james gould cozzens: a documentary volume

Dictionary of Literary Biography • Volume Two Hundred Ninety-Four

James Gould Cozzens:A Documentary Volume

Edited byMatthew J. Bruccoli

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Contents

Plan of the Series xxvii

Introduction xxix

Acknowledgments xxxiii

Permissions xxxiv

Books by James Gould Cozzens 3

Chronology 5

I. Youth and Confusion 9

Early Years 9

Brought Up in a Garden—from James Gould Cozzens's foreword to Roses of Yesterday (1967)

Facsimile: Illustrated composition

Facsimile: Staten Island Academy composition

Two Poems-'The Andes," The Qwjfljanuary 1915, and "Lord Kitchener," Digby Weekly Courier,16June1916

Kent School \ 15

A Democratic School-article by Cozzens, The Atlantic Monthly, March 1920

Emerson: "A Friendly Thinker"—essay by Cozzens, Kent Quarterly, December 1920

Books That Mattered—list of books Cozzens submitted to Christian Century, 22 August 1962

Harvard 19

The Trust in Princes-poem by Cozzens, Harvard Advocate, 1 November 1922

Remember the Rose—story by Cozzens, Harvard Advocate, 1 June 1923

A First Novel 22

Facsimile: Epigraph for Confusion

Some Putative Facts of Hard Record or He Commences Authour Aetatis Suae 19-20-Cozzens letterto Matthew J. Bruccoli

The Birth of Cerise: from Confusion

Facsimile: Pages from Cozzens's 1923 diary: 24 February, 13 March, and 17 October

The Death of Cerise: from Confusion

Reception of Confusion 31

Harvard Undergrad, at 19, Has 'Best Seller' Accepted-Boston Traveller, 1 April 1924 ;

Beebe Celebrates Cozzens-from The Lucius Beebe Reader and Beebe's review of Cozzens's novel in the BostonTelegram, 8 April 1924

A Voice From Young Harvard-C. B. O., Boston Evening Transcript, 9 April 1924

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Harvard Sophomore, Only 19, Writes Successful Novel- The New York World, 20 April 1924

There Was a Lady-review in The New York Times, 27 April 1924

Review of Confusion-^. M., The Harvard Advocate, 1 May 1924

Confusion: Studying the Conflicts of Youth Without Throwing Mud—review in The Boston Herald,10 May 1924

The Pluperfect Virgin—review of Confusion, John Carter, New York Evening Post Literary Review,10 May 1924

Fiction Brief—review of Confusion, R. B. F., The New Republic, 24 September 1924

Facsimile: Inscription in Confusion to H. Tatnall Brown Jr.

Facsimile: Inscription in Confusion to Ingle Barr

Cozzens as Scholar and Editor: His Preface to The Criticisms of John Keats on English Poetry

II. Michael Scarlett, Cock Pit, and The Son of Perdition 45

An Elizabethan Novel 45

Meeting Nashe and Marlowe: from Michael Scarlett

Cozzens Previews Michael Scarlett—article by Cozzens, Daily Princetonian, 12 June 1925

Shakespeare on Scarlett's Play: from Michael Scarlett

Shakepeare's Praise—from the English edition of Michael Scarlett

Elizabedian England—review of Michael Scarlett, The New York Times Book. Review, 15 November 1925

Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 21 November 1925

Michael Scarlett: A History-review in The Times Literary Supplement, 4 August 1927

The Elizabethan World of Michael Scarlett-essay by George Garrett

Facsimile: Inscription in Michael Scarlett to John Abbott

Cuba and Europe

Cock Pit 57

An Inquisition: from Cock Pit

Marriage—sestet of a love poem Cozzens wrote for Bernice Baumgarten

Don Miguel's Arrangement: from Cock Pit

Cozzens to Berdia Wood Cozzens, 23 February 1928

Facsimile: Inscription in Cock Pit to R. O. Binet

A Passion in Cuba-review of Cock Pit, Isa Glenn, New York Evening Post, 29 September 1928

Cuban Sugar Planters—review of Cock Pit, The New York Times Book Review, 7 October 1928

