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Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson are known as much for their
formidable egos as for their contributions to twentieth-century
arts. That either could collaborate intimately with anyone is
surprising. Yet Stein and Thomson did work together, magnificently
so, most notably on the landmark opera Four Saints in Three Acts
and the fanciful The Mother of Us All. This annotated collection of
correspondence reveals the spark that existed between the two
American masters over the course of their sometimes rocky
friendship. The roughly 400 letters written between 1926 and 1946
record the fascinating nature of their partnership-their mutual
excitement over evolving projects and their process for bringing
together two often radical aesthetic sensibilities. The style of
the letters is careful and forceful when the relationship is
strained, but most often it is relaxed and affectionate. As a
record of friendship the letters are particularly compelling,
replete with love, support, and mutual fascination. Not
surprisingly, the correspondence is stylistically remarkable-Stein
being arguably the most innovative literary modernist and Thomson
the author of crisp, insightful, irreverent music criticism, the
most quoted of his century. In addition to their artistic
partnership, the letters provide a revealing glimpse into their
individual careers in the realms of literature and music, as they
document a web of mutual friendships and the vibrant artistic
community of the early twentieth century. The editors' notes
contextualize this valuable exchange and add a layer of richness
and accessibility. The volume will interest readers, critics, and
scholars in music, literature, avant garde arts and modern culture
more generally.
T. S. Eliot was raised in the Unitarian faith of his family in St.
Louis but drifted away from their beliefs while studying
philosophy, mysticism, and anthropology at Harvard. During a year
in Paris (1910-1911), he became involved with a group of Catholic
writers there and subsequently went through a gradual conversion to
Catholic Christianity. He surprised his brother during a visit to
Rome in 1926, when he fell to his knees at St. Peter's, and he
surprised his Bloomsbury friends a year later when he was received
into the Church of England, becoming an adherent of the
traditionalist Anglo-Catholic wing of that church. Many studies of
Eliot's writings have mentioned his religious beliefs, but most
have failed to give the topic due weight and many have
misunderstood or misrepresented his faith. More recently, however,
some scholars have begun exploring this dimension of Eliot's though
more carefully and fully. The critics whose essays are collected
here are among that group. Here the reader will find Eliot's
Anglo-Catholicism accurately defined and thoughtfully considered.
Several essays illuminate the all-important influence of the French
Catholic writers he came to know in Paris. Prominent among them
were those who wrote for or were otherwise associated with the
Nouvelle Revue Francaise, including Andre Gide, Paul Claudel, and
Charles-Louis Philippe. Also active in Paris at that time was the
notorious Charles Maurras, whose influence on Eliot has been
exaggerated by those who wished to discredit Eliot's traditionalist
views. A more measured assessment of Maurras's influence has been
needed and is found in several essays here. A wiser French Catholic
writer, Jacques Maritain, has been largely ignored by Eliot
scholars, but his influence is now given due consideration.
Contributors to the volume take account of Eliot's intellectual
relationship with such figures as John Henry Newman, Charles
Williams, and the expert on church architecture, W. R. Lethaby.
Eliot's engagement with other contemporaries who held a variety of
Christian beliefs--including George Santayana, Paul Elmer More, C.
S. Lewis, and David Jones--is also clarified. The keynote of
Eliot's cultural and political writings is his belief that religion
and culture are integrally related. Several writers in this volume
examine his ideas on this subject, placing them in the context of
Maritain's ideas, as well as those of the Catholic historian
Christopher Dawson. The book as a whole presents the subject of
Eliot's religious beliefs in rich detail, from a number of
different perspectives, giving readers the opportunity to see the
topic in its complexity and fullness.
T. S. Eliot was raised in the Unitarian faith of his family in St.
Louis but drifted away from their beliefs while studying
philosophy, mysticism, and anthropology at Harvard. During a year
in Paris, he became involved with a group of Catholic writers and
subsequently went through a gradual conversion to Catholic
Christianity. Many studies of Eliot's writings have mentioned his
religious beliefs, but most have failed to give the topic due
weight, and many have misunderstood or misrepresented his faith.
