Category Archives: Essays

MODERNIST MANQUÉ

Posted on November 27, 2012 by anthonyhowelljournal

‘And when upon your gentle breasts I lie (In due obedience to Nature’s laws) It is in truth iniquity on high That they should open out in chests of drawers… …Surrealist love! For God’s sake change your form Back to … Continue reading →

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The Picture Within the Picture

Posted on September 28, 2012 by anthonyhowelljournal

A Talk I think there are serious drawbacks to terms like modernism and post-modernism.  They seem too large to do much good.  They’re generalisations; and they concern time rather than some way of making art.  Modernism is like saying ‘nowism’.  … Continue reading →

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Articles by AH at the Fortnightly Review

Posted on January 13, 2012 by anthonyhowelljournal

  Fortnightly articles This is the cluster index for all my articles published by the Fortnightly, on subjects such maverick poets, war poetry, the sixties, Marianne Faithful, carnival in Rio de Janeiro, on freeing up in poetry, on drone warfare, … Continue reading →

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An Essay on Translation (first published in Stand Magazine in 1971)

Posted on January 12, 2012 by anthonyhowelljournal

TRANSLATION: A QUERY A review by Anthony Howell of Poem into Poem: world poetry in modern verse edited by George Steiner (Penguin 10/-) first published in Stand 12, no. 2, 1971 For the sake of argument let us say we … Continue reading →

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New Article at The Fortnightly Review

Posted on January 6, 2012 by anthonyhowelljournal

Post-Modernism

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The Problem of Multitude

Posted on December 25, 2011 by anthonyhowelljournal

This is a 2011 published article about the problem of multitude in American poetry today. I found it interesting. The Problem of Multitude in American Poetry It mentioned that in 2010, three deciders had each put ten names forwards as … Continue reading →

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Writing articles

Posted on December 10, 2011 by anthonyhowelljournal

I’ve just completed a draft of one article and more or less finished writing another. I realise that I have put myself into these pieces, as I do into all my essays.  I’m unrepentant about this.  My view is never … Continue reading →

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This essay is a homage to Adolfo Bioy Casares and also refers to other writers I enjoy.

Posted on December 6, 2011 by anthonyhowelljournal

The Invention of Morel and its Context In his 1940 prologue to this celebrated novella by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges exalts adventure stories and “works of reasoned imagination” –from G. K. Chesterton to Kafka –­ over the psychological … Continue reading →

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