The Literature of Ecstasy [SIGNED]

Mordell, Albert. The Literature of Ecstasy [SIGNED]. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1921. First edition. Signed and inscribed to a friend on free front endpaper. Octavo. viii-262pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Fore and bottom page edges partly uncut as issued. ‘i wish in this volume to present a conception of poetry freed from academic and conventional standards. I wish to restore to the term poetry its primary and fundamental siginificance as a verbal composition in which the predominating feature is ecstacy” (Author). Includes chapters on psychology of ecstasy, historical comparison of prose and poetry, and poetry as a form of ecstatic presenting social ideals, among others. Indeces of authors and book titles at rear. Spine slightly faded. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition. g to vg. Hardcover. (22344) $95