Cuban Drama-review of Cock Pit, David Bramble, New York Herald Tribune Books, 7 October 1928

Facsimiles: Inscriptions in Cock Pit to H. Tatnall Brown Jr. and to Ingle Barr

The Son of Perdition 69

Cozzens to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 26 November 1928

Findley Meets Stellow: from The Son of Perdition '•

A Place Prepared: from The Son of Perdition

Desperately Interesting—review of The Son of Perdition, William McFee, New York Herald Tribune Books,1 September 1929

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Son of Perdition—review of The Son of Perdition, William Bolitho, The New York World, 17 September 1929

Cozzens on His Early Novels-from Cozzens letter to John M. Iggulden, 20 March 1963

Figures in Cuba—review of The Son of Perdition, Vincent McHugh, Providence Journal, 6 October 1929

A Strongly Dramatic Tale of Cuba—review of The Son of Perdition, Charles G. Poore, The New York Times BookReview, 6 October 1929

Re-assessing the Cuban Novels—from Cozzens letter to WilliamJovanovich, 28 October 1966

Writing Short Stories 80

III. The Novels of 1931-1940: S.S. San Pedro, The Last Adam, Castaway, Men andBrethen,

and Ask Me Tomorrow 85

S.S. San Pedro 85

Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 10 December 1928

A First Sentence—from Edmund Morris's address on Cozzens

The Necessary Limitations of Man's Nature-from Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 5 August 1929

The Ship at Dockside: from S.S. San Pedro

Some Deep Sleep: from S.S. San PedroStephen Crane Redivivus-review of S.S. San Pedro, William McFee, The Saturday Review of Literature,

12 September 1931

Facsimile: Review of S.S. San Pedro, Christopher Morley, Book-of-the-Month Club News, August 1931

Facsimile: Inscription in S.S'. San Pedro to Ingle Barr

New Novels: review of S.S. San Pedro, The Times Literary Supplement, 10 September 1931

Facsimile: Page with Cozzens's revisions for the 1967 Harcourt, Brace 8c World "Uniform Edition"

The Last Adam 97

A Portrait of Henry Harris: from The Last Adam

Facsimilev Review of The Last Adam, Henry Seidel Canby, and interview article, Ruth Hale,Book-of-the-Month Club News, December 1932

Cozzens' Novel of Life In New Winton and of Dr. Bull Worth While—review of The Last Adam,Joseph H.Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 January 1933

Facsimile: Review by John Chamberlain, The New York Times Book Review, 8 January 1933

Cozzens, Author of Novel About Connecticut Denies He Had Kent In Mind-Praised Yankees-Cozzens letter to the Waterbury Republican, 19 January 1933

Excerpt from review by T. S. Matthews in The New Republic, 25 January 1933

The Last Adam-response to Cozzens letter to the editor, Alfred C. Worley, The New Milford (Connecticut)Times, 2 February 1933

A Cure of Eesh-review in The Times Literary Supplement, 23 February 1933

The World of Books: Imaginative Realism-reviews of S.S. San Pedro and A Cure of Flesh,Desmond MacCarthy, The Sunday Times (London), 12 March 1933

Facsimile: Inscription in The Last Adam to H. Tatnall Brown Jr. j

Facsimile: Page with Cozzens's revisions for the 1956 Harvest edition of The Last Adam

Castaway "115

Writing Castaway--from Cozzens letter to Frederick Bracher, 5 June 1958

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Mr. Lecky Gets a Gun: from Castaway

Facsimile: Explanatory preliminary note for Castaway included in die English edition

Facsimile: Inscription in Castaway to Gordon Cooper, 16 October 1934 ~

Castaway-review, The Times Literary Supplement, 18 October 1934

Gruesome Crusoe-review of Castaway, William Rose Benet, The Saturday Review of Literature, 17 November1934

A Department Store Crusoe—review of Castaway, David C. Tilden, New York Herald Tribune Books,16 December 1932

