DOCUMENT RESUME ED 083 597 CS 200 745 AUTHOR Lueders, Edward, Ed. TITLE The College and Adult Reading List of Books in Literature and the Fine Arts. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, Ill. PUB DATE 67 NOTE 466p.; Published by Washington Square Press AVAILABLE FROMNational Council of Teachers of English, 1111 Kenyon Road, Urbana, Ill. 61801(Stock No. 42607, $0.90 non-member, $0.75 member) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$16.45 DESCRIPTORS Adult Education; *Annotated Bibliographies; *Art; Art Appreciation; Bibliographies; *Books; *Literature; Literature Appreciation; *Music; Paperback Books; Reading; Reading Materials ABSTRACT The 760 books included in this reading list are judged "especially valuable, important, and rewarding for intelligent, interested, but esentially nonprofessional, college and adult readers." Each entry is annotated, editions are frequently noted, and paperback availability is indicated. The books are arranged according to subject--literature, music, and art--and each subject is further divided into more specific topics, e.g., American fiction, British literary criticism, linguistics. (This document previously announced as ED 029 021.) (LH) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION B WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO The College DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS and STATED DD NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SFN T OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF Adult Reading List EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. of BOOKS IN LITERATURE and op CD THE FINE ARTS EDWARD LUEDERS Editorial Chairman Prepared by the Committee (»I College and Adult Reading List of the NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH r- WSP WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS. INC. NEW YORK FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY The College and Adult Reading List of Books in Literature and the Fine Arts AWashington Square I ress edition 1stprinting jimmy, 1912 3rd printing September, 1967 L Published by Washington Square Press, Ire., 631 Fifth Avenue, New fork, WASIIINCTON SQUARE Yewseditions are distributed in the U.S. by Simon fi Schuster, Inc., 630 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y, 10020 and in Canada by Simon 5.: Schuster of Canada,Ltd., Richmond nin, Ontario, Canadi. Copyright,e,I!162, by the National Council of Tenehers of English. All rights reserved. Printed inl'he U.S.A. 'PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE TRIO COPY- RIGHTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY National Council of Teachers of English TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL IN- STITUTE OF EDUCATION FURTHER REPRO- DUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM RE- QUIRES PERMISSIONOF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER' EDITORIAL BOARD LITERATURE:Edward Lueders, Hanover College ART:Bainbridge Bunting University of New Mexico MUSIC:Gerhard Albersheim Los Angeles State College ADVISORY BOARD NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION: WARREN BOWER, Assistant Dean, Division of General Education ay Extension Services, New York University AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: MAURICE F. TAUBER School of Library Service, Columbia University COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION: MAXWELL GOLDBERG Professor of English, University of Massachusetts NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH: GEORGE ARMS College Section Chairman, 1957-1959 Professor of English, University of New Mexico WILLIAM S. WARD College Section Chairman, 1959 Prof essor of English, University of Kentucky J. N. HOOK Executive Secretary, 1953-1960 Professor of English, University of Illinois -NCTE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS- ROBERT A. BENNETT Minneapolis, Minnesota, Public Schools MURIEL CROSBY Wilmington, Delaware, Public Schools WILLIAM S. WARD University of Kentucky JAMES R. SQUIRE Executive Secretary, NCTE, Chairman ENID OLSON Publications Associate, NCTE CONTENTS LITERATURE American Fiction 3 John Lydenberg Hobart and William Smith Colleges British Fiction, 34 Charles Parish Southern Illinois University, Alton World Fiction 4 . 53 Basil Busacca Occidental College American Poetry. S o Albert D. Van Nostrand Brown University British Poetry. 93 Russell E. Leavenworth Fresno State College World Poctry . 0 0 106 Franz Schneider Conzaga University American Drama . 