Subjects: Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939, Three Plays by Ugo Betti, Perdu and His Father

601. Reed, Henry. Review of Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 64, no. 1652 (24 November 1960): 948.
Description: Reed's reviews Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover following the lift of the obscenity ban in Britain, wondering how many people have read it cover to cover (as opposed to every who has dipped into it, 'here and there').

Journal: Review of Lady Chatterley's Lover 
Subjects: Review
References: D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

602. Reed, Henry. Reviews of The Necessary Angel and Opus Posthumous, by Wallace Stevens. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 63, no. 1620 (14 April 1960): 675-676.
Description: Reed reviews of Wallace Stevens' The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination (London: Faber and Faber, 1960), and Opus Posthumous, edited by Samuel French Morse (London: Faber and Faber, 1960).

Review: Review of The Necessary Angel 
Subjects: Review
References: Wallace Stevens, The Necessary Angel, Opus Posthumous

603. Sawin, Lewis, ed. Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature, 1953-1954. Vol. 31. London: Cambridge University Press, 1960. 449.
Description: Indexes Reed's article for The Listener, "'If and Perhaps and But'."

Book: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, 1953-1954 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: If and Perhaps and But

604. Reed, Henry. "'Kennst Du Das Land?'" Reviews of Italy, by M. Paul Lechat, and As for Italy, by Jean François Revel. Listener 63, no. 1607 (14 January 1960): 93.
Description: Reed's reviews of Italian travel books, including Jean François Revel's As for Italy, translated by Anthony Rhodes (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959).

Journal: Review of As for Italy 
Subjects: Review
References: Jean François Revel, As for Italy, M. Paul Lechat, Italy

605. Times (London), Advertisement for All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren. 14 January 1960, 15.
Description: Reed is quoted for a blurb on All the King's Men: 'I have read no better book by an American writer of this century.'

Newspaper: Advertisement for All the King's Men 
Subjects: Review
References: Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men

606. Scott, J.A. "The Message of Ugo Betti." Italica 37, no. 1 (March 1960): 44-57 [44].
Description: Acknowledges the contribution of Reed's translations of Betti's plays.

Journal: The Message of Ugo Betti 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti

607. de Montherlant, Henry. The Land Where the King is a Child, translated and adapted by Henry Reed. BBC Third Programme, April 5 1960.
Description: Reed adapted de Montherlant's play La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant for BBC radio.

Radio: The Land Where the King is a Child 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where The King is a Child, Denholm Elliott

608. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 5 April 1960, 8.
Description: Scheduled for this evening on the Third Programme is Reed's adaptation of de Montherlant's The Land Where the King is a Child.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Denholm Elliott

609. Times (London), "Art of the Radio Actor," 19 April 1960, 14.
Description: Carleton Hobbs, who provided voices for Reed's Hilda Tablet plays and The Land Where the King is a Child, is mentioned as a noteworthy radio actor.

Newspaper: Art of the Radio Actor 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, The Land Where the King is a Child, Carleton Hobbs

610. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 12 May 1960, 11.
Description: Reed is scheduled to appear on "Comment on the Arts," reviewing The Leopard, by the Prince of Lampedusa, translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Radio, Review
References: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

611. Calta, Louis. "Broadway to See Betti Drama." New York Times, 8 July 1960, 17.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels is expected in winter of 1960, and the 1955 London production of The Burnt Flower-Bed is mentioned.

Newspaper: Broadway to See Betti Drama 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Irene Worth

612. Times (London), "The Opinions of Dame Hilda Tablet," 15 August 1960, 3.
Description: A "biographic" piece from the London Times concerning the grande dame's opinions on music, casting, and composing. External link.

Link: The Times (London), Aug. 1960 
Subjects: Play, Criticism, Radio
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

613. Reed, Henry. Review of Six Poets of Modern Greece, translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 64, no. 1642 (15 September 1960): 438-439.
Description: Reed feels that Cavafy is 'striking,' and Seferis 'comes over with real vividness,' but the other four poets do not fare as well.

Review: Review of Six Poets of Modern Greece 
Subjects: Review
References: George Seferis, Anghelos Sikelianos, D.I. Antoniou, Odysseus Elytis, Nikos Gatsos, C.P. Cavafy

614. Herbert, Sir Alan. "Thoughts on 'Lady Chatterley'." Listener 64, no. 1650 (10 November 1960): 834-835.
Description: Comment from the Third Programme on the recent "not guilty" verdict in the obscenity trial over Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Journal: Thoughts on Lady Chatterley 
Subjects: Criticism
References: D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Denys Kilham Roberts

615. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 15 November 1960, 3.
Description: Reed's radio play, Emily Butter, with music by Donald Swann, is scheduled for rebroadcast this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Emily Butter, Donald Swann

616. Bouquet, A.C. "Thoughts on 'Lady Chatterley'." Listener 64, no. 1651 (17 November 1960): 895.
Description: Reed refers to this letter in his review of Lady Chatterley's Lover on November 24.

Journal: Thoughts on Lady Chatterley 
Subjects: Criticism
References: D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

617. Betti, Ugo. Crime on Goat Island. Translated by Henry Reed. San Francisco, CA: Chandler, 1961.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Delitto all'Isola delle Capre.

Play: Crime on Goat Island 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

618. Clinton-Baddeley, V.C., dir. Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry. 2 sound discs: 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in. New York: Folkways Records, 1961.
Description: Reissue of Jupiter Anthology.

Sound: Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

619. Courtney, Janice Raye. A Production and Production Book of Ugo Betti's The Queen and the Rebels. Based on Henry Reed's translation. M.F.A. thesis dissertation: University of Texas, 1961.

Manuscript: A Production Book of Ugo Betti's The Queen and the Rebels 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

620. Feinstein, Herbert. "Ugo Betti: The High Court of Drama." Review of Three Plays by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Prairie Schooner 35, no. 2 (Summer 1961): 180-182.
Description: Reed's translation is not criticized or commented on.

Journal: Ugo Betti: The High Court of Drama 
Subjects: Translation, Criticism
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Summertime

621. Jennings, Elizabeth, ed. An Anthology of Modern Verse, 1940-1960. London: Methuen, 1961. 210-215.
Description: Collects Reed's poems "A Map of Verona," "The Wall," and "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: An Anthology of Modern Verse, 1940-1960 
Subjects: Poem
References: A Map of Verona, The Wall, Naming of Parts

622. Lehmann, John. "English Letters in the Doldrums?" Texas Quarterly 4, no. 3 (Autumn 1961): 56-63 [58, 59].
Description: Lehmann mentions Reed, lamenting he "has fallen entirely silent" by this time.

Journal: English Letters in the Doldrums? 
Subjects: Criticism

623. Britten, Benjamin. "Chorale." The Score: A Music Magazine 28, (January 1961): 47-51, 75 [75].
Description: Britten's Chorale was part of a Christmas Eve broadcast in 1944 which included W.H. Auden, Frances Cornford, Edith Sitwell, and Reed's poem, "The Return."

Journal: Chorale 
Subjects: Poem, Radio
References: The Return, C. Day Lewis, Louis MacNeice, Edith Sitwell, Vita Sackville-West, Laurie Lee, John Heath-Stubbs, Francis Cornford, Ann Ridler, W.H. Auden

624. Times (London), "Poetry Should Use More Than One of Its Voices." Review of An Album of Modern Poetry: An Anthology Read by the Poets, edited by Oscar Williams, 7 January 1961, 9.
Description: Review of the three-record set An Album of Modern Poetry, (Library of Congress, 1959), which includes Reed reading "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances."

Newspaper: Poetry Should Use More Than One 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

625. Reed, Henry. "Rome: 'Time's Central City'." Review of A Time in Rome, by Elizabeth Bowen. Listener 65, no. 1659 (12 January 1961): 91.
Description: Reed calls Bowen's book 'essentially a book to be read away from Rome, not in it', and feels this Rome is 'perfectly created.'

Journal: Rome: Time's Central City 
Subjects: Review
References: Elizabeth Bowen, A Time in Rome, D.H. Lawrence, Twilight in Italy

626. "The Unstuffed Owl." Review of Parodies: An Anthology From Chaucer to Beerbohm and After, edited by Dwight Macdonald. Time, 13 January 1961, 80.
Description: Excerpts "Chard Whitlow" as a parody of Eliot.

Journal: The Unstuffed Owl 
Subjects: Parody
References: Chard Whitlow

627. Times (London), "Three Women, One Man," The Arts, Review of Crime on Goat Island by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, Pembroke Theatre, London, 31 January 1961. 1 February 1961, 5.
Description: 'The enterprising playgoer is advised to accept the opportunity' to see Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island.

Newspaper: Three Women, One Man 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

628. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 3 February 1961, 3.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's House on the Water is on the Third Programme's schedule this evening.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, House on the Water

629. Times (London), "Through Gloom to Catastrophe." Review of House on the Water, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed, BBC Third Programme. 4 February 1961, 3.
Description: The previous night's broadcast of Reed's translation of Betti's House on the Water is reviewed.

Newspaper: Through Gloom to Catastrophe 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation, Radio
References: Ugo Betti, House on the Water, Judi Dench, Peter Woodthorpe, Jack May

630. Laws, Frederick. "Much Ambivalence." Review of The House on the Water, by Ugo Betti. Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 65, no. 1663 (9 February 1961): 282.
Description: Laws feels Reed's translation 'didn't come off at all.'

Journal: Much Ambivalence 
Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
References: The House on the Water, Ugo Betti

631. Cloyne, George. "Shock Treatment." Talking of Books. Times (London), 16 February 1961, 15.
Description: On the subject of the rarity of good parody, Reed's poem "Chard Whitlow" is mentioned.

Newspaper: Shock Treatment 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

632. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes for the Weekend," 18 February 1961, 5.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Betti's The House on the Water is scheduled for broadcast on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes for the Weekend 
Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The House on the Water

633. Pryce-Jones, Alan. "Society and Life, Here and Abroad." The New Books. Harper's Magazine 222, no. 1330 (March 1961): 112-120 [118].
Description: Quotes "Chard Whitlow" in a review of François Mauriac's Mémoires Intérieurs.

Journal: Society and Life, Here and Abroad 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

634. Reed, Henry. "'Richard'." Review of Narrative of a Child Analysis, by Melanie Klein. Listener 65, no. 1667 (9 March 1961): 445-446.
Description: Reed, a self-proclaimed Kleinian, reviews this treatise on the conduct of child psychoanalysis, which he keeps 'on the same shelf as Finnegans Wake and War and Peace'.

Journal: Richard 
Subjects: Review
References: Melanie Klein, Narrative of a Child Analysis

635. Reed, Henry. "Ego in Flight." Review of Saint-Exupéry, by Marcel Migeo. Sunday Telegraph (London), 26 March 1961, 6.
Description: Reed describes Migeo's biography of "Saint-Ex" as "authoritative" but "unorganized."

Newspaper: Ego in Flight 
Subjects: Review
References: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Marcel Migeo

636. New York Times. "Radio." 8 April 1961, 43.
Description: The radio schedule for this date lists the BBC's broadcast of Reed's The Street of Pompeii.

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Play
References: The Streets of Pompeii, Flora Robson, Marius Goring

637. Funke, Lewis. "News of the Rialto: Optimists." New York Times, 30 April 1961, X1.
Description: Mentions a summer of 1960 testing of Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed in Westport, CT.

Newspaper: News of the Rialto: Optimists 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed

638. Reed, Henry. "Maigret's Master." Reviews of Maigret in Court, and The Premier, by Georges Simenon. Sunday Telegraph (London), 14 May 1961, 7.
Description: Reed finds the translation of Simenon's The Premiere "fortunate," but not so for Maigret in Court, which is "crude" at best.

Newspaper: Maigret's Master 
Subjects: Review
References: George Simenon, Maigret in Court, Robert Brain, The Premier, Daphne Woodward

639. Laws, Frederick. "Shop Window." Listener 65, no. 1678 (25 May 1961): 941-942 [942].
Description: In his review of a revised production of A Very Great Man Indeed, Laws says 'the number of memorable and established plays specifically for radio by writers of the quality of Mr. Reed is not as great as an enthusiast would wish to boast.'

Journal: Shop Window 
Subjects: Play
References: A Very Great Man Indeed

640. Reed, Henry. Review of Poems, by George Seferis, translated by Rex Warner. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 65, no. 1679 (1 June 1961): 978.
Description: Reed reviews a collection of Seferis' poetry, whom he calls a 'major poet.'

Journal: Review of Poems 
Subjects: Review
References: George Seferis, Poems, Rex Warner

641. Reed, Henry. "New Thurber." Review of Lanterns and Lances, by James Thurber. New Statesman 61, no. 1578 (9 June 1961): 924-925.
Description: Reed reviews Thurber's essay collection, Lanterns and Lances (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961).

Review: New Thurber 
Subjects: Review
References: James Thurber, Lanterns and Lances

642. Reed, Henry. "Ageing Passions." Review of The Complete Poems of Michelangelo, translated by Joseph Tusiana. Sunday Telegraph (London), 11 June 1961, 7.
Description: Reed feels that Professor Tusiani's translations have "merely produced page after page of lifeless verse, often unscannable, and stuffed with many images and fantasies of his own."

Newspaper: Ageing Passions 
Subjects: Review
References: The Complete Poems of Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Joseph Tusiani

643. Advertisement for future issue. English Journal 50, no. 6 (September 1961): 442.
Description: Highlights of an upcoming issue include a study of Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Journal: Advertisement 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

644. Reed, Henry. "Veteris Vestigia Flammae." Review of Some Recollections, by Emma Hardy. Listener 66, no. 1700 (26 October 1961): 678.
Description: Reed's review of Some Recollections by Emma Hardy (Thomas Hardy's first wife), edited by Evelyn Hardy and Robert Gittings. (London: Oxford University Press, 1961).

Journal: Veteris Vestigia Flammae 
Subjects: Review
References: Thomas Hardy

645. Reed, Henry. "What the Master Kept Back." Review of Picasso's Picassos, photographed and introduced by David Douglas Duncan. Sunday Telegraph (London), 29 October 1961, 6.
Description: Reed calls this book "much more than a retrospective" of unseen works by a master: this collection is "infinitely more touching, and possibly more absorbing."

Newspaper: What the Master Kept Back 
Subjects: Review
References: Picasso's Picassos, Pablo Picasso, David Douglas Duncan

646. Hyndman, Roger. "Point of Balance: A Lesson in 'Naming of Parts.'" English Journal 50, no. 8 (November 1961): 569-571, 577.
Description: Analysis, study questions, and lesson plans for teaching Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" in class.

Journal: The English Journal 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

647. Simon, John. "Are You Illiterate about Modern Poetry?" Vogue 138, no. 8 (1 November 1961): 124-125, 174, 177-180 [177].
Description: Simon mentions Reed's "Naming of Parts," and alludes to "Chard Whitlow."

Journal: Are You Illiterate about Modern Poetry? 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whiltow

648. Reed, Henry. "Shocked into Life." Review of The Empty Canvas, by Alberto Moravia, translated by Angus Davidson. Sunday Telegraph (London), 19 November 1961, 7.
Description: Of Moravia's most recent novel, Reed says "there is something unquestionably heroic about the whole enterprise."

Newspaper: Shocked into Life 
Subjects: Review
References: The Empty Canvas, Alberto Moravia, Angus Davidson

649. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 22 November 1961, 7.
Description: Reed's play, A Hospital Case, is scheduled for broadcast this evening on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Hospital Case

650. Reed, Henry. "Leading a Dance." Review of Fokine: Memoirs of a Ballet Master, translated by Vitale Fokine. Sunday Telegraph (London), 26 November 1961, 6.
Description: Reed finds Fokine's memoirs "very absorbing and intelligent."

Newspaper: Leading a Dance 
Subjects: Review
References: Michel Fokine, Fokine: Memoirs of a Ballet Master, Vitale Fokine, Anatole Chujoy

651. Rodger, Ian. "A Hospital Hell." Listener 66, no. 1705 (30 November 1961): 947.
Description: Rodger's review of Reed's adaptation of Buzzati's A Hospital Case: '[A] forceful play with not a few moments of great theatre' with 'excellent use of radiophonic effects.'

Journal: A Hospital Hell 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Play
References: Dino Buzzati, A Hospital Case, Martin Esslin, Nigel Davenport, Stephen Murray, Matrick Magee

652. Quinn, Sister M. Bernetta. "Modern Poetry in the Classroom." English Journal 50, no. 9 (December 1961) 590-595, 611 [611].
Description: Sister Bernetta wonders if perhaps difficult poems are being avoided in high school, over worries that the likes of Reed, and Roethke will not stand the test of time.

Journal: Modern Poetry and the Classroom 
Subjects: Criticism

653. Allott, Kenneth, ed. The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse, 1918-60. New rev. ed. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1962. 287-290.
Description: A brief, flattering biographical note by poet and editor Kenneth Allott: "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances" are 'among the best and most intelligent poems produced during the war.'

Anthology: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Philoctetes, Chard Whitlow, Iseult La Belle, King Mark, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains

654. Balzac, Honoré de. Père Goriot. Translated and with an afterword by Henry Reed. New York: American Library, 1962.
Description: Reed's translation from the original French.

Book: Père Goriot 
Subjects: Translation
References: Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

655. Buzzati, Dino. Larger than Life. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Secker & Warburg, 1962.
Description: Reed's translation of Buzzati's novel Il Grande Ritratto.

Book: Larger than Life 
Subjects: Translation
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger than Life

656. Cohen, John Michael. English Translations and Translators. London: Longmans, Green, 1962. 46.

Book: English Translations and Translators 
Subjects: Criticism, Review
References: The Novel Since 1939

657. Nowottny, Winifred. The Language Poets Use. New York: Oxford University Press, 1962. 37-38.
Description: A chapter on diction uses "Naming of Parts" as an example of using a ready-made language and shifting of styles.

Book: The Language Poets Use 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

658. Pirandello, Luigi. All for the Best. Translated by Henry Reed. In Right You Are! Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1962.
Description: Reed's translation of Pirandello's Tutto per Bene.

Play: All for the Best 
Subjects: Translation
References: Luigi Pirandello, All for the Best

659. Reed, Henry. Afterword to Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac. New York: American Library, 1962.

Book: Afterword to Père Goriot 
Subjects: Translation
References: Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

660. Taylor, John Russell. Anger and After: A Guide to the New British Drama. London: Methuen, 1962. 26.
Description: Reed's dramatic work for radio and stage is mentioned in passing as part of "The Early Fifties."

Book: Anger and After 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Return to Naples, The Streets of Pompeii, A Very Great Man Indeed

661. Untermeyer, Louis, ed. "Henry Reed." Modern British Poetry. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962. 506-512.
Description: A brief biography outlining Reed's radio plays, poetry, and translations.

Anthology: Modern British Poetry 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Sailor's Harbour, The Auction Sale, Ishmael, Moby Dick

662. Reed, Henry. Reviews of Paul Gauguin: Water-Colours, Pastels, and Drawings in Colour, and Noa Noa, by Paul Gauguin. The Listener's Book Chronicle. Listener 67, no. 1710 (4 January 1962): 34.
Description: Reed reviews a collection of Gauguin's art in color, and the artist's Tahitian journal, Noa Noa.

Journal: Reviews of Paul Gauguin 
Subjects: Review
References: Paul Gauguin, Jean Leymarie, Jonathan Griffin

663. Times (London), "Quest for Truth and Style in Radio," 17 March 1962, 4.
Description: On the subject of the radio ballad, a 'promised' feature on Mycenae by Reed is mentioned.

Newspaper: Quest for Truth and Style in Radio 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Mycenae

664. Reed, Henry. "Hardy's Secret Self-Portrait." Review of The Life of Thomas Hardy, by Florence Emily Hardy. Sunday Telegraph (London), 25 March 1962, 6.
Description: Reed says this disguised autobiography is a "ramshackle work," but is still "packed with a miscellany of information not available elsewhere, and readers who care for Hardy will find it everywhere endearing, engaging, and full of his characteristic humour."

Newspaper: Hardy's Secret Self-Portrait 
Subjects: Review
References: Thomas Hardy, The Life of Thomas Hardy, Florence Emily Hardy

665. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 30 March 1962, 10.
Description: Reed's satirical comedy, Emily Butter, is scheduled to be rebroadcast this evening.

Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Emily Butter

666. "Books and Theatre: 1961-62." Tulane Drama Review 6, no. 4 (June 1962): 168-170, 172, 176-180, 182-184 [176].
Description: Lists publication of Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island, with an introduction by G.H. McWilliam (Chandler, 1961).

Journal: Books and Theatre: 1961-62 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, G.H. McWilliam

667. Reed, Henry. "Stravinsky Speaks." Review of Expositions and Developments, by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft. Sunday Telegraph (London), 3 June 1962, 7.
Description: Reed calls Robert Craft an "adroit questioner," who provokes answers from Stravinsky which are "voluminous, entertaining and full of insight."

Newspaper: Stravinsky Speaks 
Subjects: Review
References: Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft, Expositions and Developments

668. Times (London), Advertisement for Expositions and Developments by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft. 7 June 1962, 16.
Description: An ad for the new Stravinsky book has a quote by Reed: 'as charming as its predecessors.'

Newspaper: Advertisement for Expositions and Developments 
Subjects: Review
References: Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft, Expositions and Developments

669. Shuttleworth, Martin. "A Magnificent Piece." Listener 67, no 1733 (14 June 1962): 1045-1046 [1046].
Description: Shuttleworth calls Reed's radio play, A Hedge, Backwards (rebroadcast for the fifth time on June 6, 1962) a 'quintessentially delightful piece of English nonsense...[.]'

Journal: A Magnificent Piece 
Subjects: Criticism, Play
References: A Hedge, Backward

670. Reed, Henry. "Simenon's Saga." Review of Pedigree by Georges Simenon, translated by Robert Baldick. Sunday Telegraph (London), 12 August 1962, 7.
Description: Reed calls Pedigree a work for the "very serious Simenon student only," and disagrees with the translator's choice to put the novel into the past tense.

Newspaper: Simenon's Saga 
Subjects: Review
References: Georges Simenon, Pedigree, Robert Baldick

671. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 6 September 1962, 14.
Description: Reed's play, A Hospital Case, is scheduled for rebroadcast this evening.

Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Hospital Case

672. Bryer, Jackson R. and Joseph N. Riddel, comps. "A Checklist of Stevens Criticism." Twentieth Century Literature 8, nos. 3/4 (October 1962-January 1963): 124-142 [140, 142].
Description: Lists Reed's 1960 Listener review of Wallace Stevens.

Journal: A Checklist of Stevens Criticism 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Wallace Stevens, The Necessary Angel, Opus Posthumous

673. Reed, Henry. "Ruth Draper." Radio Times, 11 October 1962, 26.
Description: Reed introduces "The World of Ruth Draper," a four-part retrospective of the actress and monologuist's career.

Journal: Ruth Draper 
Subjects: Radio, Review
References: Ruth Draper

674. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 16 October 1962, 16.
Description: "The World of Ruth Draper" is scheduled for broadcast this evening on the BBC's Third Programme.

Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio
References: Ruth Draper

675. Times (London), "Writers' and Producers' Conference," 2 November 1963, 14.
Description: For the first time, the annual BBC sound feature and drama producers' conference is to include writers, and Reed is listed to be in attendance.

Newspaper: Writers' and Producers' Conference 
Subjects: Biography
References: William Naughton, Stephen Potter, Giles Cooper, Vernon Scannell

676. "Reed, Henry." The Author's and Writer's Who's Who. 5th ed. New York: Hafner, 1963. 405.
Description: Brief bio listing Reed's publications and contributions.

Book: Reed, Henry 
Subjects: Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939, Three Plays by Ugo Betti, Perdu and His Father, Père Goriot, Larger Than Life

677. Brinnin, John Malcolm, and Bill Read, eds. "Henry Reed." The Modern Poets: an American-British Anthology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963.

Anthology: The Modern Poets: an American-British Anthology 
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

678. British Broadcasting Corporation. "Third Programme: Quarterly Plan, Saturday, 29 September - Friday 28 December 1962." London: BBC, 1963.
Description: This index to the Third Programme's broadcasts lists Reed's introduction to the first of two programmes by Ruth Draper in October of 1962.

Journal: The Third Programme: Quarterly Plan 
Subjects: Radio
References: Ruth Draper

679. Fadiman, Clifton, Louis Untermeyer, and Delmer Rodabaugh. Prose and Poetry of England. 4 s.; 12 in.; 33⅓ rpm; microgroove. Syracuse, New York: L.W. Singer, 1963.

Sound: Prose and Poetry of England 
Subjects: 
References: Naming of Parts

680. Grigson, Geoffrey, ed. The Concise Encyclopedia of Modern World Literature. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1963.
Description: Reed is listed among the contributors to this reference work.

Book: The Concise Encyclopedia of Modern World Literature (0090989902)
Subjects: Review

681. Heppenstall, Rayner. The Intellectual Part. London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1963. 67.
Description: In this autobiography, Heppenstall mentions thinking well of Reed, and calls "Naming of Parts" and "Chard Whitlow" 'a kind of anti-poetry.'

Book: The Intellectual Part 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Pytheas, Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow

682. Hyndman, Roger. "Point of Balance: A Lesson in 'Naming of Parts'." In Modern Poetry in the Classroom, edited by Roger Hyndman. Champaign, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1963. 19-21.
Description: Analysis, study questions, and lesson plans for teaching Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" in class.

Chapter: Modern Poetry in the Classroom 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

683. Kuntz, Joseph M. Poetry Explication: A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1925 of British and American Poems Past and Present. Denver, CO: Swallow Press, 1963. 212.
Description: This index of criticism only lists Condon's 1954 article in The Explicator.

Book: Poetry Explication: A Checklist 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

684. Maud, Ralph, and Aneirin Talfan Davies, eds. Dylan Thomas's Choice: An Anthology of Verse Spoken by Dylan Thomas. New York: New Directions, 1963. xix, 143-145.
Description: Thomas read several of Reed's poems to audiences at readings in 1952.

Anthology: Dylan Thomas's Choice 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

685. Perrine, Laurence, ed. Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. 2nd ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963. 40-43.
Description: Suggests study questions for "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances" to assist in reading and understanding the poems in class.

Anthology: Sound and Sense 
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts

686. Pryce-Jones, David. "Towards The Cocktail Party." In Age of Austerity, edited by Michael Sissons and Philip French. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. 224.
Description: Quotes Reed's article on Eliot's The Cocktail Party from the May 10, 1951 Listener.

Chapter: Towards the Cocktail Party 
Subjects: Criticism
References: T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party

687. Reed, Henry. Letter to Robin Skelton, 1963. University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections, SC114. Victoria, British Columbia.

Manuscript: Letter to Robin Skelton 
Subjects: Biography
References: Robin Skelton

688. Roach, Helen. Spoken Records. 2nd ed. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1963. 44, 117.
Description: Index of spoken-word recordings lists Reed and Dylan Thomas reading "Naming of Parts" and "Chard Whitlow."

Book: Spoken Records 
Subjects: 
References: Dylan Thomas, Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Caedmon Collection, Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry

689. Reed, Henry. Letter to Oscar Williams (carbon), 17 April 1963. Williams, Oscar Mss. Lilly Library Manuscripts Department. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Manuscript: Letter to Oscar Williams 
Subjects: Biography
References: Oscar Williams

690. Times (London), "Mr. Basil Cameron and the Proms," 5 August 1963, 4.
Description: The season's Promenade Concerts include a 19 August performance of Bliss' "The Enchantress" by the BBC Scottish Orchestra, for which Reed wrote the vocals.

Newspaper: Mr. Basil Cameron and the Proms 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Arthur Bliss, The Enchantress

691. Zolotow, Sam. "2 Foreign Plays on 1963 Calendar." New York Times, 16 August 1963, 14.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruption in the Palace of Justice is scheduled for the Cherry Lane Theatre in October of that year.

Newspaper: 2 Foreign Plays on 1963 Calendar 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

692. New York Times. "The Openings." 6 October 1963, 129.
Description: Announcement for the opening of Betti's Corruption in the Palace of Justice.

Newspaper: The Openings 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

693. Zolotow, Sam. "Writer Assailed Over 'The Deputy'." New York Times, 8 October 1963, 49.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruption in the Palace of Justice opens this night at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

Newspaper: Writer Assailed Over 'The Deputy' 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

694. Taubman, Howard. "'Corruption' is Offered at the Cherry Lane." New York Times, 9 October 1963, 49.
Description: Theatre review for the 1963 New York production of Reed's translation of Ugo Betti's play.

