The Resource James Merrill : life and art, Langdon Hammer
James Merrill : life and art, Langdon Hammer
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- Summary
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- "The first biography of one of the most important poets in the second half of the twentieth century, whose life story is unparalleled in its narrative interest. The story of James Merrill (1926-1995) is that of a young man escaping, but inevitably reproducing, the energies and obsessions of glamorous, powerful parents (his father founded Merrill Lynch); of a gay man inventing his identity against a shifting social and sexual backdrop; and of a brilliantly gifted poet testing the redemptive potential of his art. We see how Merrill, freed from having to work for a living, made his life itself a kind of work. After Amherst and a period of adventure in Italy, he returned to the New York art world of the 1950s (he met W. H. Auden, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Larry Rivers) and began publishing his poems, novels, and plays. In 1953, he fell in love with budding writer David Jackson, who remained his companion for forty years while they explored "boys and bars" in Greece and elsewhere. At the same time, they were talking to the spirits of the otherworld using a Ouija board, which became an improbable source of poetic inspiration for Merrill. In his many collections of poetry and the candid letters and diaries that enrich every page of this deliciously readable life, Merrill created a prismatic art of multiple perspectives. Holding that life and art together in a complex, evolving whole, Langdon Hammer illuminates Merrill's "chronicles of love & loss" and the remarkable personal journey they record"--
- "A biography of the acclaimed poet James Merrill"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiv, 913 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "A Borzoi book."
- Contents
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- Love and Money (1926-52)
- Water Street (1953-61)
- Greece (1962-72)
- The Other World (1972-83)
- Love and Death (1983-95)
- Isbn
- 9780375413339
- Label
- James Merrill : life and art
- Title
- James Merrill
- Title remainder
- life and art
- Statement of responsibility
- Langdon Hammer
- Subject
-
- Gay men -- United States -- Biography
- Gay men
- Gay authors -- United States -- Biography
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Gay authors
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Biography
- Poets, American
- Biographies
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- United States
- 1900 - 1999
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "The first biography of one of the most important poets in the second half of the twentieth century, whose life story is unparalleled in its narrative interest. The story of James Merrill (1926-1995) is that of a young man escaping, but inevitably reproducing, the energies and obsessions of glamorous, powerful parents (his father founded Merrill Lynch); of a gay man inventing his identity against a shifting social and sexual backdrop; and of a brilliantly gifted poet testing the redemptive potential of his art. We see how Merrill, freed from having to work for a living, made his life itself a kind of work. After Amherst and a period of adventure in Italy, he returned to the New York art world of the 1950s (he met W. H. Auden, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Larry Rivers) and began publishing his poems, novels, and plays. In 1953, he fell in love with budding writer David Jackson, who remained his companion for forty years while they explored "boys and bars" in Greece and elsewhere. At the same time, they were talking to the spirits of the otherworld using a Ouija board, which became an improbable source of poetic inspiration for Merrill. In his many collections of poetry and the candid letters and diaries that enrich every page of this deliciously readable life, Merrill created a prismatic art of multiple perspectives. Holding that life and art together in a complex, evolving whole, Langdon Hammer illuminates Merrill's "chronicles of love & loss" and the remarkable personal journey they record"--
- "A biography of the acclaimed poet James Merrill"--
- Assigning source
-
- Provided by publisher
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hammer, Langdon
- Dewey number
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- 811/.54
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3525.E6645
- LC item number
- Z674 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gay authors
- Gay men
- Poets, American
- Poets, American
- Gay authors
- Gay men
- Merrill, James
- Merrill, James
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
- Gay authors
- Gay men
- Poets, American
- United States
- Label
- James Merrill : life and art, Langdon Hammer
- Note
- "A Borzoi book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Love and Money (1926-52) -- Water Street (1953-61) -- Greece (1962-72) -- The Other World (1972-83) -- Love and Death (1983-95)
- Control code
- 891427637
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiv, 913 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780375413339
- Lccn
- 2014029325
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)891427637
- Label
- James Merrill : life and art, Langdon Hammer
- Note
- "A Borzoi book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Love and Money (1926-52) -- Water Street (1953-61) -- Greece (1962-72) -- The Other World (1972-83) -- Love and Death (1983-95)
- Control code
- 891427637
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiv, 913 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780375413339
- Lccn
- 2014029325
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)891427637
Subject
- 1900 - 1999
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
- Biographies
- Biography
- Gay authors
- Gay authors -- United States -- Biography
- Gay men
- Gay men -- United States -- Biography
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Poets, American
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- United States
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