Letters Of Ford Madox Ford
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Edition: 1st ed.,
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
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A window into the brilliant, restless mind of one of English literature's most underrated modernists, Letters of Ford Madox Ford presents a rich and meticulously curated selection of correspondence from the author of The Good Soldier and the Parade's End tetralogy. Edited by Richard M. Ludwig, this volume chronicles Ford's prolific written exchanges with the defining literary figures of his age — among them Joseph Conrad, Ezra Pound, and Henry James — revealing a man of fierce intellectual conviction, boundless creative energy, and remarkable personal complexity. Each letter illuminates Ford's dual role as a pioneering author and an indefatigable champion of modernist literature, offering an intimate portrait of the transatlantic literary world in the early twentieth century. Ludwig's careful editorial hand provides authoritative context without overshadowing the vivid, often combative voice that made Ford such a singular presence in literary history. The collection argues implicitly for a reassessment of Ford's lasting cultural influence, demonstrating that his private correspondence was itself a form of art — urgent, candid, and intellectually alive. For scholars, students, and lovers of modernist fiction alike, these letters pose an irresistible question: how much of the twentieth-century literary canon was quietly shaped by the pen of Ford Madox Ford?
Author: Richard M. Ludwig
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, Princeton University Press
Genre: Essays
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: price clipped dj.
A window into the brilliant, restless mind of one of English literature's most underrated modernists, Letters of Ford Madox Ford presents a rich and meticulously curated selection of correspondence from the author of The Good Soldier and the Parade's End tetralogy. Edited by Richard M. Ludwig, this volume chronicles Ford's prolific written exchanges with the defining literary figures of his age — among them Joseph Conrad, Ezra Pound, and Henry James — revealing a man of fierce intellectual conviction, boundless creative energy, and remarkable personal complexity. Each letter illuminates Ford's dual role as a pioneering author and an indefatigable champion of modernist literature, offering an intimate portrait of the transatlantic literary world in the early twentieth century. Ludwig's careful editorial hand provides authoritative context without overshadowing the vivid, often combative voice that made Ford such a singular presence in literary history. The collection argues implicitly for a reassessment of Ford's lasting cultural influence, demonstrating that his private correspondence was itself a form of art — urgent, candid, and intellectually alive. For scholars, students, and lovers of modernist fiction alike, these letters pose an irresistible question: how much of the twentieth-century literary canon was quietly shaped by the pen of Ford Madox Ford?