Newspaper: 'Corruption' is Offered at the Cherry Lane 
Subjects: Criticism, Play
References: Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Ugo Betti

695. "Calendar." Theatre Arts 47, no. 11 (November 1963): 2.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia is listed as playing off-Broadway, at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

Journal: Calendar 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption inthe Palace of Justice

696. Searles, John R. "Recordings." English Journal 52, no. 8 (November 1963): 649-650 [650].
Description: A version of "Naming of Parts" appears on the album Prose and Poetry of England (1963).

Journal: Recondings 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

697. "University of Washington Biography." Academic Human Resources Office faculty personnel files. University of Washington, Seattle. 6 November 1963.
Description: Reed lists his "Present title and position" as 'Independent writer' in this form filled out for his appointment at the University of Washington.

Manuscript: University of Washington Biography 
Subjects: Biography

698. "Calendar." Theatre Arts 47, no. 12 (December 1963): 2.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia is listed as playing off-Broadway, at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

Journal: Calendar 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

699. Gassner, John. "Broadway in Review." Educational Theatre Journal 15, no. 4 (December 1963): 358-365 [364].
Description: Edward Albee's production of Corruption in the Palace of Justice suffers from the 'naïve laboriousness' and 'machine-made banality' of Betti's story.

Journal: Broadway in Review 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

700. Gross, Harvey. "William Empson, Vernon Watkins, and Henry Reed." In Sound and Form in Modern Poetry: A Study of Prosody from Thomas Hardy to Robert Lowell. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1964. 271, 275-279, 325n.
Description: Of several contemporaries of Thomas and Auden, the author considers Reed to be the 'most considerable.'

Book: Sound and Form in Modern Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, Chrysothemis, The Auction Sale, Vernon Watkins, William Empson

701. Palgrave, Francis Turner and John Press, comps. The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language. New York: Oxford University Press, 1964.

Anthology: The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems (0192541560)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

702. Skelton, Robin, ed. Poetry of the Thirties. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1964.
Description: Collection includes Reed's early poem, "Hiding Beneath the Furze."

Anthology: Poetry of the Thirties 
Subjects: Poem
References: Hiding Beneath the Furze

703. Van O'Connor, William. "Parody as Criticism." College English 25, no. 4 (January 1964): 241-248 [246-247].
Description: Reed's parody, "Chard Whitlow," is used as an argument for Eliot's 'spritual shell game.'

Journal: Parody as Criticism 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

704. New York Times. "New Books." 8 February 1964, 21.
Description: Announces publication of the Signet Classic of Reed's translation of Balzac's Eugenie Grandet, with a new afterword by Roger Shattock.

Newspaper: New Books 
Subjects: Translation
References: Honoré de Balzac, Eugenie Grandet

705. Times (London), "Ginger Group that Matters at the B.B.C.," Notes on Broadcasting. 7 March 1964, 5.
Description: Regarding the quality of the Third Programme, Reed's Hilda Tablet sequence is mentioned as one of the 'most notable works in sound broadcasting.'

Newspaper: Ginger Group that Matters at the B.B.C. 
Subjects: Play
References: Laurence Gilliam

706. Hamilton, Ian. "Poetry of the Forties—I." 4, no. 1 (April 1964): 81-89 [88].
Description: Hamilton likens Reed to F.T. Prince and Charles Causley, as all writers of 'poems of distinction which have been subtly written off as strange, local events.'

Journal: Poetry of the Forties—I 
Subjects: Criticism

707. Hamilton, Ian. "Poetry: The Forties—II." London Magazine 4, no. 3 (June 1964): 67-72 [68-69].
Description: Hamilton's essay on the poetry of the 1940s was reprinted in A Poetry Chronicle (1973).

Journal: Poetry: The Forties—II 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts

708. "News Notes." Poetry 104, no. 3 (June 1964) 193-196 [196].
Description: Announces University of Washington's first annual Theodore Roethke Memorial Reading by John Crowe Ransom, chosen by Reed, William Matchett, and Carolyn Kizer.

Journal: News Notes 
Subjects: Biography
References: John Crowe Ransom, William Matchett, Carolyn Kizer

709. Times (London), "Broadcasting Programmes," 18 June 1964, 6.
Description: Reed's translation of Buzzati's play, "The American Prize," premieres tonight on the Third Programme.

Newspaper: Broadcasting Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Dino Buzzati, The America Prize

710. Hughes, Pennethorne. "Howards Beginning." Review of The America Prize, by Dino Buzzati. Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 71, no. 1839 (25 June 1964): 1045.
Description: Hughes calls Reed's translation 'a moving experience: sophisticated and intelligent.'

Journal: Howards Beginning 
Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
References: Dino Buzzati, The America Prize

711. Times (London), "Laughter on the Third," Notes on Broadcasting, 25 July 1964, 10.
Description: A call for comedies on the Third Programme invokes Reed's 'radio intelligence.'

Newspaper: Laughter on the Third 
Subjects: Play

712. Reed, Henry. "Passage to India." Review of An Area of Darkness, by V.S. Naipaul. Spectator 213, no. 7110 (2 October 1964): 452-453.
Description: Reed finds that Naipaul's book makes 'that harrowing choice between the sorry thing that can just be laughed at and those that can only be wept at.'

Review: Passage to India 
Subjects: Review
References: V.S. Naipaul, An Area of Darkness

713. Beaty, Jerome, and William H. Matchett. Poetry: From Statement to Meaning. New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. 150-157, 192.
Description: Collects four of Reed's Lessons of the War poems.

Anthology: Poetry: From Statement to Meaning 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat

714. Bogan, Louise and William Jay Smith, comps. The Golden Journey: Poems for Young People. Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1965.

Anthology: The Golden Journey (0809286890)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

715. Clinton-Baddeley, V.C. "The Written and the Spoken Word." Essays and Studies n.s. 18 (1965): 73-82 [78-79].
Description: Reed's recording of "Naming of Parts," makes Dylan Thomas's seem 'brash and entirely misconceived.'

Journal: The Written and the Spoken Word 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Jupiter Anthology of 20th-Century English Poetry

716. Grubb, Frederick. "No One Actually Starves: Philip Larkin." A Vision of Reality: A Study of Liberalism in Twentieth-Century Verse. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1965. 229.
Description: Larkin's "Next Please" reminds the author of "Chard Whitlow."

Chapter: No One Actually Starves 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

717. Gwynn, Frederick L., Ralph W. Condee, and Arthur O. Lewis, eds. The Case for Poetry, a Critical Anthology: Poems, Cases, and Critiques. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1965. 238.
Description: Anthology collects "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: The Case for Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

718. Hamilton, Ian. The Poetry of War, 1939-1945. London: Alan Ross, 1965. 36-40.
Description: Collects three of Reed's Lessons of the War poems.

Anthology: The Poetry of War 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

719. Hamilton, Ian, ed. The Poetry of War, 1939-1945. London: Alan Ross, 1965. 36.

Anthology: The Poetry of War, 1939-1945 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

720. Kenner, Hugh. The Invisible Poet: T.S. Eliot. London: Methuen, 1965. 268.
Description: "Chard Whitlow" is "the only successful parody of an Eliot manner."

Book: The Invisible Poet 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow, T.S. Eliot, The Dry Salvages

721. Kroeber, Karl, and John O. Lyons, eds. Studying Poetry: A Critical Anthology of English and American Poems. New York: Harper & Row, 1965. 466-467, 567.
Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts," with two short exercises for further study.

Anthology: Studying Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

722. Reed, Henry. "The Complete Lessons of the War," 1965. Third Programme Radio Scripts, 1949-1978. 1055, box 1, folder 21, 2 copies. Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University. Atlanta, Georgia.
Description: Archive contains many typescripts of radio plays produced by Douglas Cleverdon, including two copies of Reed's "The Complete Lessons of the War."

Manuscript: The Complete Lessons of the War 
Subjects: Poem, Radio
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat, Returning of Issue

723. Kinnick, B. Jo. "Professional Publications." Review of Modern Poetry in the Classroom, edited by Roger Hyndman. English Journal 54, no. 2 (February 1965): 142-143 [142].
Description: Mention of Reed's inclusion in a collection of lesson plans and explications.

Journal: Professional Publications 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

724. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 22 March 1965, 3.
Description: Reed's translation of Buzzati's novel Il Grande Ritratto is scheduled for broadcast on the BBC's Home Service this evening, as Zone 36.

Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting 
Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life, Zone 36

725. Hughes, Pennethorne. "Out of Mind." Review of Zone 36, by Dino Buzzati. Translated by Henry Reed. Listener 73, no. 1879 (1 April 1965): 500.
Description: Hughes calls the play a 'fine old shambles,' and a work of 'space fiction.'

Journal: Out of Mind 
Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
References: Zone 36, Dino Buzzati, Marjorie Westbury, Martin Esslin

726. Reed, Henry, et al. "Sounding the Sixties." Letter to the editor. Times Literary Supplement, 12 August 1965, 697.
Description: Reed, and an assortment of artists, critics, and art historians, write to complain that Adrian Stokes was left off the TLS's list of "English Books of the 1960s."

Newspaper: Sounding the Sixties 
Subjects: Review
References: Adrian Stokes, Three Essays on the Painting of Our Time, Painting and the Inner World, The Invitation in Art, Frank Kermode, Robert Melville, Herbert Read

727. Reed, Henry. "Spain, '36-'39: No Art Out of War." Review of A Poet's War: British Poets and the Spanish Civil War, by Hugh D. Ford. Sunday Times (London), 5 September 1965, 39.
Description: Reed's review of Hugh D. Ford's A Poet's War: British Poets and the Spanish Civil War (London: Oxford University Press, 1965).

Newspaper: Spain, '36-'39: No Art Out of War 
Subjects: Review
References: Hugh D. Ford, W.H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Louis MacNeice, Herbert Read, C. Day Lewis

728. Mankin, Paul A. Review of Three Plays on Justice: Landslide, Struggle till Dawn, The Fugitive, by Ugo Betti, translated by G.H. McWilliam. College Composition and Communication 16, no. 3 (October 1965): 180-181 [180].
Description: Comparing these with Reed's more "felicitous" translations, the author finds them 'suffering.'

Journal: Review of Three Plays 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Summertime, The Burnt Flower-Bed, The Queen and the Rebels, Crime on Goat Island, G.H. McWilliam

729. Hall, Carol. Review of Poetry is for People, edited by Martha M. McDonough and William C. Doster. College Composition and Communication 16, no. 5 (December 1965): 285-286 [285].
Description: Chides the editors for reducing Reed's 'witty and sophisticated' "Naming of Parts" to a 'didactic' reading of simple connotation and denotation.

Journal: Review of Poetry is for People 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

730. Elliott, George P. "Speaking of Books: Writers on Campus." New York Times Book Review, 26 December 1965, 2.
Description: This article on writing for a living and teaching mentions Reed visiting at the University of Washington in 1964 and 1965.

Newspaper: Speaking of Books: Writers on Campus 
Subjects: Biography

731. Beloof, Robert. The Performing Voice in Literature. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1966. 263-266.
Description: Three of Reed's Lessons of the War are used as examples of the use of voice in literature.

Book: The Performing Voice in Literature 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

732. Betti, Ugo. The Queen and the Rebels. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Blackie, 1966.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's La Regina e gli Insorti, edited by Michael Marland, with contributions by Ronald Eyre and Dame Irene Worth, press reviews by Kenneth Tynan and the dramatic critic of The Times.

Play: The Queen and the Rebels 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

733. Blythe, Ronald, ed. Components of the Scene: Stories, Poems, and Essays of the Second World War. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1966.

Anthology: Components of the Scene 
Subjects: Poem

734. Condon, Richard A. "Reed's 'Naming of Parts.'" In vol. 1, The Explicator Cyclopedia: Modern Poetry, edited by Charles Child Walcutt and J. Edwin Whitesell. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1966. 244-245.
Description: Reprint of Richard Condon's 1954 critique of Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Chapter: The Explicator Cyclopedia 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

735. Dunning, Stephen. Teaching Literature to Adolescents. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1966. 22-23.
Description: Teaching poetry 'inductively,' and recognizing different voices or speakers in a poem using "Naming of Parts." With suggested questions for class.

Book: Teaching Literature to Adolescents 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

736. Gardner, Brian, ed. The Terrible Rain: the War Poets, 1939-1945. London: Methuen, 1966. 33-36.

Anthology: The Terrible Rain: the War Poets, 1939-1945 (0413150100)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts

737. Hamblett, Charles, and Leslie Frewin, eds. I Burn For England: An Anthology of World War II. London: Frewin, 1966.

Anthology: I Burn For England 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

738. Kennedy, X.J., ed. An Introduction to Poetry. Boston: Little, Brown, 1966.

Anthology: An Introduction to Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

739. Friedrich, Gerhard. "The English Teacher and the Process of Communication." English Journal 55, no. 1 (January 1966); 19-27 [27].
Description: "Naming of Parts" cited as an example for 'establishing the identities of compositional techniques and literary effects.'

Journal: The English Teacher and the Process of Communication 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

740. Times (London), "The Consolations of a Routine Evening," 11 February 1966, 17.
Description: Summation of the previous evening's television includes The Full Man, a program of poetry recited by actors, including poems by Reed.

Newspaper: The Consolations of a Routine Evening 
Subjects: Poem

741. Times (London), "Sound Broadcasting," 14 February 1966, 3.
Description: Reed is scheduled to read The Complete Lessons of the War on the Third Programme this evening.

Newspaper: Sound Broadcasting 
Subjects: Poem, Radio
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Movement of Bodies, Returning of Issue

742. Sinicropi, Giovanni. Review of Two Plays, by Ugo Betti, edited by G.H. McWilliam. Modern Language Journal 50, no. 5 (May 1966): 307.
Description: McWilliam previously wrote the introduction to Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island (1961).

Journal: Review of Two Plays 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, G.H. McWilliam

743. Thompson, Kenneth L., comp. "Catalogue of Works." Musical Times 107, no. 1482 (August 1966): 666-670, 672-673 [670].
Description: This bibliography lists the first performance dates of the composer Arthur Bliss' collaboration with Reed for "The Enchantress."

Journal: Catalogue of Works 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: The Enchantress

744. Beringause, Arthur F., ed. English Literature V: From 1940. New Dimensions in Literature Series. Wichita, KS: McCormick-Mathers, 1967.

Anthology: English Literature V: From 1940 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, The Wall

745. Bryer, Jackson R. and Thomas J. Bergin, Jr. "Book Reviews." Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature 8, no. 2 (Spring 1967): 325-364 [331].
Description: This issue, devoted to Nabakov, has a bibliography which includes Reed's 1946 review of Sebastian Knight.

Journal: Book Reviews 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Vladimir Nabakov, Sebastian Knight

746. Buzzati, Dino. Larger than Life. Translated by Henry Reed. New York: Walker, 1960, 1967.
Description: Reed's translation of Buzzati's novel Il Grande Ritratto.

Book: Larger than Life 
Subjects: Translation
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger than Life

747. Crang, Alan, comp. Tunes on a Tin Whistle: Some Real-Life Poetry. New York: Pergamon, 1967.

Anthology: Tunes on a Tin Whistle 
Subjects: Poem

748. Hodnett, Edward, ed. Poems to Read Aloud. New York: Norton, 1967.

Anthology: Poems to Read Aloud 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

749. Wright, Walter F. The Shaping of The Dynasts: A Study in Thomas Hardy. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1967. 318.
Description: Quotes from Reed's 1943 Penguin New Writing article, "The Making of 'The Dynasts'."

Book: The Shaping of The Dynasts 
Subjects: Review
References: Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts

750. Zvanut, James Francis. A Production and Production Book of Ugo Betti's Crime on Goat Island. Based on Henry Reed's translation. MFA thesis dissertation: University of Texas, 1967.

Manuscript: A Production Book of Ugo Betti's Crime on Goat Island 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

751. New York Times. "A Listing of New Books." 31 July 1967, 25.
Description: Announces publication of Reed's translation of Buzzati's novel Larger Than Life.

Newspaper: A Listing of New Books 
Subjects: Translation
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life

752. Lask, Thomas. "To The Bitter End," Books of the Times. Review of Larger Than Life, by Dino Buzzati, translated by Henry Reed. New York Times, 5 August 1967, 21.
Description: Book review of Reed's translation of Buzzati's Larger Than Life.

Newspaper: To the Bitter End 
Subjects: Criticism, Translation
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life

753. Roloff, Leland H. Review of The Performing Voice in Literature, by Robert Beloof. Educational Theatre Journal 19, no. 3 (October 1967): 404-405.
Description: Paraphrases Reed's "Judging Distances," included in the reviewed collection.

Journal: Review of The Performing Voice in Literature 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances

754. Molinaro, Julius A., comp. "Bibliography of Italian Studies in America." Italica 44, no. 4 (December 1967): 482-493 [482].
Description: Lists Reed's translation of Buzzati's Larger Than Life.

Journal: Bibliography of Italian Studies in America 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life

755. Altenbernd, Lynn, and Leslie L. Lewis, eds. Introduction to Literature: Poems. New York: Macmillan, 1968. 486.
Description: Anthology containing "Lessons of the War: Naming of Parts."

Anthology: Introduction to Literature: Poems 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

756. Cromie, Robert, ed. Where Steel Winds Blow. New York: David McKay, 1968.

Anthology: Where Steel Winds Blow 
Subjects: Poem

757. Jones, D.L., ed. War Poetry: An Anthology. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1968. 116-123.
Description: Using Reed's poetry as an example of the 'individual's response' to the Second World War, Jones discusses the contrasts, irony, and ambiguities found in the Lessons of the War.

Anthology: War Poetry: An Anthology (082034818)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

758. Lehmann, John. A Nest of Tigers: The Sitwells in Their Times. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1968. 212.
Description: Reed visited Edith Sitwell in London, following the publication of his article on her poetry in Penguin New Writing in 1944.

Book: A Nest of Tigers 
Subjects: Biography
References: Edith Sitwell

759. Levy, William Turner. Affectionately, T.S. Eliot: The Story of a Friendship, 1947-1965. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1968. 106.
Description: Levy quotes Eliot as saying in 1958 (of Reed's "Chard Whitlow"): 'Not bad. But I think I could write a better parody myself!"

Book: Affectionately: T.S. Eliot 
Subjects: Biography, Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas

760. Skelton, Robin, ed. Poetry of the Forties. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1968. 88-93, 205-206.
Description: Collects three of the Lessons of the War poems, and Reed's lesser-known "The Wall."

Anthology: Poetry of the Forties 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, The Wall

761. Allen, Walter. "Speaking of Books: Report from the Campus." New York Times Book Review, 7 January 1968, 2.
Description: Mentions Reed's teaching at the University of Washington.

Newspaper: Speaking of Books: Report from the Campus 
Subjects: Biography

762. Newby, P.H. "Montherlant's Play." Letter to the editor. Listener 79, no. 2025 (18 January 1968): 84.
Description: Reminds the Listener that Reed's adaptation of The Land Where the King is a Child was broadcast back in 1959.

Journal: Montherlant's Play 
Subjects: Biography
References: Henru de Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child.

763. Times (London), "Marzotto Play for BBC," 20 May 1968, 14.
Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's The Advertisement is to be broadcast in July.

Newspaper: Marzotto Play for BBC 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

764. Hyman, Stanley Edgar. "Fable Italian Style." New Yorker 44 (1 June 1968): 122-125.
Description: Review of Larger than Life by Dino Buzzati, translated by Henry Reed.

Journal: Fable Italian Style 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger than Life

765. "Plays and Features." Supplement to Listener 79, no. 2047 (20 June 1968): ii.
Description: Upcoming programs include Reed's translation of Ginzburg's the Advertisement, recorded in advance and broadcast the same night as the stage premiere at the Old Vic Theatre, starring Joan Plowright.

Journal: Plays and Features 
Subjects: Biography, Play, Radio
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement, Joan Plowright

766. Times (London), "What to Look Out For," 22 June 1968, 18.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Brusati's La Fastidiosa is predicted to be at the Mercury Theatre this fall.

Newspaper: What to Look Out For 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa

767. Evans, Gerard. "Too Much Simulating." Listener 80, no. 2054 (8 August 1968): 187.
Description: Reed's translation of The Land Where the King is a Child was broadcast for the fourth time.

Journal: Too Much Simulating 
Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
References: Henri Montherlant, The Land Where the King is a Child, Denholm Elliott, Carleton Hobbs

768. "Third Programme Quarterly Plan." Supplement to Listener 80, no. 2060 (19 September 1968): i.
Description: Upcoming repeat of Reed's translation of Ginzburg's The Advertisement.

Journal: Third Programme Quarterly Plan 
Subjects: Radio, Play
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement, Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi, Rosalind Shanks, Carol Mason

769. Times (London), "Television and Radio," 24 September 1968, 14.
Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's play L'Inserzione premieres this evening.

Newspaper: Television and Radio 
Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

770. Wardle, Irving. "Unhappy Opening for New Season." Review of The Advertisement by Natalia Ginzburg, translated by Henry Reed. National Theatre, 24 September 1968. Times (London), 25 September 1968, 8.
Description: An unfavorable review of opening night for Reed's translation of Ginzburg's The Advertisement. Includes a photograph of Joan Plowright as Teresa.

Newspaper: Unhappy Opening for New Season 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement, Joan Plowright

771. Wardle, Irving. "Is the National Theatre Doing Its Job?" Times (London), 28 September 1968, 19.
Description: Wardle cites the "lachrymous" production of Ginzburg's Advertisement as signs of a poor season.

Newspaper: Is the National Theatre Doing Its Job? 
Subjects: Play, Criticism
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

772. Esslin, Martin. "The Advertisement." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 1 October 1968, 11.
Description: Defends The Advertisement as a Marzotto Prize winner.

Newspaper: The Advertisement 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisment

773. Mitchell, A.J. "The Advertisement." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 2 October 1968, 11.
Description: Letter criticizing Esslin's defense of Ginzburg's play.

Newspaper: The Advertisement 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advetisement, Martin Esslin

774. Times (London), "Brusati Play for London," 5 October 1968, 18.
Description: La Fastidiosa, a play adapted by Reed from Brusati's novel, is scheduled to open at the Mercury Theatre on 21 October.

Newspaper: Brusati Play for London 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa

775. Times (London), Advertisement for La Fastidiosa by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed, 21 October 1968, 15.

Newspaper: Advertisement for La Fastidiosa 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa

776. Trussler, Simon. "Disturbing Statement About Matriarchy." Review of La Fastidiosa by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed. Mercury Theatre, 21 October 1968. Times (London), 22 October 1968, 13.
Description: Review of the opening night of Reed's adaptation of Brusati's La Fastidiosa.

Newspaper: Disturbing Statement About Matriarchy 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa

777. Times (London), Advertisement for La Fastidiosa, by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed, 23 October 1968, 19.

Newspaper: Advertisement for La Fastidiosa 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa

778. Times (London), Advertisement for La Fastidiosa, by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed, 31 October 1968, 19.

Newspaper: Advertisement for La Fastidiosa 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa

779. Times (London), Advertisement for La Fastidiosa, by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed, 7 November 1968, 19.

Newspaper: Advertisement for La Fastidiosa 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa

780. Times (London), Advertisement for La Fastidiosa, by Franco Brusati, translated by Henry Reed, 9 November 1968, 18.

Newspaper: Advertisement for La Fastidiosa 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Franco Brusati, La Fastidiosa

781. Wardle, Irving. "Nothing Much to Cheer." Times (London), 28 December 1968, 16.
Description: No "big rows" in the preceding theatre season, except those over Ginzburg's The Advetisement, and Hochbuth's Soldiers.

Newspaper: Nothing Much to Cheer 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

782. Bates, Scott, ed. Poems of War Resistance: From 2300 B.C. to the Present. New York: Grossman, 1969

Anthology: Poems of War Resistance 
Subjects: Poem

783. Cleverdon, Douglas. The Growth of Milk Wood. New York: New Directions, 1969. 15.
Description: Reed's Return to Naples was part of a radio series called Return Journey, which included Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, as well as programs by Sean O'Faolain, Eric Linklater, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Sykes, and W.R. Rodgers.

Book: The Growth of Milk Wood (0460038281)
Subjects: Radio
References: Return to Naples

784. Cole, William, comp. A Book of Nature Poems. New York: Viking, 1969.

Anthology: A Book of Nature Poems (0670180076)
Subjects: Poem
References: Lives

785. Gassner, John, and Edward Quinn, eds. "Radio and Television Drama in Britain." In The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama. New York: Thomas Y. Crowley, 1969. 690.
Description: Reed's radio work is mentioned in the encyclopedia article on British broadcasting.

Chapter: Radio and Television Drama in Britain 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Streets of Pompeii, A Very Great Man Indeed

786. Ginzburg, Natalia. The Advertisement. Translated by Henry Reed. London: Faber and Faber, 1969.
Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's play, L'Inserzione.

Play: The Advertisement (0571091539)
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

787. Heppenstall, Rayner. Portrait of the Artist as a Professional Man. London: Peter Owen, 1969. 67.
Description: Heppenstall takes credit for turning Reed to writing dramatic verse for radio.

Book: Portrait of the Artist as a Professional Man 
Subjects: Biography
References: Pytheas

788. Holmes, Paul C., and Anita J. Lehman, comps. Keys to Understanding: Receiving and Sending the Poem. New York: Harper & Row, 1969

Anthology: Keys to Understanding 
Subjects: Poem

789. Lehmann, John. In My Own Time: Memoirs of a Literary Life. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1969. 170, 318-321, 353.
Description: Reprints of Lehmann's autobiographies including The Whispering Gallery and I Am My Brother.

Book: In My Own Time 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

790. Lief, Leonard, and James F. Light, comps. The Modern Age: Literature. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. 607.

Anthology: The Modern Age: Literature (0030733901)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

791. Ling, Peter, comp. Gentlemen at Arms: Portraits of Soldiers in Fact and Fiction, in Peace and War. London: Owen, 1969.

Anthology: Gentlemen at Arms (0720636019)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

792. Ramsbotham, Michael. The Remains of a Father. London: Chatto & Windus, 1969.

Book: The Remains of a Father (0701114096)
Subjects: Miscellaneous

793. Reed, Henry and Ken Russell. Untitled television script. Papers of Henry Reed. University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections. MS031. Birmingham, England.
Description: Reed's notebooks contain a draft of this teleplay on composer Richard Strauss, which he would eventually abandon, and which became Ken Russell's Dance of the Seven Veils.

Manuscript: Untitled television script 
Subjects: Play
References: Ken Russell, Dance of the Seven Veils, Richard Strauss

794. Schwitzke, Heinz, ed. Reclams Hörspielführer. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1969. 499-501.
Description: The "Radio Play Leader," containing a short biography, and synopsis of Reed's The Streets of Pompeii (Die Straßen von Pompeji), and A Very Great Man Indeed (Ein wahrhaft großer Mann). In German.

Chapter: Reclams Hörspielführer 
Subjects: Play, Biography, Criticism
References: The Streets of Pompeii, A Very Great Man Indeed

795. Taylor, John Russell. The Angry Theatre: New British Drama. New York: Hill and Wang, 1969. 26.

Book: The Angry Theatre (809026635)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Return to Naples, The Streets of Pompeii, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Very Great Man Indeed

796. Weingarten, Romain. Summer, translated by Henry Reed. Typescript of radio play, 1969. Richard L. Purdy Collection of Thomas Hardy. GEN MSS 111, Series VI, 809. Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT.
Description: This adaptation of Weingarten's play was broadcast on the BBC's Third Programme on October 3rd, 1969.

Manuscript: Summer 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Romain Weingarten, Summer

797. Willison, I.R., ed. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, vol. 4, 1900-1950. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1969. 330.
Description: A short bibliography of Reed's longer published works, mostly his translations.

Book: The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: A Map of Verona, The Novel Since 1939, Moby Dick, Perdu and His Father, Three Plays by Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Larger Than Life, Eugenie Grandet, The Advertisement

798. Times (London), "Weekend Broadcasting," 4 January 1969, 13.
Description: Reed's "recollection" of actress Mary O'Farrell is scheduled for this evening.

Newspaper: Weekend Broadcasting 
Subjects: Biography, Radio
References: Mary O'Farrell

799. Lask, Thomas. "In England's Green and Pleasant Land," Books of the Times. Review of The Remains of a Father, by Michael Ramsbotham. New York Times, 22 April 1969, 45.
Description: A review of Ramsbotham's second novel, The Remains of a Father.

Newspaper: In England's Green and Pleasant Land 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Michael Ramsbotham, The Remains of a Father

800. New York Times Book Review. "Reader's Report." 27 April 1969, 36.
Description: A reader's reaction to Ramsbotham's second novel, The Remains of a Father.

Newspaper: Reader's Report 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Michael Ramsbotham, The Remains of a Father

801. Reed, Henry. "From the Sow's Ear." Review of A Pelican at Blandings, by P.G. Wodehouse. Sunday Times (London), 28 September 1969, 62.
Description: Reed ranks Wodehouse's novel 'very highly,' and calls it 'incomparably funny.'

Newspaper: From the Sow's Ear 
Subjects: Review
References: P.G. Wodehouse, A Pelican at Blandings, Osbert Lancaster

802. Times (London), "Television Today," 3 October 1969, 19.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Weingarten's play Summer is scheduled for broadcast this evening.

Newspaper: Television Today 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Romain Weingarten, Summer

803. Reed, Henry. "The Interval." Listener 82, no. 2122 (27 November 1969): 763.

Journal: The Interval 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Interval

804. Betti, Ugo. Corruption in the Palace of Justice. Translated by Henry Reed. In The New Theatre of Europe, v. 1, no. 5. New York: Dell, 1970. 321-399.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia.

Play: Corruption in the Palace of Justice 
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice

805. Bliss, Arthur. As I Remember. London: Faber and Faber, 1970

Book: As I Remember (571092829)
Subjects: Biography

806. Ginzburg, Natalia. The Advertisement. Translated by Henry Reed. In The New Theatre of Europe, v. 4 no. 1. New York: Dell, 1970. 1-46.
Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's Inserzione.

Play: The Advertisement 
Subjects: Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

807. Morris, John, ed. From the Third Programme, A Ten-Years Anthology: Imagination, Argument, Experience, Exposition. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1970.
Description: Reed's poem "Antigone" was aired on September 30th, 1946, the second day of broadcasting for the Third Programme.

Anthology: From the Third Programme, A Ten-Years Anthology (0804609314)
Subjects: Poem
References: Antigone

808. Murphy, Rosalie, ed. "Reed, Henry." In Contemporary Poets of the English Language. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1970. 904.
Description: A brief entry for Reed's major works.

Chapter: Contemporary Poets of the English Language 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism

809. Peck, Richard, ed. Sounds and Silences. New York: Delacorte Press, 1970. 134-135.
Description: A collection of American and English poetry about such facets of modern life as sonic booms, conscientious objectors, psychedelic images, and loneliness.

Anthology: Sounds and Silences 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

810. Plotz, Helen, comp. The Marvelous Light: Poets and Poetry. New York: Crowell, 1970.

Anthology: The Marvelous Light 
Subjects: Poem

811. Reed, Henry. Lessons of the War. New York: Chilmark Press, 1970.
Description: The five collected "Lessons of the War" poems.

Book: Lessons of the War 
Subjects: Poem

812. Reeves, James, and Martin Seymour-Smith. Inside Poetry. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1970. 173-174.
Description: Compiles one of Reed's lesser-known poems, "Outside and In."

Anthology: Inside Poetry (038904024X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Outside and In

813. Roach, Helen. Spoken Records. 3rd ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1970. 63, 79.
Description: Index of spoken-word recordings lists Reed and Dylan Thomas reading "Naming of Parts" and "Chard Whitlow."

Book: Spoken Records 
Subjects: 
References: Naming of Parts, Dylan Thomas, Chard Whitlow, Album of Modern Poetry, Caedmon Collection

814. Sergeant, Howard, ed. Poetry of the 1940s: An Anthology. London: Longman, 1970.

Anthology: Poetry of the 1940s (058234168X)
Subjects: Poem

815. Simington, Michael. "The Calling of Names." Hiram Poetry Review 9 (Fall-Winter 1970): 35.
Description: A Watergate-era parody of "Naming of Parts."

Journal: The Calling of Names 
Subjects: Parody
References: Naming of Parts

816. Williams, Oscar, ed. A Little Treasury of Modern Poetry, English and American. New York: Scribner, 1970.

Anthology: A Little Treasury of Modern Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

817. Reed, Henry. "A Good Dream." Sunday Times (London), 4 January 1970, 69.
Description: Reed's poem "A Good Dream" is published for the first time.

Newspaper: A Good Dream 
Subjects: Poem
References: A Good Dream

818. Reed, Henry. "Solacing Music." Review of The Complete Poems of Walter de la Mare. Sunday Times (London), 25 January 1970, 57.
Description: Reed finds a great deal of boredom in de la Mare's collected verse, and ultimately says 'I cannot think its gentle author can have wished it all at once upon anybody.'

Newspaper: Solacing Music 
Subjects: Review
References: Walter de la Mare

819. Wade, David. "The BBC is Not an Island." Times (London), 21 February, 1970, III.
Description: Wade laments there are no successors to Reed's The Streets of Pompeii, rebroadcast Friday, 20 February.

Newspaper: The BBC is Not an Island 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: The Streets of Pompeii

820. Shawe-Taylor, Desmond. "Songs and Dances." Review of Dance of the Seven Veils, directed by Ken Russell. Sunday Times (London), 22 February 1970, 53.
Description: Reed is credited as a contributing writer to Ken Russell's film for BBC Omnibus.

Newspaper: Songs and Dances 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Dance of the Seven Veils

821. Wardle, Irving. "A Speedy Life Cycle." Times (London), 9 March 1970, 13.
Description: An article on the new Beckett Theatre alludes to Reed's radio play, A Very Great Man Indeed.

Newspaper: A Speedy Life Cycle 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: A Very Great Man Indeed

822. Reed, Henry. Poetry Reading. The Poet Speaks. British Council recording, no. 1636. 12 March 1970. Co-sponsored by the British Council and the Woodberry Poetry Room in the Lamont Library of Harvard University. TAPE ARCHIVE PR6035.E32 A6 1970x, Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Description: Henry Reed reads a selection of his poems for the British Council series, The Poet Speaks.

Sound: Poetry Reading 
Subjects: Poem
References: On the Terrace, Three Words, The River, The Auction Sale, The Interval, Naming of Parts, Returning of Issue, A Good Dream, Lessons of the War, Carlo Cura

823. "Some Coming Events on Radio 3." Supplement to Listener 83, no. 2139 (26 March 1970): i.
Description: In April, the fourth broadcast of Musique Discrète, originally aired in 1959.

Journal: Some Coming Events on Radio 3 
Subjects: Radio, Play
References: Musique Discrète

824. Reed, Henry. "The River." Listener 83, no. 2139 (26 March 1970): 418.

Journal: The River 
Subjects: Poem
References: The River

825. Reed, Henry. "Three Words." Listener 83, no. 2139 (26 March 1970): 418.

Journal: Three Words 
Subjects: Poem
References: Three Words

826. Reed, Henry. "Two Poems." Listener 83, no. 2139 (26 March 1970): 418.
Description: "The River" and "Three Words" appeared here as "Two Poems."

Journal: Two Poems 
Subjects: Poem
References: The River, Three Words

827. Reed, Henry. "Two Years Before the Muse." Review of Edward Thomas: A Critical Biography, by William Cooke. Sunday Times (London), 29 March 1970, 56.
Description: Dr. Cooke has 'excellent judgment,' and his literary style is 'flawless and confident.'

Newspaper: Two Years Before the Muse 
Subjects: Review
References: Edward Thomas, William Cooke

828. Times (London), "All is Well Ended," 4 April 1970, 9.
Description: A retrospective for the closing of the BBC's Third Programme mentions Reed's 'Italian portraits.'

Newspaper: All is Well Ended 
Subjects: Play, Radio

829. Wade, David. "Time of Departure." Times (London), 19 April 1969, 21.
Description: Reed's Hilda Tablet cycle of plays are scheduled to be rebroadcast, to mark the departure of Douglas Cleverdon from the BBC.

Newspaper: Time of Departure 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Douglas Clevedon

830. Reed, Henry. Interview with Peter Orr. The Poet Speaks. British Council recording, no. 1638. 11 June 1970. Co-sponsored by the British Council and the Woodberry Poetry Room in the Lamont Library of Harvard University. TAPE ARCHIVE PR6035.E32 Z5 1970x, Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Description: Henry Reed speaks with Peter Orr of the British Council, as part of the series The Poet Speaks.

Sound: Interview with Peter Orr 
Subjects: Biography
References: Peter Orr

831. "Poetry." Supplement to Listener 83, no. 2152 (25 June 1970): iv.
Description: Upcoming "Personal Anthology" program, with poems chosen by Henry Reed.

Journal: Poetry 
Subjects: Radio, Poem

832. Times (London), "Sound," 27 July 1970, 13.
Description: A "Personal Anthology" of poems by Henry Reed is scheduled for broadcast this evening on Radio 3.

Newspaper: Sound 
Subjects: Poem, Radio

833. Reed, Henry. "The Case for Maigret." Reviews of Maigret Hesitates and The Man on the Bench in the Barn, by Georges Simenon. Sunday Times (London), 2 August 1970: 22.
Description: Reed reviews two translations of George Simenon's fiction.

Newspaper: Case for Maigret, The 
Subjects: Review
References: Georges Simenon, Maigret Hesitates, Lyn Moir, Man on the Bench in the Barn, The, Moura Budberg

834. Reed, Henry. "Returning of Issue." Listener 84, no. 2170 (29 October 1970): 596-597.
Description: This Listener issue contains not only a poem by Reed, but also an advertisement for the 1970 Chilmark Press edition of Lessons of the War (page 600).

Journal: Returning of Issue 
Subjects: Poem
References: Returning of Issue

835. Jacons, Nicolas. "Reviews." Review of The Best Poems of 1968. Notes and Queries New Series 17, no. 12 (December 1970): 477.
Description: A Thomas Blackburn poem is reminiscent of Reed's "Chard Whitlow."

Journal: Reviews 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Thomas Blackburn, Chard Whitlow

836. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 28 December 1970, 13.
Description: Reed's series of poems, The Complete Lessons of the War, is scheduled for rebroadcast tonight on Radio 3, with a revised and re-recorded version of "Returning of Issue."

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat, Returning of Issue

837. "Reed, Henry." The Author's and Writer's Who's Who. 6th ed. Darien, Connecticut: Hafner, 1971. 664.
Description: Brief bio listing Reed's publications and contributions.

Book: Reed, Henry 
Subjects: Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939, Three Plays by Ugo Betti, Perdu and His Father, Père Goriot, Larger Than Life

838. Kiley, Frederick T., and J.M. Shuttleworth, comps. Satire from Aesop to Buchwald. New York: Odyssey Press, 1971.

Anthology: Satire from Aesop to Buchwald (0672631105)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

839. Nichols, James W. Insinuation: The Tactics of English Satire. The Hague: Mouton, 1971. 113.
Description: 'In the opening lines of... Naming of Parts, the shift is from the military world to the world of nature, its antithesis.'

Book: Insinuation 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

840. Reed, Henry. Dedicatory letter to George D. Painter. In Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: Dedicatory letter to George D. Painter in the collection Hilda Tablet and Others.

Book: Dedication to Hilda Tablet and Others (0563101636)
Subjects: Play, Biography
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Hedge, Backwards, The Primal Scene, As It Were

841. Reed, Henry. Foreword to The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971. Unpaged.
Description: Reed's foreword to his collection of radio drama The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio.

Book: Foreword to The Streets of Pompeii 
Subjects: Play, Biography
References: The Unblest, The Monument, The Streets of Pompeii, Return to Naples, The Great Desire I Had, Vincenzo

842. Reed, Henry. The Great Desire I Had. In The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: In this radio play from 1952, Reed imagines Shakespeare visiting 16th century Mantua, and receiving inspiration from Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga.

Play: The Great Desire I Had 
Subjects: Play
References: The Great Desire I Had

843. Reed, Henry. Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: Collection of Reed's radio drama for the BBC, including A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Hedge, Backwards, and The Primal Scene, As It Were.

Book: Hilda Tablet and Others 
Subjects: Play
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Hedge, Backwards, The Primal Scene, As It Were

844. Reed, Henry. Leopardi, Part II: The Monument. In The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: Taking place eight years after The Unblest, Leopardi is a renowned poet, but suffers from unrequited love. Broadcast in 1950.

Play: The Monument 
Subjects: Play
References: Monument

845. Reed, Henry. Return to Naples. In The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: Reed's semi-autobiographical radio play about an Englishman's visits to the Italian city over a period of twenty years. First broadcast in 1950.

Play: Return to Naples 
Subjects: Play
References: Return to Naples

846. Reed, Henry. The Streets of Pompeii. In The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: A "sort of dramatic poem," said Reed, this radio play centers on varied groups of visitors to the ruins of Pompeii. First broadcast in 1952, The Streets of Pompeii won the 1953 Italia Prize for literary or dramatic programmes.

Play: The Streets of Pompeii 
Subjects: Play
References: Streets of Pompeii

847. Reed, Henry. The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: Collection of Reed's radio drama for the BBC, including Leopardi: The Unblest, Leopardi: The Monument, The Streets of Pompeii, Return to Naples, The Great Desire I Had, and Vincenzo.

Book: The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio (0563101644)
Subjects: Play
References: The Unblest, The Monument, The Streets of Pompeii, Return to Naples, The Great Desire I Had, Vincenzo

848. Reed, Henry. Leopardi, Part I: The Unblest. In The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: In this radio play, the young poet Count Giacomo Leopardi, a half-blind hunchback, is made miserable by his domineering mother. First broadcast in 1949.

Play: The Unblest 
Subjects: Play
References: Unblest

849. Reed, Henry. Vincenzo. In The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1971.
Description: In a narrative put forth by his four wives, this radio play follows the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga I, from his nineteenth year to his deathbed. Broadcast in 1955.

Play: Vincenzo 
Subjects: Play
References: Vincenzo

850. Smyth, William Maclurg. Modern Verse. Book 5 of English Poetry: A Course in English. London: Edward Arnold, 1971.

Anthology: Modern Verse 
Subjects: Poem

851. Wade, David. "Radio." Times (London), 2 January 1971, 16.
Description: Mentions a broadcast of Reed's Lessons of the War series, with a 'sufficiently revised' version of "Returning of Issue."

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Poem, Radio
References: Lessons of the War, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat, Returning of Issue

852. Billington, Michael. "Macbeth, Greenwich Theatre." Review of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Greenwich Theatre, 17 February 1971. Times (London), 18 February 1971, 13.
Description: Reed's phrase 'reinforced concrete' [sic] is used to describe the music for a new production of Macbeth.

Newspaper: Macbeth, Greenwich Theatre 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Musique Discrète

853. Strickland, Geoffrey. "Dumb Insolence?" Encounter 36, no. 2 (May 1971): 78-79.
Description: Geoffrey Strickland's review of Reed's 1970 collection, Lessons of the War.

Journal: Encounter 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Movement of Bodies, Returning of Issue

854. New York Times, "U.S. Screen Festival Opens Today at Hilton," 11 May 1971, 44.
Description: The 13th American Film Festival by the Educational Film Library Association.

Newspaper: U.S. Screen Fesitval Opens Today 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

855. Times (London), "Radio," 2 August 1971, 19.
Description: Reed introduces his new poem, "Four People," on Poetry Now (Radio 3).

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem, Radio
References: Poetry Now

856. Vansittart, Peter. "Radio." Review of "Four People," by Henry Reed. BBC Radio 3, "Poetry Now," 2 August 1971. Times (London), 14 August 1971, 18.
Description: Review of Reed's poem, "Four People," on the BBC radio program Poetry Now.

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Four People

857. Wade, David. "Grins and Guffaws." Times (London), 23 October 1971, 8.
Description: Reed is scheduled to make a radio tribute to P.G. Wodehouse, but must cancel due to illness.

Newspaper: Grins and Guffaws 
Subjects: Biography
References: P.G. Wodehouse

858. Carey, John. "The Tribulations of a Man of Letters." Listener 86, no. 2222 (28 October 1971): 577-578.
Description: Review of Hilda Tablet and Others and The Streets of Pompeii. BBC Publications, £2.10 and £3.15, respectively.

Journal: The Listener, Oct. 1970 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Hedge, Backwards, The Primal Scene, As It Were, The Unblest, The Monument, The Streets of Pompeii, Return to Naples, The Great Desire I Had, Vincenzo

859. Wade, David. "Hamlet's Mirror." Radio. Times (London), 30 October 1971, 8.
Description: Reed's play Return to Naples was rebroadcast on the BBC on Sunday, 24 October.

Newspaper: Hamlet's Mirror 
Subjects: Play
References: Return to Naples

860. Advertisement for Hilda Tablet and Others, and The Streets of Pompeii. Plays and Players 19, no. 2, iss. 218 (November 1971): 82.

Journal: Advertisement for Hilda Tablet 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Hedge, Backwards, The Primal Scene, As It Were, The Unblest, The Monument, The Streets of Pompeii, Return to Naples, The Great Desire I Had, Vincenzo

861. Clement-Davies, Stanley, et al. "New Radio Telescope." Letter to the editor. Times (London), 12 November 1971, 15.
Description: Reed and Douglas Cleverdon are among those who signed this letter protesting the intrusion of a proposed telescope for the Meifod Valley, Wales.

Newspaper: New Radio Telescope 
Subjects: Biography
References: Stanley Clement-Davies, Douglas Cleverdon

862. Ford, Christopher. "The Reeve's Tale." Guardian (Manchester), 20 November 1971, 10.
Description: An excellent interview with Reed, for a retrospective of the Hilda Tablet series of radio plays.

Newspaper: The Guardian (Manchester), Nov. 1971 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Play
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, Emily Butter, A Hedge, Backwards, Not a Drum Was Heard, Naming of Parts, Moby Dick, The Streets of Pompeii, After a Certain Age

863. Times (London) Literary Supplement, "A Biographer in Search of Laughs." Reviews of Hilda Tablet and Others and The Streets of Pompeii, by Henry Reed. 26 November 1971, 1486.
Description: The TLS critic believes Reed's radio work on the printed page "will give as much delight as it did (and still does) on air."

Newspaper: A Biographer in Search of Laughs 
Subjects: Criticism, Play
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, The Unblest, The Monument, Vincenzo, The Great Desire I Had

864. Bergonzi, Bernard. Wartime and Aftermath: English Literature and Its Background, 1939-60. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. 72.
Description: Only passing mention of "Naming of Parts."

Book: Wartime and Aftermath (0192192426)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Alun Lewis, Keith Douglas, Sidney Keyes

865. Bloomberg, Robert, dir. "Naming of Parts." Film: 5 min., sd. color, 16 mm. Contemporary Films/McGraw-Hill, 1972.
Description: Short film adaptation of Henry Reed's poem, showing scenes of young trainees receiving instruction in rifle assembly, and contrasting scenes of the life-affirming beauty of blossoms, branches, and bees.

Film: Naming of Parts (Film) (72-700652)
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

866. Boyle, Kay, ed. Enough of Dying! Voices for Peace. New York: Dell, 1972.

Anthology: Enough of Dying! Voices for Peace 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

867. Gardner, Helen Louise, Dame, comp. The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1950. New York: Oxford University Press, 1972.

Anthology: The New Oxford Book of English Verse (0198121369)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts

868. Hurtik, Emil, and Robert E. Yarber, comps. An Introduction to Poetry and Criticism. Lexington, MA: Xerox College, 1972.

Anthology: An Introduction to Poetry and Criticism (0536006768)
Subjects: Poem

869. Messner, Nancy Shingler, and Gerald Messner, comps. Collection: Literature for the Seventies. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1972.

Anthology: Collection: Literature for the Seventies (0669636363)
Subjects: Poem
References: Lessons of the War

870. Porter, Peter, ed. New Poems, 1971-72: A P.E.N. Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. London: Hutchinson, 1972. 136.
Description: Collects Reed's newest addition to his Lessons of the War, "Returning of Issue."

Anthology: New Poems, 1971-72 
Subjects: Poem
References: Returning of Issue

871. Salerno, Nicolas A., and Daniel J. Meyer, comps. Composition and Literary Form: An Anthology. Cambridge, MA: Winthrop Publishers, 1972.

Anthology: Composition and Literary Form (0876261551)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

872. Simpson, Louis Aston Marantz, comp. An Introduction to Poetry. New York: St. Martin's, 1972.

Anthology: An Introduction to Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

873. Snagge, John, and Michael Barsley. Those Vintage Years of Radio. London: Pitman Publishing, 1972. 40-41.
Description: Reed is not mentioned, but assisted with the recording of the program "A Day in Naples," in 1951.

Book: Those Vintage Years of Radio 
Subjects: Biography
References: Wynford Vaughan Thomas, Michael Barsley, John Vizard

874. Literature. British Book News, February 1972. 153.
Description: A short review of Reed's two collections of plays issued by the BBC: The Streets of Pompeii and Other Plays for Radio, and Hilda Tablet and Others: Four Pieces for Radio.

Journal: Literature 
Subjects: Criticism, Play
References: The Streets of Pompeii, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

875. Radio Times, "Full Frontal Pioneer," Radio Times People, 20 April 1972, 5.
Description: A brief article before a new production of Reed's translation of Montherlant, mentioning a possible second collection of poems.

Journal: Full Frontal Pioneer 
Subjects: Radio, Biography
References: The Land Where the King is a Child, Naming of Parts

876. Wade, David. "Radio: The Art of Carrying Learning Lightly." Review of BBC broadcast of The Land Where the King is a Child, by Henry de Montherlant, translated by Henry Reed. Times (London), 29 April 1972, 11.
Description: Review of Reed's radio play, based on Montherlant's play La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant.

Newspaper: Radio: The Art of Carrying Learning Lightly 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation, Radio
References: Henry de Montherlant, The Land Where the Child is King, John Tydeman

877. Kuykendall, Carol. "Sequence Without Stricture." English Journal 61, no. 5 (May 1972): 715, 722.
Description: Quotes from "Naming of Parts" to demonstrate the dangers of an overly-structured English curriculum.

Journal: Sequence Without Stricture 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

878. "Poetry." Supplement to Listener 88, no. 2270 (28 September 1972): iv.
Description: An upcoming program to honor A.M.D. Hughes mentions Reed was his student.

Anthology: Poetry 
Subjects: Biography
References: A.M.D. Hughes, Walter Allen, Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin

879. Thwaite, Anthony. "Jabbering Set." Listener 88, no. 2274 (26 October 1972): 560-561 [560].
Description: In his weekly round-up of radio, Thwaite enjoyed the "Personal Anthology" given on the occasion of A.M.D. Hughes' 100th birthday.

Journal: Jabbering Set 
Subjects: Biography
References: A.M.D. Hughes, R.D. Smith, Kingsley Amis

880. Wade, David. "Backward Glance." Radio. Times (London), 30 December 1972, 10.
Description: As a birthday tribute to Sir Ralph Richardson, an excerpt from Reed's Moby Dick: A Play for Radio is broadcast on the BBC.

Newspaper: Backward Glance 
Subjects: Play
References: Moby Dick, Ralph Richardson

881. Dundas, Judith. "Illusion and the Poetic Image." The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 32, no. 2 (Winter 1973): 197-203 [198-199].
Description: In discussing the "ironic eye," Reed's "Naming of Parts" is mentioned.

Journal: Illusion and the Poetic Image 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

882. Garrison, Chester Arthur. The Vast Venture: Hardy's Epic-Drama "The Dynasts". Salzburg: Institute für Englische Sprache und Literatur, 1973. 40, 104, 125.
Description: Refers to Reed's adaptation of "The Dynasts" for radio.

Book: The Vast Venture 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts

883. Ginzburg, Natalia. The Advertisement. Translated by Henry Reed. In Plays By and About Women: An Anthology, edited by Victoria Sullivan and James Hatch. New York: Random House, 1973. 295–344.

Play: The Advertisement (0394483472)
Subjects: Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement, A.D. Peters

884. Hamilton, Ian. "The Forties II." In A Poetry Chronicle: Essays and Reviews. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1973. 66-74 [68-70].
Description: An excerpt from Ian Hamilton's series of essays on the poetry of the 1940s, regarding Reed's poems "Judging Distances" and "Naming of Parts."

Chapter: A Poetry Chronicle (064926737)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts

885. Harlan, William K., comp. Probes: An Introduction to Poetry. New York: Macmillan, 1973.

Anthology: Probes: An Introduction to Poetry 
Subjects: Poem

886. Hunter, J. Paul, ed. Poetry. The Norton Introduction to Literature. New York: W.W. Norton, 1973. 10.

Anthology: Poetry (0393093808)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

887. Kleinhenz, Christopher, comp. "Italian Literature in Translation: A Bibliography of Currently Available Texts." Italica 50, no. 3 (Autumn 1973):349-374 [354-355].
Description: List of Reed's translations of Betti plays.

Journal: Italian Literature in Translation 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Crime on Goat Island, The Queen and the Rebels, Summertime, Three Plays

888. Larkin, Phillip, ed. The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973. 477-479.

Anthology: The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse (0198121377)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

889. Reeves, James, comp. A Vein of Mockery: Twentieth Century Verse Satire. London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1973.

Anthology: A Vein of Mockery 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Chard Whitlow, T.S. Eliot

890. Radio Times, "The Strawberry Ice," 18 January 1973, 43.
Description: Billing for Natalia Ginzburg's "The Strawberry Ice," broadcast on Radio 4 at 3:00 pm, January 24, 1973.

Newspaper: The Strawberry Ice 
Subjects: Radio, Translation, Play
References: Natalia Ginzburg, Marjorie Westbury, Rosalind Shanks, Jill Balcon, Kathleen Michael, John Rowe, Christopher Venning

891. Wade, David. "Grotesque Events." Radio. Times (London), 27 January 1973, 10.
Description: On January 24, the BBC's Afternoon Theatre broadcast Reed's translation of Ginzburg's play, Fragola e Panna.

Newspaper: Grotesque Events 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Strawberry Ice, Rosalind Shanks

892. Times (London), "Birthdays Today," 22 February 1973, 19.
Description: Reed's birthday is included in an announcement of celebrities' and renowned personalities'.

Newspaper: Birthdays Today 
Subjects: Biography

893. Searles, John R. "Teaching Materials." Review of Living Prose & Poetry, vols. 4-6. English Journal 62, no. 4 (April 1973): 662-663 [662].
Description: Set of record albums on English literature includes a recording of Reed's verse.

Journal: Teaching Materials 
Subjects: Criticism

894. Times (London), "Today's Engagements," 4 May 1973, 20.
Description: An announcement for "Poets In Person," a reading with Reed and Edouard Roditi.

Newspaper: Today's Engagements 
Subjects: Biography
References: Edouard Roditi

895. "Weekend Competition." New Statesman 85, no. 2205 (22 June 1973): 938.
Description: Sets the competition for married names.

Journal: Weekend Competition 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

896. "Weekend Competition." New Statesman 86, no. 2208 (13 July 1973): 938.
Description: Results for competition set on June 22 has a Reed reference.

Journal: Weekend Competition 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

897. Times (London), "Mermaid Poetry," 11 October 1973, 12.
Description: Announcement for "The Poetry of War," a reading presented by Ian Hamilton, with Reed, Charles Causley, and Roy Fuller on the bill.

Newspaper: Mermaid Poetry 
Subjects: Biography
References: Ian Hamilton, Charles Causley, Roy Fuller

898. Times (London), "Mermaid Poetry," 12 October 1973, 14.
Description: An announcement for a reading on "The Poetry of War," presented by Ian Hamilton, has Reed on the bill.

Newspaper: Mermaid Poetry 
Subjects: Biography
References: Ian Hamilton, Charles Causley, Roy Fuller

899. Advertisement for Mermaid Theatre Poetry. Spectator 231, no. 7581 (13 October 1973): 490.
Description: "The Poetry of War" presented by Ian Hamilton, with Reed on the bill.

Journal: Advertisement for Mermaid Theatre Poetry 
Subjects: Biography
References: Charles Causley, Roy Fuller, Ian Hamilton

900. Daiches, David. Review of The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1950, edited by Helen Gardner. Review of English Studies, New Series 24, no. 96 (November 1973): 520.
Description: Gardner's book contains two 'deservedly included' anthology pieces by Henry Reed.

Journal: Review of The New Oxford Book of English Verse 
Subjects: Criticism

901. Brown, Terence, and Alec Reid, eds. Time Was Away: The World of Louis MacNeice. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1974. 36, 74.
Description: Reed was cast in MacNeice's production of Station Bell while a student at the University of Birmingham.

Book: Time Was Away (0851052371)
Subjects: Biography
References: Reggie Smith, Walter Allen

902. Chicorel, Marietta, ed. Chicorel Index to Poetry in Anthologies and Collections in Print. New York: Chicorel Library Publishing, 1974. 1233.
Description: 1974 index to anthologies or collections containing Reed's poems.

