A Poet's Letters Selected Letters of Theodore Roethke
Roethke's letters edited by Ralph J. Mills Jr. collect drafts, unfinished poems, and craft notes. The volume surveys his career from 1941 onward, notes correspondents including Williams Eliot Moore and Ciardi, and signals a clear portrait of the poet as essayist and lecturer.
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Theodore Roethke
Ralph J. Mills, Jr
University of Washington Press
Roethke
Northwest School of Poetry
Michigan
Yeats
William Blake
William Carlos Williams
Kenneth Burke
John Ciardi
Babette Deutsch
T. S. Eliot
Richard Eberhart
Lillian Hellman
Rolfe Humphries
Stanley Kunitz
Marianne Moore
Harriet Monroe
John Crowe Ransom
Karl Shapiro
Stephen Spender
Peter Viereck
N.H
Diary of William Allingham reveals Victorian luminaries
Introduction by Geoffrey Grigson surveys William Allingham born 1824 Ballyshannon died 1889 England. Diary spans 50 years with intimate portraits of Tennyson Carlyle Browning Rossettis Emerson Thackeray Eliot Morris Burne Jones and others. Readable anecdotes of landmark figures and witty exchanges mark this diary as a key portrait of Victorian England.
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William Allingham
Ballyshannon
England
Laurence Bloomfield
Ireland
Tennyson
Allingham
Carlyle
Browning
the Rossettis
Emerson
Thackeray
George Eliot
William Morris
Painter
Sir Edward Burne- Jones
Turgenev
Mary
Napoleon
N.H
And Try Not to Miss THE LONG-SHADOWED FOREST
A book note review of Helen Hoover's life in northern Minnesota and two philosophy essays on Kafka. The piece highlights Apollo Editions and Philosophical Library editions with brief evaluative remarks.
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Helen Hoover
Apollo Editions
Minnesota
Asian Drama by Gunnar Myrdal analyzed
The review praises Asian Drama as a blunt, in depth study of South Asia. It argues outdated institutions and irrational attitudes keep living standards low, with centralized power and limited social development hindering rapid progress. Myrdal rejects radical land reform, favoring capitalist farming and penalties for non-participating landowners.
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Pantheon Books
Gunnar Myrdal
Myrdal
Asia
India
Pakistan
Burma
Thailand
Malaysia
Indonesia
Philippines
Ceylon
South
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
South Asia
Prof. Myrdal
Man of Letters: The Letters of John Addington Symonds
A critical portrait of John Addington Symonds through his letters 1844 1868 edited by Schueller and Peters. It traces his Victorian life from Harrow to Oxford and his shift from law to literature with insights into his travels and literary influence.
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John Addington Symonds
Herbert M. Schueller
Robert L. Peters
Wayne State University Press
Symonds
Walt Whitman
Italy
Harrow
Oxford
Henry Graham Dakyns
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Souther Illinois University Press
Kafka
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R. M. Alberes
Pierre de Boisdeffre
Philosophical Library
Nathonig
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Maas
Dupont
Alexander Smith
Artesia
Woodruff
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