The Correspondence of William Carlos Williams and Louis Zukofsky

Renowned poet William Carlos Williams and literary innovator Louis Zukofsky maintained a relationship through correspondence as both collaborators and friends between 1928 and 1963. Their letters have remained largely unpublished until now. Edited by Barry Ahearn, The Correspondence of William Carlos Williams and Louis Zukofsky chronicles the professional and personal relationship between Williams and Zukofsky as they present one another with criticism, suggestions and confidences that are at turns touching and astonishingly candid. In addition to delving into the creative processes of the two men, this exciting and extensive collection provides insight into such literary icons as Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummings, T.S. Eliot and Conrad Aiken. The analytical voice of Zukofsky and the experimental style of Williams radiate in these letters, creating a vivid and invaluable document of American literature.

ISBN 0819564907   Pages 728 ISBN13 9780819564900 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher University Press of New England   Weight (grammes) 1007 Imprint Wesleyan University Press   Published in Hanover Format Hardback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 31 Dec 2003   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress PS3545.I54   Spine width (mm) 43 DEWEY 811.5209   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		Editorial Practice and Acknowledgments
		Abbreviations
		Introduction
		The Letters		1
App. A		An Unsent Letter		541
App. B		Extracts from Letters of William Carlos Williams to Louis Zukofsky		543
App. C		Zukofsky's Editing of the "Working Copy" of The Wedge		549
		Biographical Notes		555
		Index		559

"This is quite simply an indispensable collection for anyone who cares about the daily life as well as the ethos of Modernist American poetics in the middle years of the century."-- Marjorie Perloff, author of Wittgenstein's Ladder

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