Edité par The Kenyon Review, 1967
Vendeur : Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, Etats-Unis
Magazine / Périodique
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. This is "The Kenyon Review 114" , Vol. XXIX, No. 2 - March 1967. Notable in this issue are three stories by T. F. Powys : "The Kingfisher", "The Wine-Fed Tree", and "The Red Petticoat", being the first American appearance for each of these stories. These stories are illustrated by Arvis Stewart, who also created the cover art. Stewart is generally known as the illustrator for a good many children's books. The issue also has an essay by Angus Wilson in which he tackles "Evil in the English Novel" . Also William Fifield reports on conversations and interactions he had had with Picasso, Cocteau, Rossellini, and the matador El Cordobés. William Mueller and Josephine Jacobson together analyze the state of European Absurdists, focussing on Samuel Beckett ("Waiting for Godot"), Eugène Ionesco, Albert Camus and Jean Genet. Lastly, but not least, Geoffrey Wagner voices concerns over the "authority" of obscurity in the media, which he lays at the feet of Marshall McLuhan There book reviews by a number of prominent critics. ****************************************** CONTENTS :: Excursion - by William Fifield / Evil in the English Novel - by Angus Wilson /The Absurd Quest - by William R. Mueller and Josephine Jacobsen / Misunderstanding Media - by Geoffrey Wagner / Three Stories - by T. F. Powys / Book Reviews by Edward W. Said, L. M. Meyers, Margery fisher , Richard Freedman, and Robert W. Daniel ***************************************** TITLE : The Kenyon Review 114 / ISSUE : Vol. XXIX, No. 2 / DATE : March 1967 / EDITOR : George Lanning (Acting Editor) / AUTHORS : T. F. Powys, William Fifield, Angus Wilson, William R Mueller, Josephine Jacobsen, Geoffrey Wagner, Edward W. Said, L.M. Meyers, Margery Fisher, Richard Freeman, and Robert W. Daniel / ILLUSTRATIONS & COVER -- Arvis Stewart / IMPRINT : The Kenyon Review / PLACE : Gambier, Ohio / DETAILS : Trade paperback sized literary periodical; contains a few line illustrations, and a number of literary-centered ads; volume pages [157] - 292 ( 136 pp - Includes title page) ; 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", pictorial stiff wraps, glued *************************************** CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned periodical which remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Spine has vertical creasing extending from extremities; spine surface is darkened; covers display toning about the edges and modest surface rub; a few tiny nicks to edges; text-block edges are toned, else clean. / BINDING -- Tight / INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking.