Collection: Literary Criticism & Theory

Scholarly work exploring the kinship between visionary literature and the psychedelic experience. Per front jacket flap: "Drawing extensively on the works of Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, and many other poets, and quoting from reports of psychedelic and esthetic experiences in Huxley, Alpert, Leary, medical journals, Eastern... More

First American edition of this work in which the French theorist performs a detailed semiological analysis of the Balzac novel Sarrasine. Translated by Richard Miller, with a preface by Richard Howard. NY: Hill and Wang, 1974. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); xi, 271pp.; black cloth... More

Uncommon  hardcover issue of this hefty collection of essays exploring Oppen’s milieu, method, and books, along with a bibliography of commentary on Oppen’s work. Edited with an introduction by Burton Hatlen. Contributors include Harvey Shapiro, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Marjorie Perloff, and Theodore Enslin. Orono, ME:... More

Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. ix + 359pp, indexed. Full purple cloth, no jacket, presumably as issued. Some faint yellowish discolorations near base of rear board, splash mark to base of textblock, with some related (fairly minor) moisture-wavering to a handful... More

Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1971. First edition. 8vo. 325pp, indexed. Black cloth. Warmly inscribed by Kennedy on the front free end paper. Very good in a good (+) jacket. Minor bumping to board corners, softened spine ends, a few minors spots of soiling to textblock.... More

NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. 119pp. Yellow cloth. First edition. Light bump/softening to top front and bottom rear board corners, some wear/loss of sizing along tops of boards. Unclipped "$2.50" jacket has three short closed tears and a small chip out at... More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. xi+359pp, indexed. First edition. Full grey cloth with gilt spine titles. Fine in a very near fine jacket with minor wear/crumpling along top edge and faint toning to spine panel. More

NY: Grove, 1965. Hardcover. 12mo. 175pp. First edition. Full teal cloth with gilt spine titles. VG/VG+. Very light shelfwear at spine ends and tips. Some faint discolorations/soiling at tops of boards, with a touch of dust soiling to top of textblock. Unclipped "$3.95" jacket remains... More