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Author Barker, Christopher, 1943-

Title The arms of the infinite : Elizabeth Smart and George Barker / Christopher Barker
Published Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource
Contents 1986 -- 1947 -- 1913 -- 1951 -- 1952 -- 1964
Summary Annotation The Arms of the Infinitetakes the reader inside the minds of author Christopher Barkers parents, writer Elizabeth Smart (By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept) and poet George Barker. From their first fateful meeting and subsequent elopement, Barker candidly reveals their obsessive, passionate, and volatile love affair. He writes evocatively of his unconventional upbringing with his siblings in a shack in Ireland and, later, a rambling, falling-down house in Essex. Interesting and charismatic figures from the literary and art worlds are regular visitors, and the book is full of fascinating cameos and anecdotes. North American rights only
Notes Names in subtitle inverted on cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Smart, Elizabeth, 1913-1986.
Barker, George, 1913-1991.
Barker, Christopher, 1943-
SUBJECT Barker, Christopher, 1943- fast
Barker, George, 1913-1991 fast
Smart, Elizabeth, 1913-1986 fast
Subject Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Poets, English
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781554583072
1554583071