December 31, 2004

Wo Es War

Posted by Henry

David Eisenman informs me in a comment to a previous post that he and his colleagues have just put together a new edition of Guy Davenport’s novel, “Wo es war, soll ich werden,” which is 35% longer than the original published version. It’s handbound, in a signed edition of 100 copies and looks quite beautiful.

Posted on December 31, 2004 04:09 PM UTC
Comments

OK, I’ll bite. Who is Guy Davenport?

Posted by beowulf888 · January 1, 2005 06:54 AM

But I don’t know enough about…actually, I was going to use Marcion and the Gnostic heretics, but really I don’t know enough about anything to read Guy Davenport.

Posted by Delicious pundit · January 1, 2005 09:48 AM

Simple—Guy Davenport is the most important literary and cultural critic in the US right now—and has been for a number of years. Start with The Geography of the Imagination, then move on to Every Force Evolves a Form, and then on to The Hunter Gracchus. The fiction is odd stuff, I’ll admit, but often beguiling—but it’s as a critic that Davenport has made his mark, and will be remembered long after people are asking “Who was Susan Sontag?”.

Posted by wufnik · January 2, 2005 06:06 PM

So what’s all this shite and bombast in response to what I thought was a legitimate question? Obviously I’ve stepped into an ongoing feud (somebody needs a cookie and nap!).

Thanks for answering my question, Wufnik. BTW: I had read Geography of the Imagination but didn’t associate it with the Davenport under discussion. I guess he didn’t make much of an impression on me ;-)

cheers,
—Beo

Posted by beowulf888 · January 3, 2005 05:58 AM

Classic authors, bound in leather.

Posted by Doug · January 3, 2005 08:09 AM
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