May 1970
In This Issue
Explore the May 1970 print edition below. Or to discover more writing from the pages of The Atlantic, browse the full archive.
Articles
Twin Bed Bridge
Portrait
Leonard Woolf's Journey
The Single Light
The Harpsichord Boom
Breakthrough
The Peripatetic Reviewer
The Flight of the Eagle
City Life
The European Surrender
The World of Bats
Visionary and Dreamer
Hello-Where Did All the People Go?
Pretending to Be Asleep
A Casebook of Murder
The Elder Edda
Never Let Her Go
Artistic America
The Old Man and His Sons
The Loss of El Dorado
Hungary
The Russians in Asia
Washington
Panthers Against the Wall: Liberty, Fraternity, Insanity
Auden in the Looking Glass
A writer who believes that a writer’s private life “is, or should be, of no concern to anybody except himself, his family and friends” is not likely to write an autobiography. Auden’s Commonplace Book, soon to be published by the Viking Press, undoubtedly is the nearest thing to an autobiography he will ever produce. Here are some samples from it. The exercise is followed on page 67 by an appraisal of Auden’s life and work by the distinguished English critic Frank Kermode, a contributing editor of the Atlantic.
The Poet in Praise of Limestone
"If Mr. Thoreau Calls, Tell Him I've Left the Country."
God help us, refugees in winter dress Skating home on thin ice from the Apocalypse.
Scots, Wha Hae Frae Arthur Fled..
A leading Scottish archaeologist says that he has dug up proof that King Arthur was a Scot, and that the round table actually was situated north of the border.
The Leaving Time
Being and Becoming Exegesis
