''The Evening Colonnade'' is a collection of essays and reviews by the English writer and critic

Cyril Connolly Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine ''Horizon (British magazine), Horizon'' (1940–49) and wrote ''Enemies of Pro ...

. The volume was published by David Bruce and Watson Ltd in 1973 to coincide with Connolly's 70th birthday. The jacket was designed by Cecil Beaton, who had been a contemporary of Connolly at St Cyprian's prep school in Eastbourne. The compilation followed a format similar to that of Connolly's previous volume of collected journalism, ''Previous Convictions'', published by Hamish Hamilton in 1963. It consists primarily of Connolly's articles written when he was joint chief book reviewer (with Raymond Mortimer) for ''

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''. Other articles are taken from ''

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'', the ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Art and Literature'' and ''

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''. The work is divided into four sections as follows: *"Dew on the Garlic Leaf" contains mainly essays of personal experience, starting with a continuation of the autobiographical element of '' Enemies of Promise'' *"Divers of Worship" comprises mainly reviews of works associated with past writers *"Nothing if not Critical" includes reviews of contemporary writers of the modern movement *"The House of Two Doors" consists of articles about topics other than writers Connolly derived the title ('Is not my work compact of columns?' he asked rhetorically in his introduction) from

Alexander Pope Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early ...

's poem on

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: Connolly also had in mind the Arcades of the Italian proto-surrealist painter

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References

*Cyril Connolly, ''The Evening Colonnade'', David Bruce & Watson Ltd., 1973. *Cyril Connolly ''The Evening Colonnade'' Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 1973 {{DEFAULTSORT:Evening Colonnade, The English essay collections 1973 non-fiction books Works by Cyril Connolly Books of literary criticism Works originally published in The Sunday Times Works originally published in Harper's Bazaar Works originally published in The London Magazine Works originally published in The New York Times