The Poetry of Weldon Kees: Vanishing as Presence

by John T. Irwin

Book Overview

A study in how a poet's corpus is remembered after he vanishes.

Weldon Kees is one of those fascinating people of whom you've likely never heard. Most intriguingly, he disappeared without a trace on July 18, 1955. Police found his 1954 Plymouth Savoy abandoned on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge one day later. The keys were still in the ignition. Though Kees had alluded days prior to picking up and moving to Mexico, none of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421422611
• ISBN13: 9781421422619
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher