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PN Review 208

Volume 39 Number 2 November - December 2012

Cover Image: Langston Hughes by Winold Reiss, pastel on illustration board, c. 1925; gift of W. Tjark Reiss, in memory of his father, Winold Reiss From the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

INSIDE COVER: Stella Halkyard Pictures from a Library 5: Blake

Editorial

News & Notes

Letters from Yukie Ando, Mike Freeman, Adam Watt

Reports

Dog Days Neil Powell

The Shelf Life of Robert Browning (1812-2012) Tony Roberts

The Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize Speech Marina Warner

'We Don't Publish Assholes' J. Kates

E.M. Forster in the Netherlands, 1956: D.R.M. Wilkinson

Letter from Wales Sam Adams

Anatomising Slothus Poeticus Michael Glover

A Stange Enthusiasm for Herr Her (1) Frank Kuppner

Poems

'Laundry List' and Other Poems John Ashbery

'At the Garage' and 'X Prostitutism' Tara Bergin

'Crossing' and Other Poems John Dennison

How to Watch a Solar Eclipse in a Bowl of Water Amali Rodrigo

Yiddish Folksongs Norbert Hirschhorn

A Selection of her Poems (by Oliver Dennis) Lesbia Harford

'Shambles' and Other Poems Hilary Menos

The January Man Beverley Nadin

Two Translations Len Krisak

'Bread and Wine' and Other Poems (translated by Andrew Shanks) Friedrich Hölderlin

from Archilochus on the Moon Simon Perril

To Donald Davie in Heaven or wherever Gareth Reeves

Ewelme William Bibby

Two Poems Harry Guest

Articles

in conversation with Robin Holloway Angela Leighton

A Presiding Spirit: Elizabeth Bishop's Poetic Afterlives Edward Allen

Who's Afraid of Algeria? On Rashid Boudjedra André Naffis-Sahely

Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets David C. Ward

The Sting and the Web Ricardo Nirenberg

Catchwords 18 Iain Bamforth

Eluding the Awkward Squad: John Clare's Punctuation Martyn Crucefix

Story and Fable: Reflections on Edwin Muir Clive Wilmer

Reviews

on The Parley Tree Madeleine Campbell

on The Cento: A Collection of Collage Poems Evan Jones

on Six Eighteenth-Century Poets John Lucas

on Incorrigibly Plural John McAuliffe

on Gabriel Josipovici's Infinity David Winters

on Stephen Romer's Bonnefoy Chris Miller

on Peter Riley Oliver Dixon

on Alec Finlay Heather Yeung

on David Herd Anthony Caleshu

on Robert Nye Helena Nelson

on Philip Larkin's Complete Poems Rory Waterman

on David Gentleman Judith Chernaik

PN Review 208

Volume 39 Number 2 November - December 2012

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	PN Review 208 Volume 39 Number 2 November - December 2012 Cover Image: Langston Hughes by Winold Reiss, pastel on illustration board, c. 1925; gift of W. Tjark Reiss, in memory of his father, Winold Reiss From the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. INSIDE COVER: Stella Halkyard Pictures from a Library 5: Blake Editorial News & Notes Letters from Yukie Ando, Mike Freeman, Adam Watt Reports Dog Days Neil Powell The Shelf Life of Robert Browning (1812-2012) Tony Roberts The Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize Speech Marina Warner 'We Don't Publish Assholes' J. Kates E.M. Forster in the Netherlands, 1956: D.R.M. Wilkinson Letter from Wales Sam Adams Anatomising Slothus Poeticus Michael Glover A Stange Enthusiasm for Herr Her (1) Frank Kuppner Poems 'Laundry List' and Other Poems John Ashbery 'At the Garage' and 'X Prostitutism' Tara Bergin 'Crossing' and Other Poems John Dennison How to Watch a Solar Eclipse in a Bowl of Water Amali Rodrigo Yiddish Folksongs Norbert Hirschhorn A Selection of her Poems (by Oliver Dennis) Lesbia Harford 'Shambles' and Other Poems Hilary Menos The January Man Beverley Nadin Two Translations Len Krisak 'Bread and Wine' and Other Poems (translated by Andrew Shanks) Friedrich Hölderlin from Archilochus on the Moon Simon Perril To Donald Davie in Heaven or wherever Gareth Reeves Ewelme William Bibby Two Poems Harry Guest Articles in conversation with Robin Holloway Angela Leighton A Presiding Spirit: Elizabeth Bishop's Poetic Afterlives Edward Allen Who's Afraid of Algeria? On Rashid Boudjedra André Naffis-Sahely Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets David C. Ward The Sting and the Web Ricardo Nirenberg Catchwords 18 Iain Bamforth Eluding the Awkward Squad: John Clare's Punctuation Martyn Crucefix Story and Fable: Reflections on Edwin Muir Clive Wilmer Reviews on The Parley Tree Madeleine Campbell on The Cento: A Collection of Collage Poems Evan Jones on Six Eighteenth-Century Poets John Lucas on Incorrigibly Plural John McAuliffe on Gabriel Josipovici's Infinity David Winters on Stephen Romer's Bonnefoy Chris Miller on Peter Riley Oliver Dixon on Alec Finlay Heather Yeung on David Herd Anthony Caleshu on Robert Nye Helena Nelson on Philip Larkin's Complete Poems Rory Waterman on David Gentleman Judith Chernaik PN Review 208 Volume 39 Number 2 November - December 2012
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