[POETRY] BARTLETT, Lee

William Everson: The Life of Brother Antoninus [Bound Manuscript, Inscribed to Nathaniel Tarn]

[Albuquerque: 1987]. Quarto. Comb-bound manuscript with clear acetate covers; variously paginated. Xerographically reproduced from typescript. Inscribed on cover sheet: "For Nathaniel / one of three copies of the uncorrected MS - " signed, dated 2/5/87. Fine, with Tarn's editorial markings throughout and occasional author's corrections in ink.

Bartlett's magisterial study of William Everson, based on original research as well as dozens of interviews during Everson's lifetime, remains the standard biography of the poet. Bartlett, a poet, editor, and Professor of English at the University of New Mexico, is considered the greatest authority on Everson; among his numerous published books on the poet are the current title, published by New Directions in 1988; William Everson: A Descriptive Bibliography (1977); Benchmark and Blaze: the Emergence of William Everson (1979), and several others. This, one of three uncorrected pre-publication manuscripts of The Life, is inscribed to Bartlett's friend and New Mexico colleague, the poet-translator Nathaniel Tarn. PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from Tarn's library in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Price: $500.00

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