Book: Chicorel Index to Poetry 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Chard Whitlow, Judging Distances, Naming of Parts, Unarmed Combat, The Wall

903. Dodds, E.R. "Louis MacNeice at Birmingham." In Time Was Away: The World of Louis MacNeice, edited by Terence Brown and Alec Reid. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1974. 35-38 [36].
Description: Reed is counted among MacNeice's students at the University of Birmingham, along with Reggie Smith.

Chapter: Louis MacNeice at Birmingham 
Subjects: Biography
References: R.D. Smith

904. Ginzburg, Natalia. The Advertisement. Translated by Henry Reed. In Plays By and About Women: An Anthology, edited by Victoria Sullivan and James Hatch. New York: Vintage Books, 1974. 295-344.
Description: Reed's English translation of Ginzburg's play is collected in this anthology.

Play: The Advertisement (0394718968)
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

905. Jerome, Judson. The Poet and the Poem. Exp. and rev. ed. Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest, 1974.

Anthology: The Poet and the Poem (0911654259)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

906. Reid, Alec. "MacNeice in the Theatre." In Time Was Away: The World of Louis MacNeice, edited by Terence Brown and Alec Reid. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1974. 73-85 [74].
Description: Reed took part in a University of Birmingham production of MacNeice's Station Bell in 1936.

Chapter: MacNeice in the Theatre 
Subjects: Biography
References: R.D. Smith, Walter Allen

907. Roberts, Michael, and Janet Adam Smith, eds. The Faber Book of Comic Verse. London: Faber and Faber, 1974.

Anthology: The Faber Book of Comic Verse (0571048331)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

908. Stallworthy, Jon, comp. A Book of Love Poetry. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
Description: Originally published under title: The Penguin Book of Love Poetry.

Anthology: A Book of Love Poetry (0713906375)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

909. Taylor, Henry, comp. Poetry: Points of Departure. Cambridge, MA: Winthrop, 1974.

Anthology: Poetry: Points of Departure (0876266782)
Subjects: Poem

910. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 7 January 1974, 21.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Pirandello's play Room for Argument airs this evening on BBC Radio 4.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
References: Luigi Pirandello, Room for Argument

911. Reed, Henry. "The Town Itself (A Poem)." Listener 91, no. 2343 (21 February 1974): 237.
Description: The note accompanying this poem in the Listener reads: 'A tribute to Henry Reed on his 60th birthday will be broadcast on Radio 3 tomorrow night.'

Journal: The Town Itself (A Poem) 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Town Itself

912. Times (London), "Birthdays Today," 22 February 1974, 16.
Description: Announcement of Reed's 60th birthday.

Newspaper: Birthdays Today 
Subjects: Biography

913. Times (London). "Broadcasting." 22 February 1974, 27.
Description: Schedule for BBC 3 lists a 60th birthday tribute to Henry Reed, introduced by Reggie Smith.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Radio, Biography
References: R.D. Smith

914. Reed, Henry. "The Blissful Land." Listener 91, no. 2351 (18 April 1974): 496.

Journal: The Blissful Land 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Blissful Land

915. Calta, Louis. "News of the Stage." New York Times, 9 June 1974, 56.
Description: The Roundabout Theatre Company intends to produce Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed, starting July 2.

Newspaper: News of the Stage 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed

916. Gussow, Mel. "Theatre: Betti's 'Burnt Flowerbed' Comes to the Roundabout." Review of The Burnt Flowerbed by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Roundabout Theatre, New York, 24 July 1974. New York Times, 25 July 1974, 29.
Description: Review of the Roundabout Theatre premiere of Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flower-Bed.

Newspaper: Theatre: Betti's 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed

917. Reed, Henry. "Four People." Listener 92, no. 2386 (19/26 December 1974): 848-849.

Journal: Four People 
Subjects: Poem

918. Ackerley, J.R. The Ackerley Letters. Edited by Neville Braybrooke. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1975. 84, 87, 89, 100, 122n, 165, 250, 276.
Description: The collected letters of J.R. Ackerley, editor of The Listener and colleague of Reed's.

Book: The Ackerley Letters (0151508585)
Subjects: Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Movement of Bodies

919. Banerjee, A. Spirit Above Wars. Delhi: Macmillan Company of India, 1975. 83, 86-87.
Description: Notes Reed's retort to a letter to the editor, regarding his Listener articles on "Poetry in War Time."

Book: Spirit Above Wars 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Poetry in War Time

920. Beer, Patricia, ed. New Poems, 1975: A P.E.N. Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. London: Hutchinson, 1975. 65-66, 181.
Description: Collects Reed's elegiac love poem, "Bocca di Magra."

Anthology: New Poems, 1975 (0091255309)
Subjects: Poem
References: Bocca di Magra

921. Braybrooke, Neville, ed. The Ackerley Letters. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. 84, 87, 89, 100, 122n, 165, 250, 276.
Description: The collected letters of J.R. Ackerley, editor of The Listener and colleague of Reed's.

Book: The Ackerley Letters (0151508585)
Subjects: Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Movement of Bodies

922. Ciardi, John, and Miller Williams, eds. How Does a Poem Mean?. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1975.

Anthology: How Does a Poem Mean? (0395204402)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

923. Jennings, Elizabeth. "Reed, Henry." In Contemporary Poets, edited by James Vinson. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975. 1250-1254.

Book: Contemporary Poets (0900997206)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism

924. Spender, Stephen. T.S. Eliot. New York: Viking, 1975. 177.
Description: Eliot 'relished' "Chard Whitlow," but did not emulate it.

Book: T.S. Eliot 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

925. Tolley, A.T. The Poetry of the Thirties. London: Victor Gollancz, 1975. 121, 369-372.
Description: Tolley quotes at length from "Outside and In," believing it is 'Reed's very finished talent, his delicate control of rhythm and diction that create the tone of an intimate speaking voice...[.]'

Book: The Poetry of the Thirties 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Outside and In

926. Wakeman, John, ed. "Reed, Henry." World Authors 1950-1970. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1975. 1198-1199.
Description: Biography of Reed, with commentary on his major works and a short bibliography.

Book: World Authors 1950-1970 (082420419)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Judging Distances, Hiding Beneath the Furze, Philoctetes, Tristram, Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Moby Dick, Return to Naples, The Streets of Pompeii, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

927. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 7 January 1975, 23.
Description: A reading of Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" by Gary Watson is scheduled this evening on the BBC.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Gary Watson

928. Reed, Henry. "An Essential Voice." BBC broadcast, 12 January 1975.
Description: Broadcast of a Leopardi anthology, including "La Ginestra."

Radio: An Essential Voice 
Subjects: Poem, Translation
References: La Ginestra

929. Birrell, T.A. "Notes on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature Volume IV (1900-1950)." Neophilologus 59, no. 2 (April 1975): 313 (306-315).
Description: A list of updates and corrections to the NCBEL suggests adding 'some reference to Henry Reed's numerous radio scripts' for the BBC Third Programme.

Journal: Notes on the New Cambridge Bibliography 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography

930. Reed, Henry. "Bocca di Magra." Listener 93, no. 2403 (24 April 1975): 546.

Journal: Bocca di Magra 
Subjects: Poem
References: Bocca di Magra

931. Advertisement for the Fourth Annual Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations. Spectator 234, no. 7661 (26 April 1975): 519.
Description: Poetry reading coordinated by Anthony Rudolf, to which Reed was unable to attend.

Journal: Advertisement for the Fourth Annual Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations 
Subjects: Biography
References: Keith Bosley, Ernest Bryll, Sydney Carter, Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Erich Fried, Augustus Young, John Heath-Stubbs, Jon Silkin, Ken Smith, Val Warner

932. Goss, Raymond. "To Students Everywhere." Parody of "Naming of Parts," by Henry Reed. College Composition and Communication 26, no. 2 (May 1975): 148.
Description: A parody of "Naming of Parts" which changes the setting to a university campus, and the lessons to ones on grammar and the parts of speech.

Journal: To Students Everywhere 
Subjects: Poem, Parody
References: Naming of Parts

933. Kendall, D.G. "The Recovery of Structure From Fragmentary Information." Philosophical Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences 279, no. 1291 (25 September 1975): 582 (547-582).
Description: This lecture on seriation and map-making quotes from Reed's poem, "Naming of Parts."

Journal: The Recovery of Structure From Fragmentary Information 
Subjects: Miscellaneous, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

934. Bold, Alan N., ed. The Martial Muse: Seven Centuries of War Poetry. Exeter, England: Wheaton, 1976.

Anthology: The Martial Muse (0080203876)
Subjects: Poem

935. Brooks, Cleanth, and Robert Penn Warren, eds. Understanding Poetry. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976.

Anthology: Understanding Poetry (0030769809)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

936. England. Vol. 6 of Living Prose & Poetry, narrated by Clifton Fadiman. 2 LP records, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in. Old Greenwich, CT: Listening Library, 1976.
Description: Set of English poetry recordings includes "Lessons of the War: Naming of Parts."

Sound: England 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

937. Kennedy, X.J. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Boston: Little, Brown, 1976. 844.

Anthology: Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

938. Moran, Maureen, Susan Potter, and James Redmond. "The Twentieth Century." Year's Work in English Studies 57 (1976): 361.
Description: Reviews Scannell's Not Without Glory.

Journal: The Twentieth Century 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Vernon Scannell, Not Without Glory

939. Moss, Robert F. "Berryman's Last Hurrah." Review of The Freedom of the Poet, by John Berryman. Virginia Quarterly Review 52, no. 4 (Autumn 1976): 707-711 [710].
Description: Moss is 'astounded by [Berryman's] prescience in celebrating Henry Reed's "Naming of Parts"...'.

Journal: Berryman's Last Hurrah 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, John Berryman

940. Sader, Marion, ed. "Reed, Henry." In vol. 6, Comprehensive Index to English-Language Little Magazines: 1890-1970, Morgan to Robertson. Millwood, NY: Kraus-Thomson, 1976. 3725.
Description: A excellent bibliography of primary works by, and about, Reed.

Book: Comprehensive Index to English-Language Little Magazines (0527003700)
Subjects: Poem, Review, Criticism
References: Chrysothemis, The Door and the Window, End of an Impulse, The Place and the Person, Questionnaire: The Cost of Letters, W.H. Auden in America, Bibliography

941. Scannell, Vernon. "Henry Reed and Others." Not Without Glory: Poets of the Second World War. London: Woburn Press, 1976: 134-141.
Description: Vernon Scannell's commentary on Reed's series of poems, Lessons of the War.

Book: Not Without Glory (0713000945)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

942. Sissons, Michael, and Philip French, eds. Age of Austerity. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. 224.

Book: Age of Austerity (083718732X)
Subjects: Criticism, Review

943. Newby, Howard. "Radio, Television and the Arts." Listener 95, no. 2441 (22 January 1976): 75-76 [75].
Description: A passing mention of Reed in the heyday of the Third Programme.

Journal: Radio, Television and the Arts 
Subjects: Criticism

944. "Drama: Radio 3." Listener 95, no. 2443 (5 February 1976): iv.
Description: Schedule of upcoming programs has Reed's translation of Ginzburg's The Wig for March 23.

Journal: Drama: Radio 3 
Subjects: Play, Radio, Translation
References: The Wig, Natalia Ginzburg, Eleanor Bron

945. Advertisement for Not Without Glory: Poets of the Second World War, by Vernon Scannell. Listener 95, no 2450 (25 March 1976): 374.
Description: Ad for Scannell's Not Without Glory (Woburn Press, 1976).

Journal: Advertisement for Not Without Glory 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Charles Causley, Roy Fuller, Anthony Hecht

946. Times (London), "Radio," 29 May 1976, 6.
Description: Reed's translation of Giacosa's Like the Leaves airs tomorrow afternoon on BBC Radio 4.

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
References: Giuseppe Giacosa, Like the Leaves

947. Motion, Andrew. "Bard's Army." Reviews of Not Without Glory by Vernon Scannell, and A Spirit Above Wars, by A. Banerjee. New Review 3, no. 27 (27 June 1976) 56-58 [57].
Description: Reed's "Naming of Parts" perfectly captures the 'wearying innuendo' of the 'persistent, nagging eroticism in military life'.

Journal: Bard's Army 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

948. Proffitt, Edward. "Freshman English Once More." College English 38, no. 2 (October 1976): 132-143 [137].
Description: "Naming of Parts" is used as an example for using diction and tone.

Journal: Freshman English Once More 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

949. Cleverdon. Douglas. "Fifty Years." The Private Library 2nd Series 10, no. 1 (Spring 1977): 51-83 [71].
Description: Reminiscing on his prolific life as a bookseller and publisher, Cleverdon mentions the fifth Clover Hill edition of Reed's The Lessons of the War.

Journal: Fifty Years 
Subjects: Biography
References: Lessons of the War

950. Dodds, E.R. Missing Persons: An Autobiography. Oxford: Clarendon, 1977. 113, 116.
Description: Dodds, a professor of Greek at the University of Birmingham, recalls meeting the likes of Reed, Reggie Smith, Walter Allen; and hiring Louis MacNeice.

Book: Missing Persons (0198120869)
Subjects: Biography
References: Eric Robertson Dodds, Reggie Smith, Walter Allen, Louis MacNeice

951. Hewison, Robert. Under Siege: Literary Life in London, 1939-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. 110, 113, 118, 139-140.
Description: Contains an excellent examination of the 'military/poetic' problem in Reed's "Judging Distances," and "Unarmed Combat."

Book: Under Siege 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography, Poem
References: Judging Distances, Naming of Parts, Unarmed Combat

952. Homberger, Eric. The Art of the Real: Poetry in England and America Since 1939. Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1977. 27, 56.
Description: Compared with Fuller's "Autumn, 1939," Reed's "Judging Distances" 'captures this effect with greater economy.'

Book: The Art of the Real (0874719380)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow, Judging Distances

953. Pryce-Jones, Alan. "The Georgian Poets." In Georgian Poetry, 1911-1922: The Critical Heritage, edited by Timothy Rogers. London: Routledge, 1977. 361. Originally published in Penguin New Writing 35 (1948): 91-100.
Description: Quotes Reed on the disintigration of modern poetry, from "The End of an Impulse," New Writing and Daylight, 1943.

Chapter: The Georgian Poets (0710082789)
Subjects: Review

954. "Reed, Henry". Who's Who, 1977-1978. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977. 2005.
Description: First appearance of Reed's additions to his Who's Who entry.

Book: Reed, Henry (312874669)
Subjects: Biography
References: The Advertisement, Crime on Goat Island, Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot, Eugénie Grandet, Paride Rombi, Perdu and His Father, Moby Dick, Ugo Betti, Natalia Ginzburg

955. Armour, Robert. "Poetry and Film for the Classroom." English Journal 66, no. 1 (January 1977): 88-91 (91).
Description: A discussion of the kinship between poetry and film suggests Robert Bloomberg's film, "Naming of Parts," as one of the best films made from a poem.

Journal: Poetry and Film for the Classroom 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

956. Spiegl, Fritz. "Bark and Moat's Art." Listener 97, no. 2490 (6 January 1977): 25.
Description: BBC music review accuses a repeat broadcast of Reed's Emily Butter of being a 'vitriolic' attack on Benjamin Britten.

Journal: Bark and Moat's Art 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Emily Butter, Benjamin Britten

957. Tennyson, Hallam. "Britten and Hilda." Letter to the editor. Listener 97, no. 2493 (27 January 1977): 116.
Description: Rebuke of Spiegl's reference to Reed's Hilda Tablet series in the January 6 Listener.

Journal: Britten and Hilda 
Subjects: Play
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Benjamin Britten

958. Times (London), "Broadcasting," 14 April 1977, 27.
Description: On this date, Derek Jacobi read Reed's poem "Three Words" on the BBC.

Newspaper: Broadcasting 
Subjects: Biography, Poem
References: Three Words, Derek Jacobi

959. Times (London), "Radio," 22 June 1977, 31.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Giacosa's The Soul Has Its Rights airs this afternoon on BBC Radio 4.

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
References: Giuseppe Giacosa, The Sould Has Its Rights

960. Wade, David. "New Sound?" Radio. Times London, 16 July 1977, 11.
Description: The new BBC 4, compared with the days of the Third Programme.

Newspaper: New Sound? 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Louis Macneice, Douglas Bridson

961. Times (London), "Radio," 20 September 1977, 23.
Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's Duologue airs this evening on BBC Radio 3.

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, Duologue

962. Amis, Kingsley, ed. The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.

Anthology: The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse (0192118625)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

963. Baylor, Robert and Brenda Stokes, comps. Fine Frenzy: Enduring Themes in Poetry. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.

Anthology: Fine Frenzy (0070041601)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

964. Congdon, Kirby. Contemporary Poets in American Anthologies, 1960-1977. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1978. 196.
Description: Index of Reed's poems appearing in American anthologies.

Book: Contemporary Poets in American Anthologies (0810811685)
Subjects: Poem

965. Gale Research Company. "Reed, Henry." Who Was Who Among English and European Authors, 1931-1949. An Omnigraphics book. Vol. 3, N-Z. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1978. 1179.
Description: An extremely abbreviated biography for Reed lists music and travel as his main recreation.

Book: Who Was Who Among English and European Authors, 1931-1949 
Subjects: Biography

966. Gardner, Helen. The Composition of Four Quartets. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. 37, 39.
Description: Gardner credits Reed with two suggestions as to the sources of "The Dry Salvages" (refuted by Eliot, himself) and "Burnt Norton."

Book: The Compostion of Four Quartets (0195199898)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: T.S. Eliot, The Dry Salvages, Burnt Norton

967. Glendinning, Victoria. Elizabeth Bowen. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. 94, 146, 166.
Description: When Reed visited her in Ireland, he assisted Bowen with her book review column.

Book: Elizabeth Bowen (0394405331)
Subjects: Biography, Review
References: Elizabeth Bowen, John Lehmann

968. Heilman, Robert B. The Ways of the World: Comedy and Society. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1978. 140, 283n.
Description: Heilman uses Ginzburg's The Advertisement (translated by Reed) as an example of "gray" comedy.

Book: The Ways of the World: Comedy and Society (0295955872)
Subjects: Criticism, Play
References: The Advertisement, Natalia Ginzburg

969. Lewin, Ronald. Ultra Goes to War: The First Account of World War II's Greatest Secret Based on Official Documents. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978.
Description: Covering Bletchley Park's contribution to Allied codebreaking, Reed is mentioned as sharing lodgings with mathematician Jack Good.

Book: Ultra Goes to War (0070374538)
Subjects: Biography

970. Pearson, John. The Sitwells: A Family's Biography. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. 374.
Description: Biography of the Sitwell family quotes a letter from Edith to John Lehmann, concerning Reed's 1944 Penguin New Writing article on her poetry.

Book: The Sitwells: A Family's Biography (0156826763)
Subjects: Biography
References: Edith Sitwell, John Lehmann

971. Pownall, David E. Articles on Twentieth Century Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, 1954-1970. Vol. 6, Authors Quasimodo to Szaniawski. New York: Kraus-Thomson, 1978. 3435.
Description: Indexes Condon's 1954 Explicator article.

Book: Articles on Twentieth Century Literature 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

972. Simpson, Louis. A Revolution in Taste: Studies of Dylan Thomas, Allan Ginsburg, Sylvia Plath, and Robert Lowell. New York: Macmillan, 1978. 39.
Description: A Dylan Thomas poetry reading included 'a hilarious imitation of T.S. Eliot's voice in a parody by Henry Reed.'

Book: A Revolution in Taste 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

973. Davalle, Peter. "Personal Choice." Times (London), 23 October 1978, 29.
Description: Reed's adaptation of Giacosa's play, Tristi Amori is scheduled for broadcast.

Newspaper: Personal Choice 
Subjects: Radio, Translation
References: Giuseppe Giacosa, Sorrows of Love

974. Wade, David. "Indifferent Health." Radio. Review of BBC radio broadcast of Sorrows of Love, by Giuseppe Giacosa, translated by Henry Reed. Times London, 28 October 1978, 10.
Description: Wade calls this translation 'fluent,' 'stylish,' and 'superbly speakable,' and notes that Reed still has his 'glowing touch.'

Newspaper: Indifferent Health 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Giuseppe Giacoso, Sorrows of Love, Eileen Atkins, John Tydeman

975. Parker, Derek. "Dramatic Imports." Listener 100, no. 2584 (2 November 1978): 583.
Description: Parker feels that Reed's adaptation of Giacosa's Sorrows of Love 'topples into melodrama in the last act.'

Journal: Dramatic Imports 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: Giusepe Giacosa, Sorrows of Love, John Tydeman, Eileen Atkins, Charles Kay

976. Wade, David. "On the March." Radio. Times (London), 13 November 1976, 8.
Description: A rebroadcast of Reed's The Streets of Pompeii is scheduled for Monday, 15 November.

Newspaper: On the March 
Subjects: Biography, Play
References: The Streets of Pompeii

977. Hennessy, Brendan. Review of Sorrows of Love by Giuseppe Giacosa, translated by Henry Reed. Plays and Players 26, no. 3, iss. 302 (December 1978): 40.
Description: Hennesey feels that 'straight-forward dialogue carrying forward a strong narrative still work.'

Journal: Radio 
Subjects: Play, Translation, Radio
References: Giuseppe Giacosa, Sorrows of Love, John Tydeman, Eileen Atkins

978. Grigson, Geoffrey, ed. The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse: With a Sprinkling of Nonsense Prose. London: Faber and Faber, 1979.

Anthology: The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse (0571113567)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

979. Press, John. Review of The Composition of Four Quartets, by Helen Gardner. New Lugano Review 1 (1979): 84-91 [88].
Description: Press feels that there are moments in Eliot's "The Dry Salvages" 'when we are perilously close to Henry Reed's Chard Whitlow.'

Journal: Review of The Composition of Four Quartets 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

980. Schmidt, Michael. A Reader's Guide to Fifty Modern British Poets. London: Heinemann, 1979. 8.
Description: In his introdcution, Schmidt laments not having room for the likes of Reed.

Book: A Reader's Guide to Fifty Modern British Poets 
Subjects: Criticism

981. Stanley, John. "A Canteen Lunch with Henry Reed." Spectator, 19 May 1979, 36.
Description: This poem won a Spectator competition calling for "meals with famous poets."

Journal: A Canteen Lunch with Henry Reed 
Subjects: Parody, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

982. Wade, David. "Out of the Smoke, Into the Sound." Times (London), 17 November 1979, 13.
Description: Reed's achievement of the Gold Award for outstanding contribution to radio is mentioned in this recap of the Society of Authors/Pye Radio Awards.

Newspaper: Out of the Smoke, Into the Sound 
Subjects: Radio, Biography

983. Eckhardt, Caroline D. and David H. Stewart. "Towards a Functional Taxonomy of Composition." College Compostition and Communication 30, no. 4 (December 1979): 338-342 [342].
Description: "Naming of Parts" is quoted as an argument against solely teaching technique.

Journal: Towards a Functional Taxonomy of Composition 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

984. Coulton, Barbara. Louis MacNeice in the BBC. London: Faber and Faber, 1980. 82, 91, 125-126, 127, 129.

Book: Louis MacNeice in the BBC (0571115373)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Moby Dick

985. Day-Lewis, Sean. C. Day Lewis: An English Literary Life. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980: 201, 212, 254.
Description: Reed joins C. Day-Lewis in 1950 for a radio talk on poetry, and appears in Dorset working on a competing television program about Thomas Hardy.

Book: C. Day Lewis: An English Literary Life (0297777459)
Subjects: Biography, Radio
References: C. Day-Lewis, Paul Dehn, Patric Dickinson, Laurie Lee, Thomas Hardy

986. Ewart, Gavin, ed. The Penguin Book of Light Verse. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1980.

Anthology: The Penguin Book of Light Verse (0140422706)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

987. Fernyhough, A.H., Brigadier. A Short History of the RAOC. Burnham, England: Europrint, 1980.

Book: A Short History of the RAOC 
Subjects: Biography
References: Royal Army Ordnance Corps

988. Jarrell, Randall. "Verse Chronicle." In Kipling, Auden & Co.: Essays and Reviews, 1935-1964. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980. 147. Originally published in The Nation, 27 March 1948.
Description: Jarrell's review of A Map of Verona and Other Poems.

Chapter: Verse Chronicle (0374181535)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Tristram, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Antigone

989. Jennings, Elizabeth. "Reed, Henry." In Contemporary Poets, 3rd ed., edited by James Vinson. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. 1245-1248.
Description: Poet Elizabeth Jennings' analysis of Reed's poetry, with a brief biography and a lengthy bibliography.

Book: Contemporary Poets 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, A Map of Verona, Chard Whitlow, The Door and the Window, Philoctetes, Tristram, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Summertime, The Burnt Flower-Bed, The Advertisement

990. Kuntz, Josep M. Poetry Explication: A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1925 of British and American Poems Past and Present. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980. 361.
Description: This index of criticism only lists Condon's 1954 article in The Explicator for Reed.

Book: Poetry Explication: A Checklist (0816183139)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

991. Morrison, Blake. The Movement: English Poetry and Fiction of the 1950s. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. 18, 25, 34, 35.
Description: Quotes D.J. Enright saying Reed's Lessons of the War are 'too modest, or too wise, to attempt to deal directly with War'.

Book: The Movement 
Subjects: Criticism
References: D.J. Enright, Kingsley Amis

992. Reed, Henry. Moby Dick. Music by Anthony Hopkins. 2 audio cassettes. London: BBC, 1980.

Sound: Moby Dick 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Moby Dick

993. Times (London), "Radio," 7 January 1980, 23.
Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's play I Married You for Fun airs this evening on BBC Radio 4.

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, I Married You for Fun

994. Times (London), "Radio," 12 January 1980, 9.
Description: Reed's translation of Ginzburg's play I Married You for Fun is rebroadcast today.

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Radio, Play, Translation
References: Natalia Ginzburg, I Married You for Fun

995. Beck, James P. "Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinary English." English Journal 69, no. 2 (February 1980): 32.
Description: Suggestions for studying war and the military include "Naming of Parts."

Journal: Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinary English 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

996. Nye, Robert. "Poetry." Review of A Vein of Mockery: Twentieth Century Verse Satire, compiled by James Reeves. Times (London), 14 February 1980, 9.
Description: Mentions Reed's parodying Eliot's "Church as hippopotamouse...."

Newspaper: Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism, Parody, Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

997. Times (London), "Birthdays Today," 22 February 1980, 16.
Description: The Times' birthday announcements includes Reed celebrating 66 years.

Newspaper: Birthdays Today 
Subjects: Biography

998. Allen, Walter. As I Walked Down New Grub Street: Memories of a Writing Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. 28, 64, 269.
Description: Passing mentions of Henry Reed as friend and fellow writer.

Book: As I Walked Down New Grub Street (0226014339)
Subjects: Biography

999. Balzac, Honoré de. Eugénie Grandet. Translated by Henry Reed. New York: New American Library, 1981.
Description: Reed's translation from the original French.

Book: Eugénie Grandet (0451516036)
Subjects: Translation
References: Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet

1000. Balzac, Honoré de. Père Goriot. Translated and with an afterword by Henry Reed. New York: Signet Classic, 1981.
Description: Reed's translation from the original French.

Book: Père Goriot (0451521900)
Subjects: Translation
References: Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

1001. Drakakis, John. Introduction to British Radio Drama. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1981. 1-36.

Book: British Radio Drama (0521221838)
Subjects: Criticism, Play

1002. Drakakis, John. "The Essence That's Not Seen: Radio Adaptations of Stage Plays." In Radio Drama, edited by Peter Lewis. New York: Longman, 1981. 111-113.

Chapter: The Essence That's Not Seen (0582490529)
Subjects: Criticism

1003. Duff, Alan. The Third Language: Recurrent Problems of Translation into English (It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way That You Do It). Toronto: Pergamon Press, 1981. 86.
Description: Quotes from Reed's poem, "Judging Distances."

Book: The Third Language (0080272487)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Judgin Distances

1004. Hunter, J. Paul, ed. The Norton Introduction to Poetry. New York: W.W. Norton, 1981.

Anthology: The Norton Introduction to Poetry (039395157X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

1005. Lewis, Peter, ed. Radio Drama. New York: Longman, 1981. 6, 36, 83, 112-113, 114, 170.
Description: In a chapter by John Drakakis, Reed is quoted at length about the emphasis on 'quality, exclusivity, and permanence' in writing for the Third Programme.

