Wieners, John (Glover, Albert)

Woman (Curriculum of the Soul No. 3) with: Amerika Studienren 2 Including Original Mailing Envelope

Canton, NY: Institute for Further Studies, 1972. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “As a young prince of the United Kingdom, and as a president in the United States, my prior thought was to consider the general editorship of Vogue magazine in mind to addition my revered, though backward impression of woman, and especial women, who have pleased me, in public and, or in private. First came to my memory Melissa Hayden, off-Broadway, smoking and having an excellent rehearsal break from the City Center Ballet. I felt graced in her presence and most respectful toward her enormity of language vernacular. She sensed vitally herself and the difficulties encountered through her genius, of towing the mark and remaining as a toast to the accolades of gentlemanly audiences. The holiness of technicality reinforces my thought that to mention the defects and limitations of others conditions assoluta supremacy…”--John Wieners, “Woman,” pg. 1-2. Offered today are two editions of John Wieners’ (1934-2002) A Curriculum of the Soul: Woman (1972). [1] This issue (or “fascicle”), titled Woman, is the third in the series, and comes directly from the collection of Albert Glover (b. 1942), the great American scholar, bibliographer, author & publisher who is the foremost living authority on literary (& literal) Giant Charles Olson (our favorite Maximus Obscurantist). Wieners’ contribution to the Olsonian bible that is A Curriculum of the Soul, Woman is a series of experimental vignettes centering around women, their relation to writers like Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) and Frank O’Hara (1926-1966) and Wieners’ own relationship to women. Concise, ephemeral, flowery, and rooted in an asymmetrical-experimental-Olsonian frame work, Woman is a work that is not only emblematic of Weiners’ style but also is a perfect exemplar of A Curriculum of the Soul writ large. Chapbook in stapled wrappers. First printing. In very fine condition with only minor wear to fine edges, and slight rusting at staples. [2] Amerika Studie Ren 2 contains the contents of Wieners’ Woman in both English and German, along with “Der Amerikanische Gesellschaftsroman zwischen 1880 und 1925” (The American Social Novel between 1880 and 1925) a lecture outline; “Proseminar fur Fortgeschrittene "Nicht-lineare Schreibweisen in der Literatur des 20 jahrhunderts” (Proseminar for advanced students "Non-linear writing styles in 20th century literature) among other lectures in German. Amerika Studie Ren 2 is seemingly, a set of lecture notes from the American University of Munich, containing multiple lectures on American literature, and of course Wieners’ entry in the Curriculum of the Soul series, as well as the envelope it was sent in from Germany to Albert Glover. Stapled sheets. First & presumably only printing. In relatively very fine condition with minor wear to fine edges, slight staining/discoloration due to age, and one horizontal crease folding the sheets in half; envelope in Fine condition with moderate wear to fine edges, and minor staining/discoloration due to age. Very Fine / Fine. [Item #8122]

Price: $300.00