New Dimensions 9

This is the ninth in Robert Silverberg's series of annual collections dedicated to presenting the most original and stimulating science fiction being written today. The contributors whose stories are being published here for the first time range from such established professionals as Ursula K. Le Guin, Gregory Benford, and Felix C. Gotschalk to such relative newcomers as Peter S. Alterman, Jeff Hecht, Peter Dillingham, Donnan Call Jeffers, Jr., Tony Saro-witz, and Michael Conner. Two other writers, Timothy Robert Sullivan and Bruce Taylor, make their debuts here. As Mr. Silverberg writes in his Introduction, “the one thing these writers have in common is a desire to explore new territory, to discover effective new ways of approaching the ideas, images, and assumptions of classic science fiction. Old formulas, cliches, and stale concepts are unwelcome in these pages.” Year after year. New Dimensions presents writers whose visions are unique and vigorously expressive. 'this Stylish And Erudite Thematic Study Of The Influence Romanticism Exerts Upon Western Culture And Particularly The Visual Arts Is The Companion Volume To Honour's Equally Valuable New-classicism.... The Text Is Supported By A Useful Selection Of Illustrations.... Excellent Footnotes And A Good Index. Introduction -- For Lack Of A Better Name -- The Morality Of Landscape -- Frozen Music -- The Last Enchantments Of The Middle Age -- The Sense Of The Past -- The Casue Of Liberty -- Artist's Life -- The Mysterious Way -- Epilogue. By Hugh Honour. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 366-371. This volume traces Yeats fascination with the visual arts and their influence on his poetry. Elizabeth Bergmann Loizeaux demonstrates how the influences in Yeats' early years, especially his interest in Pre-Raphaelite painting, helped shape his aesthetic theory and practice as a poet