In Defense of ReasonYvor Winters has here collected, with an introduction, the major critical worksPrimitivism and Decadence, Maules Curse, and The Anatomy of Nonsenseof the period in which he worked out his famous and influential critical position. The works together show an integrated position which illuminates the force and importance of the individual essays. With The Function of Criticism, a subsequent collection, In Defense of Reason provides an incomparable body