The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers, with Selected Letters of Una Jeffers: Volume Two, 1931-1939

Jeffers, Robinson; James Karman [editor]

ISBN 10: 0804777039 / ISBN 13: 9780804777032

Published by Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 2011

About this Item

24.5 x 18 cm. Thick octavo. 1102pp. Cream colored boards, blue spine in dust jacket. Volume 2.

Seller Inventory # 64406

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers, with Selected Letters of Una Jeffers: Volume Two, 1931-1939
• Publisher: Stanford University Press, Stanford, California
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804777039
• ISBN 13: 9780804777032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Letters

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Synopsis

The 1930s marked a turning point for the world. Scientific and technological revolutions, economic and social upheavals, and the outbreak of war changed the course of history. The 1930s also marked a turning point for Robinson Jeffers, both in his career as a poet and in his private life. The letters collected in this second volume of annotated correspondence document Jeffers' rising fame as a poet, his controversial response to the turmoil of his time, his struggles as a writer, the growth and maturation of his twin sons, and the network of friends and acquaintances that surrounded him. The letters also provide an intimate portrait of Jeffers' relationship to his wife Una―including a full account of the 1938 crisis at Mabel Dodge Luhan's home in Taos, New Mexico that nearly destroyed their marriage.

About the Author

James Karman, Emeritus Professor of English and Religious Studies at California State University, Chico, is the author of Robinson Jeffers: Poet of California (1987).