About this title: Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969), in addition to being an oustanding poet, left a trail as a translator, teacher, critic, and editor. But, as Richard Gillman maintains in his introduction, poetry was the driving force behind these other special skills and interests. These letters illumine Humphries and his achievements. We see him as the mentor to younger poets, including Rheodore Roethke, providing rare glimpses of poetics and the creative process; the teacher so charmed by horseracing he sometimes "put an exam on the blackboard ...and then bugged out for the track"; the "literary terrorist" ...
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN-13:9780700605897ISBN:0700605894
Description: Very Good. 0700605894 Very Good. Cover has normal shelf wear, and a ding pages are clean and ready for you to read. No other major marks or damage. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Great customer service and a no problem, EZ return policy. Real people, real service, since 1981. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Date Published: 2/1/1993
ISBN-13:9780700605897ISBN:0700605894
Description: New. 0700605894 1993 University Press of Kansas. Brand new softcover copy, still sealed in original publisher's shrinkwrap. "These candid, argumentative letters from poet/translator Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969) to Theodore Roethke, Louise Bogan, Edmund Wilson, Malcolm Cowley, James Laughlin and other writers reveal a man of paradox. Crafter of finely made, sensitive, modest lyrics, classics scholar Humphries had fervent, dogmatic communist sympathies in the 1930s and outspokenly campaigned ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of Kansas,
Date Published: 1992.
ISBN-13:9780700605088ISBN:0700605088
Description: Prof. Schoeck's tidy ownership information with several ink notations on last page, moisture damage to spine and back cover causing the last few pages to wrinkle at the top, else good condition without dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Richard J. Schoeck. 295pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Date Published: 1/1/1992
ISBN-13:9780700605088ISBN:0700605088
Description: New. 0700605088 1992 University Press of Kansas, 1st Printing. F/F. Brand New. This hardcover copy is in excellent condition, with a pristine, mylar protected dustjacket. The text is unmarked/unread and the binding is sturdy. An attractive and collectible copy. 100% customer satisfaction guaranteed. We process and ship orders daily. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780700605088ISBN:0700605088
Description: Near Fine to Fine in Near Fine to Fine jacket. Book is in new, unread, but upper corners of book and unpriced dust jacket are slightly bumped. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780700605088ISBN:0700605088
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0700605088. Cloth. In print $35.00. Light wear to edges of boards and DJ.; 8vo. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780700605897ISBN:0700605894
Description: Very Good- Text crisp, bright, unmarked; first (blank) page has been removed neatly. Wraps are clean, bright, spine uncreased and binding secure, with just a little shelf rubbing at the corners. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780700605088ISBN:0700605088
Description: Photographs. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE jacket. Very slight shelfwear to book and DJ; no ownership markings; pages are crisp and clean; binding tight. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780700605088ISBN:0700605088
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Brief summary of content available upon request by e-mail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780700605088ISBN:0700605088
Description: Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 295 pp., biographical essay by Ruth Limmer, library markings, otherwise excellent condition. read more
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