THE KENYON REVIEW: VOL. XXII SPRING 1960, NO. 2

Corke, Hilary [Editor]; Ransom, John Crowe [Author]; Pynchon, Thomas [Author]; Eastlake, William [Author]; et. al

Published by Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, 1960

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Octavo, [10], [166] pages. In Good condition. Yellow spine with black lettering. Covers have moderate shelving wear, stains throughout, water damage along the spine, and bending wear along the fore corners. Textblock has mild bending from the head edges of some pages, mild wear along the edges, a stain on the fore edges, and mild age-toning along the edges. Signed by Helen Ransom Provenance on the front cover and first advertisement page. Shelved Room C. Numerated 170-336 as it is the second volume of "The Kenyon Review", published quarterly. Contains the first published work of author Thomas Pynchon "Entropy" on page 277. Pynchon would go on to write acclaimed works such as "V." and "Gravity's Rainbow". Helen Ransom Provenance was the daughter of John Crowe Ransom, a prominent educator and literary critic, considered a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism, the first editor of the acclaimed "The Kenyon Review" and nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a professor at Kenyon College where his daughter Helen studied. 1395014. Special Collections.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE KENYON REVIEW: VOL. XXII SPRING 1960, NO. 2
• Publisher: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
• Publication Date: 1960
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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