My Favorite Forgotten Book-Stanley Edgar Hyman, Tomorrow, May 1947

Men and Brethren " 124

Lulu Merrick: from Men and Brethren

Cudlipp's Calling: from Men and Brethren

The First Reader-review of Men and Brethren, Harry Hansen, New York World-Telegram, 2January 1936

James Gould Cozzens Portrays New York Clergyman and His Problems in Brilliant Novel—reviewof Men and Brethren, Herschel Brickell, New York Post, 2January 1936

Books of the Times—review oi Men and Brethren, Robert Van Gelder, The New York Times, 4 January 1936

Praise for Men and Brethren--excepts from Ernest W. Mandeville, Churchman, 1 January 1936; Elmer Davis,The Saturday Review of Literature, 4 January 1936; F. H. Britten, Books, 5 January 1936; C. B. Palmer,Boston Transcript, 11 January 1936; Time, 13 January 1936; Louis Kronenberger, The Nation,15 January 1936; Henry Seidel Canby; Dorothea Kingsland, The New York Times, 19January 1936;A. S. Hurley, Christian Century, 5 February 1936; Living Church, 22 February 1936; Herschel Brickell,Review of Reviews, February 1936; Kenneth Horan, Chicago Journal of Commerce; and Stephen HoleFritchman, The Christian Register, 5 March 1936;

A New Parish-review of Men and Brethren, Mark Schorer, The New Republic, 15 January 1936

Biographical Statement-Cozzens letter to Fred B. Millett, 4 February 1937

Portrait of a Vicar—review of Men and Brethren, The Times Literary Supplement, 14 March 1936

Facsimile: Inscription in Men and Brethren to H. Tatnall Brown Jr.

New Novels—review of Men andBrethren, Cyril Connolly, New Statesman andNation, 14 March 1936

Ask Me Tomorrow 138

A Writer's Ambition: from Ask Me Tomorrow

Books of die Times—review of Ask Me Tomorrow, Ralph Thompson, The New York Times, 13 June 1940

Books And Things—review of Ask Me Tomorrow, Lewis Gannett, New York Herald Tribune Books,15June1940

James Gould Cozzens at Work-Robert Van Gelder, The New York Times Book Review, 23 June 1940

The American Ineffectual—review of Ask Me Tomorrow, Jonathan Daniels, The Saturday Review of Literature,29June1940

IV. The Just and the Unjust 145

The Doylestown Case 145

Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 26 January 1940 '

Body of Weiss Found in Creek; Shot, Weighted-article from the Philadelphia Inquirer, 23 January 1935

Weiss Death Trials Start Tomorrow—article by George M. Mawhinney from the Philadelphia Inquirer,24 February 1935

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Ex-pal Names 2 Mais Aides As Weiss Slayers-article by George M. Mawhinney from the PhiladelphiaInquirer, 27 February 1935

Farrell, Wiley Guilty, Must Die in Chair for Weiss Kidnap-Murder-article by Mawhinney, from thePhiladelphia Inquirer, 3 March 1935

Progress Report—Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 27 December 1940

The Just and the Unjust: Fiction Examines Life, Death, and die Role of the Jury-essay by Robert T. Harper

Facsimile: Pages from the docket for The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Martin Farrell and Francis Wiley

The Novel 162

Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 7 February 1941

The Docket: from The Just and the Unjust

The FBI on die Stand: from The Just and the Unjust

Facsimile: Inscription in the dedication copy of The Just and the Unjust to Edward G. Biester

Facsimile: Front page for The Harcourt, Brace News, 15 July 1942

The Way Things Are Run: from The Just and the Unjust

Facsimile: Front page from Book-of-the-Month Club News, July 1942

Judge Coates on Doing the Impossible: from The Just and the Unjust

Reception of The Just and the Unjust 174

The Conflict of Scruples—review of The Just and the Unjust, Joseph Hergesheimer, The Saturday Reviewof Literature, 25 July 1942

It's the Loudest Squeak That Gets die Grease—review of The Just and the Unjust, Rose Feld, New York HeraldTribune Books, 26 July 1942

Facsimile: Henry Seidel Canby's review of The Just and the Unjust in Book-of-the-Month Club News, July 1942

