Talk:Kenneth Rexroth
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[edit] Revamp!
Major overhaul done, although it's a bit rough still and I probably missed some points of interest. Please edit, correct any oversights, add!--Stefankamph 00:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Brittanica in one year, annually ???
Is this apocryphal? Even for a "speed reader" how long would it take to read the entire encyclopedia? [[User:Logghe] 17:22, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Whether it's true or not, I don't think it's apocryphal - seem to remember Rexroth making a similar claim in one or more of his published writings. Then again might have been a statement somewhere that he'd read it x number of times. Anyone have An Autobiographical Novel or the Hamalian bio handy? Brennen 00:02, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Might be a case of exaggeration or playful storytelling by Rexroth, if he did make such a claim. But anyone could do it if they cared to read 63 pages a day. At least, that would suffice to read the 1959 Britannica that I happen to have at home. (23 volumes of text, just under a thousand pages per volume.) Publius3 08:44, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
- Without looking back to the source, I'd guess the Brittanica in question was the 1911 edition or one of its several variations, which (though the article doesn't give a page count) I suspect was shorter still, and definitely more literary in tone than modern encyclopedias... Brennen 04:11, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Bradford Morrow
I just re-added the link on Bradford Morrow - doesn't look like there's an article, but he seems sufficiently notable to merit one.
[edit] Links to years in poetry
I've added numerous links to particlular years in poetry throughout the article. It's possible I've linked a book that had nothing to do with poetry to a year in poetry, and that may be inappropriate, so someone knowledgeable about Rexroth's individual books might want to remove the links between those particular books and the years -- or might not. A book of criticism that is partly about poetry would be appropriate to link to a year in poetry or year in literature.Noroton 16:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- I'll look it over. Brennen 17:28, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Just to clarify, I think the essay collections nearly all contain something about poetry, but I think "year in literature" might be more appropriate, since they're pretty wide-ranging. I'll look into this a bit more. Thoughts? Brennen 17:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
