These three books reflect the beginnings of one of the most radical
and exhilarating figures in modern literature Incandescent Limbo
recounts White's years in Paris. Many a writer in the modern era
had made Paris a focal point of his or her activity, but probably
no one made more of it or got more out of it than Kenneth White.
While exploring a labyrinthine underworld, the book is
fundamentally an autoanalysis and traces the birth of the writer as
an intellectual nomad. Letters from Gourgounel takes us from the
city to a wild part of south-eastern France, the Ardeche, where
White undertakes a resourcing in an elementary context. Hailed in
England as a 'fascinating curiosity of literature', this book not
only made White famous overnight in France, it was seen there as a
turning point in the contemporary situation. In the third book,
Travels in the Drifting Dawn, the intellectual nomad begins his
moves across territories and cultures. After passing through the
London underground of the sixties, then delving into the ground of
his native Scotland and neighbouring Ireland, we shift back to the
Continent, accumulating experience on different levels in France,
Spain, Belgium, Holland, before concluding the cycle in North
Africa. The trilogy is not only a summary of White's itinerary in
its initial stages, it opens up a whole intellectual and cultural
programme.
General
| Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
February 2023 |
| Authors: |
Kenneth White
|
| Editors: |
Cairns Craig
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
328 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-51112-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-399-51112-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781399511124 |
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