Book: Radio Drama (0582490529)
Subjects: Criticism
References: A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

1006. Low, Donald A. "Telling the Story: Susan Hill and Dorothy L. Sayers." In British Radio Drama, edited by John Drakakis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. 120.
Description: Mention of Reed's radio plays being instrumental in the BBC's 'features' evolving into 'drama.'

Chapter: Telling the Story: Susan Hill and Dorothy L. Sayers (0521221838)
Subjects: Criticism

1007. May, Derwent, ed. The Music of What Happens: Poems From The Listener, 1965-1980. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1981. 44-48.
Description: Collects at least two later poems by Reed: "Returning of Issue," and "Four People."

Anthology: The Music of What Happens (0563178698)
Subjects: Poem
References: Returning of Issue, Four People

1008. Miller, Ruth, and Robert A. Greenberg, eds. Poetry, an Introduction. New York: St. Martin's, 1981.

Anthology: Poetry, an Introduction (0312618042)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1009. Reed, Henry. Afterword to Père Goriot, by Honoré de Balzac. New York: Signet Classic, 1981.

Book: Afterword to Père Goriot 
Subjects: Translation
References: Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

1010. Sanders, Charles. "Beyond the Language of the Living: The Voice of T.S. Eliot." Twentieth Century Literature 27, no. 4 (Winter 1981): 376-398 [379].
Description: Reed's poem "Chard Whitlow" is used as an example of what makes Eliot so parodiable.

Journal: Beyond the Language of the Living 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1011. Savage, Roger. "The Radio Plays of Henry Reed." In British Radio Drama, edited by John Drakakis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. 158-190, 247-248, 273-276.
Description: "The Radio Plays of Henry Reed," a chapter by Roger Savage, detailing Reed's comedic and dramatic work for the BBC, with a bibliography of his plays.

Chapter: British Radio Drama (0521293839)
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Biography
References: A By-Election in the Nineties, A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Hedge, Backwards, The Primal Scene, As It Were, Not a Drum Was Heard, Musique Discrète, Emily Butter, The Monument, Summertime

1012. Sellery, J'nan, and William O. Harris. Elizabeth Bowen: A Bibiliography. Austin, TX: Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1981. 58 85, 150, 282, 300.
Description: Lists Reed's 1945 New Statesman and Nation review of Bowen's short story collection, The Demon Lover, and a 1947 interview for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, "The Reader Takes Over."

Book: Elizabeth Bowen: A Bibliography (0879590807)
Subjects: Review, Radio
References: Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover

1013. Solley, George C. and Eric Steinbaugh, comps. Moods of the Sea: Masterworks of Sea Poetry. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981.

Anthology: Moods of the Sea 
Subjects: Poem
References: Sailor's Harbour

1014. Wade, David. "British Radio Drama Since 1960." In British Radio Drama, edited by John Drakakis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. 218-244.

Chapter: British Radio Drama Since 1960 (0521221838)
Subjects: Criticism

1015. Zaranka, William, ed. The Brand-X Anthology of Poetry: A Parody Anthology. Cambridge, MA: Apple-Wood Books, 1981.

Anthology: The Brand-X Anthology of Poetry (0918222303)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

1016. Times (London) "Birthdays Today," 21 February 1981, 14.
Description: Reed is 67 years old tomorrow.

Newspaper: Birthdays Today 
Subjects: Biography

1017. Davalle, Peter, ed. "Today's Television and Radio Programmes." Times (London), 19 November 1981, 27.
Description: Reed's 1979 of his adaptation of Moby Dick is replayed this evening on Radio 3.

Newspaper: Today's Television and Radio Programmes 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Radio
References: Moby Dick, Colin Blakely

1018. Times (London), "Prince of the Private Press," Times Preview 4-10 December 1981. 4 December 1981, IX.
Description: A retrospective of Douglas Cleverdon at age 78.

Newspaper: Prince of the Private Press 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Hilda Tablet, Douglas Cleverdon, Vincenzo

1019. Times (London), "Top of the Bill," Times Preview 4-10 December 1981. 4 December 1981, III.
Description: A rebroadcast of Reed's play Vincenzo is advertised with a picture of the Italian Duke.

Newspaper: Top of the Bill 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Vincenzo, Douglas Cleverdon

1020. Wade, David. "Radio." Times (London). Times Preview 4-10 December 1981. 4 December 1981, XV.
Description: Reed's play Vincenzo, "one of the greatest works of radio ever written," is scheduled for rebroadcast on Radio 3, the evening of December 9th.

Newspaper: Radio 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Vincenzo

1021. Davalle, Peter, ed. "Today's Television and Radio Programmes." Times (London), 10 December 1981, 27.
Description: To go with an exhibition of Gonzaga family treasures at the V&A in London, BBC Radio 3 has scheduled Reed's play, Vincenzo.

Newspaper: Today's Television and Radio Programmes 
Subjects: Play, Radio
References: Vincenzo, Gladys Young, Norman Shelley, Marjorie Westbury, Cecile Chevreau, Newton Blick, Barbara Couper

1022. Gardner, Helen. " A Study of Eliot's More Recent Poetry." Reprinted in Vol. 2, T.S. Eliot: The Critical Heritage, edited by Michael Grant. London: Routledge, 1982. 482e.
Description: Endnote credits Reed with suggesting the source of the bell in Eliot's "The Dry Salvages" may be Melville's Redburn.

Chapter: A Study of Eliot's More Recent Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism
References: T.S. Eliot, Dry Salvages, Herman Melville, Redburn

1023. Gardner, Helen Louise. In Defence of the Imagination. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. 145.
Description: Gardner recalls Reed, a former student of hers at Birmingham, mailing her a copy of Eliot's "East Coker" in 1940.

Book: In Defence of the Imagination 
Subjects: Biography
References: T.S. Eliot, East Coker

1024. Millgate, Michael. Thomas Hardy: A Biography. New York: Random House, 1982. xvi, 150n.
Description: Millgate credits Reed's insight into Hardy in the acknowledgments and in a footnote.

Book: Thomas Hardy: A Biography (0394488024)
Subjects: Biography
References: Thomas Hardy, Horace Moule

1025. Perrine, Laurence, and Thomas R. Arp, eds. Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. 6th ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

Anthology: Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry (0838407463)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

1026. Pickering, James H. and Jeffrey D. Hoeper, comps. Literature. New York: Macmillan, 1982. 904.

Anthology: Literature (0023954302)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1027. New York Times Book Review. "Matthew Arnold Entertains and Other Fun." 3 January 1982, 8.
Description: A selection of seven parodies from The Brand-X Anthology of Poetry includes Reed's "Chard Whitlow."

Newspaper: Matthew Arnold Entertains 
Subjects: Poem, Parody
References: Chard Whitlow

1028. Times (London), "Birthdays Today," 22 February 1982, 10.
Description: An announcement for Reed's 68th birthday.

Newspaper: Birthdays Today 
Subjects: Biography

1029. Dickinson, Patric. "The Poet as the Voice of His Generation." Review of Larkin at Sixty, edited by Anthony Thwaite. Times (London). 15 July 1982, 9.
Description: A brief quote from Reed's "Chard Whitlow."

Newspaper: The Poet as the Voice of His Generation 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Philip Larkin, Anthony Thwaite, Chard Whitlow

1030. Anderson, Susan Heller. "Briefs on the Arts." New York Times, 26 August 1982, C15.
Description: Announcement of Circle in the Square's intent to produce Betti's The Queen and the Rebels in Reed's translation.

Newspaper: Briefs on the Arts 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

1031. Rich, Frank. "Stage: Colleen Dewhurst in Ugo Betti Revival." Review of The Queen and the Rebels, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Plymouth Theatre, New York, 30 September 1982. New York Times, 1 October 1982, C3.
Description: The reviewer calls Circle in the Square's production of Reed's translation of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels 'clichéd' and 'flat.'

Newspaper: Stage: Colleen Dewhurst in Ugo Betti Revival 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

1032. Marlowe, Joan, and Betty Blake, eds. "Queen and the Rebels (The)." New York Theatre Critics' Reviews 43, no. 12 (4 October 1982): 202-206.
Description: Reproduces reviews from The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Women's Wear Daily, The New York Post, The Christian Science Monitor, WCBS TV2, and WABC TV7.

Journal: Queen and the Rebels (The) 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels

1033. Gluck, Victor. Theatre review of The Queen and the Rebels by Ugo Betti. Back Stage 23 (8 October 1982): 68.
Description: Review of 1982 performance of Betti's The Queen and the Rebels, translated by Reed, at New York's Plymouth Theatre.

Journal: The Queen and the Rebels 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: The Queen and the Rebels

1034. Gill, Brendan. "Pinchbeck Profundities." Review of The Queen and the Rebels, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. Plymouth Theatre, New York. New Yorker, 11 October 1982, 156.
Description: The reviewer feels that 'lyricism is nearly always the first victim of the translator.'

Journal: Pinchbeck Profundities 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Rebels, Colleen Dewhurst, Peter Michael Goetz, Scott Hylands, Betty Miller, David Jenkins, Jane Greenwood, John McLain, Waris Hussein

1035. Allison, Alexander W., et al., eds. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. New York: Norton, 1983.

Anthology: The Norton Anthology of Poetry (0393952428)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

1036. Bourdette, Robert E., and Michael Cohen. The Poem In Question. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, 1983. 52-54.
Description: Uses "Naming of Parts" as an example of an autobiographical poem, and provides questions for further study.

Anthology: The Poem In Question (0155706543)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1037. Frye, Northrop, Sheridan Baker, and George Perkins, eds. The Practical Imagination: An Introduction to Poetry. New York: Harper and Row, 1983.

Anthology: The Practical Imagination (006042219X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1038. Glendinning, Victoria. Vita: The Life of V. Sackville-West. New York: Knopf, 1983. 341-342.
Description: Reed sat on the Poetry Committee for the Society of Authors, to choose poets for a recital given for the Royal Family.

Book: Vita: The Life of V. Sackville-West 
Subjects: Biography
References: Edith Sitwell, Walter de la Mare, Dylan Thomas, Louis Macneice, George Barker, Denys Kilham Roberts

1039. Haffenden, John, ed. W.H. Auden: The Critical Heritage. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. 42.
Description: Mentions Reed's article on Auden's For the Time Being, but misattributes it.

Anthology: W.H. Auden: The Critical Heritage (0710093500)
Subjects: Criticism
References: W.H. Auden, The Sea and the Mirror

1040. Laing, Stewart. "The Production of Literature." In Society and Literature, 1945-1970, edited by Alan Sinfield. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1983. 160.
Description: Reed is mentioned among post-war radio playwrights Stevie Smith, Laurie Lee, Angus Wilson, and David Gascoyne.

Chapter: The Production of Literature 
Subjects: Biography
References: Louis MacNeice, Dylan Thomas

1041. Mengham, Rod. "Reading 'The Lull'." Twentieth Century Literature 29, no. 4 (Winter 1983): 455-464 [457].
Description: Cites Reed's perception of recurring childhood themes in the 1940s from The Novel Since 1939.

Journal: Reading The Lull 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Novel Since 1939, Henry Green

1042. Times (London), "Birthdays Today," 22 February 1983, 12.
Description: An announcement for Reed's 69th birthday.

Newspaper: Birthdays Today 
Subjects: Biography

1043. Hazzard, Shirley. "Points of Departure." Sophisticated Traveler. New York Times, 13 March 1983, 32.
Description: Travelogue quotes from Reed's "A Map of Verona."

Newspaper: Points of Departure 
Subjects: Poem
References: A Map of Verona

1044. Reed, Henry. "The Auction Sale." Lot One (July 1983).

Journal: The Auction Sale 
Subjects: Poem
References: The Auction Sale

1045. McGilchrist, Iain. Review of In Defense of the Imagination: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, 1979-1980, by Helen Gardner. Modern Language Review 78, no. 4 (October 1983): 888-889 [889].
Description: Corrects Dame Helen's mis-remembering of "Chard Whitlow."

Journal: Review of In Defense of the Imagination 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1046. Alexander, Harriet Semmes, comp. "Reed, Henry." In vol. 1, American and British Poetry: A Guide to the Criticism, 1925-1978. Athens, OH: Swallow Press, 1984. 321.
Description: This index lists only a few sources of criticism for Reed.

Book: American and British Poetry (0804008485)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Naming of Parts

1047. Alexander, Harriet Semmes, comp. "Reed, Henry." In vol. 2, American and British Poetry: A Guide to the Criticism, 1979-1990. Athens, OH: 1984. 313.
Description: Lists one source of criticism for Reed.

Book: American and British Poetry (0804008485)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances

1048. Brett, Simon, ed. The Faber Book of Parodies. London: Faber and Faber, 1984.

Anthology: The Faber Book of Parodies (0571131255)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

1049. Cleverdon, Douglas. "Henry Reed." In The Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 27, Poets of Great Britain and Ireland 1945-1960, edited by Vincent B. Sherry, Jr. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984. 276-282.
Description: Douglas Cleverdon's biographical note, focusing on Reed's radio drama, with a brief bibliography.

Book: The Dictionary of Literary Biography (0810317052)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, The Auction Sale, Movement of Bodies, Envoy, Crime on Goat Island, The Unblest, The Monument, Vincenzo, The Streets of Pompeii, The Great Desire I Had

1050. Grigson, Geoffrey. Recollections: Mainly of Writers and Artists. London: Chatto & Windus, 1984. 136.
Description: Grigson's defense of J.R. Ackerley, the only "virtuous" literary editor he knew.

Book: Recollections: Mainly of Writers and Artists 
Subjects: Biography
References: J.R. Ackerley

1051. Press, John. "Poets of World War II." In vol. 7, British Writers, edited by Ian Scott-Kilvert. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. 421-450 [422-423].
Description: Discusses Reed's contribution to the poetry of the Second World War.

Chapter: British Writers (0684166380)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Unarmed Combat

1052. Reed, Henry. "Henry Reed, New Statesman and Nation, 23 June 1945, 408-9." Review of Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh. In Evelyn Waugh: The Critical Heritage, edited by Martin Stannard. London: Routledge, 1984. 239-241.
Description: Reed's 1945 New Statesman review of Waugh's Brideshead Revisited is included in this critical text.

Anthology: Henry Reed, New Statesman and Nation (0710095481)
Subjects: Review
References: Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

1053. de Roche, Joseph, ed. The Heath Introduction to Poetry. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1984.

Anthology: The Heath Introduction to Poetry (0669064467)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

1054. Smith, Michael, ed. Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature for 1981. Vol. 56. Leeds, England: Modern Humanities Research Association, 1984. 680.
Description: Indexes Roger Savage's chapter in British Radio Drama.

Book: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

1055. Stallworthy, Jon, ed. The Oxford Book of War Poetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. 254-257.
Description: Collects three of Reed's Lessons of the War poems.

Anthology: The Oxford Book of War Poetry (0192141252)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

1056. Williams, John Lloyd. "Naming of Private Parts." Parody of "Naming of Parts," by Henry Reed. In The Faber Book of Parodies, edited by Simon Brett. London: Faber and Faber, 1984. 298.
Description: Parody of Reed's poem, "Naming of Parts," satiric of modern living.

Anthology: Naming of Private Parts 
Subjects: Parody, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1057. Jennings, Paul. "100 Lines for Being Bad." Times (London). 27 September 1984, 10.
Description: In discussing the "mock-worthiness" of the Poet Laureateship, Reed's "Chard Whitlow" is quoted.

Newspaper: 100 Lines for Being Bad 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1058. Davison, Peter. Review of British Radio Drama, edited by John Drakakis. Yearbook of English Studies 15, Anglo-French Literary Relations Special Number (1985): 362-364 [362].
Description: Reed mentioned among in the pantheon of writers for the Third Programme.

Journal: Review of British Radio Drama 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Louis MacNeice, Dylan Thomas, Susan Hill, Dorothy L. Sayers, Giles Cooper, Samuel Beckett

1059. Jennings, Elizabeth. "Reed, Henry." In Contemporary Poets, edited by James Vinson and D.L. Kirkpatrick. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985.

Book: Contemporary Poets (0312168373)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism

1060. Lehmann, John and Roy Fuller, eds. The Penguin New Writing: An Anthology. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1985. 180-181.
Description: Reed's poem "Chrysothemis" is included in this anthology of work from Lehmann's Penguin New Writing.

Anthology: The Penguin New Writing: An Anthology (0140074848)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chrysothemis

1061. Licastro, Emanuele. Ugo Betti: An Introduction. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1985. 3, 42, 82, 106-109, 145n, 155n, 158n, 159n.
Description: Quotes from Reed's translations of Betti.

Book: Ugo Betti: An Introduction (0899501419)
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti

1062. Martin, Bruce K. "Poetry in Wartime: Douglas, Lewis, and Reed." Chap. 2 in British Poetry Since 1939. Boston: Twayne, 1985. 13-46 [40-46, 181]
Description: Martin finds Reed's solution to the 'distrust of the large-scale statement, empty rhetoric, and vague romanticism' of the 1930s and 40s, 'unique'.

Chapter: British Poetry Since 1939 (0805769005)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Lives, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult La Belle

1063. Selwyn, Victor, ed. Poems of the Second World War: The Oasis Selection. London: Dent, Salamander Oasis Trust, 1985. 39-40, 221-222, 366.
Description: Collects two of Reeds poems, and has a small, contributer's biography.

Anthology: Poems of the Second World War: The Oasis Selection 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, The Place and the Person

1064. Seymour-Smith, Martin. The New Guide to Modern World Literature. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1985. 336-337.
Description: An extremely brief, but almost overwhelmingly positive, assessment of Reed's poetry.

Book: The New Guide to Modern World Literature (0872260003)
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Auction Sale, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Movement of Bodies, Chard Whitlow

1065. Shires, Linda M. British Poetry of the Second World War. New York: St. Martin's, 1985. xiv, xv, 25, 52, 68, 78, 80-82, 110n, 140.
Description: Mentioned several times in discussing British poetry of World War II, Shires looks at "Naming of Parts" at some length.

Book: British Poetry of the Second World War (0312104162)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, F.T. Prince, Soldiers Bathing

1066. Tarbert, Gary C., and Barbara Beach, eds. "Reed, Henry." In vol. 6, Book Review Index: A Master Cumulation 1965-1984. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1985. 4243.
Description: Indexes five book reviews for Hilda Tablet and Others, Lessons of the War, and The Streets of Pompeii.

Chapter: Reed, Henry 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Poem

1067. Tolley, A.T. The Poetry of the Forties. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 1985. 48-49, 209-210.
Description: Two excerpts concerning Reed's poems from A.T. Tolley's book about English poetry of the 1940s.

Book: The Poetry of the Forties 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, A Map of Verona

1068. Walton, Mike. "Lessons of the Sixth." English in Education 19, no. 1 (March 1985): 54.
Description: A "Naming of Parts" parody in an English literature classroom.

Journal: Lessons of the Sixth 
Subjects: Parody
References: Naming of Parts

1069. Shull, Ellen M. "Naming of Nouns." Parody of "Naming of Parts," by Henry Reed. English Journal 74, no. 4 (April 1985): 93.
Description: A parody of Reed's "Naming of Parts," substituting lessons on the parts of speech and proper grammar.

Journal: Naming of Nouns 
Subjects: Parody, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1070. Broyard, Anatole. "Accursed with Infallible Taste." Review of Randall Jarrell's Letters: An Autobiographical and Literary Selection, edited by Mary Jarrell and Stuart Wright. New York Times Book Review, 19 May 1985, 11.
Description: Quotes from Jarrell's 1948 review of Reed's A Map of Verona.

Newspaper: Accursed with Infallible Taste 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Randall Jarrell

1071. Lilliard, Jean. Review of Poems of the Second World War: The Oasis Selection, edited by Victor Selwyn. Times (London), 18 July 1985, 13.
Description: A review of an anthology of World War II poetry, in the 'fresh context of verses by their Service colleagues.'

Newspaper: Review of Poems of the Second World War 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Keith Douglas, Alun Lewis

1072. May, Derwent. "Langham Diary." Listener 114, no. 2932 (24 October 1985): 26.
Description: Reed cancelled his lunch date with May at short notice: 'I'm afraid I'm not hungry this morning.'

Journal: Langham Diary 
Subjects: Biography

1073. Baker, Russell, ed. The Norton Book of Light Verse. New York: W.W. Norton, 1986.

Anthology: The Norton Book of Light Verse (0393023664)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

1074. Blissett, William. "To Make a Shape in Words." Renascence 38, no. 2 (Winter 1986): 67.
Description: Blissett compares the narrative of Jones' In Parenthesis to Reed's "Chard Whitlow."

Journal: To Make a Shape in Words 
Subjects: 
References: Chard Whitlow

1075. Bromwich, David. "An Oracle Turned Jester." In W.H. Auden: Modern Critical Views, edited by Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1986. 96.
Description: Both MacNeice's "The Sunlight on the Garden," and Reed's "Hiding Beneath the Furze" were influenced by Auden.

Chapter: An Oracle Turned Jester (0877546401)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Louis MacNeice

1076. Mellown, Elgin W. "Orion." In vol. 4, British Literary Magazines: The Modern Age, 1914-1984, edited by Alvin Sullivan. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1986. 323-327 [324, 326].
Description: A history of British literary journals mentions Reed's contributions to two issues of Orion.

Chapter: Orion (0313243360)
Subjects: Poem, Review
References: King Mark, Joyce's Progress

1077. Parrott, E.O. Imitations of Immortality: A Book of Literary Parodies. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1986. 382.
Description: Parrott's anthology includes Reed's famous parody of T.S. Eliot, "Chard Whitlow."

Anthology: Imitations of Immortality (0670802034)
Subjects: Poem, Parody
References: Chard Whitlow

1078. Parrott, E.O. "The Mending of Fuses." In Imitations of Immortality: A Book of Literary Parodies, compiled by E.O. Parrott. Harmondworth, Middlesex: Viking, 1986. 297-298.
Description: Parrott adds his own take on Reed's "Naming of Parts" to his anthology of parodies.

Chapter: The Mending of Fuses 
Subjects: Parody
References: Naming of Parts

1079. Reilly, Catherine W. English Poetry of the Second World War: A Biobibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1986. 273.

Book: English Poetry of the Second World War: A Biobibliography (0720117933)
Subjects: Biography

1080. Robson, W.W. A Prologue to English Literature. Totowa, NJ: Barnes and Noble, 1986. 213.
Description: 'The best poem of World War II is often said to be the rueful "Naming of Parts"....'

Book: A Prologue to English Literature 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1081. Featherstone, Simon. "The Nation as Pastoral in British Literature of the Second World War." Journal of European Studies 16 Part 3, no. 63 (September 1986): 155-168 [157, 167n].
Description: Cites Reed's "The Making of The Dynasts" from Penguin New Writing in 1943.

Journal: The Nation as Pastoral 
Subjects: Criticism
References: J.B. Priestley, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts

1082. Times (London), Obituary of Henry Reed, 9 December 1986, 18.
Description: Reed's obituary, and notice of memorial funeral service.

Newspaper: The Times (London), Dec. 1986 
Subjects: Biography, Translation, Criticism
References: Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot, Eugénie Grandet, Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement, Moby Dick, Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

1083. Birmingham Post, Obituary for Henry Reed. 10 December 1986.
Description: Reed's obituary in the Birmingham Post.

Newspaper: Obituary for Henry Reed 
Subjects: Biography

1084. Boston, Richard. "Always a Good Reed." Obituary of Henry Reed. Guardian (Manchester), 10 December 1986, 25.
Description: Richard Boston's obituary for Reed remembers him as the playwright and the poet.

Newspaper: The Guardian (Manchester), Dec. 1986 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Not a Drum Was Heard, A Very Great Man Indeed, Chard Whitlow, Judging Distances, Naming of Parts, Moby Dick

1085. Daily Telegraph (London). "Henry Reed." Obituary for Henry Reed. 10 December 1986, 14.
Description: Reed's obituary in the Telegraph.

Newspaper: The Daily Telegraph (London) 
Subjects: Biography, Play, Translation
References: Naming of Parts, Moby Dick, Ugo Betti, Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

1086. Cleverdon, Douglas. "Henry Reed." Obituary of Henry Reed, Independent (London), 11 December 1986.
Description: Obituary written by Reed's friend and colleague, Douglas Cleverdon.

Newspaper: The Independent (London) 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Pytheas, Moby Dick, The Unblest, The Monument, Return to Naples, The Streets of Pompeii, The Great Desire I Had, Vincenzo, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Emily Butter

1087. Times (London), "Deaths," Notice of funeral service for Henry Reed, 12 December, 1986, 21.
Description: Notice of the memorial service for Henry Reed.

Newspaper: Deaths 
Subjects: Biography

1088. May, Derwent. "Reed's Map." Sunday Telegraph (London), 14 December 1986, 20.
Description: Derwent May, former editor at the Listener, reminisces about Henry Reed, shortly after his death in 1986.

Newspaper: The Sunday Telegraph, December 1986 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Poem, Play
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, Private Life of Hilda Tablet

1089. Brownjohn, Alan. "A Preference for Poetry: Oxford Undergraduate Writing of the Early 1950s." Yearbook of English Studies 17, British Poetry Since 1945 Special Number (1987): 62-74 [65].
Description: Readers of poetry could find a 'more muted romanticism' in the weekly poems printed in The Listener (Reed's among them).

Journal: A Preference for Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism

1090. Hynes, Joseph. "Two Affairs Revisited." Twentieth Century Literature 33, no. 2 (Summer 1987): 234-253 [252].
Description: Notes Reed's opinion of Brideshead Revisted from his 1945 New Statesman review.

Journal: Two Affairs Revisited 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

1091. "Reed H." Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1986 Annual. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, 1987. 9029.
Description: Indexes recent mentions of (several) H. Reeds in print.

Chapter: Reed H 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

1092. Tolley, A.T. "Letters from the Editor." In John Lehmann: A Tribute, edited by A. Trevor Tolley. Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1987. 138-139.
Description: Quotes from a letter from Lehmann to Reed, urging him to tone down the attacks put forth in Reed's article for New Writing in Daylight, "The End of an Impulse."

Chapter: Letters from the Editor (0886290635)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: The End of an Impulse

1093. "Reed, Henry." In Who's Who 1987-1988. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. 1456.
Description: Reed himself contributed the abbreviated information for his entry in Who's Who.

Chapter: Who's Who 1987-1988 (031200236X)
Subjects: Biography, Translation
References: The Advertisement, Crime on Goat Island, Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot, Eugénie Grandet, Paride Rombi, Perdu and His Father, Moby Dick, Ugo Betti, Natalia Ginzburg

1094. Frank, Leah D. "A Stranger Knocks, and a Thriller Begins." Review of Crime on Goat Island, by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed. East Farmingdale, NY, Arena Players Repertory Theatre. New York Times, 26 July 1987, LI21.
Description: A review of an Arena Playhouse staging of Reed's translation of Betti's Crime on Goat Island.

Newspaper: A Stranger Knocks, and a Thriller Begins 
Subjects: Criticism, Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

1095. Baker, Kenneth, ed. The Faber Book of English History in Verse. London: Faber and Faber, 1988.
Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: The Faber Book of English History in Verse (0571148824)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1096. Bradbury, Malcolm. No, Not Bloomsbury. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. 80.
Description: Reed's name pops up during a history of wartime publishing in Britain.

Book: No, Not Bloomsbury 
Subjects: Criticism

1097. Ford, Boris, ed. The Cambridge Cultural History of Britain. Vol. 9, Modern Britain. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 5, 225-226.
Description: Reed's Hilda Tablet series is mentioned in a discussion of post-war drama.

Book: The Cambridge Cultural History of Britain (0521327652)
Subjects: Criticism, Play
References: Naming of Parts, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

1098. O'Toole, Michael. "Henry Reed and What Follows the 'Naming of Parts'." In Functions of Style, edited by David Birch and Michael O'Toole. London: Pinter Publishers, 1988. 12-30.
Description: Visual semiotician Michael O'Toole analyzes "Naming of Parts" within a systemic-functional framework.

Chapter: Functions of Style (086187918X)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1099. Probst, Robert E. Response and Analysis: Teaching Literature in Junior and High School. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1988. 60, 95.
Description: Reed's "Naming of Parts" is used as an example to discuss the speaking voice in poetry.

Book: Response and Analysis (067092033)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1100. Temple, Ruth Zabriskie, Martin Tucker, and Rita Stein, comps. Index Guide to Modern American and Modern British Literature. New York: F. Unger, 1988. 83.
Description: Index to Reed's appearances in Modern British Literature.

