Weldon Kees and the Arts at Midcentury

Book Overview

Born in 1914 in Beatrice, Nebraska, and presumed dead in 1955 (when he apparently leapt from the Golden Gate Bridge), Weldon Kees has become one of the better-known "unknown" American poets of the twentieth century, his fiction and poetry largely kept alive by other poets. But Kees was also that rare artist who excelled in many genres and media: a skillful painter, filmmaker, jazz musician, and composer. He was a gifted critic as well, and his criticism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803222378
• ISBN13: 9780803222373
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"