"Anna Karenina." Originally published as the introduction to "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy, revised Constance Garnett translation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951).
Essays
Little Dorrit
"Litte Dorrit." Kenyon Review 15, No. 4 (Autumn, 1953): 577-59.
The Poet as Hero: Keats in his Letters
"The Poet as Hero: Keats in his Letters." Originally published as the introduction to The Selected Letters of John Keats, New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951.
The Meaning of a Literary Idea
"The Meaning of a Literary Idea." Paper read at the Conference in American Literature at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, February 1949. First published in The American Quarterly, Fall 1949.
Art and Fortune
"Art and Fortune." Paper read before the English Institute, September 1948. First published in Partisan Review, December 1948.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"F. Scott Fitzgerald." The Nation, April 25, 1945. Also the introduction, with added material, to The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: New Directions, 1945.
The Kinsey Report
"The Kinsey Report." Partisan Review, April 1948.
Manners, Morals, and the Novel
"Manners, Morals, and the Novel." Paper read at the Conference on the Heritage of the English-Speaking Peoples and Their Responsibilities, at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, September 1947. First published in The Kenyon Review 10, No. 1 (Winter 1948): 11-27.
Tacitus Now
"Tacitus Now." The Nation, August 22, 1942.
The Sense of the Past
"The Sense of the Past." Paper read before the English Graduate Union of Columbia University, February 1942. First published in The Partisan Review, May-June 1942.