A New Novel of the Law In America's Small Town-review of The Just and the £%ktf, Joseph HenryJackson, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 1942

Career of Ab Coates: Cozzens' Big Novel of an American Community-review of The Just and the Unjust,W. T. Scott, Providence (R.I.) Journal, 26 July 1942

Shakespeare, Swift, Steele, Gibbon, Austen, Hazlitt—Cozzens statement for Twentieth Century Authors

Yankees in the Courtroom—review of The Just and the Unjust, Arthur Garfield Hays,The New Republic, 17 August 1942

What Lawyers Actually Do—review of The Just and the Unjust, Zechariah Chafee Jr., Harvard Law Review,March 1943

Law and the Free- The Times Literary Supplement, 17 April 1943

Facsimile: Inscription in The Just and the Unjust to Ingle Barr

J. Edgar Hoover Protests 187

John Edgar Hoover letter to Cozzens, 31 August 1942

BOMC Apology-from Book-of-the-Month Club News, December 1942

Cozzens letter to Robert Giroux, 15 April 1950

Revisions for Hoover

V. Guard of Honor 189

A Coign of Vantage 189

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The First Manual—article by Lieutenant James Gould Cozzens, AFTAD Liaison Bulletin, 29 June 1943

Writing Clearly-article by Lieutenant James Gould Cozzens, AFTAD Liaison Bulletin, 9 July 1943

Considering "A Time of War"—from Selected Notebooks, lOJanuary 1966 ~

Writing the "Scandal Sheet"—from Morning Noon and Night

Facsimile: Memorandum for the Chief, 4 April 1945

Facsimile: Memorandum for die Chief, 14 April 1945


Air Force Diary, Friday 20 April 1945

Air Force Diary, Thursday 26 April 1945


Facsimile: Memorandum for die Chief, 25 April 1945

Air Force Diary, Thursday 10 May 1945

Air Force Diary, Sunday 20 May 1945

Air Force Diary, Monday 11 June 1945

Facsimile: Memorandum for the Chief, 14 May 1945

Facsimile: Memorandum for the Chief, 12 June 1945



Facsimile: Memorandum for the Chief, 3 July 1945

Writing Guard of Honor 210

Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 27 January 1946

Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 13 October 1946

Cozzens letter to Berdia Wood Cozzens, 2 February 1947


Facsimile: Pages from Cozzens's notebook


Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 14 March 1948

Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 4 July 1948

Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 18July 1948

Cozzens letter to Kenneth Potter, no date

Cozzens letter to General Hume Peabody, no date

The Novel 216

Flying to Ocanara: from Guard of Honor

The Rise of General Beal: from Guard of Honor

The Mind of General Nichols: from Guard of Honor

Colonel Ross on "The Nature of Things": from Guard of Honor

Conclusion: from Guard of Honor

The Reception of Guard of Honor .\. 225

Guard of Honor-John P. Marquand, Book-of-the-Month Club News, September 1948

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What Can or Cannot Be Done—review of Guard of Honor, Melvin Maddocks, Christian Science Monitor,30 September 1948

War: Amateur vs. Pro vs. Children—review of Guard of Honor, John Woodburn, The Saturday Reviewof Literature, 2 October 1948

Zone of Interior—review of Guard of Honor, Brendan Gill, The New Yorker, 9 October 1948

"You're in die Army Now"—review of Guard of Honor, Mark Schorer, New York Herald Tribune Books,10 October 1948

On the Reviews by Gill and Schorer-from Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 10 October 1948

A Bookman's Notebook: A 'War Novel?'—review of Guard of Honor, Joseph Henry Jackson, San FranciscoChronicle, 25 October 1948

The Easy Chair—review of Guard of Honor, Bernard De Voto, Harper's Magazine, February 1949

Distinguished Fiction Published in Book Form—announcement of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction,New York Herald Tribune, 3 May 1949

Cozzens on Winning the Pulitzer—from Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 8 May 1949

Artists in Contrast-review of Guard of Honor, C. P. Snow, The Sunday Times (London), 20 November 1949

