Introduction: water from a bucket or, the the hidden modernist histories of Charles Henri Ford -- Blues and the belated renovation of modernism -- Community, circularity, sociability, postcards -- Building up and breaking down: surrealism, New York, new criticism -- Spare parts, or, caught between pop and a historical hard place -- Multitudes, mirrors, crystals, haiku, home -- Conclusion: 'I will be what I am' or, the camp modernist legacy of Charles Henri Ford.
Summary:
"The first American surrealist poet, a prolific literary editor and a seminal influence on the New York School of poetry, Charles Henri Ford was a key figure in the transition from late modernist to postmodern culture in America. Charles Henri Ford: Between Modernism and Postmodernism is the first book-length scholarly study of this important literary figure. Drawing on new archival research -- including explorations of Ford's correspondence with the likes of Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Djuna Barnes and many others -- the book explores the full impact of Ford's contribution to 20th-century American literary culture."-- Provided by publisher. "Drawing on new archival material - including his correspondence with such major figures as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams and Djuna Barnes - this is the first book-length study of the work of Charles Henri Ford, a pivotal figure in late modernist American literary culture"-- Provided by publisher.
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