Selzer (English, Penn. State U.) examines Burke's activities during the period from his arrival in New York City in 1915 to 1931, when a confluence of related intellectual developments shifted his concerns away from narrowly aesthetic issues. Through discussion of his earlier writings and of his work for The Dial , Selzer examines how Burke's earliest work emerged through a dialogue with the other shapers of modernism. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.