New Novels—review of Guard of Honor, Antonia White, The New Statesman and Nation, 3 December 1949

Assessments of Cozzens after Guard of Honor 236

James Gould Cozzens and the Art of die Possible—essay by Stanley Edgar Hyman, New Mexico QuarterlyReview, Winter 1949

An Intelligent Tory—from Granville Hicks, "The Reputation of James Gould Cozzens," College English,January 1950

Facsimile: Cozzens letter to William Cole, 20 January 1951

On Criticism-from Cozzens letter to Carlos Baker, 25 February 1953

Cozzens's Respect for Responsible Citizens—from Francis Fergusson, Perspectives. USA, Winter 1954

The Complex World of Guard ofHonor-frova. essay by Louis O. Coxe, American Literature, May 1955

Critical Examinations of Guard of Honor 248

Guard of Honor: Providential Luck in a Hard-Luck World-essay by R. H. W. Dillard,in New Acquist of True Experience (1979)

The Particularity of Guard of Honor-essay by R. V. Cassill, in New Acquist of True Experience

VI. By Love Possessed 257

Writing By Love Possessed 257

Contents for abandoned novel "Fast Falls the Eventide"

Facsimile: Cozzens's notebook entry concerning his abandoned novel

Facsimile: Notebook entry

Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 15 August 1948

Cozzens letter to Berdia Wood Cozzens, 16 January 1949


Facsimile: Docket for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. John Warren

Cozzens letter to Berdia Wood Cozzens, 3 April 1949

Facsimile: Five drafts of die opening of an early version of By Love Possessed

The Courdiouse on a Friday September Afternoon—from By Love Possessed

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Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 22 April 1951

Cozzens letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 7 December 1952

Facsimile: Pages from Cozzens's notebook

Facsimile: Four drafts of an abandoned opening of the novel

Facsimile: Page from working papers

The Novel 274

On Changing What's Going to Happen: from By Love Possessed

Jerome Weidman letter to Denver Lindley, 7July 1957

Uncommon Words

Arthur and Clarissa: from By Love Possessed

Cozzens on die Flap Copy—from Bernice Baumgarten Cozzens letter to Denver Lindley, 3 May 1957

Secrets Revealed: from By Love Possessed

Excerpt from Fulke Greville's Mustapha

Facsimile: Revised galley proofs

Facsimile: Cozzens annotated copy of Time Magazine cover story

On TiW-Cozzens letter to Fact, October 1963

Acclaim for a Masterpiece 292

BOMC Report-Clifton Fadiman, Book-of-the-Month Club News, August 1957

James Gould Cozzens—Edward Newhouse, Book-of-the-Month Club News, August 1957

Summa cum Laude—review of By Love Possessed, Brendan Gill, The New Yorker, 24 August 1957

SR's Spotlight on Fiction: "By Love Possessed"-review by Whitney Balliett, The Saturday Review, 24 August1957

Facsimile:]zssmyn West review, New York Herald Tribune, 25 August 1957

The World of Arthur Winner Jr.: Amid Neighbors Swayed by Passion He Tries to Be the Man of Reason-review of By Love Possessed, Malcolm Cowley, The New York Times Book Review, 25 August 1957

Nomination for a Nobel Prize—review of By Love Possessed, John Fischer, Harper's, September 1957

Advertising: How They Sold a Best Seller: Why Harcourt Won't Turn to Making Sausages-article by CarlSpielvogel, The New York Times, 20 October 1957

'By Love Possessed': They Buy It, But Is It Read?-Mardia MacGregor, New York Post, 5 January 1958

James Gould Cozzens: The Condition of Modern Man-from article by John William Ward,American Scholar, Winter 1957-1958

The Backlash ". .310

Gone Tomorrow—review of By Love Possessed by William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 26 October 1957

Cozzens to Thurston N. Davis, SJ., 8 October 1957

Cozzens letter to Buckley, 31 October 1957

Profile of an Aristocrat: James Gould Cozzens-from article by Louis McKernan, C.S.P., Catholic World,

November 1957 ;

