Overview :"The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John P... Read More
Overview :This volume features selections from the New Directions founder's correspondence with Guy Davenport, the polymath artist and author of The G... Read More
Overview :"The most intellectually exhilarating work published in 2018 . . . A lasting treasure." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Hugh Kenner (1... Read More
Overview :In his 1989 book on Balthus--the storied and controversial artist who worked in Paris throughout the twentieth century--Guy Davenport gives ... Read More
Overview :Since the publication of Tatlin in 1974, Guy Davenport has established himself as one of the most original and stimulating writers of ficti... Read More
Overview :Since the publication of Tatlin in 1974, Guy Davenport has established himself as one of the most original and stimulating writers of ficti... Read More
Overview :Here is a colorful variety pf works by seven Greek poets and philosophers who lived from the eighth to the third centuries BC. Salvaged from... Read More
Overview :A Table of Green Fields includes ten stories, variously about the painter Henry Scott Tuke, the mathematician James Joseph Sylvester, Kafka,... Read More
Overview :Guy Davenport's story collection A Table of Green Fields (New Directions, 1993) was praised for its amazing artistry and "stratospheric" lit... Read More