An edition of the letters of the poet Basil Bunting (1900-1985).
This is a long-awaited first selected edition of the letters of
Basil Bunting, one of the major modernist poets of the twentieth
century. It includes a large portion of Bunting's correspondence
(around 200 letters) to recipients including Ezra Pound, T. S.
Eliot, Harriet Monroe, William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukofsky, Ted
Hughes, George Oppen, Allen Ginsberg, Donald Davie, and Tom
Pickard. Following Bunting from his first encounters with major
literary figures in London and Paris in the 1920s to his death in
Northumberland in 1985, this selection showcases a narrative that
is crucial to the history of modernism and modern poetry in
English. Highlights include a long and detailed dialogue with Ezra
Pound in the 1930s on political, economic, and literary subjects, a
rich, ruminative exchange with the American poet Louis Zukoksfy
lasting over four decades, and various accounts of the excitements
and controversies of the Anglo-American poetry scene of the 60s and
70s. Whether Bunting is writing from New York at the height of the
Depression, Iran in the aftermath of World War II, or the north of
England during preparation of his masterpiece Briggflatts (1966),
his prose is unfailingly sharp, eloquent, entertaining, and
caustic. This edition contains detailed annotations of Bunting's
letters, a critical introduction, glossary of names, and an
editorial commentary.
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