1957

C532.1

The Lecture I Hope to Have Given at Mount Holyoke. Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, 146-147, Winter. [Reprinted as ‘A Significant Lecture at Mount Holyoke’ in A125.]

C533

*The Second-Fated. New Republic 136: 17, 7 January.

C534

*The Face in the Mirror. New Yorker 32: 34, 12 January.

C535

Majorca Xuetas. Jewish Chronicle,18 January, p. 17; 25 January, pp. l7, 27; 1 February, pp.17, 22. [Reprinted as A Dead Branch on the Tree of Israel in A84, 86, 90, 112, C537 and as a separately published edition: La Branca Morta de l’Arbre d’Israel. [Palma de Majorca:] Edicions Arxipèlag, [1986]. Catalan translation by Lucía Graves and Natàlia Farran.]

C536

*A Plea to Boys and Girls. Atlantic 199: 59, February.

C537

A Dead Branch on the Tree of Israel. Commentary 23: 139–146, February.

C538

*The Naked and the Nude. New Yorker 32: 99, 16 February.

C539

*Yes. New Yorker 33: 96, 23 February. [This poem was published in A84, and in revised form as ‘Yea or Neigh?’ in C576.1.]

C540

The Cultured Romans. Listener 57: 341 –342, 28 February. [About the Etruscans. Text of the first of three radio programmes broadcast on the BBC.]

C541

Comments on ‘Lineal and Non-Lineal Codifications’. Explorations 7: [46]47–51, March.

C542

Comments on ‘Symbolization and Value’. Explorations 7: [67]68–73, March.

C543

*In Jorrock’s Warehouse. London Magazine 4: 13, March.

C543.1

The Errors of Poets. Scotsman, 2 March 1957, p. 6. [Letter in reply to an article ‘Poets on Poets’ published 15 February, p. 6.]

C544

ENTRY CANCELLED. See C553.1

C545

The Most Cultured of All Romans. Listener 57: 379–380, 7 March. [About Nero. Text of the second of three radio programmes broadcast on the BBC. See C617.]

C546

Caesar: When Comes Such Another? New York Times Magazine, 10 March, pp.l7, 28, 31.

C547

[Letter about C540.] Listener 57: 428, 14 March.

C548

*The Naked and the Nude. New Statesman 53: 356, 16 March.

C549

An Even More Cultured Roman. Listener 57: 471–472, 21 March. [About Lucan. Text of the third of three radio programmes broadcast on the BBC.]

C550

[Letter about C545.] Listener 57: 643, 18 April.

C551

*The Face in the Mirror. New Statesman 53: 517, 20 April.

C552

*Fever. Atlantic 199: 35, May. [Revised and re-titled in later appearances as ‘A Fever’.]

C553

*The Outsider. Harpers 214: 72, May.

C553.1

The Diseases of Scholarship Clinically Considered. New Republic 136:13–15, 6 May; 136: 17–19, 20 May. [Formerly listed as C544.]

C554

How to Avoid Mycophobia. Saturday Review 40: 21–22, 47, 11 May. [Review of the Wassons’ Mushrooms, Russia and History.]

C555

John Milton Muddles Through. New Republic 136: 17–19, 27 May.

[Incorporated into ‘Legitimate Criticism of Poetry’.]

C556

Legends of the Jews. Commentary 23: 583–586, June.

[Reprinted as ‘Legends of the Bible’.]

C557

*The Outsider. New Statesman 53: 784, 15 June.

C558

*To a Caricaturist Who Got Me Wrong. Time and Tide 38: 736, 15 June.

C558.1

A Deciduous Family. New Statesman 53: 768, 15 June. [Letter in response to Ralph Partridge’s review of They Hanged My Saintly Billy (A82), 53: 680, 25 May.]

C559

A Bicycle in Majorca. New Yorker 33: 28–32, 22 June.

C560

The White Goddess. New Republic 136: 9–15, 24 June.

C561

*A Fever. New Statesman 54: 24, 6 July.

C562

All Child’s Children Got Itch. Times Literary Supplement, 19 July, p.441. [Reply to review of A20b, 5 July, p.414.]

C563

*Bitter Thoughts on Receiving a Slice of Cordelia’s Wedding Cake. New Yorker 33:34, 27 July.

C564

Mushrooms, Food of the Gods. Atlantic 200: 73–77, August. [Reprinted as ‘What Food the Centaurs Ate’ (A86) and ‘Centaur’s Food’ (A90). This was translated into German under the title ‘Pilze, Speise der Götter’ and appeared in Der Monat, Vol. 10, September 1958, pp. [42] 43-49.]

C565

Imaginary Museums. Times Literary Supplement, 9 August, p.483. [Reply to a quotation in a leader of 19 July, p.441. Further reply by Graves, 15 November, p.689. Reply by Donald Davie, 18 October, p. 625.]

C566

Jesus in Rome. [With Joshua Podro.] Times Literary Supplement, 16 August, p.495.

[Reply to review, 26 July, p.461. Rejoinder 30 August, p.519. Further letter by Graves and Podro, 20 September, p.561.]

C567

After a Century, Will Anyone Care Whodunit? New York Times Book Review 25 August, pp.5, 24. [About detective stories.]

C568

Wordsworth by Cable. New Republic 137: 10–13, 9 September. [Reprinted in A84 and A86 as ‘Legitimate Criticism of Poetry’.]

C569

*Augeias and I. New Statesman 54: 321, 14 September.

C570

Private Thomas Atkins. The Times, 24 September, p.9.

[Letter on Thomas Atkins.]

C571

Evidence of Affluence. New Yorker 33: 38–42, 12 October.

C572

And the Children’s Teeth Are Set on Edge. New Republic 137: 15–18, 8 October. [Review of Leftover Life to Kill by Caitlin Thomas.]

C572.1

Houses in My Life. House and Gardens 12: 73–75, November. [Reprinted in House and Garden Weekend Book, ed. Elizabeth Brayne, 1969, B72.1.

C573

*The Second-Fated. Encounter 9: 13, November. [Revised in later appearances.]

C574

*Friday Night. Punch 233: 535, 6 November.

C575

*Bitter Thoughts. Time and Tide 38: 1530, 7 December.

[Originally titled ‘Bitter Thoughts on Receiving a Slice of Cordelia’s Wedding Cake’ in C563 and ultimately ‘A Slice of Wedding Cake’.]

C575.1

Mont Blanc Milestone. Sunday Times, 22 December, p.7.

[Review of Graham Brown and Sir Gavin de Beer’s The First Ascent of Mont Blanc.]

C576

Maenads, Junkies and Others. New Republic 137: 16–18, 23 December. [Reprinted in A86 and A90.]

C576.1

*Yea or Neigh? Argosy 18: 86, December. [This poem was published under the title ‘Yes’ in A84 and in C539.]

C576.2

*Is It Peace? What’s New 203: 7, Christmas.