A whole world : letters from James Merrill
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 700 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm
Status
SPL in the Village - NF - Nonfiction Books
811.54 MERRILL
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811.54 MERRILL
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
UPC
40030456576
Notes
General Note
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"The selected correspondence of a literary master and one of the twentieth century's last great letter writers. "I don't keep a journal, not after the first week," James Merrill (1926-1995) asserted in a letter to a friend. "Letters have got to bear all the burden." A vivacious correspondent--writing eagerly and often to family and lifelong friends, American and Greek lovers, confidants in literature and art--Merrill pondered aesthetics, opera and painting, housekeeping and cooking, the comedy of social life, the mysteries of the Ouija board and the spirit world, his travels around the globe, and psychological and moral dilemmas in funny, dashing, unrevised missives, composed to entertain himself as well as his correspondents. On a personal nemesis: "the ambivalence I live with. It worries me less and less. It becomes the very stuff of my art;" on a lunch for Wallace Stevens given by Mrs. Knopf: "It had been decided by one and all that nothing but small talk would be allowed"; on romance in his late fifties: "I must stop acting like an orphan gobbling cookies in fear of the plate's being taken away"; on great books: "they burn us like radium, with their decisiveness, their terrible understanding of what happens." Merrill's daily chronicle of love and loss is unfettered, self-critical, full of good gossip, and attuned to the telling detail--a natural extension of the great poet's voice"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Merrill, J., Hammer, L., & Yenser, S. (2021). A whole world: letters from James Merrill (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Merrill, James, 1926-1995, Langdon Hammer and Stephen, Yenser. 2021. A Whole World: Letters From James Merrill. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Merrill, James, 1926-1995, Langdon Hammer and Stephen, Yenser. A Whole World: Letters From James Merrill Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Merrill, James, Langdon Hammer, and Stephen Yenser. A Whole World: Letters From James Merrill First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
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