ACCENT a Quarterly of New Literature : VOL. 1, NO. 3: SPRING, 1941
by Edited by Kerker Quinn
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- Paperback
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- Condition
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About This Item
Urbana: Accent. 1941. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition Used. Paperback. Very Good-. ACCENT: VOL. 1, NO. 3: SPRING, 1941. [Urbana, IL, Accent, 1941]. Edited by Kerker Quinn [et al]. Bibliographical references. Includes advertising matter. Stiff blue-green wrappers, printed brown (portion of lower wrapper lacking, slight browning, rubbing and creasing to wrappers).Contains John Crowe Ransom's essay "Eliot and the Metaphysicals", plus "The Source" by Katherine Anne Porter and "Loadstone in My Stummick" by Jesse Stuart; plus contributions by Conrad Aiken, John Malcolm Brinnin, Otis Ferguson, Weldon Kees, Lincoln Kirstein, Howard Moss, et al. "Accent is an excellent example of the eclectic little magazine. Its principle aim from the beginning has been to serve as a 'representative collection of the best creative and critical writing of our time, carefully balancing the work of established authors with that of comparative unknowns'..."(Hoffman p. 350)
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- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0745169
- Title
- ACCENT a Quarterly of New Literature : VOL. 1, NO. 3: SPRING, 1941
- Author
- Edited by Kerker Quinn
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- F First Edition Used
- Publisher
- Accent
- Place of Publication
- Urbana
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Literary Magazine Journal Chapbook Poetry Literature Fiction Periodical American Literature Modern Literature Counter Culture Radical Academic Publication Fine Press Limited Edition Contains John Crowe Ransom's essay "Eliot and the Metaphysicals&
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