12 FEBRUARY 1983, page 25

F. 0. Matthiessen: 1902-50

Victor Anant Irvington-on-Hudson, New York H arvard University, Cambridge (Mass) has at last honourably vindicated Pro- fessor Felix Otto Matthiessen, its most in- fluential......

Arts

Enchantment Peter Ackroyd Heat and Dust (`15', Curzon) T he film begins with pictures of its actors framed in oval, as their names appear upon the screen — a deliberately......