Research Catalog

Title

Life in the forest / Denise Levertov.

Author

Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997.

Publication

New York : New Directions, 1978.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
• Strohbach, Hermann (Designer)
• Callahan, Harry M.
• New Directions Publishing, publisher.
• James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Description

viii, 135, [1] pages; 21 cm.

Series Statement

• New Directions paperbook ; 461
• NDP461

Subject

• 1900-1999
• American poetry > 20th century
• American poetry

Genre/Form

• American poetry.
• Authors' autographs (Provenance)
• Poetry.
• Dust jackets – New York (State) – New York – 1978.
• Dust jackets – New York – United States – 20th century.
• Paperbacks – New York (State) – New York – 1978.
• Slipcases – New York (State) – New York – 1978.

Note

• "One hundred and fifty copies of this edition of "Life in the Forest" were signed by the author in the fall of 1978."
• Also issued in an unlimited paperback issue.
• "A New Directions book" -- title page.
• "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.

Indexed In (note)

• Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Audience (note)

• 1300L

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Provenance (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 22-1204 inscribed: in ink, on colophon.

Binding (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 22-1204 bound in publishers' brown cloth with "D.L."? embossed on front cover; with original green board slipcase.
• Copy in Berg Coll 22-1205 bound in publishers' green cloth with quarter beige cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Hermann Strohbach, jacket photograph by Harry Callahan.
• Copy in Berg Coll 22-1206 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Hermann Strohbach, cover photograph by Harry Callahan.

Contents

• Homage to Pavese. Human being; Writing to Aaron; The cabdriver's smile; Nightingale Road; Chekhov on the west Heath; A woman meets an old lover; A woman alone; A young man travelling; Fellow passengers; A mystery (Oaxaca, Mexico); The 90th year; A daughter (I); A daughter (II); Death in Mexico.
• Continuum. A visit; Death psalm: o lord of mysteries; A soul-cake; Talking to grief; Earliest spring; Emblem (I); Emblem (II); Kindness; Split second; Scornful reprieve; Alongside; Run aground; Intimation; Autumnal; The long way round; On the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; For Chile, 1977; Greeting to the Vietnamese delegates to the U.N.; Continuum -- Modulations for solo voice. From afar; Silk; The phonecall; Psyche in Somerville; A woman pacing her room, rereading a letter, returning again and again to her mirror; Dream: Château de Galais; Like loving Chekhov; Fantasiestück; Modulations; 'Elle est débrouillarde'; From afar (II); Epilogue.
• Admiring a waterfall. The blue rim of memory; For the blind; The emissary; A look at the night (temple, early '60's); Wedding-ring; A son; What my house would be like if it were a person; Artist to intellectual (poet to explainer); The poet Li Po admiring a waterfall; Postcard; Hidden monsters at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery. A found poem; Blake's baptismal font; For X ... ; Love poem; Chant: sunset, Somerville, late fall '75 -- Life in the forest. Movement; Slowly; Life in the forest; Letter; A wanderer; A pilgrim dreaming; Metamorphic journal; Magic.

Call Number

JFD 79-4665

ISBN

• 0811206920
• 9780811206921
• 0811206939
• 9780811206938

LCCN

78009356

OCLC

3913041

Author

Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997.

Title

Life in the forest / Denise Levertov.

Imprint

New York : New Directions, 1978.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Britons

Americans

Women

Series

New Directions paperbook ; 461

NDP461

Audience

1300L Lexile

Additional Formats

Also issued online.

Indexed In:

Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 94

Provenance

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1204 inscribed: in ink, on colophon. NN

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1204 bound in publishers' brown cloth with "D.L."? embossed on front cover; with original green board slipcase. NN

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1205 bound in publishers' green cloth with quarter beige cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Hermann Strohbach, jacket photograph by Harry Callahan. NN

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1206 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Hermann Strohbach, cover photograph by Harry Callahan. NN

Local Note

Copies in Berg Coll 22-1204, 22-1205, and 22-1206 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Copies 2 and 3 in Berg Coll Levertov L55 1978 signed by the author on half-title.

Copies 1 and 2 in Berg Coll Levertov L55 1978 Gift of Robert A. Wilson, 1995.

Copy in Berg Coll Levertov L55 1978 is no. 22 of an edition of 150 copies signed by the author. Housed in slipcase.

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1204 is number 2 of 150 copies.

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Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.

Strohbach, Hermann (Designer), cover designer, bookjacket designer.

Callahan, Harry M., photographer.

New Directions Publishing, publisher.

Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.

Javitch, Daniel, donor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.

Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016. Former owner. Donor

James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Other Form:

Online version: Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997. Life in the forest. New York : New Directions, 1978 (OCoLC)560390339

Research Call Number

JFD 79-4665

Berg Coll Levertov L55 1978

Berg Coll 22-1204

Berg Coll 22-1205

Berg Coll 22-1206