Selected Letters
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A rich collection of literary correspondence, Selected Letters presents the brilliant and often acerbic wit of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive poetic voices, offering an intimate window into the cultural and artistic world she inhabited. The letters chronicle her passionate friendships, fierce rivalries, and deep intellectual engagements with some of the era's greatest writers, composers, and artists, including Evelyn Waugh, Dylan Thomas, and Pavel Tchelitchew. Written with the same flamboyant, precise, and occasionally devastating style that defined her poetry and criticism, the correspondence illustrates her unwavering commitment to art and her sharp opinions on the literary establishment of her time. Readers are treated to a portrait of a formidable woman who navigated fame, controversy, and personal hardship with equal measures of grandeur and vulnerability. This curated selection stands as an essential document for anyone seeking to understand the modernist literary scene through the eyes of one of its most singular and commanding figures.
Author: Edith Sitwell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Macmillan
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A rich collection of literary correspondence, Selected Letters presents the brilliant and often acerbic wit of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive poetic voices, offering an intimate window into the cultural and artistic world she inhabited. The letters chronicle her passionate friendships, fierce rivalries, and deep intellectual engagements with some of the era's greatest writers, composers, and artists, including Evelyn Waugh, Dylan Thomas, and Pavel Tchelitchew. Written with the same flamboyant, precise, and occasionally devastating style that defined her poetry and criticism, the correspondence illustrates her unwavering commitment to art and her sharp opinions on the literary establishment of her time. Readers are treated to a portrait of a formidable woman who navigated fame, controversy, and personal hardship with equal measures of grandeur and vulnerability. This curated selection stands as an essential document for anyone seeking to understand the modernist literary scene through the eyes of one of its most singular and commanding figures.