Talk:Kenneth Rexroth

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Contents 1 Revamp! 2 Brittanica in one year, annually ??? 3 Bradford Morrow 4 Links to years in poetry 5 Overlapping Marriages

[edit] Revamp!

Major overhaul done, although it's a bit rough still and I probably missed some points of interest. Please edit, correct any oversights, add!--Stefankamph 00:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Brittanica in one year, annually ???

Is this apocryphal? Even for a "speed reader" how long would it take to read the entire encyclopedia? [[User:Logghe] 17:22, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Whether it's true or not, I don't think it's apocryphal - seem to remember Rexroth making a similar claim in one or more of his published writings. Then again might have been a statement somewhere that he'd read it x number of times. Anyone have An Autobiographical Novel or the Hamalian bio handy? Brennen 00:02, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Might be a case of exaggeration or playful storytelling by Rexroth, if he did make such a claim. But anyone could do it if they cared to read 63 pages a day. At least, that would suffice to read the 1959 Britannica that I happen to have at home. (23 volumes of text, just under a thousand pages per volume.) Publius3 08:44, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Without looking back to the source, I'd guess the Brittanica in question was the 1911 edition or one of its several variations, which (though the article doesn't give a page count) I suspect was shorter still, and definitely more literary in tone than modern encyclopedias... Brennen 04:11, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bradford Morrow

I just re-added the link on Bradford Morrow - doesn't look like there's an article, but he seems sufficiently notable to merit one.

[edit] Links to years in poetry

I've added numerous links to particlular years in poetry throughout the article. It's possible I've linked a book that had nothing to do with poetry to a year in poetry, and that may be inappropriate, so someone knowledgeable about Rexroth's individual books might want to remove the links between those particular books and the years -- or might not. A book of criticism that is partly about poetry would be appropriate to link to a year in poetry or year in literature.Noroton 16:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll look it over. Brennen 17:28, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Just to clarify, I think the essay collections nearly all contain something about poetry, but I think "year in literature" might be more appropriate, since they're pretty wide-ranging. I'll look into this a bit more. Thoughts? Brennen 17:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overlapping Marriages

Took out the bit about overlapping marriages. If someone can clarify what this means, by all means put it back in. Is this an affair that overlapped, or what? Aaeamdar 14:44, 25 April 2007 (EST)