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"Drawing on new archival material - including his correspondence with such major figures as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams and Djuna Barnes - this is the first book-length study of the work of Charles Henri Ford, a pivotal figure in late modernist American literary culture"-- "The first American surrealist poet, a prolific literary editor and a seminal influence on the New York School of poetry, Charles Henri Ford was a key figure in the transition from late modernist to postmodern culture in America. Charles Henri Ford: Between Modernism and Postmodernism is the first book-length scholarly study of this important literary figure. Drawing on new archival research -- including explorations of Ford's correspondence with the likes of Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Djuna Barnes and many others -- the book explores the full impact of Ford's contribution to 20th-century American literary culture. "-- Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Water from a Bucket or, the the Hidden Modernist Histories of Charles Henri Ford -- Chapter 1: Blues and the Belated Renovation of Modernism -- Chapter 2: Community, Circularity, Sociability, Postcards -- Chapter 3: Building Up and Breaking Down: Surrealism, New York, New Criticism -- Chapter 4: Spare Parts, or, Caught Between Pop and a Historical Hard Place -- Chapter 5: Multitudes, Mirrors, Crystals, Haiku, Home -- Conclusion: 'I Will Be What I Am' or, the Camp Modernist Legacy of Charles Henri Ford -- Bibliography -- Index
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