ADVANCE ISSUE • CRITICAL ESSAY

Burnshaw, Stanley (1906–2005)

The Seamless Web: Language–Thinking • Creature–Knowledge • Art–Experience

New York: George Braziller, 1970. Advance Copy (Uncorrected / Pre-Publication Issue).
A critic maps how language, art, and thought connect—before publication.

An advance issue of Stanley Burnshaw’s interdisciplinary work exploring the relationship between language, perception, and artistic experience. Issued prior to publication, this copy reflects the publisher’s early distribution to reviewers and intellectual circles, offering insight into the book’s original reception context.

Burnshaw, a poet, editor, and critic associated with mid-century literary and intellectual movements, presents a synthesis of literary criticism, philosophy, and aesthetics. Drawing on figures such as T. S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, and Paul Valéry (as reflected in the acknowledgments), the work captures a moment when criticism sought to unify artistic and cognitive experience into a single conceptual framework.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Softcover advance issue; printed wrappers. Standard trade format. Advance issue marked on title page: “This advance copy for ______.”

CONDITION: Bindings are tight and secure. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate handling wear typical of advance issues; no ownership marking to the recipient line.

AUTHOR NOTE —
Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005) was an American poet, critic, and publisher closely associated with the mid-20th-century literary and intellectual scene. A co-founder of New Directions in its early years and later an editor at Henry Holt, Burnshaw moved fluidly between poetry, criticism, and publishing. His work often explores the relationship between language, perception, and artistic experience, placing him within the broader modernist and postwar critical tradition.

SUBJECTS: Stanley Burnshaw, Literary Criticism, Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics, Modern Poetry Criticism, 20th Century Thought, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Aesthetics.

Item #21962

Price: $24.00