The "Winter Mind": William Bronk and American Letters

by Burt Kimmelman

This first full-length study of William Bronk, one of our most important contemporary poets and essayists, locates his work in relation to the New England literary tradition, Modernism, and the Objectivist and Black Mountain schools of poetry. It features extensive treatments of American nineteenth- and twentieth-century literary figures, set within the context of intellectual currents beyond the world of literature. Discussions of solitude and abnegation disclose the roots of Bronk's notions of being, emptiness, and nothingness.

211 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1998

Reviews

[Bobbi Lurie]

I am planning to re-read this wonderful book by Burt Kimmelman, who is an exceptional poet himself. I am grateful that he shares my love for William Bronk.