Letters of Wyndham Lewis

Originally published in 1963 and edited by an authority on Wyndham Lewis (whom he also knew personally) this volume made available for the first time over 500 letters of Wyndham Lewis, who for half a century was a dynamic force among English artists and intellectuals.

List of contents

Part 1: 1890-1910 Youth and the World of Tarr. Correspondents include: Wyndham Lewis’ mother, grandmother and T. Sturge Moore Part 2: 1910-1920 Blasting and Bombadiering . Correspondents include: J. B. Pinker, Augustus John, Ezra Pound, Herbert Read. Part 3: 1921-1939 ‘The Enemy’. Correspondents include: James Joyce, Osbert Sitwell, T. S. Eliot, Robert McAlmon, H. G. Wells, Y. B. Yeats Part 4: 1939-1945 Self-Condemned. Correspondents include: T. J. Honeyman, Geoffrey Stone, J. M. Dent & Son Ltd, David Kahma, Charles Nagel, Felix Giovanelli, Allen Tate. Part 5: 1945-1956 The Writer and the Absolute. Correspondents include: Nicholas Waterhouse, W. K. Rose, Charles Handley-Read, Theodore Weiss, Roy Campbell, I. A. Richards.

About the author

W. K. Rose was for many years a student of Wyndham Lewis, whom he knew personally. He was on the Faculty of Vassar College, USA.

Summary

Originally published in 1963 and edited by an authority on Wyndham Lewis (whom he also knew personally) this volume made available for the first time over 500 letters of Wyndham Lewis, who for half a century was a dynamic force among English artists and intellectuals.

Product details

• Authors: W. K. Rose
• Assisted by: W. K. Rose (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2023
• EAN: 9781032118925
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3211892-5
• No. of pages: 640
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Wyndham Lewis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Theory of art, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Literary theory