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London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. Pp. 216(including the lower free endpaper recto), index; spine bruised at extremities, the lower board slightly fractured and with a couple of bumps to bottom edge; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the upper hinge starting, free endpapers offset, a couple of pages lightly creased, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Secker & Warburg, London, 1961. First edition. *The author argues that 'there is nothing specifically left-wing or indeed narrowly political about the notion of commitment; it is essentially a moral concept. The book's primary intention is to demonstrate this in terms of practical criticism. A secondary intention is to examine and compare the writing of the Old Left and that of the New Left' [wrapper blurb]. Includes chapters on George Orwell, W. H. Auden, Angus Wilson, Arthur Miller, John Osborne, and others.