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Just the Thing

Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991, Revised Anniversary Edition
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
490 Seiten
Englisch
Turtle Point Presserschienen am23.11.2023
This fullyupdated edition of James Schuyler´s letters to three dozen intimates, publishedon the 100th anniversary of the writer´s birth, offers unparalleled insightsinto the lives, friendships, and sensibilities that sprang from the influentialNew York School. JamesSchuyler´s effervescent takes on people, nature, art, writing, and love are onjoyous display in his letters to John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, Barbara Guest, AlexKatz, Joe Brainard, Kenneth Koch, and many more. They paint an indeliblepicture of a charmingly self-deprecating gentleman with an expansive intellectand a deliciously wicked tongue. Jimmy wrote letters for the most civilized ofreasons, a friend of his once said, to inform and to entertain. And thatthey do, in inimitable style. Peppering his aperçus with the occasional toutde sweetie and pet noire, the PulitzerPrize-winning author of The Morning of thePoem holds forth on everything from Dante and Delacroix totravel and gardening to the delicate workings of his own poems and those ofothers. While histone ranges from the lightly graceful to the racily profane, each letter isexquisitely tuned to its recipient. Schuyler´s voice changes over the years andthrough periods of elation and struggle, including stays with friends and inpsychiatric wards. Reading these letters, one becomes intimately connected tothe man and to his words, which have only grown more savory and valuable withtime.mehr
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KlappentextThis fullyupdated edition of James Schuyler´s letters to three dozen intimates, publishedon the 100th anniversary of the writer´s birth, offers unparalleled insightsinto the lives, friendships, and sensibilities that sprang from the influentialNew York School. JamesSchuyler´s effervescent takes on people, nature, art, writing, and love are onjoyous display in his letters to John Ashbery, Ron Padgett, Barbara Guest, AlexKatz, Joe Brainard, Kenneth Koch, and many more. They paint an indeliblepicture of a charmingly self-deprecating gentleman with an expansive intellectand a deliciously wicked tongue. Jimmy wrote letters for the most civilized ofreasons, a friend of his once said, to inform and to entertain. And thatthey do, in inimitable style. Peppering his aperçus with the occasional toutde sweetie and pet noire, the PulitzerPrize-winning author of The Morning of thePoem holds forth on everything from Dante and Delacroix totravel and gardening to the delicate workings of his own poems and those ofothers. While histone ranges from the lightly graceful to the racily profane, each letter isexquisitely tuned to its recipient. Schuyler´s voice changes over the years andthrough periods of elation and struggle, including stays with friends and inpsychiatric wards. Reading these letters, one becomes intimately connected tothe man and to his words, which have only grown more savory and valuable withtime.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-885983-81-7
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum23.11.2023
Seiten490 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 29 mm
Gewicht788 g
Artikel-Nr.60171091
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GenreRomane Taschenbuch

Autor

James Schuyler (1923-1991) was the recipient of the 1981
Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for The Morning of the Poem. He belonged to the first
generation of New York School poets, along with Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery,
Frank O'Hara, and Barbara Guest. He also wrote art criticism and three novels, including one with John
Ashbery.

William Corbett (1942-2018) was a poet, essayist, educator,
and editor who lived in Boston's South End and, later, in Brooklyn. He taught
at Harvard, MIT, and NYU, and was the publisher of Pressed Wafer.