[Rarebooks] FS: Pair of Interesting Herbert Read Letters

[Charles Agvent]

READ, Herbert. TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs). Beaconsfield, 1943 & 
1946. Interesting letters, one SIGNED in full and the other SIGNED with 
initials, both to the Russian author and critic Stefan Schimanski, 
co-editor of KINGDOM COME, the first poetry journal to appear in Britain 
after the start of World War II and the principle organ of the literary 
and artistic movement known as "apocalypticism," an outgrowth of 
surrealism and the anarchist philosophy of Read. In part: "Eric Newton's 
review represents a very general reaction to my book & is on the face of 
it fully justified-- what the reviewer does not seem to realize is that 
the writing of the book was only made possible by an academic grant to 
which were attached certain conditions." Read also mentions that his 
article might be reprinted in Schimanski's other publication, 
TRANSFORMATION. Read suggests that Schimanski "should get something 
adequate written about Sidney Keyes [an Oxford poet killed in action at 
the age of 20], who is now definitely reported killed." Read also 
forwards a Boris Pasternak letter [not present!]: "It is a historic 
document, but I think you had better keep it-- I might lose it again." 
Fine. (#014065)        $200.00

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