Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren
Subtitle: a literary correspondence
By: edited by James A. Grimshaw, Jr.
Contributors: Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-; Grimshaw, James A.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
Subjects: Brooks, Cleanth, 1906- -- Correspondence.; Warren, Robert Penn, 1905- -- Correspondence.; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Southern States.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.; Critics -- United States -- Correspondence.; Southern States -- Intellectual life -- 1865-
Description: James A. Grimshaw, Jr., brings together for the first time more than 350 letters exchanged by two scholars who altered the way literature is taught in this country. The selected letters focus on the development of their five major textbooks - the rationale for selections, the details involved in obtaining permissions and preparing indexes, and the demands of meeting deadlines. More important, these letters reveal their attitudes toward literature, teaching, and scholarship.

Providing insight into two of the most influential literary minds of this century, these letters show two men who were deeply involved in research and writing, and who were committed to a life of travel, conversation, and learning.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.