Cozzens letter to McKernan, 30 October 1957

Kick & Nut File-critical remarks collected by Cozzens

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Dwight Macdonald's Attack 314

By Cozzens Possessed: A Review of Reviews—from article by Dwight Macdonald, Commentary

The Best Sellers of 1957 in the Bookstores-Publishers' Weekly, 20 January 1958

Cozzens letter to Macdonald, 5 March 1958

Cozzens letter to Buckley, 30 November 1959

Cozzens letter to Tally McKee, 18 February 1960

Explaining die Backlash against By Love Possessed—from Cozzens notebooks, 8 July 1960,

24 September 1961, and 27 September 1961

Facsimile: Cozzens's memo on his marked copy of Commentary

The English Reception 319

Mr. Cozzens Hits die Jackpot—review article of By Love Possessed, C. P. Snow, Sunday Times (London), 8December 1957

The Limits of Conscience—review of By Love Possessed, by D. W. Harding, The Spectator, 18 April 1958

New Novels—review of By Love Possessed, Maurice Richardson, New Statesman, 19 April 1958

The Long Week-End—review of By Love Possessed, The Times Literary Supplement, 25 April 1958

Assessments of Cozzens after By Love Possessed 326

The Quarrel About Cozzens or The Vagaries of Book Reviewing—Heinrich Straumann,English Studies, August 1959

Facsimile: Inscription in the Portuguese translation of By Love Possessed"

On Human Nature-frorri Cozzens letter to Frederick Bracher, 5 June 1958

Language and Style in By Love Possessed—from Bracher, The Novels of James Gould Cozzens (1959)

On Keeping Characters in Character—from By Love Possessed and Cozzens letter to, Michael Patrick Egan,25 June 1959

Guardian of Middle-Class Honor-review of Bracher's The Novels of James Gould Cozzens, Elizabeth Janeway,The New York Times Book Review, 9 August 1959

The William Dean Howells Medal—as presented by Malcolm Cowley, 1961

A Review of the Movie By Love Possessed—Paul V. Beckley, New York Herald Tribune, 20 July 1961

James Gould Cozzens: How to Read Him-essay by R. H. W. Dillard (1997)

On Writing for Grown-Up Readers—from Selected Notebooks, 9 October 1960

VII. Children and Others and Morning Noon and Might 353

Children and Others .' 353

Report on Children and (Mem-John K. Hutchens, Book-of-the-Month Club News, July 1964

Cozzens on "A Skyborn Music"-from Selected Notebooks, 6 December 1960

Facsimile: Discarded start of "A Skyborn Music"

A Little Corner of the Status Quo—review by Frederick C. Crews, The New York Times Book Review, 2 August1964

Cozzens on Crews-from Cozzens letter to Crews, 20July 1964,John O'Hara letter to Cozzens,4 August 1964, and Cozzens letter to O'Hara, 10 August 1964

Cowley Responds to Crews—letter to the editor, The New York Times, 13 September 1964

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A Cozzens Collection: Moments Captured Alive-W. G. Rogers, The Sunday Bulletin (Philadelphia),2 August 1964

'Children and Others': An 'Unknown' Giant Again Proves His Stature-Clifford A. Ridley, The NationalObserver, 3 August 1964

Raise die Banner Again for Cozzens-review by Jerome Weidman, Life, 7 August 1964

By Ideology Possessed-review by Jeffrey Hart, National Review, 22 September 1964

Morning Noon and Night ". 364

Worthington on Vocation: from Morning Noon and Night

Whatever I Prove Able to Do-from Selected Notebooks, 1 October 1965

Worthington on Writers: from Morning Noon and Night

Presenting "True Experience"-from Selected Notebooks, 12 November 1966

Cozzens and Jovanovich—Cozzens letter to William Jovanovich, 10 March 1968

Worthington on Ordering Experience: from Morning Noon and Night

Worthington's "Stubborn Persuasion": from Morning Noon and Night

The Reception of Morning Noon and Night 367

Report on Morning Noon and Night--by Clifton Fadiman, Book-of-the-Month Club News, September 1968

