The Resource Four unposted letters to Catherine, Laura Riding ; postscript by Laura (Riding) Jackson ; afterword by Elizabeth Friedmann and Alan J. Clark
Four unposted letters to Catherine, Laura Riding ; postscript by Laura (Riding) Jackson ; afterword by Elizabeth Friedmann and Alan J. Clark
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The item Four unposted letters to Catherine, Laura Riding ; postscript by Laura (Riding) Jackson ; afterword by Elizabeth Friedmann and Alan J. Clark represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
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- Like Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, this remarkable little book of wisdom and advice refreshes the mind and renews the spirit. Written in 1930 and published in Paris by the Hours Press in a limited edition of only two hundred, these letters were addressed to an eight-year-old girl, the "thoughtful and sensible" child of Nancy Nicholson and Robert Graves. But they were also meant for adults who might have such a child in their spirit. In simple, luminous language, Laura
- Riding explains the difference between learning and knowing; the value of thinking, of doing, and of not-showing-off; and how it is good to live straight, avoiding the hypocrisies and pretensions of "the muddle." Here is a literary treasure to be shared between generations. For many readers, it will also serve as an invaluable key to the thought of this astonishingly original writer
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Four unposted letters to Catherine
- Title
- Four unposted letters to Catherine
- Statement of responsibility
- Laura Riding ; postscript by Laura (Riding) Jackson ; afterword by Elizabeth Friedmann and Alan J. Clark
- Subject
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- Jackson, Laura (Riding) | Correspondence
- Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991
- Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991 -- Correspondence
- Personal correspondence
- Poets, American
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Poets, American | Correspondence | 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Young women -- Conduct of life
- Young women | Conduct of life
- Young women -- Conduct of life
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Like Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, this remarkable little book of wisdom and advice refreshes the mind and renews the spirit. Written in 1930 and published in Paris by the Hours Press in a limited edition of only two hundred, these letters were addressed to an eight-year-old girl, the "thoughtful and sensible" child of Nancy Nicholson and Robert Graves. But they were also meant for adults who might have such a child in their spirit. In simple, luminous language, Laura
- Riding explains the difference between learning and knowing; the value of thinking, of doing, and of not-showing-off; and how it is good to live straight, avoiding the hypocrisies and pretensions of "the muddle." Here is a literary treasure to be shared between generations. For many readers, it will also serve as an invaluable key to the thought of this astonishingly original writer
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1901-1991
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Riding, Laura
- Dewey number
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- 811/.52
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3519.A363
- LC item number
- F58 1993
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Friedmann, Elizabeth
- Clark, Alan J.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jackson, Laura (Riding)
- Jackson, Laura (Riding)
- Young women
- Poets, American
- Poets, American
- Young women
- Label
- Four unposted letters to Catherine, Laura Riding ; postscript by Laura (Riding) Jackson ; afterword by Elizabeth Friedmann and Alan J. Clark
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm27770056
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 79 pages
- Isbn
- 9780892551927
- Lccn
- 93003467
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Four unposted letters to Catherine, Laura Riding ; postscript by Laura (Riding) Jackson ; afterword by Elizabeth Friedmann and Alan J. Clark
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm27770056
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 79 pages
- Isbn
- 9780892551927
- Lccn
- 93003467
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
Subject
- Jackson, Laura (Riding) | Correspondence
- Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991
- Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991 -- Correspondence
- Personal correspondence
- Poets, American
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Poets, American | Correspondence | 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Young women -- Conduct of life
- Young women | Conduct of life
- Young women -- Conduct of life
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