Category Archives: Essays

THE DEHUMANIZATION OF ART (1925) Jose Ortega y Gasset

Posted on September 15, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

This essay has been a major influence on my work and my thought.  I read it in my twenties, and still value it greatly.  Ortega has always been appreciated by US intellectuals, but is hardly ever cited by writers on art and … Continue reading →

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THE USE OF POETRY – A Lecture by Basil Bunting

Posted on September 9, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

drawing of Basil Bunting by Erin O’Brien Back in 1985, I found this Lecture in Writing Magazine 12, published in Vancouver BC.  It made a big impression then and it still does – take on board his usage and turns … Continue reading →

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Grotesque: Ancient and Modern

Posted on August 11, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

Originally posted on anthonyhowelljournal:
“In the famous Kerch terracotta collection we find figurines of senile pregnant hags. Moreover, the old hags are laughing. This is a typical and very strongly expressed grotesque.  It is ambivalent.  It is pregnant death, a…

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Of Work Spun from the Entrails

Posted on July 27, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

Mark Ford, Raymond Roussel and the Republic of Dreams, Faber, £25. The russet-stemmed variables in my dictionary of French art and literature provoke ironic reflections.  Rousseau, Henri – le douanier – emblem of naivety; Rousseau, Jean Jacques – pioneer of … Continue reading →

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Review of SILENT HIGHWAY

Posted on March 12, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

I am very pleased with this review for Silent Highway in STRIDE! Link here to details – https://anthonyhowell.org/SILENTHIGHWAY_000.htm

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The T. S. Eliot Prize

Posted on January 19, 2015 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click on the image for the link to the Fortnightly article, published back in 2015.

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Marianne Faithfull

Posted on December 1, 2014 by anthonyhowelljournal

This was posted in November 2014. Hearing the sad news yesterday, I am now reposting it with links to my Fortnightly Review essay and the song I wrote for her. ****** As I am going to hear Marianne give a … Continue reading →

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Testosterone and Art

Posted on November 29, 2014 by anthonyhowelljournal

A very interesting article published on her blog by Nathalia J Calderon. It’s about testosterone levels and art – not sure I quite agree about the conclusion! http://nathaliajcalderon.wordpress.com//?s=testosterone&search=Go  

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Dreadful as the Abortions of an Angel

Posted on November 9, 2014 by anthonyhowelljournal

Click on the image to find the essay! Grey Suit Editions re-published THE CROSS OF CARL by Walter Owen in Spring 2021.

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Caprice

Posted on September 20, 2014 by anthonyhowelljournal

There was an old man who said, ‘Hush! I perceive a young bird in this bush! When they said – ‘Is it small?’ He replied – ‘Not at all! It is four times as big as the bush!’   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(Edward … Continue reading →

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