Washington Post Book World
"Witty, often brilliantly perceptive, often touching, usually funny"
Boston Globe
"[Jarrell] was Matthew Arnold at the wheel of an MG, tach up, top down, the wind in his literary hair."
Charlotte Observer
"Randall Jarrell's final enduring literary work"
Book Description
In this expanded edition of Randall Jarrell's letters, his widow, Mary, has added letters from Jarrell to Peter Taylor, publication of which was withheld during Taylor's lifetime. Taylor was, along with Robert Lowell, Jarrell's oldest and closest friend, and the inclusion of these incomparable letters adds another dimension of friendship, artistry, and intellect to a collection already noted for its behind-the-scenes glimpse of twentieth-century American literary history in the making.
About the Author
Mary Jarrell is the author of a memoir, Remembering Randall, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1999.
Randall Jarrell's Letters: An Autobiographical and Literary Selection FROM THE PUBLISHER
In This Expanded Edition of Jarrell's letters, his widow, Mary, has added letters from Jarrell to Peter Taylor. Taylor was, along with Robert Lowell, Jarrell's oldest and closest friend, and the inclusion of these incomparable letters adds another dimension of friendship, artistry, and intellect to a collection already noted for its behind-the-scenes glimpse of twentieth-century American literary history in the making.
SYNOPSIS
Poet and critic Jarrell was known as one of the "American Bloomsbury Circle" of the 1950s. This collection of his letters, covering the period 1935 to 1965, is presented as a window into the literary group, as well as Jarrell's personal life. This edition has been expanded to include recently released letters from Jarrell to Peter and Eleanor Taylor. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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