Charles Henri Ford Between Modernism and Postmodernism [Hardcover]

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 Postmodernismis 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, Parker Tyler, and many others  the book explores the full impact of Ford's contribution to 20th-century American literary culture.

Introduction: Water from a Bucket or, the the Hidden Modernist Histories of Charles Henri Ford
Chapter 1:Bluesand 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

Alexander Howardis Associate Lecturer in Modernism Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia.