 | Irving Layton and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence, 1953-1978 Subjects: Layton Irving 1912- -- Correspondence; Creeley Robert 1926- -- Correspondence; Poets Canadian (English) -- 20th century -- Correspondence; Poets American -- 20th century -- Correspondence; The events covered by the letters collected here start with Robert Creeley's discovery of Irving Layton and focus on the turbulent circumstances surrounding the publication (by Creeley's Divers Press in Majorca) of In the Midst of My Fever, Layton's first book of poems not published at his own expense and the one that established him as a major poet. Irving Layton and Robert Creeley also recounts the cementing of avant-garde contacts between Canada and the United States through magazines such as Origin, Contact, and CIV/n. |