127 Robert V. Balzer Pennsylvania State University British Drama 135 Charlotte K. Spivack Fisk University World Drama 148 Don A. Waiters Hanover College American Biography 158 Lyman Smart Brigham Young University ix x CONTENTS LITERATURE (cont.) British Biography 170 David F. Hiatt Carroll College World Biography 178 Lewis C. Smith, Jr. St. Cloud State College American Letters and Essays 191 Sherman Paul University of Illinois British Letters and Essays 199 Louise E. florabacher Purdue University World Letters and Essays 210 David II. Malone Auburn University American Literary Criticism 221 Walker Gibson New York University British Literary Criticism 233 Wallace W. Douglas Northwestern University World Literary Criticism 240 `Parry Berger, Jr., and W. K. Wimsatt, Jr. Yale University American Literary History 249 Charles Kaplan San Fernando Valley State College British Literary History 255 Walter J. Ong Saint Louis University World Literary History 262 W. F. Jacob Idaho State College Linguistics 267 Harold B. Allen University of Minnesota ART Architecture Before 1900 275 Bernard Lemann Tubule University xi CONTENTS ART (cont.) Architecture Since 1900 285 David Cebhard Roswell Museum and Art Center Roswell, New Mexico Painting and Drawing Before 1900 294 John Hoag Art Library, Yale University Painting and Drawing Since 1900 300 Frederick Deknatel Harvard University Sculpture 306 Edwin C. Rae University of Illinois Design and Crafts 313 Edward R. DeZurko Rice University Graphics 319 Ruth Magurn Fogg Museum, Harvard University Art Criticism and Esthetics . 323 Carl D. Sheppard University of California, Los Angeles Art Reference 331 Adolf K. Placzek Columbia University MUSIC Music Monographs 341 Philip F. Nelson Arizona State University Orchestral Music 348 Andor Toth San Fernando Valley State College Chamber and Keyboard Music 353 Homer Ulrich University of Marybuid Vocal Music 360 Wil!iam Vennard University of Southern California Opera and Ballet 364 Hans Lampl Michigan State University xii CONTENTS MUSIC (cont.) Dance and Folk Dance 371 Pia Gilbert University of California, Los Angeles Music Theory 377 Charles M. Hubbard Los Angeles State College Music Criticism 380 Charles M. Hubbard Los Angeles State College Music History and Reference 384 Howard Brown University of Chicago Music Biography 389 Ralph Heidsiek San Fernando Valley State College The Interpreter 398 Albert Goldberg Los Angeles Times The Contemporary Scene 403 Boris Kremcnlicv University of California, Los Angeles Jazz and Popular Music 410 Hugh L. Smith, Jr. Long Beach State College LIST OF PUBLISHERS List of Publishers 419 INDEXES Index of Titles 425 Index of Authors 439 INTRODUCTION This list is intended for the use of all adult readers seek- ing pleasure, knowledge and growth through familiarity with the world's literature, art and music. Specifically, the editors have kept in mind the interests and needs of the college student, the college teacher, the college graduate. Their aim nere, however, is not to restrict use to the college campus, but rather to establish a degree of permanence in the books to be included and a level of sophistication in the annotations that describe and recommend them. The larger audience that the list is meant to serve is the growing number of Americans whojudging from the phenomenal support in recent years for reprint series and paperbound books, for art materials and activities, for recordings and musical eventsare discovering the possi- bilities of individual exploration in literature and the arts. The national organizations that sponsor this reading list believe that the increase in our leisure time, in our numbers attending and graduating from college, in our awareness of individual and cultural needs, and in our access to the world's most vital writing and artistic expression makes such a list especially useful to the current generation of college and adult readers. O But there are limits to what a reading list can offer. To begin with, no list of books can substitute for the books themselves. The whole purpose of this list is to direct the reader to books that clearly merit his readingand to explain why. Towaid this end, each section editor has been asked to select titles in his area which he fudges "especially valuable, important and rewarding for intelligent, inter- ested, but essentially nonprofessional, college and adult readers." His annotations include both identification of the book mid critical comment about it. Although they are not written as full essays, neither are they merely blurbs or notices. Particularly for the more complex and demanding works of literature, the annotation is meant not only to describe the book but also to provide a frame of reference and compass pointsto aid in the reader's exploration of the book itself. Except for editorial matters involving the whole reading list, the contributing editor's individuality in both his choices and his style has been encouraged. The result, it is hoped, is a more personalized and attractive varietyboth in the selection of titles and in the comment that recommends them to discriminating readersthan the reader customarily encounters in lists or reference works. Obviously, such a list does not pretend to be complete. Although it is extensive enough to cover a representative set of titles in each area, hundreds of titles equally worthy of inclusion are not listed.