04208nam 2201009Ia 450 991079030260332120230801223452.01-280-69993-097866136769170-520-95194-810.1525/9780520951945(CKB)2670000000208228(EBL)943599(OCoLC)795894859(SSID)ssj0000679001(PQKBManifestationID)11387215(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679001(PQKBWorkID)10603025(PQKB)11462722(MiAaPQ)EBC943599(DE-B1597)520120(OCoLC)802047176(DE-B1597)9780520951945(Au-PeEL)EBL943599(CaPaEBR)ebr10571223(CaONFJC)MIL367691(EXLCZ)99267000000020822820120423d2012 ub 0engur||#||||||||txtccrRobert Duncan, the Ambassador from Venus[electronic resource] a biography /Lisa JarnotBerkeley University of California Press20121 online resource (564 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23416-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Foreword --Preface --Acknowledgments --Textual Notes --One. Childhood's Retreat --Two. Toward the Shaman --Three. The Enamord Mage --Four. The Opening of the Field --Five. The Nasty Aesthetician --Six. Domestic Scenes --Seven. Troubadour --Eight. The Master of Rime --Notes --Works Cited --Credits --IndexThis definitive biography gives a brilliant account of the life and art of Robert Duncan (1919-1988), one of America's great postwar poets. Lisa Jarnot takes us from Duncan's birth in Oakland, California, through his childhood in an eccentrically Theosophist household, to his life in San Francisco as an openly gay man who became an inspirational figure for the many poets and painters who gathered around him. Weaving together "ations from Duncan's notebooks and interviews with those who knew him, Jarnot vividly describes his life on the West Coast and in New York City and his encounters with luminaries such as Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, Tennessee Williams, James Baldwin, Paul Goodman, Michael McClure, H.D., William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Robert Creeley, and Charles Olson.Gay menUnited StatesBiographyModernism (Literature)United StatesPoets, American20th centuryBiographyArt and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centurySan Francisco (Calif.)Intellectual life20th century20th century america.20th century lgbt community.20th century literature.20th century poets.american poetry.american poets.books for english majors.charles olson.coming of age.gender studies.inspirational biography.inspirational poets.jack spicer.lgbt figures.lgbt inspiration.lgbt poets.life lessons.modernism literary criticism.poet biography.poetry and poets.post wwii america.postwar literature.postwar poetry.robert creeley.robin blaser.san francisco poets.san francisco renaissance.Gay menModernism (Literature)Poets, AmericanArt and literatureHistory811/.54BJarnot Lisa1967-1559023MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790302603321Robert Duncan, the Ambassador from Venus3823908UNINA