Book: Index Guide to Modern American and Modern British Literature (0804430551)
Subjects: Criticism

1101. Gunter, Liz and Jim Linebarger. "Tone and Voice in Henry Reed's 'Judging Distance [sic].'" Notes on Contemporary Literature 18, no. 2 (March 1988): 9-10.
Description: An analysis of "Judging Distances," concerning the duality of tone, or voices, in the poem.

Journal: Notes on Contemporary Literature 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Judging Distances

1102. Anderton, Anne. "Today We Have Marking of Folders." Times (London) Educational Supplement, 13 May 1988, A25.
Description: A "Naming of Parts" parody inspired by the grading and sorting of secondary-school coursework.

Newspaper: Today We Have Marking of Folders 
Subjects: Parody, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1103. Burgess, Patricia, ed. "Henry Reed." Annual Obituary, 1986. Chicago: St. James Press, 1989. 729-732.
Description: Reed's obituary contains a lengthy biography and full bibliography, culled from several sources.

Chapter: Henry Reed 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Poem, Play
References: Chard Whitlow, Philoctetes, Chrysothemis, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, The Novel Since 1939, Moby Dick, A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private lIfe of Hilda Tablet, Not a Drum Was Heard

1104. Dorril, Stephen, ed. A Who's Who of the British Secret State. Hull, England: Lobster, 1989.
Description: A collection of thumbnail biographies compiled from public reference works, lists Reed as working for British intelligence until 1980, when he was 66 years old.

Book: A Who's Who of the British Secret State 
Subjects: Biography
References: Bletchley Park, Alan Michell

1105. Fussell, Paul. Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 63, 244.
Description: Jarrell's "Soldier (T.P.)" is 'not as sentimental' as Reed's "Lessons of the War."

Book: Wartime: Understanding and Behavior (0195037979)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Randall Jarrell, Soldier (T.P.)

1106. Harries, Meirion and Susan Harries. A Pilgrim Soul: The Life and Work of Elisabeth Lutyens. London: Michael Joseph, 1989. 116, 141-142, 306n.
Description: The "composeress" Liz Lutyens, the inspiration for Hilda Tablet, briefly considered suing Reed over the parody.

Book: A Pilgrim Soul 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey

1107. Harrison, Michael, and Christopher Stuart-Clark, comps. Peace & War: A Collection of Poems. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. 33.
Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: Peace & War (0192760718)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1108. Laski, Marshanita, ed. Common Ground: An Anthology. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1989.
Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: Common Ground (0856358002)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1109. Parker, Peter. Ackerley: A Life of J.R. Ackerley. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. 185, 188, 219, 240, 311, 352.
Description: Mentions a controversy over Reed's use of the word "brothels" in a poem, and Reed attending Ackerley's 1959 farewell party for The Listener.

Book: Ackerley: A Life of J.R. Ackerley (0374100500)
Subjects: Biography
References: Sailor's Harbour, Hilary Corke

1110. Reed, Henry. Review of The Demon Lover, by Elizabeth Bowen. In vol. 3, Short Story Criticism, edited by Sheila Fitzgerald. Detroit: Gale Research, 1989. 30-31.
Description: Reprints Reed's 1945 review of Bowen's The Demon Lover, from the New Statesman.

Chapter: Review of The Demon Lover 
Subjects: Review
References: Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover

1111. Schmidt, Michael. Reading Modern Poetry. London: Routledge, 1989. 54.
Description: Asks the question, 'Will Henry Reed ever be more than a single anthology piece and a brilliant parody?"

Book: Reading Modern Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism

1112. Sinclair, Andrew. The War Decade: An Anthology of the 1940s. London: Hamilton, 1989. vi, xvii, 121-124, 160.
Description: Collects three of Reed's Lessons of the War, as well as his lesser-known "Lives."

Anthology: The War Decade (0241125677)
Subjects: Poem
References: Lives, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

1113. Sinclair, Andrew. War Like a Wasp: The Lost Decade of the 'Forties. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. 45, 69, 79, 94, 107, 109, 111, 114, 218-219, 297, 301, 302, 316.
Description: Reed makes several appearances in this appraisal of the literature of the 1940s.

Book: War Like a Wasp (0241125316)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

1114. Whitehead, Kate. The Third Programme: A Literary History. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. 35, 41-44, 73, 80, 81, 89, 114, 128, 154, 162, 163.

Book: The Third Programme (0198128932)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism

1115. Stevens, Denis. Review of The Early Music Revival: A History, by Harry Haskell. Early Music 17, no. 3 (August 1989): 415-416, 419 [416].
Description: States that Reed's Vincenzo 'reconstructs [the] "Lament of Aradne" with choruses interwoven with solo verses.'

Journal: Review of The Early Music Revival 
Subjects: Play, Criticism
References: Vincenzo

1116. Savage, Roger. "Prologue: Daphne Transformed." Early Music 17, no. 4 (November 1989): 484-493 [485].
Description: The epigraph to this article quotes at length from Reed's The Private Life of Hilda Tablet.

Journal: Prologue: Daphne Transformed 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

1117. Baker, Kenneth, ed. Unauthorized Versions: Poems and Their Parodies. London: Faber and Faber, 1990. xxi, 107, 109.
Description: This anthology contains Reed's parody of Eliot, "Chard Whitlow."

Anthology: Unauthorized Versions (0571141226)
Subjects: Poem, Parody
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

1118. Erskine, Elizabeth, ed. Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1986. Vol. 61. Leeds, England: Modern Humanities Research Association, 1990. 790.
Description: Indexes Reed's obituary in The Independent.

Book: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1986 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

1119. Foss, Michael, ed. Poetry of the World Wars. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1990.

Anthology: Poetry of the World Wars (0872263363)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

1120. Kennedy, X.J., and Dorothy Kennedy, eds. Instructor's Manual to Accompany Literature. New York: Harper Collins, 1990.

Book: Instructor's Manual to Accompany Literature 
Subjects: Criticism

1121. Mariani, Paul L. Dreamsong: The Life of John Berryman. New York: William Morrow, 1990. 203.
Description: A brief mention of Berryman's hopes for a new poetry from Great Britain, based on his review of A Map of Verona from a 1948 Nation.

Book: Dreamsong: The Life of John Berryman (155778454X)
Subjects: Criticism
References: John Berryman, Wallace Stevens, Robert Lowell

1122. Proffitt, Edward. Reading and Writing About Literature. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1990. 249-250.
Description: Contains questions and writing assignments for studying "Naming of Parts" in class.

Anthology: Reading and Writing About Literature 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1123. Swales, John M. Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 47-48.

Book: Genre Analysis 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1124. Healey, Denis. "Voices Recalled from a Cataclysm," Times (London), 23 July 1990, 19.
Description: Reed is mentioned among a group of poets who became well-known during the second World War.

Newspaper: Voices Recalled from a Cataclysm 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Sidney Keyes, Keith Douglas, Gavin Ewart

1125. Honigmann, David. "Laugh Lines." Review of Unauthorised Versions, edited by Kenneth Baker. Listener 124, no. 3181 (6 September 1990): 26-27 [26].
Description: Quotes "Chard Whitlow," Reed's 'portmanteau' T.S. Eliot.

Journal: Laugh Lines 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1126. Andrew, Nigel. "Caper Crusaders." Listener 124, no. 3184 (27 September 1990): 47.
Description: Reed's Hilda Tablet sequence is mentioned in a review of A Natural for Radio, a portrait of producer Douglas Cleverdon.

Journal: Caper Crusaders 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio
References: Hilda Tablet, Douglas Cleverdon

1127. Kennedy, X.J. Literature: an Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Hudson, NH: Harper Collins, 1991.

Book: Literature 
Subjects: Criticism

1128. McDonald, Peter. Louis MacNeice: The Poet In His Contexts. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. 127.
Description: Quotes Reed's opinion on the poets of the 'Thirties from his "The End of an Impulse."

Book: Louis MacNeice: The Poet In His Contexts (0198117663)
Subjects: Criticism
References: The End of an Impulse

1129. Reed, Henry. Collected Poems. Edited and introduced by Jon Stallworthy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Description: The complete poems, collected from A Map of Verona and Lessons of the War, with selections of verse from Reed's radio plays, and including drafts and fragments never before published.

Book: Collected Poems (0192122983)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Poem

1130. Reed, Henry. "Psychological Warfare." In Collected Poems, edited by Jon Stallworthy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 135-142.

Book: Psychological Warfare 
Subjects: Poem

1131. Stallworthy, Jon. Introduction to Collected Poems by Henry Reed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Description: Poet Jon Stallworthy's critical and biographical introduction to the Collected Poems.

Chapter: Collected Poems 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, The Auction Sale, The Changeling, The Intruder, The Town Itself, L'Envoi, South, Bocca di Magra, Père Goriot

1132. Symons, Julian. "Miss Edith Sitwell Have and Had and Heard." Reprinted in vol. 3, Poetry Criticism, edited by Robyn V. Young. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1991. 288-329 [320].
Description: Quotes Reed's New Statesman of Sitwell from January, 1946.

Chapter: Miss Edith Sitwell Have and Had and Heard 
Subjects: Review
References: Edith Sitwell, The Song of the Cold

1133. Test, George A. Satire: Spirit and Art. Tampa: University of South Florida Press, 1991. 198.
Description: Reed's "Lessons of the War" are cited as examples of irony through the use of animal symbolism and imagery.

Book: Satire: Spirit and Art (081301087X)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

1134. "Reed, Henry." In Who Was Who, 1981-1990. Vol. 8 of Who Was Who. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. 630.
Description: Reed's entry in the companion series to Who's Who, which notes his death in 1986.

Chapter: Reed, Henry (0312068182)
Subjects: Biography
References: Moby Dick, The Novel Since 1939, Paride Rombi, Perdu and His Father, Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island, Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life, Natalia Ginzburg, The Advertisement

1135. Hill, George. "Can War Still Create War Poets?" Times (London), 20 February 1991, 18.
Description: Reed's "Naming of Parts" 'may be the best known soldier's poem of the second world war....'

Newspaper: Can War Still Create War Poets? 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1136. Reed, Henry. "Psychological Warfare." London Review of Books 13, no. 6 (21 March 1991): 14-15.
Description: Although it was not published during his lifetime, this long addition to Lessons of the War appeared as a preview to the publication of the Collected Poems.

Journal: Psychological Warfare 
Subjects: Poem
References: Psychological Warfare

1137. Reed, Henry. "Naming of Parts: A Poem from the Forces." New Statesman and Society 4, no. 162 (2 August 1991): 27.
Description: The New Statesman reprinted Reed's most famous poem for a World War II retrospective.

Journal: Naming of Parts: A Poem from the Forces 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1138. "Forthcoming Books." British Book News (September 1991): 632.
Description: Announcement of publication of the Collected Poems in October, 1991.

Journal: Forthcoming Books 
Subjects: Criticism

1139. Reed, Henry. "L'Envoi." London Review of Books, 12 September 1991, 18.
Description: Poem published as part of Jon Stallworthy's "A Life of Henry Reed."

Journal: L'Envoi 
Subjects: Poem
References: L'Envoi

1140. Stallworthy, Jon. "A Life of Henry Reed." London Review of Books, 12 September 1991, 18-19.

Newspaper: London Review of Books 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: L'Envoi

1141. Brownjohn, Alan. "Collected Lifelines." Reviews of Collected Poems, by Henry Reed; Selected Poems, by E.J. Scovell; and Poems, 1963-1983, by Michael Longley. Sunday Times Books (London), 20 October 1991, 14.
Description: Brownjohn feels Reed's 'shorter lyric pieces... [are] coherent and approachable, carefully shaped, both tender and sinister in mood.'

Newspaper: The Sunday Times (London) 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, Philoctetes, The Auction Sale, Judging Distances, Returning of Issue, Psychological Warfare, Giacomo Leopardi, Theocritus, The Chateau

1142. Leimbacher, Ed. "Henry's Friends." Letter to the editor, London Review of Books, 24 October 1991, 4.
Description: A letter to the editor from Ed Leimbacher recalls Reed's days as a visiting professor in Seattle.

Newspaper: London Review of Books, Oct. 1991 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Psychological Warfare, L'Envoi

1143. Jenkins, Alan. "In Other Men's Shadows." The Independent (London), 3 November 1991, 46.
Description: Jenkins feels that Reed's best poetry displays 'a special feeling for romantic potentiality, the moment before something tremendous happens or after it has receded.'

Newspaper: The Independent (London) on Sunday 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, The Auction Sale, Bocca di Magra, The Blissful Land, Tristram, King Mark

1144. Symons, Julian. "Lost Felicity." Times (London) Literary Supplement, 22 November 1991, 7.
Description: A 1991 review by Julian Symons of Reed's Collected Poems, with some biographical background.

Newspaper: The Times Literary Supplement, Nov. 1991 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Intruder, The Blissful Land, Tristram, The Auction Sale, Chard Whitlow, Psychological Warfare, The Town Itself, Three Words, The Interval, The River

1145. Thorpe, Adam. "Books: Short and Sweet." Review of Collected Poems, by Henry Reed. Observer (London), 24 November 1991, 63.
Description: Thorpe asserts that Reed's Lessons of the War sequence 'deserves far greater recognition.'

Newspaper: The Observer (London), Nov. 1991 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, The Chateau, The Intruder, Psychological Warfare, The Auction Sale, The Changeling

1146. Nye, Robert. "Going for Parnassus." Review of Collected Poems, by Henry Reed. Times (London), 28 November 1991, 14.
Description: Nye calls "Chard Whitlow" an 'immortal' joke played on Eliot, but feels the majority of Reed's work is uninspired.

Newspaper: Going for Parnassus 
Subjects: Criticism
References: John Heath-Stubbs, Selected Poems, Patric Dickinson, Not Hereafter, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Collected Poems, Gerard Manley Hopkins

1147. Kermode, Frank. "Part and Pasture." London Review of Books, 5 December 1991, 17.
Description: Frank Kermode's evaluation of the Collected Poems, with personal reminiscences of Reed in London and Seattle.

Newspaper: London Review of Books, Dec. 1991 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: The Changeling, The Chateau, L'Envoi, Chard Whitlow, Philoctetes, The Auction Sale, Outside and In, Three Words, The Town Itself, The Blissful Land

1148. Curtis, Anthony. "My Book of the Year." Financial Times, 7 December 1991, xvi.
Description: The former literary editor of the Financial Times picks Reed's book as his favorite of 1991.

Newspaper: My Book of the Year 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts

1149. Bly, Robert, James Hillman, and Michael Meade, eds. The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poems for Men. New York: Harper Collins, 1992.

Anthology: The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart (0060167440)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1150. Branam, Harold. "Henry Reed." In vol. 6, Critical Survey of Poetry, rev. ed., edited by Frank N. Magill. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1992. 2721-2726.
Description: Harold Branam's entry for Reed includes a biography, analysis of the central works, and a brief bibliography.

Book: Critical Survey of Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, A Map of Verona, Antigone, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult la Belle

1151. Dalziel, Pamela, ed. Thomas Hardy: The Excluded and Collaborative Stories. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. 164.
Description: Quotes Reed's 1952 review of Hardy's Our Exploits at West Poley.

Book: Thomas Hardy: The Excluded and Collaborative Stories (0198122454)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Thomas Hardy, Our Exploits at West Poley

1152. Erskine, Elizabeth, ed. Annual Bibiliography of English Language and Literature for 1988. Vol. 63. Leeds, England: Modern Humanities Research Association, 1992. 503.
Description: Indexes "Tone and Voice in Henry Reed's 'Judging Distances'" in Notes on Contemporary Literature, and "What Follows 'Naming of Parts'" in Functions of Style.

Book: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1988 
Subjects: Miscellaneous

1153. Harmon, William, ed. The Top 500 Poems. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. 1048-1049.

Anthology: The Top 500 Poems (023108028X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1154. Jordan, Heather Bryant. How Will the Heart Endure: Elizabeth Bowen and the Landscape of War. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1992. 130, 148, 219n, 220n.
Description: Quotes from Reed's 1945 New Statesman and Nation review of Bowen's short story collection, The Demon Lover.

Book: How Will the Heart Endure (0472102184)
Subjects: Review
References: Elizabeth Bowen, The Demon Lover, Careless Talk

1155. Matthias, John. Reading Old Friends: Essays, Reviews, and Poems on Poetics, 1975-1990. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1992. 166.
Description: Mentions Berryman's comparison of Reed and Waller.

Book: Reading Old Friends (0791408795)
Subjects: Criticism
References: John Berryman, Edmund Waller

1156. Pascoe, David. "The Hollow Men." Review of Uncollected Poems, by Basil Bunting, and Collected Poems, by Henry Reed. Oxford Poetry 6, no. 2 (Winter/Spring 1992): 73-77 [76-77].
Description: In his 1992 review of the Collected Poems, David Pascoe finds "The Auction Sale" to be Reed's best, and his translations are to be admired, but feels that Eliot will always be Reed's 'R.S.M.'

Journal: Oxford Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, The Place and the Person, Judging Distances, The Auction Sale, De Arte Poetica

1157. Stannard, Martin. Evelyn Waugh: The Later Years, 1939-1966. New York: W.W. Norton, 1992. 147-148.
Description: Quotes at length from Reed's 1945 New Statesman review of Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.

Book: Evelyn Waugh: The Later Years 
Subjects: Review
References: Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

1158. "Notes on Current Books." Virginia Quarterly Review 68, no. 3 (Summer 1992): 101-102.
Description: Review of Collected Poems by Henry Reed.

Journal: Virginia Quarterly Review 
Subjects: Criticism

1159. Webb, Edwin. Literature in Education: Encounter and Experience. London: Falmer Press, 1992. 128.
Description: Reed's Lessons of the War can be presented as two voices, 'though there are other possibilities of projection.'

Book: Literature in Education 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Lessons of the War

1160. Hansen, Tom. "Reclaiming the Body: Teaching Modern Poetry." English Journal 81, no. 1 (January 1992): 25.
Description: Suggests "Naming of Parts" be used as a dramatic monologue in class.

Journal: Reclaiming the Body 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1161. Times (London). Obituary of Robert Gittings. 21 February 1992.
Description: Reed gave "very rough handling" to Gitting's Some Recollections of Emma Hardy in his October 1961 Listener review.

Newspaper: Obituary of Robert Gittings 
Subjects: Biography
References: Emma Hardy, Some Recollection

1162. Lomas, Herbert. "Old Soldiers." London Magazine n.s. 32, nos. 1&2 (April/May 1992): 122-126 [122-123].
Description: Lomas found Reed's poetry boring in 1946, and he finds little more redeeming about it in 1992: 'Reed is simply not interesting enough linguistically.'

Journal: London Magazine, April/May 1992 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, The Return, The Auction Sale, The Changeling, Judging Distances, The Chateau

1163. Powell, Neil. "Missed Chances." PN Review (Manchester) 19, no. 1 (September/October 1992): 74.
Description: This 1992 review of the Collected Poems portrays Reed as an anachronism whose later work could never compare to his 'outstanding' earlier poems.

Journal: PN Review 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Naming of Parts, Hiding Beneath the Furze, South, The Auction Sale, The Town Itself, The Chateau, The Sound of Horses' Hooves, F.T. Prince, Soldiers Bathing

1164. "Books Received." English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 35, no. 4 (1992): 543.
Description: Reed's Collected Poems is listed among books received for review.

Journal: Books Received 
Subjects: Criticism

1165. Abrams, M. H., ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 2, 6th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1993.

Anthology: The Norton Anthology of English Literature (0393962903)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

1166. Allen, Walter. Memories of Henry Reed. Unpublished and uncorrected typescript. University of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Special Collections. MS2/6/1/3. Birmingham, England.
Description: Allen's reminiscences of Reed, in Birmingham, Seattle, and London.

Manuscript: Memories of Henry Reed 
Subjects: Biography
References: Walter Allen, George D. Painter

1167. Bishop, Johnathan. "The Individual Thing." Renascence 45, nos. 1-2 (Fall 1992-Winter 1993): 18.
Description: Bishop expresses frustration at trying to find "Naming of Parts" in a modern anthology for his first class.

Journal: The Individual Think 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1168. Bradley, Jerry. The Movement: British Poets of the 1950s. New York: Twayne, 1993. 28.
Description: Kinglsey Amis' poem "O Captain, My Captain" seems patterned after Reed's Lessons of the War.

Book: The Movement 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Kingsley Amis

1169. Best of Second World War Poetry. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 3 hrs.), analogue. London: CSA Tell Tapes, 1993.
Description: Anthology of poetry from World War II, includes Reed's "Naming of Parts," read by Martin Jarvis.

Sound: Best of Second World War Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Martin Jarvis, Naming of Parts

1170. DiYanni, Robert, and Kraft Rompf, eds. The McGraw-Hill Book of Poetry. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.

Anthology: The McGraw-Hill Book of Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts

1171. Heyward, Michael. The Ern Malley Affair. London: Faber and Faber, 1993. 238.
Description: Reed is quoted in discussing the famous hoax poet, Ern Malley: 'Malley is better than "Chard Whitlow".'

Book: The Ern Malley Affair 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1172. Howes, Keith. Broadcasting It: An Encyclopedia of Homosexuality on Film, Radio and TV in the UK, 1923-1993. London: Cassell, 1993. 677.
Description: Gay and lesbian studies encyclopedic entry for Henry Reed.

Book: Broadcasting It (030432700X)
Subjects: Biography

1173. King, Francis. Yesterday Came Suddenly: An Autobiography. London: Constable, 1993. 79-80.
Description: Mentions Henry Reed and Angus Wilson making fun of the Bletchley Park Writers' Circle.

Book: Yesterday Came Suddenly: An Autobiography (009472220X)
Subjects: Biography
References: Angus Wilson, Bletchley Park

1174. Millier, Brett C. Elizabeth Bishop: Life and the Memory of It. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. 377, 383, 520.
Description: Brief mention of Henry Reed's friendship with Bishop, while they were in Seattle at the University of Washington.

Book: Elizabeth Bishop: Life and the Memory of It 
Subjects: Biography

1175. Pybus, Rodney. "Poetry Chronicle II." Review of Collected Poems, by Henry Reed. Stand Magazine 34, no. 3 (Summer 1993): 55-59 [57].
Description: Pybus believes Reed's poems are 'worth saving for his distinctive note of exclusion from and loss of love, paradise, fulfilment.'

Journal: Poetry Chronicle II 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, The Changeling, The Auction Sale, Giacomo Leopardi

1176. Squires, Michael, ed. Lady Chatterley's Lover: A Propos of "Lady Chatterley's Lover". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. xxxix.
Description: Quotes Reed's Listener review of the Penguin edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover, from November, 1960.

Book: Lady Chatterly's Lover: A Propos (0521222664)
Subjects: Criticism
References: D.H. Lawrence

1177. Stevenson, Randall. A Reader's Guide to the Twentieth-Century Novel in Britain. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1993. 85, 97, 146n.
Description: Reed's pamphlet The Novel Since 1939 is quoted as recognizing the themes of lost states of grace, childhood, and remembrance of the past in the post-War years.

Book: A Reader's Guide to the Twentieth-Century Novel in Britain (0813118573)
Subjects: Review
References: The Novel Since 1939

1178. Reed, Henry. "Judging Distances: A Poem from the Forces." New Statesman & Society 6, no. 247 (9 April 1993): 26.
Description: Reprints "Judging Distances" for a 50th anniversary of World War II.

Journal: Judging Distances 
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances, Alun Lewis, Troopship in the Tropics

1179. Bishop, Elizabeth. Letter to to Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, 23 April 1966. In One Art: Letters, edited by Robert Giroux. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. 445, 447.
Description: Bishop states she is sharing In the Courts of Memory with Reed, an "opera expert."

Chapter: Letter to Arthur Gold (0374226407)
Subjects: Biography
References: Lillie de Hegermann-Lindencrone, In the Courts of Memory

1180. Bishop, Elizabeth. Letter to James Merrill, 22 February 1966. In One Art: Letters, edited by Robert Giroux. New York: Farrar, Strauus, Giroux, 1994. 444-445 [445].
Description: Bishop expresses friendship for Reed, also teaching at the University of Washington at the time.

Chapter: Letter to James Merrill (0374226407)
Subjects: Biography

1181. Caute, David. Joseph Losey: A Revenge on Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. 455.
Description: Reed briefly worked for Losey in the late 1970s, translating a script for a biopic on Ibn Saud.

Book: Joseph Losey 
Subjects: Biography, Translation
References: Barbara Bray

1182. Craft, Robert. Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship. Rev. and ex. ed. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1994. 161.
Description: Reed is mentioned attending a reception following a concert by Robert Craft, at which Stephen Spender and Elizabeth Luytens were present.

Book: Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship (0826512585)
Subjects: Biography
References: Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft, Stephen Spender, Elizabeth Luytens

1183. Fountain, Gary and Peter Brazeau. Remembering Elizabeth Bishop: An Oral Biography. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1994. 215-218.
Description: Interviews with Reed's acquaintances Henry Carlisle, William Matchett, Robert Heilman, Dorothee Bowee, and M. Taylor Bowee.

Book: Remembering Elizabeth Bishop (0870239368)
Subjects: Biography

1184. Gross, John, ed. The Oxford Book of Comic Verse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Anthology:  The Oxford Book of Comic Verse (0192142070)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

1185. Hoggart, Richard. A Measured Life: The Times and Places of An Orphaned Intellectual; An Imagined Life, 1959-1991. New Brunswick, New Jersey, Transaction Publications, 1994. 82.
Description: Recollections of Birmingham, England in the 1960s, mentions Reed and other writers and artists of the '30s.

Book: A Measured Life (1560001356)
Subjects: Biography
References: Walter Allen, R.D. Smith, John Hampson, Louis MacNeice, Leslie Halward, Henry Green

1186. Laurie, Rona. The Actor's Art and Craft. Colwall, Worcestershire: J. Garnet Miller, 1994. 10.
Description: Laurie recalls playing opposite Reed in an undergraduate review at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, and being 'pelted with eggs and booed.'

Book: The Actor's Art and Craft 
Subjects: Biography

1187. Lowe, Gerard, ed. Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1991. Vol. 66. Leeds, England: Modern Humanities Research Association, 1994. 882.
Description: Indexes Kermode's review of the Collected Poems in the London Review of Books.

Book: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature for 1991 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Collected Poems

1188. Scammell, William. "Reed, Henry (1914-1986)." In The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English, edited by Ian Hamilton. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. 445.
Description: Very concise summation of Reed's major achievements in poetry and drama.

Chapter: Reed, Henry (1914-1986) (0198661479)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Poem, Play
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Chard Whitlow, A Very Great Man Indeed, Moby Dick, Ugo Betti, Giacomo Leopardi, Thomas Hardy

1189. Walker, Neil E., and Beverly Baer, eds. "Reed, Henry." In vol. 4, Book Review Index: A Master Cumulation 1985-1992. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc., 1994. 4425.
Description: Indexes for book reviews of Reed's Collected Poems.

Chapter: Reed, Henry 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem

1190. Weiner, Alan R. and Spencer Means. Literary Criticism Index. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994. 413-414.
Description: Index to critical resources, including some of Reed's poetry.

Book: Literary Criticism Index 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

1191. Bailey, L.W. "Writer Remembered: Henry Reed." The Author 106, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 26-27.
Description: Bailey writes a remembrance of Reed's time at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.

Journal: The Author 
Subjects: Biography, Radio, Review
References: Naming of Parts, The Novel Since 1939, Bletchley Park

1192. Betti, Ugo. Crime on Goat Island. Translated by Henry Reed. In Twentieth Century Italian Drama, v. 1, edited by Jane House. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. 537-585.
Description: Reed's translation of Betti's Delitto all'Isola delle Capre. 'A chilling investigation of the boundaries of sexual relationships, a family splits apart...' p. 539.

Play: Crime on Goat Island (0231071183)
Subjects: Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Crime on Goat Island

1193. Graham, Desmond, ed. Poetry of the Second World War: An International Anthology. London: Chatto & Windus, 1995. 22-23.

Anthology: Poetry of the Second World War (0701162996)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1194. Inglis, Fred. Raymond Williams. London: Routledge, 1995. 89, 310n.
Description: Recounting Williams' Officer Cadet training, Reed's Judging Distances" is quoted for a lesson in bracketting fire.

Book: Raymond Williams (0415089603)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Judging Distances

1195. Innes, Doreen, Harry Hine, and Christopher Pelling, eds. Ethics and Rhetoric: Critical Essays for Donald Russell on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday. Oxford: Clarendon, 1995. 4.
Description: Lines from Reed's "Naming of Parts" are used to introduce an essay on Latin and neoteric hexameter.

