| Kenneth Rexroth and James Laughlin: Selected Letters Contributor(s): Bartlett, Lee (Author), Rexroth, Kenneth (Author), Laughlin, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393029395 ISBN-13: 9780393029390 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1991 Annotation: The letters in this volume capture the many moods of Kenneth Rexroth. They also provide a running commentary on writers outside Rexroth's San Francisco orbit, such notables as T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas D. H. Lawrence, and Herbert Read. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 90007443 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.25 lbs) 322 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Correspondence between author Rexroth, a presiding figure of the San Francisco Renaissance, and publisher Laughlin, spanning forty years. Introduction, notes on the text, select bibliography, index. Errata sheet laid in. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rexroth, Kenneth: - Poet-essayist Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) was a high-school dropout, disillusioned ex-Communist, pacifist, anarchist, rock-climber, critic and translator, mentor, Catholic-Buddhist spiritualist and a prominent figure of San Francisco's Beat scene. He is regarded as a central figure of the San Francisco Renaissance and is among the first American poets to explore traditional Japanese forms such as the haiku. |