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Dear editor : a history of Poetry in letters : the first fifty years, 1912-1962 / edited and compiled by Joseph Parisi and Stephen Young ; introductions and commentary by Joseph Parisi ; foreword by Billy Collins.
Van Pelt Library PS301.P623 D43 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rago, Henry, 1915-1969.
- Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936.
- Poetry (Chicago, Ill.).
- Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936--Correspondence.
- Monroe, Harriet.
- Periodicals--Publishing--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Periodicals.
- Literature publishing--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Literature publishing.
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- Shapiro, Karl, 1913-2000--Correspondence.
- Shapiro, Karl.
- Shapiro, Karl, 1913-2000.
- History.
- Periodicals--Publishing.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Rago, Henry, 1915-1969--Correspondence.
- Rago, Henry.
- Editors--United States--Correspondence.
- Editors.
- United States.
- Editing.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xix, 473 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2002]
- Summary:
- Poignant, hilarious, and brutally frank, "Dear Editor" reveals the personalities and untold stories behind the creation of modern poetry. 40 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Beginning again
- The view from Cass Street
- The view from Church Walk
- The editor and the impresario at odds
- Recognition and romance
- American modernism : William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, and others
- Amy Lowell, Ezra Pound, and "Amygisme"
- Poetry on the ascendant, Pound in decline
- Departures, 1916-1919
- World War I and the aftermath
- Another new generation, 1918-1922
- The twenties
- The depression years, 1930-1936
- Passing the torch, 1936-1941
- World War II
- Period of adjustments, 1944-1949
- Karl Shapiro : 1950-1955
- Henry Rago : the early years, 1955-1962.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0393050920
- OCLC:
- 50205579
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