Autumn Journal by Louis MacNiece Virginia Astley releasing its treasures slowly and

releasing its treasures slowly and with grace

and embodiment with profound understanding

puncture separation

a wolf ‘howls the great open vowel of his need’

Autumn Journal by Louis MacNiece Virginia Astley releasing its treasures slowly andWritten between August and December 1938, Autumn Journal is still considered one of the most valuable and moving testaments of living through the thirties by a young writer. It is a record of the author's emotional and intellectual experience during those months, the trivia of everyday living set against the events of the world outside, the settlement in Munich and slow defeat in Spain.