Evergreen Review Vol. 2 No. 5 (Summer 1958)
New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1958. First Printing. Softcover. This classic early number of the legendary literary journal co-edited by Barney Rosset & published by his Grove Press features avant-garde icon Antonin Artaud's essay "No More Masterpieces" translated into English by Caroline Richards; Roland Barthe's critical essay "Alain Robbe-Grillet" translated by Richard Howard; the canonical "Krapp's Last Tape" by the great playwright Samuel Beckett; Black Mountain-&-Beyond poet Robert Creeley's "The Three Ladies"; "Vaquero" by Edward Dorn, another great Black Mountain poet; "Poem for the Left Hand" by Edward Field; the seminal essay "Essentials of Spontaneous Prose" by Beat Generation Founding Father Jack Kerouac; "Desire for Spring" by the Beat master Kenneth Koch; "Scenes from the Life of the Peppertrees" by Denise Levertov; the essay "Human Universe," exemplary in its elusive density & allusions, by Black Mountain Mentor/ Sui Generis Master Charles Olson; & more. Also with a fascinating analytical essay on the actor James Dean (who had famously died in his sudden car accident three years before in 1955) by Edgar Morin & even a typically dyspeptic letter-to-the-editor by the then-powerful, now somewhat notorious art critic Clement Greenberg. With haunting image of Dean snuggling into the lap of a mannequin by Sanford Roth on front cover, notes on contributors. Trade-format softcover in sewn binding. An exceptionally rich gathering of myriad writers, schools & topics; a highlight of this most collectible series. In near-fine condition with mild rubbing & scratching to front, back covers & spine; mild wear & some tiny bumps, chips/ closed tears & creases at thin edges & corners of same; mild rubbing & browning to edges of text block. Interior fine with only slight browning mostly at blank margins of page leaves; small-to-tiny bumps, creases at corners of same. Near Fine. [Item #4085]
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