Eugene Istomin spent his lifetime reading and collecting, amassing a collection which include works of Modern Literature. Modern Literature covers titles written during the 20th and 21st centuries, not be confused with modernist literature, even though the two groups are contemporary.
Search the catalog for the full Eugene Istomin Rare Books collection, below are a few notable modern literature titles.
A uniquely American poet whose authenticity appealed to both popular and scholarly readers, Robert Frost published In the Clearing at the end of a long and productive career. It includes such classic poems as "My Objection to Being Stepped On," "In the Clearing," and "For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration."
Ezra Pound was one of the giants of modernism in literature, both as an innovative poet and as a champion of other writers including Hemingway, Eliot, Lawrence, Frost and Joyce. A Draft of XXX Cantos was the first installment in a lifelong project to explore his thoughts via a poem of epic length. Technically, Pound never finished the cantos, but within the 800 pages that he left to readers is some of the best poetry of the 20th century.
T.S. Elliot was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor who is considered one of the 20th century's major poets and is a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. T. S. Elliot's poem Ash Wednesday deals with the struggles with one's lack of faith. This first edition is signed by the author and is copy 236 of 600.
e e cummings was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He is often regarded as one of the most important American poets of the 20th century. Eimi documents e e cummings' visit to the Soviet Union in 1931, which included Moscow, Kiev and Odessa. It is written in abstract prose verse. This edition is numbered and signed by the author.
