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A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, 1956-1984

A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, 1956-1984 Softcover - 2013 - 1st Edition

by WESCOTT, Glenway

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(Madison, Wisconsin): University of Wisconsin Press, 2013. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Edited and with an introduction by Jerry Rosco. 306pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Small crease on the front cover, near fine in pictorial wrappers.
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  • Title A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, 1956-1984
  • Author WESCOTT, Glenway
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 314
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Wisconsin Press, (Madison, Wisconsin)
  • Date 2013
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 581441
  • ISBN 9780299294243 / 0299294242
  • Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.25 x 5.56 x 0.64 in (20.96 x 14.12 x 1.63 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Life Writings
    • Sex & Gender: Gay
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century, Wescott, Glenway
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012037076
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Glenway Wescott (1901-1987) began his writing career as a poet but is best known for his short stories and novels, notably The Grandmothers (1927), The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story (1940), and Apartment in Athens (1945). Jerry Rosco is author of Glenway Wescott Personally: A Biography, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press, and coeditor of Continual Lessons: The Journals of Glenway Wescott, 1937-1955. He lives in New York City.

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