More recently, scholars have begun exploring this dimension of
Eliot's thought more carefully and fully. In this book readers will
find Eliot's Anglo-Catholicism accurately defined and thoughtfully
considered. Essays illuminate the all-important influence of the
French Catholic writers he came to know in Paris. Prominent among
them were those who wrote for or were otherwise associated with the
Nouvelle Revue Francaise, including Andre Gide, Paul Claudel, and
Charles-Louis Philippe. Also active in Paris at that time was the
notorious Charles Maurras, whose influence on Eliot has been
exaggerated by those who wished to discredit Eliot's traditionalist
views. A more measured assessment of Maurras's influence has been
needed and is found in several essays here. A wiser French Catholic
writer, Jacques Maritain, has been largely ignored by Eliot
scholars, but his influence is now given due consideration. The
keynote of Eliot's cultural and political writings is his belief
that religion and culture are integrally related. Several
contributors examine his ideas on this subject, placing them in the
context of Maritain's ideas, as well as those of the Catholic
historian Christopher Dawson. Contributors take account of Eliot's
intellectual relationship with such figures as John Henry Newman,
Charles Williams, and the expert on church architecture, W. R.
Lethaby. Eliot's engagement with other contemporaries who held a
variety of Christian beliefs including George Santayana, Paul Elmer
More, C. S. Lewis, and David Jones is also explored. This
collection presents the subject of Eliot's religious beliefs in
rich detail, from a number of different perspectives, giving
readers the opportunity to see the topic in its complexity and
fullness."
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and
practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the
extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases,
their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology,
agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even
cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++Harvard University Graduate
School of Education GutmanN021621Paisley: printed by Alex. Weir,
1782. xiv, 10],192p., table; 12
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and
practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the
extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases,
their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology,
agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even
cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT083994London:
printed for the booksellers, 1798. 200p., table; 12
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary
study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope,
Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann
Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others.
Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the
development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++Bodleian Library (Oxford)N041701London: printed for the
proprietors, 1795. 154p.; 12
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary
study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope,
Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann
Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others.
Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the
development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++Harvard University Graduate School of Education
GutmanN010188Glasgow: printed for Dunlop & Wilson, 1786. 158p.,
plate: ill., port.; 8
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary
study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope,
Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann
Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others.
Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the
development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++British LibraryT223451London: printed formerly by Henry Kent,
and now (by virtue of a decision in the House of Peers) printed for
W. Cavell, 1776. x, 4],144p.: ill., port.; 12
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary
study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope,
Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann
Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others.
Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the
development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++British LibraryT133982London: printed for T. Moore, 1783. 4],
vii-ix, 5],154p.: ill.; 12
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary
study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope,
Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann
Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others.
Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the
development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++British LibraryT084000London: printed and sold by Henry Kent,
1751. ix, 5],154p., plate: ill., port; 12
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary
study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope,
Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann
Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others.
Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the
development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++British LibraryT133983London: printed and sold by Henry Kent,
1769. ix, 5],154p., plate: ill., port.; 12
David Jones's In Parenthesis is the greatest poem to emerge from
the First World War, and indeed one of the greatest to emerge from
any war. It could have been written only by someone who had not
only experienced the war in all its horror, but who was himself
soaked in both poetry and history and for whom that war deepened
his understanding of both. Thomas Dilworth's biography takes us
through the intellectual development of a patriotic young Welshman
from the London lower- middle classes who joined up at the
beginning of the war, served throughout on the Western Front, and
learned, through living through the sodden misery of the winter of
1915-16 and the nightmares both of the Somme and then of
Passchendaele, that war could be not only terrible but also,
through the comradeship it brought with it, deeply fulfilling. This
was this strange paradox that lies at the heart of In Parenthesis.
Anyone who seeks to understand that poem should first read this
book. But so should anyone who seeks to understand how David
Jones's generation endured the Great War. Professor Sir Michael
Howard, OM MC Accompanying the biography are photographs of Jones
and his wartime sketches and drawings, many previously unpublished.
The quickly drawn sketches of infantrymen, landscapes, ruined
villages and still-lifes bring the story to life as works of
documentary realism.
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