Knives, Wounds, Bows
John Bayley, 2 April 1987
Randall Jarrell’s Letters
edited by Mary Jarrell.
Faber, 540 pp., £25, January 1986,0 571 13829 2 Show More
edited by Mary Jarrell.
Faber, 540 pp., £25, January 1986,
The Complete Prose of Marianne Moore
edited by Patricia Willis.
Faber, 723 pp., £30, January 1987,0 571 14788 7 Show More
edited by Patricia Willis.
Faber, 723 pp., £30, January 1987,
“... why this infidel delay when she cares not a jack about me” ’). A totally conscientious editor, Patricia Willis lets no sparrow fall to the ground. One is impressed by the sheer volume of the reviews, done over a very long period, as editor of the Dial, and after that for every sort of periodical up to 1968. Marianne Moore needed the ... ”