A Sympathetic Reader-W.Jackson Bate letter to Cozzens, 2July 1968

The Sense of Frustration—review of Morning Noon andNight, Hayden Carrudi, Chicago News, 10 August 1968

Three Stages of Life—review of Morning Noon andNight, Granville Hicks, The Saturday Review,

24 August 1968' . .

Cozzens on Hicks—from Selected Notebooks, September 1966

'A Work of Unburdening Myself'—review of MorningNoon and Night, John Barkham, Gary (Ind.) Post-Tribune,25 August 1968

The Bookshelf: World of the WASP-review of Morning Noon and Night, Edmund Fuller, Wall Street Journal,29 August 1968

Cozzens on Updike-Cozzens letter to Julian Muller, 5 November 1968

More Critical Views-Publishers' Weekly (17June 1968); Agnes C. Ringer, Free Library of Philadelphia LibraryJournal (July 1968); Katherine Gauss Jackson, Harper's (October 1968); Dr. Frederick Shroyer, LosAngeles Herald Examiner; Edwin M. Yoder Jr., Greensboro Daily News; Richard Sullivan, Chicago Sun-Times; Grace P. Comans, The Hartford Courant; Eldon Barrett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; W. EmersonWilson, Wilmington News; and South Bend Tribune

"The Secret Trudi"-Cozzens letter to William Jovanovich, 19 November 1968

Cozzens' Stoicism Broke Down under Lash of Critics—article by Emmett Peter, Orlando Sentinel Star, August1978

Facsimile: Title page for "The Wind and the Rain"

The Habit of Work—Cozzens letter to Jovanovich, 29 September 1969

Facsimile: Page from die typescript for "The Wind and die Rain"

Recollections and Reconsiderations of Cozzens 385

Whatever Wishful Thinking May Wish: The Example of James Gould Cozzens-essay by George Garrettin Just Representations (1978)

Style and Techniques—from essay by Frederick Bracher for Just Representations

Facsimile: Cozzens's revisions of introduction to Just Representations

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James Gould Cozzens, 1903-1978-essay by Hortense Calisher, Proceedings of the American Academyand Institute of Arts and Letters, 1981

Cozzens's Heroes-statement by James Dickey, New Acquist of True Experience (1979)

James Gould Cozzens—A View from Afar—essay by John M. Iggulden, DLB Yearbook 1997: The James GouldCozzens Case Reopened

The Wages of Sentiment-from Edmund Morris's address on Cozzens, 15 September 2000

Requirements 401

About Being Written About: or By Nimiety Possessed—previously unpublished essay by Cozzens, 1978

Cozzens's "Gallery of Lives"—quote from William Jovanovich, 2000

Appendices 407

Cozzens on His Contemporaries, Writing, and die Literary Life 407

On John Dos Passos 407

1919-from. letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 22 March 1932

U.S.A.-from letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 30 January 1940

On Thomas Wolfe 407

Of Time and the River-from letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 12 March 1935

Cozzens on Genius-from letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 15 March 1935

On Ernest Hemingway 408

To Have and Have Not—frpm letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 10 November 1937

For Whom the Bell Tolls-from letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 18 October 1940

The Old Man and the Sea-from letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 5 October 1952

On William Faulkner \ 409

Excerpt from letter to Bertha Wood Cozzens, 24 January 1939

Observations on Writing and the Literary Life 410

Excerpt from Selected Notebooks, 24 May 1960

Excerpt from Selected Notebooks, 1 January 1961


Facsimile: Notebook entry

Excerpt from Selected Notebooks, 13 July 1961

Excerpt from Selected Notebooks, 20 November 1961

Excerpt from Selected Notebooks, 17 August 1962

Excerpt from Selected Notebooks, 4 December 1962


Excerpt from Selected Notebooks, 29 January 1964


Excerpt from Selected Notebooks, 12 December 1965

"The Best Agent in New York" 413

Essay by Matdiew J. Bruccoli on Bernice Baumgarten

For Further Reading and Reference ,.. 417

Cumulative Index 425

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