James K. Baxter Letters of a Poet by Weir, John

James K. Baxter Letters of a Poet (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781776562039)

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Format: Hardcover
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James K. Baxter Letters of a Poet by Weir, John

James K. Baxter Letters of a Poet

$69.95
James K. Baxter Letters of a Poet by Weir, John

James K. Baxter Letters of a Poet

$69.95
Format: Hardcover
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James K. Baxter was not a man of few words, and his private correspondence was no exception. Letters of a Poet, edited by his good friend and frequent correspondent John Weir, contains almost 900 of Baxter's letters from 1939 to 1972, covering his teenage years and entire adult life. Frank, funny, generous, sometimes filthy, packed with poems and musings on love, the Catholic faith, and how to live well and write well, they provide remarkable new insights into his life and work.

The two volumes include letters to his parents, Archibald and Millicent Baxter, the conscientious objector Noel Ginn, and many of the leading literary figures of the time, including Charles Brasch, Allen Curnow, Frank Sargeson, Fleur Adcock, Lawrence Baigent, Barry Crump, Maurice Shadbolt, W. H. Oliver, Robin Dudding and many more. Included is an ntroduction by John Weir, and biographies of correspondents, a timeline, and index.

Author: John Weir
ISBN-10: 1776562038
ISBN-13: 9781776562039
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2019
Pages: 1648
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 6.10lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.40w x 3.90d
By John Weir
By John Weir
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John Weir was born in Nelson in 1935. After a period of training at Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Greenmeadows, he was ordained a Catholic priest. He has published poetry, bibliographies and critical monographs and edited a number of collections of James K. Baxter's poetry, including his Collected Poems and Complete Prose.

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