Book: Ethics and Rhetoric (019814962X)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1196. Lee, J.A.N. Computer Pioneers. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1995.
Description: Interview with I. Jack Good and Donald Michie of Bletchley Park about Turing's homosexuality, mentions Reed and Angus Wilson.

Book: Computer Pioneers (0181866357X)
Subjects: Biography
References: Bletchley Park, I. Jack Good, Donald Michie

1197. Lee, J.A.N. and Golde Holtzman. "50 Years After Breaking the Codes: Interviews with Two of the Bletchley Park Scientists." IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 17, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 32-43.
Description: The complete interview with Bletchley Park scientists I. Jack Good and Donald Michie.

Journal: 50 Years After Breaking the Codes 
Subjects: Biography
References: Bletchley Park, I. Jack Good, Donald Michie

1198. Lohf, Kenneth A. Poets in a War: British Writers on the Battlefronts and the Home Front of the Second World War. New York: Grolier Club, 1995. 21, 26, 56, 68-70.
Description: Reed's two poetry collections were part of an exhibition of Second World War poetry in 1995-1996.

Book:  (0910672148)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Movement of Bodies, Returning of Issue, F.T. Prince, Vernon Scannell, Lessons of the War

1199. Lowry, Malcolm. Sursum Corda! The Collected Letters of Malcolm Lowry, Volume I: 1926-1946. Edited by Sherrill E. Grace. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995. 655n.
Description: Lowry expresses exasperation that the BBC is doing a radio adaptation of Moby Dick, having submitted a similar project to the CBC.

Book: Sursum Corda! The Collected Letters of Malcolm Lowry, Volume I (0802007481)
Subjects: Biography
References: Malcolm Lowry, Moby Dick, Jonathan Cape

1200. Pikoulis, John. "The Poetry of the Second World War." In British Poetry, 1900-50: Aspects of Tradition, edited by Gary Day and Brian Docherty. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 193.
Description: Reed is grouped with F.T. Prince as one of those 'who wrote well-known poems,' but failed to 'produce the same body of work' as other war poets.

Chapter: The Poetry of the Second World War (0312124066)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Keith Douglas, Alun Lewis, Sidney Keys

1201. Stallworthy, Jon. Louis MacNeice. New York: W.W. Norton, 1995. 191, 344.
Description: Quotes from a "fan-letter" Reed wrote to MacNeice.

Book: Louis MacNeice (0393037762)
Subjects: Biography

1202. Abraham, Julie. Are Girls Necessary? Lesbian Writing and Modern Histories. New York: Routledge, 1996. 21, 180n.
Description: Quotes from Reed's 1944 New Statesman and Nation review of Mary Renault's The Friendly Young Ladies.

Book: Are Girls Necessary? (0415914566)
Subjects: Review
References: Mary Renault, The Friendly Young Ladies, The Middle Mist

1203. Baker, Kenneth, ed. The Faber Book of War Poetry. London: Faber and Faber, 1996. 65-66.

Anthology: The Faber Book of War Poetry (0571174531)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1204. Beat, Janet. "After Reading 'Lessons of the War': für Violine und Klavier." Musical score. Kassel, Germany: Furore, 1996.
Description: Musical composition inspired by Reed's poems.

Sound: After Reading "Lessons of the War" 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat, Returning of Issue

1205. Bell, Marvin. "Henry Reed's 'Naming of Parts.'" In Touchstones: American Poets On a Favorite Poem, edited by Robert Pack and Jay Parini. Hanover, NH: New Hampshire University Press of New England, 1996. 20-25.
Description: The poet Marvin Bell considers Reed's "Naming of Parts," comparing it with his own experience training and serving in the U.S. Army.

Book: Touchstones (0874517222)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Movement of Bodies, Unarmed Combat, Returning of Issue

1206. Bonadella, Peter, and Jula Conaway Bonadella, eds. Dictionary of Italian Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. 58, 88.

Book: Dictionary of Italian Literature 
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life

1207. Carpenter, Humphrey. The Envy of the World: Fifty Years of the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3, 1946-1996. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996. xi, 38, 59, 78, 108, 135-139, 145, 147, 152n, 159-161, 164, 169, 187-188, 213-214.
Description: A veritable treasure-trove of inside information on Reed's successes and tribulations while at the BBC.

Book: The Envy of the World 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Play
References: The Dynasts, Emily Butter, The Great Desire I Had, A Hedge, Backwards, Moby Dick, Musique Discrète, Not a Drum Was Heard, The Primal Scene, As It Were, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, Pytheas

1208. Drabble, Margaret, and Jenny Stringer, eds. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. 485.
Description: A two-sentence biography of Reed.

Book: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 
Subjects: Biography, Play
References: Naming of Parts

1209. Fowler, Roger. Linguistic Criticism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 197-201.

Book: Linguistic Criticism (019219125X)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1210. Guth, Hans P., and Gabriele L. Rico, eds. Discovering Literature: Stories, Poems, Plays. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. 755.

Anthology: Discovering Literature (0135289947)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1211. Harmon, William. "Oxford Lite." Review of The Oxford Book of Comic Verse. Sewanee Review 104, no. 1 (Winter 1996). 167-173.
Description: "Chard Whitlow" is 'recognized by many, including the target himself, as the finest parody of T.S. Eliot.'

Journal: Oxford Lite 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1212. Jacobus, Lee A. Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.
Description: Reprints "Naming of Parts."

Book: Literature: An Introduction to Critical Reading (013282633X)
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1213. Kennedy, X.J. "A London View of Light." Review of The Oxford Book of Comic Verse, edited by John Gross. Parnassus 21, nos. 1-2 (1996).
Description: Mentions Reed's 'takeoff on Eliot,' "Chard Whitlow."

Journal: A london View of Light 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1214. Lowry, Malcolm. Sursum Corda! The Collected Letters of Malcolm Lowry, Volume II: 1947-1957. Edited by Sherrill E. Grace. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. 652n.
Description: Lowry mentions the CBC's negligence with his 1945 radio adaptation of Moby Dick.

Book: Sursum Corda! The Collected Letters of Malcolm Lowry, Volume II (0802041183)
Subjects: Biography
References: Malcolm Lowry, Moby Dick, Eva Thoby-Marcelin, Phillipe Thoby-Marcelin

1215. Madden, David, comp. A Pocketful of Poems: Vintage Verse. Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace, 1996.
Description: Collects Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Anthology: A Pocketful of Poems (0155025449)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1216. Millgate, Michael, ed. Letters of Emma and Florence Hardy. Oxford: Clarendon, 1996. 32, 342, 343.
Description: Includes a letter from Florence Hardy to Reed, concerning a possible book based on his conversations with her and Thomas Hardy's sister, Kate.

Book: Letters of Emma and Florence Hardy (0198186096)
Subjects: Biography
References: Thomas Hardy, Florence Hardy, Kate Hardy

1217. Reed, Henry. Yıldızlı Şölen. Translated by Coşkun Yerli. Istanbul: Iyi Seyler, 1996.
Description: Reed's Collected Poems, translated into Turkish.

Book: Yıldızlı Şölen 
Subjects: Translation, Poem

1218. Rodriguez, Clara Inés López. "Aproximación a 'Naming of Parts' de Henry Reed desde la Lingüística Crítica." In Vol. 2, Estudios de Lingüística General, edited by J.A. de Molina and Juan de Dios Luque. Granada, Spain: Método, 1996. 175-185.
Description: In Spanish.

Journal: Aproximación a 'Naming of Parts' de Henry Reed desde la Lingüística Crítica 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1219. Scammell, William. "Reed, Henry (1914-86)." In The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English, edited by Ian Hamilton. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. 445.
Description: A short, but admirably thorough biography of Reed, focusing on the Lessons of the War, but also touching on the translations and radio plays.

Book: The Oxford Companion (0198661479)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Chard Whitlow, A Very Great Man Indeed, Moby Dick, A Map of Verona, Movement of Bodies, Returning of Issue

1220. Schakel, Peter, and Jack Ridl, eds. Approaching Poetry: Perspectives and Responses. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.

Anthology: Approaching Poetry (0312132816)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1221. Short, Mick. "Style Variations in Texts." Chap. 3 in Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays, and Prose. London: Longman, 1996. 80-105 [98-101].
Description: Examines the linguistic qualities and style variation in Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Chapter: Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays, and Prose 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Edward Thomas, Adlestrop

1222. Stallworthy, Jon. "Reed, Henry." In The Dictionary of National Biography, 1986-1990, edited by C.S. Nicholls. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. 370-371.
Description: A biography of Reed by poet Jon Stallworthy, with comments on the poems, radio plays, and translations.

Book: The Dictionary of National Biography 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, The Auction Sale, Moby Dick, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Very Great Man Indeed, Return to Naples, The Streets of Pompeii, The Unblest, The Monument, Père Goriot

1223. Carter, Ronald, and John McRae. The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland. London: Routledge, 1997. 471, 568.
Description: Quotes the first stanza of "Naming of Parts."

Book: The Routledge History of Literature in English (0415123429)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1224. Caws, Brian W. "A Comparison of 'Naming of Parts' by Henry Reed and 'In the Shelter' by C. Day Lewis." English Review 8, no. 1 (September 1997): 26-29.
Description: An A-level student examination paper is considered.

Journal: A Comparison of Naming of Parts by Henry Reed 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, C. Day Lewis, In the Shelter

1225. Henderson, Gloria Mason, William Day, and Sandra Stevenson Waller, eds. Literature and Ourselves: a Thematic Introduction for Readers and Writers. New York: Longmans, 1997.

Anthology: Literature and Ourselves (0673999556)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

1226. Nostwich, T.D. "Some Reflections on Fred Eckman and His Poetry." Sagetrieb 16, nos. 1 and 2 (Spring/Fall 1997): 214.
Description: Eckman was quick to spot the talents of 'little known but promising younger poets like Henry Reed, Alex Comfort, and John Manifold.'

Journal: Some Reflections on Fred Eckman and His Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Alex Comfort, John Manifold

1227. Silkin, Jon. The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. 60.
Description: Notes that "Chard Whitlow" parodies Eliot's "Gerontion."

Book: The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry 
Subjects: Criticism, Parody
References: Chard Whitlow

1228. Vendler, Helen Hennessy. Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology. Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1997. 170.
Description: An introduction to understanding and appreciating lyric poetry.

Anthology: Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology (0312085370)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1229. Palmer, Michael. "Yule Things." Usenet message, soc.motss (Members Of The Same Sex). <http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=mpalmerE3DABK.2v6%40netcom.com&output=gplain>.
Description: Usenet newsgroup post in response to a Hilda Tablet thread, describing an encounter with an overly-attentive Henry Reed.

Link: Yule Things 
Subjects: Link, Biography

1230. Gregory, Marshall. "Skills versus Scholarship (or Liberal Education Knows a Hawk from a Handsaw)." Keynote address, Open University. 11 October 1997.
Description: Keynote address, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK. 11 October 1997.

Chapter: Skills versus Scholarship 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1231. Quieto, Michael. "The Imagery of Genesis in Henry Reed's 'Naming of Parts'." Internet Archive. <http://web.archive.org/web/20040311112348/www.barney.gonzaga.edu/~mquieto/papers/naming.html>
Description: A student paper considers Eden imagery in Reed's most famous poem. External link, archived copy.

Link: The Imagery of Genesis 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1232. Beaty, Jerome, J. Paul Hunter, and Carl E. Bain, eds. The Norton Introduction to Literature. 7th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998.

Anthology: The Norton Introduction to Literature (039397202X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

1233. Chambers, Colin. Peggy: The Life of Margaret Ramsay, Play Agent. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. 349.
Description: Biography of literary agent Margaret Ramsay lists Reed as a client.

Book: Peggy (0312177135)
Subjects: Biography
References: Margaret Ramsay

1234. Curry, Linda J. "The Henry Reed Collection." Research Libraries Bulletin 6 (Autumn 1998): 12-14.
Description: Newsletter article profiling the collection of Reed's papers, manuscripts and letters at the University of Birmingham. External link, .pdf file.

Journal: Research Libraries Bulletin 
Subjects: Biography
References: E.M. Forster, Ken Russell

1235. Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter, and Jon Stallworthy, eds. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. 4th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998.
Description: This anthology contains not only "Naming of Parts," "Judging Distances," and "Chard Whitlow," but also Reed's lesser-known poem, "The Château."

Anthology: The Norton Anthology of Poetry (0393968200)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, The Chateau, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

1236. Lee, Loyd E. World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War's Aftermath, with General Themes: A Handbook of Literature and Research. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. 297-298, 300, 303.
Description: Lee calls "Naming of Parts" the 'embodiment of English soldierly humor.'

Book: World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War's Aftermath (0313293260)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1237. McCosker, Karen, and Nicolas Albery, eds. Poem a Day, vol. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Zoland Books, 1998. 98-99.

Anthology: Poem a Day (1883642388)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1238. Palm, Edward F. "Naming of Parts." In vol. 8, Masterplots II: Poetry Series Supplement, edited by John Wilson and Philip K. Jackson. Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 1998. 3252-3254.
Description: A detailed explication of Reed's most famous poem by Major Edward F. Palm, USMC (Ret.), including comments on the poetic forms and devices used, and interpretation of themes and meanings.

Chapter: Masterplots II (089356625X)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1239. Patey, Douglas Lane. The Life of Evelyn Waugh: A Critical Biography. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998. 261, 290, 399n.
Description: Reed's November 1950 Listener review of Waugh is quoted.

Book: The Life of Evelyn Waugh (0631189335)
Subjects: Review
References: Evelyn Waugh, Helena

1240. Dunnett, Roderic. "The Skilful Anthologist." Choir & Organ 6, no. 1 (January-February 1998).
Description: Bliss's "Aubade," composed for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, is a 'gem.'

Journal: The Skilful Anthologist 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Aubade, Arthur Bliss

1241. Stothard, Peter. "The Poet Laureate's Last Reading," Times (London), 30 October 1998, 24.
Description: Stothard recalls Ted Hughes' last public poetry reading, following the British Poet Laureate's death in October, 1998.

Newspaper: The Poet Laureate's Last Reading 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Naming of Parts

1242. Beggs, James S. Naming of Parts: The Poetic Character of Henry Reed. Hull, England: University of Hull Press, 1999.
Description: Written as a doctoral thesis, this book is the Henry Reed enthusiast's Bible. (Also titled An Analytical Study of Henry Reed.)

Book: Naming of Parts: The Poetic Character of Henry Reed (0859586715)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography

1243. Bowman, Pamela. Lessons of the War: An Artist's Book. Beetham, Cumbria, England: Simon King Press, 1999.

Book: Lessons of the War: An Artist's Book (1900857502)
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Naming of Parts

1244. Castagna, Gabriella. "La 'Fortuna' Scenica di Ugo Betti nel Nord America." Forum Italicum 33, no. 2 (Fall 1999): 535-544.
Description: Reviews the staging of many of Betti's plays in the United States, including adaptations by Reed. In Italian.

Journal: La "Fortuna" Scenica di Ugo Betti nel Nord America 
Subjects: Criticism, Translation, Play
References: Ugo Betti, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Crime on Goat Island, Irene Innocente, Time of Vengeance, The Queen and the Rebels

1245. Childs, Peter. The Twentieth Century in Poetry: A Critical Survey. London: Routledge, 1999. 120.
Description: '"The Lessons of War" [sic] is a famous and excellent illustration of the differences between World War I and World War II verse.'

Book: The Twentieth Century in Poetry (0415171008)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1246. De-la-Noy, Michael. Eddy: The Life of Edward Sackville-West. London: Arcadia, 1999. 192, 210, 262.
Description: Biography of writer and musicologist Edward Sackville-West mentions Reed at Long Crichel House in 1946, and Donald McWhinnie believing Reed 'the wrong person' for a translation of Montherlant.

Book: Eddy: The Life of Edward Sackville-West (1900850206)
Subjects: Biography, Play, Translation
References: Edward Sackville-West, Henri de Montherlant, Elizabeth Bowen, Douglas Cleverdon, Donald McWhinnie, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

1247. Forbes, Peter, ed. Scanning the Century: The Penguin Book of the Twentieth Century in Poetry. London: Viking, 1999.

Anthology: Scanning the Century (014058899X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1248. Gibson, James, ed. Thomas Hardy: Interviews and Recollections. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 180-182, 191-192, 231.
Description: Contains excerpts of interviews originally broadcast on Reed's radio tribute to Thomas Hardy, in February, 1955.

Book: Thomas Hardy: Interviews and Recollections 
Subjects: Radio, Biography
References: Thomas Hardy, St. John Ervine, Harry Marriott Smith, May O'Rourke, Llewelyn Powys

1249. Harrisson, Mike, ed. Over the Nightmare Ground: British Poetry from Two World Wars. Huddersfield, England: Headstrong Interactive, 1999. CD-Rom.
Description: While listening to a reading of Henry Reed's "Naming of Parts," the viewer of this CD can browse a labeled diagram of a rifle.

Anthology: Over the Nightmare Ground 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1250. Kreisel, Martha. American Women Photographers: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. 195.
Description: Indexes Rollie McKenna's portrait of Reed for Brinnin's Modern Poets.

Book: American Women Photographers 
Subjects: Biography
References: Rollie McKenna

1251. Peacock, Scot, ed. "Reed, Henry 1914-1986." Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, v. 78. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 408-410.
Description: This encyclopedic entry has a short biography of Reed, and a bibliography which includes an extensive list of his radio dramas.

Book: Contemporary Authors (0787630888)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Translation
References: Chard Whitlow, Moby Dick, Summertime, The Burnt Flower-Bed, The Advertisement, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Crime on Goat Island, Musique Discrète, Père Goriot, Eugénie Grandet

1252. Remy, Michel. Surrealism in Britain. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 1999. 198, 220.
Description: Reed is listed among the members of The Birmingham Group.

Book: Surrealism in Britain (1859282822)
Subjects: Biography
References: Conroy Maddox, Walter Allen, Gordon Herrickx

1253. Ricks, Christopher B., ed. The Oxford Book of English Verse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 618-620.
Description: Collected here are "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances," as well as Reed's poem, "Dull Sonnet."

Anthology: The Oxford Book of English Verse (0192141821)
Subjects: Poem
References: Dull Sonnet, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

1254. Schmidt, Michael, ed. The Harvill Book of Twentieth-Century Poetry in English. London, Harvill Press, 1999. 308-313.
Description: Three of Reed's best, but lesser-known poems, are collected here.

Anthology: The Harvill Book of Twentieth-Century Poetry in English (1860463517)
Subjects: Poem
References: A Map of Verona, The Door and the Window, Philoctetes

1255. Sinclair, Andrew. Dylan the Bard: A Life of Dylan Thomas. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 140.
Description: Mentions Rayner Heppenstall bringing Reed and other writers to the Stag's Head pub.

Book: Dylan the Bard 
Subjects: Biography
References: Rayner Heppenstall

1256. Abrams, M.H., and Stephen Greenblatt, eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 2, 7th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. 2454-2455.

Anthology: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 7th (039397491X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1257. Alexander, Michael. A History of English Literature. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave MacMillan, 2000. 354, 355.
Description: Suggests that "Naming of Parts" is equally a parody of Auden's "Spain" and Betjeman's "In Westminster Abbey."

Book: A History of English Literature (0333913973)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, W.H. Auden, John Betjeman

1258. Amis, Kingsley. The Letters of Kingsley Amis. Edited by Zachary Leader. London: HarperCollins, 2000. 194, 201, 204, 804.
Description: Amis apologizes several times in his letters for sounding too much like Reed.

Book: The Letters of Kingsley Amis (0002570955)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Philip Larkin, Roy Fuller

1259. Dentith, Simon. Parody. London: Routledge, 2000. 118.
Description: A sequence of Eliot parodies includes an excerpt from "Chard Whitlow."

Book: Parody (0203451333)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1260. Drabble, Margaret, ed. "Reed, Henry." In The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Book: Reed, Henry (0198662440)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1261. Farrell, Joseph. "Ugo Betti." In vol. 1, Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English, edited by Olive Classe. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. 145-146.

Chapter: Ugo Betti (1884964362)
Subjects: Criticism, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, The Burnt Flower-Bed, Corruption in the Palace of Justice, Crime on Goat Island, The Queen and the Rebels, Summertime

1262. France, Peter, ed. The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 487.
Description: Ugo Betti's 'austere, literary but deeply felt speech is well caught' by Reed's translations.

Book: The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation (0198183593)
Subjects: Translation, Criticism, Play
References: Ugo Betti

1263. Harrison, Michael, and Christopher Stuart Clark, comps. One Hundred Years of Poetry for Children. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 148-149.

Anthology: One Hundred Years of Poetry for Children (0192762583)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1264. Herd, David. John Ashbery and American Poetry. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2000. 32-33.
Description: A biography of John Ashbery which refers to Berryman's 1948 review contrasting Reed's poetry with that of Robert Lowell.

Book: John Ashbery and American Poetry (0312239319)
Subjects: Criticism
References: John Berryman, Robert Lowell

1265. Jones, Robert C. "Not in the Aiming But the Opening Hand." Review of the Oxford Book of English Verse, 3rd ed. Sewanee Review 108, no. 1 (Winter 2000).

Journal: Not in the Aiming 
Subjects: Criticism

1266. Keegan, Paul, ed. The New Penguin Book of English Verse. London: Penguin, 2000. 949.

Anthology: The New Penguin Book of English Verse (0713992107)
Subjects: Poem
References: Judging Distances

1267. Korte, Barbara, Ralf Schneider, and Stephanie Lethbridge, eds. Anthologies of British Poetry: Critical Perspectives from Literary and Cultural Studies. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2000.

Book: Anthologies of British Poetry (904201301X)
Subjects: Criticism

1268. Longley, Edna. The Bloodaxe Book of 20th Century Poetry: From Britain and Ireland. Tarset, Northumberland: Bloodaxe Books, 2000.

Anthology: The Bloodaxe Book of 20th Century Poetry: From Britain and Ireland (185224514X)
Subjects: Poem
References: Hiding Beneath the Furze, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

1269. Mack, Robert L. Thomas Gray: A Life. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000. 25.
Description: Discusses poem parodies of Gray and Eliot, citing "Chard Whitlow" as an example.

Book: Thomas Gray: A Life (0300084994)
Subjects: Criticism, Parody
References: Chard Whitlow

1270. Parkinson, Brian, and Helen Reid Thomas. Teaching Literature in a Second Language. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000.

Book: Teaching Literature in a Second Language (0748612599)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1271. Pinsky, Robert, and Maggie Deitz, eds. American's Favorite Poems: The Favorite Poem Project Anthology. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000.

Anthology: American's Favorite Poems (0393048209)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1272. Strachan, John and Richard Terry. Poetry. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000. 160-162.
Description: "Naming of Parts" is used as an example of a poem that uses language to express its theme.

Book: Poetry (0748614214)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1273. Wehr, Wesley. The Eighth Lively Art: Conversations with Painters, Poets, Musicians & The Wicked Witch of the West. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2000. 159, 160, 166, 191.
Description: Wehr remembers Reed at the University of Washington, during Elizabeth Bishop's sojourn there.

Book: The Eighth Lively Art (0295979569)
Subjects: Biography
References: Elizabeth Bishop

1274. Wood, Sharon. "Dino Buzzati." In vol. 1, Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English, edited by Olive Classe. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. 203-205 [203, 205].

Chapter: Dino Buzzati (1884964362)
Subjects: Criticism, Translation
References: Dino Buzzati, Larger Than Life

1275. Cox, Michael, ed. "Reed, Henry." In A Dictionary of Writers and Their Works. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Book: Reed, Henry (0198605382)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, The Novel Since 1939, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, The Streets of Pompeii

1276. Cox, Michael, ed. "Reed, Henry (1914-1986)." A Dictionary of Writers and Their Works. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. 235.
Description: Only the shortest of bibliographies.

Chapter: Reed, Henry (0198662491)
Subjects: Miscellaneous

1277. Haft, Adele J. "Henry Reed's Poetic Map of Verona: (Di)versifying the Teachings of Geography IV." Cartographic Perspectives 40 (Fall 2001): 32-50.
Description: Explores the maps Reed may have consulted when composing "A Map of Verona," and during his several visits to Italy.

Journal: Cartographic Perspectives 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: A Map of Verona, Judging Distances

1278. Henderson, Mary C. Mielziner: Master of Modern Stage Design. New York: Back Stage Press, 2001. 207, 309.
Description: Description and credits for the 1955 Fulton Theatre production of Reed's translation of Betti's Island of Goats.

Book: Mielziner: Master of Modern Stage Design (0823088235)
Subjects: Play, Translation
References: Ugo Betti, Island of Goats, Jo Mielziner, Uta Hagen, Laurence Harvey

1279. Hischak, Thomas S. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 75.
Description: Mentions a 1974 performance of Reed's translation of Betti's The Burnt Flowerbed at New York's Roundabout Theatre.

Book: American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama (0195090799)
Subjects: Translation, Play, Criticism
References: The Burnt Flowerbed, Ugo Betti

1280. Jarrell, Randall. Poetry and the Age: Expanded Edition. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2001. 173.
Description: Reprint of the 1953 edition.

Book: Poetry and the Age: Expanded Edition (0813021081)
Subjects: Criticism

1281. Mengham, Rod. "Broken Glass." In The Fiction of the 1940s: Stories of Survival, edited by Rod Mengham and N.H. Reeve. Palgrave: Houndmills, England, 2001. 125, 132n.
Description: The author mentions Reed's insistence of 'the frequency childhood themes' in mid-century fiction.

Chapter: Broken Glass 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Novel Since 1939

1282. Milsted, David, comp. Brewer's Anthology of England and the English. New York: Sterling, 2003. 187.
Description: Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" is used to illustrate British reticence toward war.

Anthology: Brewer's Anthology of England and the English (0304365947)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1283. Rawlinson, Mark. "Jocelyn Brooke and England's Militarised Landscape." In The Fiction of the 1940s: Stories of Survival, edited by Rod Mengham and N.H. Reeve. Houndmills, England: Palgrave, 2001. 115.
Description: The author mentions Reed and 'Nature's apparent duplicity in occluding the presence of military violence' as a theme in 20th-century war poetry.

Chapter: Jocelyn Brooke and England's Militarised Landscape 
Subjects: Criticism
References: David Jones, Keith Douglas

1284. Stevens, Denis. Monteverdi in Venice. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson university Press, 2001. 26, 28.
Description: Contains Radio Times billing for Vincenzo.

Book: Monteverdi in Venice (0838638791)
Subjects: 
References: Vincenzo

1285. Wolosky, Shira. The Art of Poetry: How to Read a Poem. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 8-10, 18-19, 172. <http://www.oup.com/pdf/0195138708_01.pdf>.
Description: Speech and diction in Reed's "Naming of Parts." External link, .pdf file.

Book: The Art of Poetry (0195138708)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1286. Volsik, Paul. "'But the Happy Future is a Thing of the Past': Cataclysms, Apocalypses and Impossible Milleniums? British War Poetry in the Early Twentieth Century." Études Anglaises 54, no. 1 (January-March 2001): 55-68 [66-67].
Description: "Naming of Parts" is central to the 'surreal... or "nonsense" perspective' in British Second World War poetry.

Journal: But the Happy Future is a Thing of the Past 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1287. Garlock, Gayle. "The Friends of Fisher Library Library Events for 2000-2001." The Halcyon, no. 27 (June 2001).
Description: The account of a 2001 lecture on Hardy collectors mentions Reed.

Journal: The Friends of Fisher Library Library Events 
Subjects: Biography
References: Michael Millgate, Thomas Hardy

1288. Barfoot, C.C., and R.M. Healey. "My Rebellious and Imperfect Eye": Observing Geoffrey Grigson. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2002. 177.
Description: Mention of Hilda Tablet.

Book: My Rebellious and Imperfect Eye (9042013583)
Subjects: Play, Radio, Criticism
References: The Private Life of Hilda Tablet

1289. Cardew, Alan. Review of Teaching Literature in a Second Language. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 12, no. 2 (2002): 240-245 [241].
Description: Book review asserts that "Naming of Parts" supports the authors' 'super-analytic' approach.

Journal: Review of Teaching Literature in a Second Language 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1290. Copp, Michael, sel. An Imagist at War: The Complete War Poems of Richard Aldington. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2002. 25.
Description: Notes that Aldington's verse story, "Farewell to Memories," uses two voices, much like Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Book: An Imagist at War (0838639526)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Richard Aldington, Farewell to Memories, Naming of Parts

1291. Crisell, Andrew. An Introductory History of British Broadcasting. London: Routledge, 2002. 74.
Description: Mentions the BBC receiving the Italia Prize for Drama in the 1940s and '50s, for plays by Reed, Giles Cooper, and Louis MacNeice.

