Reviews by Michael Abolafia
Review of Scorsese's documentary on the New York Review of Books that appeared in Brooklyn Magazine.
New York Daily News , Mar 26, 2014
Books by Michael Abolafia
I co-edited a new edition of American Decadent poet David Park Barnitz's "The Book of Jade" (1901... more I co-edited a new edition of American Decadent poet David Park Barnitz's "The Book of Jade" (1901). This is the first comprehensive edition of the work, which has been reprinted only once. I discovered, via archival research, new essays by Barnitz that have been un-reprinted since their publication in obscure magazines in the 1890s and early 1900s. I also solicited contemporary scholarly essays on Barnitz's life and work, making this edition the definitive one.
Papers by Michael Abolafia
Times Literary Supplement, 2019
Every issue of the Listener featured three pages of brief, unsigned book reviews – each no more t... more Every issue of the Listener featured three pages of brief, unsigned book reviews – each no more than a few hundred words in length – in a section entitled “The Listener’s Book Chronicle”. By cross-checking the anonymous reviews in each issue against the corresponding payment in the ledger’s roster of contributors, it is possible to identify the reviews’ authors, some of whom were major figures on the 1930s literary scene. There are over forty pieces by Stephen Spender, twelve by Graham Greene, nine by Elizabeth Bowen, four by Louis MacNeice, one by Dylan Thomas and one by Stefan Zweig. These previously unattributed reviews are not noted in any of the extant bibliographies or checklists, and further consultations with scholars, literary executors, societies, authors’ trusts and archival collections (such as the British Library and the Bodleian) confirm their status as “new” works. I hope that a resurrection and critical examination of these neglected writings will soon be under way.
Uploads
Reviews by Michael Abolafia
Books by Michael Abolafia
Papers by Michael Abolafia