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- The Arms of the Infinite: Elizabeth Smart and George Barker
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
summary
The Arms of the Infinite takes the reader inside the minds of author Christopher Barker’s parents, writer Elizabeth Smart (By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept) and poet George Barker. From their first fateful meeting and subsequent elopement, Barker candidly reveals their obsessive, passionate, and volatile love affair.
He writes evocatively of his unconventional upbringing with his siblings in a shack in Ireland and, later, a rambling, falling-down house in Essex. Interesting and charismatic figures from the literary and art worlds are regular visitors, and the book is full of fascinating cameos and anecdotes.
North American rights only.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Index of Persons Appearing
- pp. xi-xv
- Bibliography
- pp. 233-234
- Index of Names
- pp. 235-238
Additional Information
ISBN
9781554583072
Related ISBN(s)
9781554582709, 9781554583256
MARC Record
OCLC
662578646
Pages
258
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No