CALIFORNIA

BACKGROUNDS
of

BOOK REVIEWING

EDITED BY

HERBERT S. MALLORY

of the

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

GEORGE WAHR, PUBLISHER

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

1923

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

LITERARY CONTACTS

1 THE BOOKS THAT I READ

HISTORY OF A LITERARY RADICAL

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3

4

Theodore Roosevelt

Randolph Bourne

THEORIES OF CRITICISM

THE EXPERT BOOK REVIEWER

CRITICISM PAST AND PRESENT

THE AUTHORITY OF CRITICISM

6 THE NEW CRITICISM

5

THE CONTEMPORARY CRITIC

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8

Arnold Bennett

Robert Morss Lovett

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31

William P. Trent

J. E. Spingarn

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16 PREFACE TO "THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS"

23 THE DRAMA OF IDEAS, ETC. Frank Wadleigh Chandler 291

24 THE MEANS OF THE PHOTOPLAY

25 THE SYMPHONY

26 JAZZ: A MUSICAL DISCUSSION

27 BRAHMSODY

28 LOOKING INTO PICTURES