The Laura (Riding) Jackson reader / edited, with an introduction, by Elizabeth Friedmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991.

Contributor:

Friedmann, Elizabeth.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxi, 386 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Persea Books, [2005]

Summary:

In a single volume, the essential work of a major Modernist poet and thinker. Some see Laura Riding and Laura (Riding) Jackson as virtually two separate writers, the former a strikingly original Modernist poet and critic, the latter a supposedly reclusive thinker on man and woman, language, meaning, and truth. However, encountering her work in this rich cross-section, one discovers a remarkable consistency of theme developing throughout, from the earliest poems and stories to the "post-poetic" writings of her final years. The selections presented here span sixty-four years (1923-1987) and include famous works of poetry and prosesome long out of print or difficult to findsignificant lesser-known writings, and an important previously unpublished late essay, "Body & Mind and the Linguistic Ultimate."

Notes:

"A Karen and Michael Braziller book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Thematic contents guide to prose": pages [369]-372.

"Laura (Riding) Jackson: major works, 1926-2001": pages [373]-377.

ISBN:

0892552638

OCLC:

53831444