Dartmouth Authors
Henry Bailey Stevens '12. Para-Desa. Introduction by Richard Eberhart '26. Vegetarian World. Hardcover, $5; paperback, $3. In this modern version of Paradise Lost the word Para-Desa comes literally from the Persian Pairidaeza, meaning walled garden. Eberhart observes that Stevens, a "somewhat scientist," and Jacob Bronowski, in The Ascentof Man a "somewhat poet," both explore the meaning of man's life on our planet. Dreaming about other worlds and the relations of gods to men, "Stevens expresses mythological and real history, philosophy, and theology ...," in straightforward poetry.
Edward C. Cole '26 and Harold Burris-Meyer. Theatres and Auditoriums. Second edition with new supplement. Krieger. $29.50. The 1949 edition revolutionized theatre building and planning by gathering together all the best current planning and the second edition (1964) was a must for every architect's office interested in theatres and public auditoriums of any sort. So wrote Dartmouth Professor Henry R. Williams, Dartmouth Professor of English and of Drama, in 1964. This new volume of 470 pages treats form and flexibility in new theatres and their suitability to the needs of the people.
Carl E. Hopkins '33, Robert W. Hetherington, and Milton I. Roemer. With the assistance of Arthur Gerst '64. Health Insurance Plans:Promise and Performance. Wiley. $13.50. The United States is peculiar in that unlike most European countries it has no national healthcare system but rather an almost countless number of autonomous, often competing, health programs. Such diversity creates serious problems. This book concentrates on the main American health insurance plans.
Jerome B. King '48. Law v. Order: LegalProcess and Free Speech in ContemporaryFrance. Archon. $12.50. The UMass (Amherst) Associate Professor of Political Science attempts to interpret political culture through analyses of French law courts dealing with free-speech cases. A dichotomy arises from the French legal tradition of keeping separate the principle of law on the one hand and order on the other, as shown by the separation of civil/criminal courts and the administrative courts. The French are noted for the incivisme (lack of civic spirit), and their split personality and resulting tensions are most clearly reflected in a legal system where dual jurisdictions affect freedom of speech.
David Raphael Wang '55. The Intercourse. Greenfield Review. $2.25. The significance of the title and sections of this book of poems may be grasped even by non-poets: Act I, The Thrusts; Act II, The Insertions; Act III, The Withdrawals. Wang, Dartmouth Class Poet in 1955, considers himself to be a poet in the Greco-Sino-samurai-African tradition. He deplores the overemphasis on the intellect in American universities because it tends to stifle the imagination. "Whatever else, poetry is freedom." The Intercourse clearly indicates that Wang, sensuous and sensual, has been delivered from the prison of his intellect. His friend Gary Snyder, writes to him, "You are developing a new style, I see, con cojones & deep-breathing."
