“Objectivists” 1927-1934 Section 7 - Charles Reznikoff Contents

Notes - Section 7 - Charles Reznikoff

1 “A Conversation with Charles Reznikoff,” Janet Sternburg and Alan Ziegler, Montemora, 2 (Summer 1976), 113.

2 Montemora (Summer 1976), 114.

3 George Oppen, The Charles Reznikoff Memorial KPFA Broadcast Interview, with Charles Amirkhanian, 1976.

4 Montemora (Summer 1976), 115-116.

5 Reznikoff, Poems 1937-1975: Volume ll of the Complete Poems, ed. Seamus Cooney (Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977), p. 177; hereafter cited as CPII.

6 Montemora (Summer 1976), 114.

7 Reznikoff, Letters to Monroe, 27 October 1917 and 4 May 1918, Poetry Papers, 1912-1936, Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Libraries, box 19, folder 13. Date of publication is determined by “Books Received,” Poetry, 7, 4 (July 1918), 232.

8 Montemora (Summer 1976), 115.

9 Montemora (Summer 1976), 115.

10 The Charles Reznikoff Memorial KPFA Broadcast Interview.

11 For details on the dates, printing, and contents of these books, see previous part and Poems 1918~1936: Volume 1 of Complete Poems, ed. Seamus Cooney (Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976); hereafter cited as CPI.

12 Five Groups of Verse (New York: Charles Reznikoff, 1927), p. 1; CPI, p. 13 No. 1.

13 Five Groups, p. 3; CPI, p. 15, No. 9.

14 Five Groups, p. 6; CPI, P. 17, No. 17.

15 “Messalina, Valeria,” Encyclopedia Britannica, 1966 ed., 15, p. 211.

16 Five Groups, p. 3; CPI, p. 14, No. 7.

17 CPI, p. 190; Rhythms (New York: De Vinne Press, 1918), p. 15.

18 Rhythms, p. 23; Five Groups, p. 5; CPI, p. 16, No. 14.

19 Rhythms, pp. ZO and 21; Five Groups, pp. 4 and 6; CPI, pp. 16 and 17, Nos. 12 and 19.

20 Rhythms, p. 3; Five Groups, pp. 3-4; CPI, p. 15, No. 10.

21 Rhythms, p. 4; Five Groups, p. 2; Q21, p. 13. No. 2.

22 Rhythms, p. 23; Five Groups, p. 5; CPI, p. 16, No. 14.

23 “Sincerity and Objectification: With Speeial Reference to the Work of Charles Reznikoff,” Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, 37, 5 (February 1931), 275-276.

24 Rhythms, p. 13; CPI, p. 191.

25 Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, an autograph manuscript described in Marcella Booth, A Catalogue of the Louis Zukofsky Manuscript Collection (Austin: University of Texas, 1975), E5a, pp. 2-3; the example is omitted from Poetry (February 1931), 272-273.

26 Pound, Gaudier-Brzeska, p. 84.

27 Literary Essays, p. 9.

28 Five Groups, p. 10; CPI, p. 23, No. 15.

29 Five Groups, pp. 7-8; fCPI, p. 21, No. 4.

30 Five Groups, pp. 9, 11, and 12; CPI, pp. 22, 24, and 25, Nos. 8, 19, and 22.

31 Oppen, “The Mind’s Own Place,” Montemora, 1 (Fall 1975), 133; reprinted from Kulchur, 3, 10 (1963).

32 Montemora (Summer 1976), 119.

33 The Contemporary Writer, p. 174.

34 Five Groups, p. 8; CPI, p. 21, No. 5.

35 (1) and (2) Rhythms II (New York: The De Vinne Press, 1919), pp. 14 and 15; CPI, p. 193. (3) Poems (New York: Samuel Roth, 1920), p. 20; CPI, p. 194. (4) Five Groups, p. 11; CPI, p. 24, No. 20.

36 Poetry (February 1931), 280.

37 Five Groups, p. 20; CPI, p. 34, No. 14.

38 Five Groups, p. 13; CPI, p. 29, No. 4.

39 Five Groups, p. 22; CPI, p. 35, No. 22.

40 Poems, pp. 35-37; CPI, p. 202. “Nightmares” was originally a series of three, the third a former version of No. 26, p. 36; Five Groups, p. 23.

41 Poems, pp. 38-44; Five Groups, pp. 15-18; CPI, pp. 30-32, 196-199.

42 Poems, p. 43; CPI, p. 198.

43 Five Groups, p. 17; CPI, p. 32.

44 Nine Plays (New York: Charles Reznikoff, 1927), p. 6.

45 CPI, pp. 44-45, No. 17; Five Groups, p. 30.

46 Personal interview with George Oppen, 6 April 1980, San Francisco.

47 These 27 poems, excluding 40 and 47, are numbered 20-48 in Five Groups, pp. 31-57; CPI, pp. 45-64, 205.

48 Poetry (February 1931), 282.

49 Five Groups, p. 64; CPI, p. 72, No. 13.

50 Five Groups, pp. 64-65; CPI, p. 72, Nos. 14 and 15.

51 Five Groups, pp. 66-67; CPI, p. 73, No. 20. See 1 Samuel.