selected letters edited hugh witemeyer von william carlos williams james laughlin (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Publisher's vlack cloth with title in gilt to spine. In dust jacket. | A fine copy in a near fine jacket. | INSCRIBED by James Lauglin to front free end paper. | William Carlos Williams [1883-1963]: One of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. James Laughlin [1914-1997]: The founder of New Directions, publisher and editor of the modernists. The correspondance they began in 1933 continued for thirty years during which they were on the cutting edge of the literary vanguard. The Selection of almost 150 letters is informatively annotated by Hugh Whitmeyer, professor of English at the University of New Mexico and author of the important study «The poetry of Ezra Pound: Forms and Renewal 1908-1920». This is only the second major collection of William's letters ever published. Inscribed by Author.