| Guy Davenport and James Laughlin: Selected Letters Contributor(s): Bamberger, W. C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393059502 ISBN-13: 9780393059502 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2006 Annotation: An epistolary exchange that highlights two singular intellects, their disparate approaches to literature and their mutual admiration. This volume features selections from the New Directions founder's correspondence with Guy Davenport, the polymath artist and author of "The Geography of the Imagination." More than simply detailing an author/publisher relationship, these letters depict two fine minds educating and supporting each other in the service of literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Letters |
| Dewey: 818.540 |
| LCCN: 2006022102 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.3" W x 8.36" (0.98 lbs) 286 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This volume features selections from the New Directions founder's correspondence with Guy Davenport, the polymath artist and author of The Geography of the Imagination. More than simply detailing an author/publisher relationship, these letters depict two fine minds educating and supporting each other in the service of literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Laughlin, James: - James Laughlin (1914-1997) founded New Directions in 1936 while still a student at Harvard. He wrote and compiled more than a dozen books of poetry as well as stories and essays; seven volumes of his correspondence with his authors are available from W.W. Norton.Davenport, Guy: - As Bruce Bawer wrote in Bookforum, "the late Guy Davenport (1927-2005) left behind an oeuvre that is one long lesson in the history of civilization, and to read any part of it--story, essay, or translation--is to be enthralled by his unflagging intellectual energy and engagement." His books include The Geography of the Imagination, The Death of Picasso, Herakleitos and Diogenes, A Table of Green Fields, The Cardiff Team, DaVinci's Bicycle, and many more.Bamberger, W. C.: - W. C. Bamberger operates Bamberger Books, which keeps Guy Davenport's poem Flowers & Leaves in print. He lives in Whitmore Lake, Michigan. |