Kenneth Rexroth and James Laughlin by Lee Bartlett - ISBN: 9780393029390
Hardcover
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.

Kenneth Rexroth and James Laughlin

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    322 pages

  • Release Date

    8 January 2010

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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. Frankly—H. Miller was defended by me only because he spoke against the War, and I think that was the main reason for his fame. Now—I do not believe, what with Palmistry, Chirography, Phrenology, and the Great Cryptogram, he will survive the retooling period. I honestly th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780393029390
ISBN-10:0393029395
Author:Lee Bartlett, Kenneth Rexroth, James Laughlin
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:322
Release Date:8 January 2010
Weight:546g
Dimensions:221mm x 140mm x 30mm
About The Author

Lee Bartlett

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. 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.

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