Book: An Introductory History of British Broadcasting (0415247918)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Giles Cooper, Louis MacNeice

1292. Culler, Jonathan D. Structutalist Poetics: Structuralism, Linguistics, and the Study of Literature. New York: Routledge, 2002. 179, 313n.
Description: A brief analysis of Reed's parody, "Chard Whitlow."

Book: Structuralist Poetics (0415289890)
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1293. Delchamps, Stephen W. Civil Humor: The Poetry of Gavin Ewart. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2002. 107.
Description: Compares Ewart's poem, "The Bofors AA Gun" to Reed's "Naming of Parts."

Book: Civil Humor: The Poetry of Gavin Ewart (083863933X)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Gavin Ewart, The Bofors AA Gun

1294. Hamilton, Ian. "Henry Reed, 1914-1986" in Against Oblivion: Some Lives of the Twentieth-Century Poets. London: Viking, 2002. 212-216.
Description: Reed's chapter from Ian Hamilton's survey of twentieth-century poets, with analysis and biography.

Book: Against Oblivion (067084909X)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Psychological Warfare

1295. Kale, Tessa, ed. Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies. 12th ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. 1758.
Description: Index to many of Reed's poems published in popular anthologies, including the "Lessons of the War" sequence.

Book: Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies (0231124481)
Subjects: Poem
References: The Auction Sale, Chard Whitlow, The Chateau, The Door and the Window, Dull Sonnet, Judging Distances, A Map of Verona, Naming of Parts, Philoctetes, Sailor's Harbour

1296. Knowles, Elizabeth, ed. "Reed, Henry." In The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Book: Reed, Henry (0198609515)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1297. Millgate, Michael. "The Hunter-Gatherers: Some Early Hardy Scholars and Collectors." In Thomas Hardy: Texts and Contexts, edited by Phillip Mallett. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave MacMillan, 2002. 180-199 [193-196, 199].
Description: Millgate details Reed's failed endeavor to write a biography of Hardy, and discusses his correspondence with (and assessment of) other Hardy scholars.

Chapter: The Hunter-Gatherers (1403901317)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Thomas Hardy

1298. Oliveira, Carmen L. Rare and Commonplace Flowers: The Story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002. 167.
Description: In this fictionalized biography, Reed is mentioned as the only person 'with whom Bishop seemed to have vaguely succeeded in associating' with, while the two were at the University of Washington in 1966.

Book: Rare and Commonplace Flowers 
Subjects: Biography
References: Elizabeth Bishop

1299. Page, Gwendolyn. We Kept the Secret. Wymondham, UK: George R. Reeve, 2002.
Description: Memoir of a WREN's time at Bletchley Park.

Book: We Kept the Secret (0900616652)
Subjects: Biography

1300. Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Experiencing Understanding. Tape 1 of Educating for Understanding. VHS, 41 min. Port Chester, NY: National Professional Resources, 2002.
Description: Introduces teaching and learning for understanding through a collaborative experience in which participants construct understanding of "Naming of Parts."

Film: Experiencing Understanding (1887943595)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1301. Robinson, Peter. Poetry, Poets, Readers: Making Things Happen. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. 6-10, 118.

Book: Poetry, Poets, Readers: Making Things Happen (0199251134)
Subjects: Criticism
References: A Map of Verona

1302. Trussler, Simon. "Remembering Martin Esslin, 1918-2002." New Theatre Quarterly 18 (2002): 203-204 [204].
Description: This obituary for Esslin, former Head of BBC Radio Drama, places Reed amidst Giles Cooper and R.C. Scriven.

Journal: Remembering Martin Esslin 
Subjects: Biography
References: Martin Esslin, Giles Cooper, R.C. Scriven

1303. Wasley, Aidan. "The 'Gay Apprentice': Ashbery, Auden, and a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Critic." Contemporary Literature 43, no. 4 (Winter 2002): 667-708 [679].
Description: Apparently, Ashbery's senior thesis quotes Reed's criticism of Auden.

Journal: The "Gay Apprentice" 
Subjects: Criticism
References: John Ashbery, W.H. Auden

1304. Ling, Ruth. "The Double Design of Michael Longley's Recent Elegies 'The Ghost Orchid' and 'Broken Dishes'." Irish Studies Review 10, no. 1 (1 April 2002): 39-50.

Journal: The Double Design of Michael Longley's Recent Elegies 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1305. "Inverse Mappings: Poet's Lives." Economist, 13 April 2002.
Description: Review of Against Oblivion: Some Lives of the Twentieth-Century Poets by Ian Hamilton (London: Viking, 2002).

Newspaper: The Economist, Apr. 2002 
Subjects: Criticism

1306. Branam, Harold. "Henry Reed." In vol. 6, Critical Survey of Poetry, 2nd rev. ed., edited by Philip K. Jason. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2003. 3157-3161.
Description: The revised edition of Critical Survey of Poetry contains a slightly revised bibliography.

Chapter: Critical Survey of Poetry (1587650711)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, A Map of Verona, Antigone, Chrysothemis, Philoctetes, Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult la Belle

1307. Clarke, Arlene, and Marlene B. Clarke, eds. Retellings: A Thematic Literature Anthology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. 845-846.

Anthology: Retellings (0072414693)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1308. Croft, Andy. Comrade Heart: A Life of Randall Swingler. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 2003. 178.
Description: Swingler reviewed Reed's book of poetry for his journal, Our Time, in 1946.

Book: Comrade Heart 
Subjects: Criticism

1309. Goldensohn, Lorrie. Dismantling Glory: Twentieth-Century Soldier Poetry. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 111-112.
Description: "Naming of Parts" is likened to a 'perfectly framed snapshot,' that is 'representative of the World War II soldier poem.'

Book: Dismantling Glory (0231119380)
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Naming of Parts

1310. Hamill, John. "The Ten Restless Ghosts of Mantua: Shakespeare's Specter Lingers Over the Italian City." Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter 38, no. 3 (Summer 2003).
Description: Reed's play, The Great Desire I Had, is cited as recognizing the need for Shakespeare to have visited Italy to have produced "The Rape of Lucrece."

Journal: The Ten Restless Ghosts of Mantua 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The Great Desire I Had, William Shakespeare, Giulio Romano, The Rape of Lucrece

1311. Knowles, Elizabeth, ed. "Reed, Henry." In The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Rev. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Chapter: Reed, Henry (0198607520)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow

1312. Levy, Silvano. The Scandalous Eye: The Surrealism of Conroy Maddox. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2003. 45, 98.
Description: Maddox recalls evenings spent with Reed in Birmingham, England, in the 1930s.

Book: The Scandalous Eye (0853235597)
Subjects: Biography
References: Conroy Maddox, Robert Melville, John Melville, George D. Painter, Edward Lowbury, Emmy Bridgwater

1313. Meyer, Michael, ed. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, and Writing. Boston: St. Martin's Press, 2003. 626-627.
Description: Contains questions for discussing "Naming of Parts" in class.

Anthology: The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature (0312398816)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1314. Reidel, James. Vanished Act: The Life and Art of Weldon Kees. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. Illus. unpaged, 331.
Description: Kees recites Reed's poem "Unarmed Combat" at the 1955 Poets' Follies poetry reading.

Book: Vanished Act (0803239513)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Unarmed Combat, Weldon Kees

1315. Schakel, Peter, and Jack Ridl, eds. 250 Poems: A Portable Anthology. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003.

Anthology: 250 Poems: A Portable Anthology (0312402384)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1316. Simpson, Roger. "King Arthur in World War Two Poetry: His Finest Hour?" Arthuriana 13, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 77-78, 89.
Description: Roger Simpson contemplates Reed's "Tintagel" poems, concerning the Tristan and Iseult legends.

Journal: Arthuriana 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Tristram, Iseult Blaunchesmains, King Mark, Iseult La Belle

1317. Spender, Stephen. Review of Losses, by Randall Jarrell. In vol 41, Poetry Criticism, edited by David Galens. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2003. 135.
Description: Reprints Spender's 1948 Nation review of Jarrell's collection, Losses.

Chapter: Review of Lossess 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Randall Jarrell

1318. Stade, George, and Karen Karbiener, eds. "Reed, Henry." Encyclopedia of British Writers, 20th Century. Vol. 2. New York: Facts on File, 2003. xv, 313-314.
Description: "Naming of Parts" was 'so widely anthologised and so well known as an antiwar poem that it made Reed famous as a one-poem poet and overshadowed his other work.'

Book: Encyclopedia of British Writers (0816046697)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1319. Stanford, Judith. Responding to Literature: Stories, Poems, Plays, and Essays. 4th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Anthology: Responding to Literature (0767422783)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1320. Willetts, Paul. Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia. Heaton Moor, England: Dewi Lewis, 2003. 186, 189.
Description: Cites Reed's less-than-favorable New Statesman reviews of the novels of Julian Maclaren-Ross.

Book: Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia (1899235698)
Subjects: Criticism, Review
References: Julian Maclaren-Ross

1321. Howell, Anthony. "Modernist Manquè." London Magazine (April/May 2003). 40-45.
Description: Discovering and evaluating the best of Reed's lesser-known poems.

Journal: Modernist Manquè 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Spleen, Dull Sonnet, Chrysothemis, Lives, Hiding Beneath the Furze, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Psychological Warfare, Three Words, Morning

1322. Cooppan, Vilashini. "Ghosts in the Disciplinary Machine: The Uncanny Life of World Literature." Comparative Literature Studies 41, no. 1 (2004): 35, n37.
Description: Footnote acknowledges use of Reed's translation of Balzac's Père Goriot.

Journal: Ghosts in the Disciplinary Machine 
Subjects: Miscellaneous
References: Père Goriot

1323. DiYanni, Robert. Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004. 547-548.

Anthology: Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (0072881844)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1324. Fowler, Roger. "'Naming of Parts' by Henry Reed." In Poetics: Linguistic Analyses of English and American Poems, Reader and Workbook, edited by Kordásné Kenesei Andrea. Veszprém, Hungary: Veszprém University Press, 2004. 41-44
Description: This analysis is similar to Fowler's in Linguistic Criticism (1996).

Chapter: Naming of Parts by Henry Reed (963949535)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1325. Gardner, Janet E., et al, eds. Literature: A Portable Anthology. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.

Anthology: Literature: A Portable Anthology (0312412827)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1326. Haughton, Hugh. Second World War Poems. London: Faber and Faber, 2004. 232-234, 314.
Description: Collects "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances" as Lessons of the War, Parts I and II.

Anthology: Second World War Poems 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

1327. Hill, Marion. Bletchley Park People: Churchill's Geese That Never Cackled. Stroud, England: Sutton Publishing, 2004. 63.
Description: A former Bletchley Park worker is quoted as saying 'I worked with Henry Read [sic], the poet who wrote the fine poem "The Naming of Parts".'

Book: Bletchley Park People (0750933623)
Subjects: Biography
References: Naming of Parts

1328. Knowles, Elizabeth, ed. "Reed, Henry." In The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description: Popular quotes from Reed's poems and radio plays.

Book: Reed, Henry (0198607202)
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Unarmed Combat, Emily Butter, Not a Drum Was Heard, The Primal Scene, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Very Great Man Indeed

1329. Millgate, Michael. Thomas Hardy: A Biography Revisited. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 2.
Description: Acknowledgment made to Reed.

Book: Thomas Hardy: A Biography Revisited 
Subjects: Biography
References: Thomas Hardy

1330. Mitchell, Donald, Philip Reed, and Mervyn Cooke, eds. Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1946-1951. Vol. 3, Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976. Berkely, CA; University of
Description: The notes for a letter to Douglas Cleverdon explains Reed's Hilda Tablet plays began as a parody of Benjamin Britten.

Book: Letters from a Life 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Douglas Cleverdon, Emily Butter

1331. Penney, Christine. Obituary for Isaac Avi Shapiro. Heslopian 2 (2004). 3.
Description: Obituary for former Birmingham University professor mentions Reed as an undergraduate in the 1930s.

Journal: Obituary for Isaac Avi Shapiro 
Subjects: Biography
References: Isaac Avi Shapiro, Helen Gardner, Louis MacNeice, W.H. Auden

1332. Potter, Julian. Stephen Potter at the BBC: "Features" in War and Peace. Orford, Suffolk: Orford Books, 2004. 187, 190, 195-197.
Description: Contains a short chapter on Stephen Potter's production of Reed's BBC adaptation of Moby Dick.

Book: Stephen Potter at the BBC 
Subjects: Biography, Play, Radio
References: Moby Dick

1333. Probst, Robert E. Response and Analysis: Teaching Literature in Secondary School, 2nd ed. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2004. 96-97, 127-128, 146n.
Description: Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" is included here as part of a discussion on the speaking voice in poetry.

Book: Response and Analysis (0325007160)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1334. Rejwan, Nissim. The Last Jews in Baghdad: Remembering a Lost Homeland. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2004. 121.
Description: The author remembers reading Reed in Lehmann's The Penguin New Writing in wartime Baghdad.

Book: The Last Jews in Baghdad 
Subjects: Biography
References: John Lehmann

1335. Wehr, Wesley. The Accidental Collector: Art, Fossils, and Friendships. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004. 61.
Description: Wehr recalls Reed and Elizabeth Bishop regularly eating together at a Seattle restaurant.

Book: The Accidental Collector (0295983825)
Subjects: Biography
References: Elizabeth Bishop

1336. Balfour-Paul, Jenny. "Pilgrimage to War." Geographical 76, no. 12 (December 2004): 44.
Description: Reed's poem "Naming of Parts" is reprinted as part of an article on the importance of battlefield tourism.

Journal: Pilgrimage to War 
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, In Flanders Fields, John McCrae

1337. Arp, Thomas R., ed. Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. 11th ed. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005. 47-48.
Description: Contains suggested questions for discussing "Naming of Parts" in class.

Anthology: Perrine's Sound and Sense (0838407463)
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1338. Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter, and Jon Stallworthy, eds. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 1563-1566

Anthology: The Norton Anthology of Poetry 
Subjects: Poem
References: Chard Whitlow, Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

1339. Lowell, Robert. Letter to Elizabeth Bishop, 25 February 1966. In The Letters of Robert Lowell, edited by Saskia Hamilton. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. 467-468 [468].
Description: Bishop to asked to tell Reed to come visit the Lowells.

Chapter: Letter to Elizabeth Bishop 
Subjects: Biography
References: Elizabeth Bishop

1340. Meyer, Michael, ed. The Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford, St. Martin's, 2005.

Anthology: The Bedford Introduction to Literature (0312412428)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1341. Pennell, Maj. Bruce. "Where Are the War Poets?" British Army Review, no 136 (Spring 2005): 34-39 [35, 38n].
Description: In this study of Keith Douglas, Reed's service in the RAOC is noted.

Journal: Where Are the War Poets? 
Subjects: Criticism, Biography
References: Keith Douglas

1342. Schilb, John, and John Clifford, eds. Making Arguments About Literature: A Compact Guide and Anthology. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005.

Anthology: Making Arguments About Literature (0132431473)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1343. Sutherland, John. Stephen Spender: A Literary Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 358.
Description: Reed visited the Spenders in Italy in the summer of 1951.

Book: Stephen Spender 
Subjects: Biography
References: Stephen Spender

1344. Tibbets, John C. Composers in the Movies: Studies in Musical Biography. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005. 177.
Description: Director Ken Russell rejects Reed's preliminary treatment for a BBC teleplay on the composer Richard Strauss.

Book: Composers in the Movies (0300106742)
Subjects: Biography, Play
References: Richard Strauss, Ken Russell, Dance of the Seven Veils, Carleton Hobbs

1345. Wilson, A.N. After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the World. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. 404.
Description: The "dull absurdity of army training" in "Naming of Parts" "evokes the tone of the early Forties...."

Book: After the Victorians (0374101981)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1346. Wrigley, Amanda. "Aeschylus' Agamemnon on BBC Radio, 1946-1976." International Journal of the Classical Tradition 12, no. 2 (Fall 2005): 216-244 [233].
Description: Mention September 30, 1946 reading of Reed's "Antigone," as part of a BBC program of 'specially written, or hitherto unpublished' poems.

Journal: Aeschylus' Agamemnon on BBC Radio, 1946-1976 
Subjects: Radio, Biography
References: Antigone

1347. Petite, Joseph. "'Naming of Parts,' 'Judging Distances,' Literary Snobbery and Careless Reading in the Analysis of Henry Reed's 'Lessons of the War.' Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 26, no. 1-2 (March, 2005): 66-84.
Description: Suggests that previous critics have been overly-dependent on sexual interpretations, and that the true speaker of the "Lessons of the War" poems is the drill instructor.

Journal:  
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, Movement of Bodies, Returning of Issue

1348. Dowding, Una. "War! What War?" Citizen (Gloucester, England), 14 May 2005, 10.
Description: "Today We Have Political Spin," a parody of "Naming of Parts."

Newspaper: War! What War? 
Subjects: Parody
References: Naming of Parts

1349. Wiebe, Heather. "'Now and England': Britten's Gloriana and the 'New Elizabethans'." Cambridge Opera Journal 17, no. 2 (July 2005): 171-172.
Description: Reed is mentioned as a contributer to Queen Elizabeth's coronation celebration.

Journal: Now and England: Britten's Gloriana 
Subjects: Biography
References: Vaughan Williams, Christopher Fry, Louis MacNeice, Eric Crozier

1350. Hilliard, Christopher. "Modernism and the Common Writer." Historical Journal 48, no. 3 (September 2005): 769-787 [775].
Description: Quotes from a 1944 Sid Chaplin letter to John Lehmann, regarding Reed's 1943 essay, "The End of an Impulse."

Journal: Modernism and the Common Writer 
Subjects: Criticism
References: The End of an Impulse, Sid Chaplin, John Lehmann

1351. Abcarian, Richard, and Marvin Klotz, eds. Literature: The Human Experience. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006.

Anthology: Literature: The Human Experience (0312436513)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1352. Black, Joseph, et al. The Twentieth Century and Beyond. Vol. 6, The Broadview Anthology of British Literature. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2006.

Anthology: The Twentieth Century and Beyond (1551116143)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

1353. Humphreys, Richard. "Death of a Cleaner." In London: City of Disappearances, edited by Iain Sinclair. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2006. 422, 423, 425.
Description: An inscribed copy of Reed's poem "Chrysothemis" turns up in the flat of a London house cleaner.

Chapter: Death of a Cleaner (0241142997)
Subjects: Biography
References: Chrysothemis, Dorothy Baker, Walter Allen, Julian McLaren-Ross

1354. Parini, Jay, ed. The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2006. 1103, 1142-1143.
Description: "Naming of Parts" is included in the chapter "An Anthology of Poems about Wars and Rumors of Wars."

Anthology: The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry (1413004733)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1355. Reed, Henry. The Auction Sale. Warwick, England: Greville Press, 2006.
Description: Reed's poem issued as part of the Greville Press Pamphlet series, with an introduction by Jon Stallworthy.

Book: The Auction Sale (0954996771)
Subjects: Poem
References: The Auction Sale

1356. Curry, Linda J. "Henry Reed and the BBC." ALSo 1 (2007).
Description: Curry discusses Reed's editing of controversial lines from his radio plays, in the light of censorship at the BBC.

Journal: Henry Reed and the BBC 
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Philoctetes, A Very Great Man Indeed, The Private Life of Hilda Tablet, A Hedge, Backwards

1357. Goethals, Helen. "The Muse That Failed: Poetry and Patriotism During the Second World War." In The Oxford Handbook of British and Irish War Poetry, edited by Tim Kendall. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. 366.
Description: Goethals describes the juxtaposed voices in Reed's "Naming of Parts" as 'emblematic' of the Second World War.

Chapter: The Muse That Failed (0199282668)
Subjects: Criticism, Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1358. Longley, Edna. "War Pastorals." In The Oxford Handbook of British and Irish War Poetry, edited by Tim Kendall. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. 461-482 (463-464).
Description: Longley describes "Naming of Parts" and "Judging Distances" as being military versions of the traditional pastoral poem.

Chapter: War Pastorals (0199282668)
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances

1359. Meyer, Michael, ed. Poetry: An Introduction. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007.

Anthology: Poetry: An Introduction (0312450516)
Subjects: Poem
References: Naming of Parts

1360. Reed, Henry. Collected Poems. Edited and introduced by Jon Stallworthy, with a foreword by Frank Kermode. Manchester, England: Carcanet, 2007.
Description: Reed's Collected Poems was re-issued in trade paperback in 2007, with Frank Kermode's 1991 review added as a new Foreword.

Book: Collected Poems (1857549430)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism, Poem
References: Jon Stallworthy, Frank Kermode

1361. Robinson, Eric H. "'Double Vision' Re-focused: Remarks Delivered at The Society for the History of Technology Awards Banquet." Technology and Culture 48, no. 1 (January 2007): 132-136 [133].
Description: Robinson was taught by Reed at King Edward VI Grammar School, Aston, Birmingham, in the 1930s-40s, and credits Reed with introducing him to the poetry of W.H. Auden.

Journal: Double Vision Re-focused 
Subjects: Biography

1362. Phillips, Adam. "Masters of All They Survey." Observer (London), 28 October 2007, 28.
Description: Phillips reviews the new, paperback release of Reed's Collected Poems. External link.

Newspaper: The Observer (London), Oct. 2007 
Subjects: Poem, Criticism, Link
References: Chard Whitlow, Tristram, The Door and the Window, Antigone

1363. Bishop, Elizabeth, and Robert Lowell. Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, edited by Thomas Travisano and Saskia Hamilton. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008: 576, 598, 602, 608, 609, 610,648, 83
Description: Reed's name appears in several letters written during the 1960s, and Bishop details some of their time spent together in Seattle.

Book: Words in Air 
Subjects: Biography
References: Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, Irene Worth, Robert Heilman

1364. Millgate, Michael. "Sources." English Studies in Canada 32, nos. 2-3 (2008): 55-62 [56].
Description: Mentions Reed's A Very Great Man Indeed resulting from the perils of interviewing witnesses for a biography.

Journal: Sources 
Subjects: Biography, Radio
References: A Very Great Man Indeed

1365. Poetry of Henry Reed, The. "Map of the Life and Times of Henry Reed." <http://www.solearabiantree.net/namingofparts/map.html>
Description: An interactive Google map displaying places and events relating to Reed's life and work.

Link: Map of the Life and Times of Henry Reed 
Subjects: Biography
References: Birmingham, Bletchley Park, Naples, London, Seattle

1366. Simpson, Roger. Radio Camelot: Arthurian Legends on the BBC, 1922-2005. Woodbridge, Suffolk: D.S. Brewer, 2008. 38.
Description: Simpson reports that Reed's four-part "Tintagel" series was broadcast on the BBC Home Service's "New Poems," on December 7, 1944, in an arrangement for five speakers.

Book: Radio Camelot (9781843841401)
Subjects: Poem, Radio, Criticism
References: Tintagel, Iseult Blaunchesmains, Iseult La Belle, King Mark, Tristram

1367. Stallworthy, Jon. "Henry Reed and the Great Good Place." Survivors' Songs: From Maldon to the Somme. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 162-177.
Description: Stallworthy's updated text of his introduction to Reed's Collected Poems (1991).

Chapter: Henry Reed and the Great Good Place (0521727898)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Chard Whitlow, The Auction Sale, The Changeling, The Intruder, The Town Itself, L'Envoi, South, Bocca di Magra

1368. Tabachnick, Stephen E. "War Poetry: From the Victorian Age to the Present." Review of Modern English War Poetry, by Tim Kendall. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 51, no. 2 (Spring 2008): 219-222 (222).
Description: Kendall's failure to mention David Jones or Reed's "Naming of Parts" is seen as 'problematic'.

Journal: War Poetry: From the Victorian Age to the Present 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Naming of Parts

1369. Montale, Eugenio. Mottetti. Translated by Henry Reed. PN Review 180 34, no. 4 (March-April 2008): 36-38.
Description: Reed's translations of Montale's motets are published here for the first time.

Journal: Mottetti 
Subjects: Translation, Poem
References: Eugenio Montale, Mottetti

1370. Sonzogni, Marco. Afterword to Mottetti, by Eugenio Montale, translated by Henry Reed. PN Review 180 34, no. 4 (March-April 2008): 38-41.
Description: Sonzogni appraises Reed's translations of Montale's Mottetti, and describes Reed's manuscripts and his history with the poems and the Italian language.

Journal: Afterword to Mottetti, by Eugenio Montale 
Subjects: Criticism, Poem, Translation
References: Eugenio Montale

1371. Krisak, Len. "Wrong Valves..." Letter to the editor. PN Review 181 34, no. 5 (May-June 2008): 3.
Description: Criticizes Reed's translation of the word 'valve' in Montale's Mottetti.

Journal: Wrong Valves... 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Eugenio Montale

1372. McCarey, Peter. "...and Other Blunders." Letter to the editor. PN Review 181 34, no. 5 (May-June 2008): 3-4.
Description: Recommendations for Reed's translations (or mistranslations) of Montale's Mottetti.

Journal: ...and Other Blunders 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Eugenio Montale

1373. Price, Reynolds. Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back. New York: Scribner, 2009. 43, 129.
Description: Price relays an unconfirmed story that W.H. Auden told Stephen Spender: that Helen Gardner had fallen in love with Reed, and it led her to a mental breakdown.

Book: Ardent Spirits (0743291891)
Subjects: Biography
References: Helen Gardner

1374. Wagoner, David. "That Night in London." Hudson Review 62, no. 2 (Summer 2009): 213.
Description: Wagoner's poem recalls a party held at Stephen Spender's London home in 1956 (with Reed in attendance), to muster support for the Hungarian Revolution.

Journal: That Night in London 
Subjects: Biography
References: Stephen Spender

1375. Firth, Katherine. "Henry Reed (1914-1986)." In British Writers, Supplement XV, edited by Jay Parini. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2010. 243-257.
Description: Firth's update to British Writers is the best and most comprehensive critical biography on Reed currently in print.

Chapter: Henry Reed (1914-1986) (978068431553)
Subjects: Biography, Criticism
References: Sailor's Harbour, Naming of Parts, The Captain, Chard Whitlow, Hiding Beneath the Furze, A Map of Verona, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat, The Auction Sale, Three Words

1376. Gross, John, ed. The Oxford Book of Parodies. London: Oxford University Press, 2010. 89-90, 132.
Description: Collects Reed's parodies of Thomas Hardy and T.S. Eliot.

Anthology: The Oxford Book of Parodies (978019954882)
Subjects: Poem, Parody
References: Stoutheart on the Southern Railway, Chard Whitlow

1377. Simpson, Edward. "Edward Simpson: Bayes at Bletchley Park." Significance 7, no. 2 (June 2010): 76-80 [80].
Description: Simpson reveals Reed was a linguist on the team at Bletchley Park breaking the Japanese JN-25 codes.

Journal: Edward Simpson: Bayes at Bletchley Park 
Subjects: Biography
References: Naming of Parts

1378. Taylor, D.J. "Gone with the Whinge." Review of The Oxford Book of Parodies, edited by John Gross. Financial Times, 24 July 2010, 13.
Description: Quotes Reed's Thomas Hardy parody.

Newspaper: Gone with the Whinge 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Stoutheart on the Southern Railway, Thomas Hardy

1379. Menand, Louis. "Parodies Lost." Review of The Oxford Book of Parodies, edited by John Gross. New Yorker, 20 September 2010, 107-109 [107].
Description: Quotes from "Chard Whitlow," Reed's parody of Eliot.

Journal: Parodies Lost 
Subjects: Criticism
References: Chard Whitlow

1380. Raw, Lawrence. "Henry James of the BBC Third Programme, 1946-1970." Henry James Review 32 (2011): 87-96 [91].
Description: For A Very Great Man Indeed, Reed wrote 'a thinly disguised pastiche of Jamesian prose with long sentences comprised of endless subordinate clauses.'

Journal: Henry James of the BBC Third Programme 
Subjects: Criticism, Radio, Parody
References: A Very Great Man Indeed

1381. Ludwig, Jennifer. "Lessons of the War: Henry Reed." In vol. 2, Literature of War: Experiences, edited by Thomas Riggs. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2012. 359-361.
Description: A relatively lengthy assessment of Reed's influences, position, and the impact resulting from his famous sequence of poems, Lessons of the War.

Chapter: Lessons of the War: Henry Reed 
Subjects: Poem, Criticism
References: Naming of Parts, Judging Distances, Unarmed Combat

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