Kurt Wolff
by Ermarth, Michael; Schneider, Deborah LucasFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1991-10-11
Publisher(s): Univ of Chicago Pr
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Summary
Kurt Wolff (1887-1963) was a singular presence in the literary world of the twentieth century, a cultural force shaping modern literature itself and pioneering significant changes in publishing. During an intense, active career that spanned two continents and five decades, Wolff launched seven publishing houses and nurtured an extraordinary array of writers, among them Franz Kafka, Lou Andreas-Salomeacute;, Boris Pasternak, Guuml;nter Grass, Robert Musil, Paul Valeacute;ry, Julian Green, Lampedusa, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Translator's Note | |
| Kurt Wolff: A Biographical Sketch Essays on Publishing | |
| The Publisher's Profession On Publishing in General and the Question How Do an Author and Publisher Come Together? | |
| On ""Luring Away"" Authors, or How Authors and Publishers Part Company Adventures in Publishing Essays on Individual Authors | |
| Letters | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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