Statement for ‘1936: The Sociology of Literature’ Conference (1978)
In this statement for a conference at the University of Essex, Upward surveys his own writing up to the completion of The Spiral Ascent using illustrative extracts from his stories. Essential reading for anyone interested in Upward’s work.
DownloadThe Falling Tower (1941)
First published in the Spring 1941 edition of Folios of New Writing, this was a reply to Virginia Woolf’s article ‘The Leaning Tower’ which had appeared in the Autumn 1940 edition.
DownloadSketch for a Marxist Interpretation of Literature (1937)
This article appeared in a collection edited by C. Day Lewis entitled The Mind in Chains: Socialism and the Cultural Revolution, which contained contributions by many of the leading left-wing writers of the day. Upward later felt that some of his argument was rather crude.
DownloadBuddha (1924)
Undergraduate poem on a set title which won Upward the Chancellor’s Medal for English Verse at Cambridge in 1924.
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