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Blake's Apocalypse: A Study in Poetic Argument by: Bloom, Harold

Blake's Apocalypse: A Study in Poetic Argument by: Bloom, Harold

Softcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st thus., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 454 pages, soft cover. Paper covers have some minor edge wear, but are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a simple, straightforward, chronologically organized examination. It may be particularly helpful to students, as an introduction to the study of Blake's poetry and ideas. Clean copy. Record # 34343
Price: $25.00 

Compulsory Figures: Essays on Recent American Poets [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Taylor, Henry
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Compulsory Figures: Essays on Recent American Poets [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Taylor, Henry

Hardcover. Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 318 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some light bumping to the top edge, but is still in very good condition overall. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. In this collection of previously published essays, poet and critic Taylor praises the vitality and diversity of contemporary American poetry by examining the development and techniques of 17 recent American poets. Each essay locates the style of a particular poet in his or her earliest works and traces the evolution of that style to later, more definitive poems. Author's signature is present on the title page. Clean copy. Record # 34255
Price: $18.00 

Definition of the Soul by: Skoyles, John
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Definition of the Soul by: Skoyles, John

Paperback. Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, 61 pages. Clean, tight copy. Record # 604588
Price: $12.00 

From Stress to Stress: An Autobiography of English Prosody by: Raffel, Burton

From Stress to Stress: An Autobiography of English Prosody by: Raffel, Burton

Hardcover. Hamden, CT, Archon Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 185 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a single-minded theoretical history of English scansion. It may prompt interesting debate among linguists and metrecists. Clean copy. Record # 34295
Price: $20.00 

Long View, The: Essays on the Discipline of Hope and Poetic craft by: Pack, Robert

Long View, The: Essays on the Discipline of Hope and Poetic craft by: Pack, Robert

Hardcover. Amherst, MA, University of Massachusetts Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 279 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Slight fading to dust jacket and a touch of foxing to top edge. Otherwise, clean inside and out. In very good condition. Record # 30788
Price: $12.00 

Mulberry Tree, The by: Bowen, Elizabeth
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Mulberry Tree, The by: Bowen, Elizabeth

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Janovich , 1st , 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Record # 6824
Price: $12.00 

Nationalism in Modern Anglo-Irish Poetry by: Loftus, Richard J.
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Nationalism in Modern Anglo-Irish Poetry by: Loftus, Richard J.

Madison, WI, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1st , 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 362 pages. Record # 62751
Price: $12.00 

Not I, But The Wind by: Lawrence, Frieda

Not I, But The Wind by: Lawrence, Frieda

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 3rd print, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 297 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in rough condition, with multiple open tears particularly along the top and bottom. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. Deckled edge. This book will put the great D.H. Lawrence in perspective; it is one of the most vivid portraits of the writer, as written by his wife. Clean copy. Record # 33747
Price: $18.00 

Orphan Factory: Essays and Memoirs (Poets on Poetry) by: Simic, Charles
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Orphan Factory: Essays and Memoirs (Poets on Poetry) by: Simic, Charles

Softcover. US, University of Michigan Press, 1st, 1998-01-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 115 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 465594
Price: $12.00 

Paradise, Piece by Piece by: Peacock, Molly
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Paradise, Piece by Piece by: Peacock, Molly

Hardcover. US, Riverhead Hardcover, 1st, 1998-05-04, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463847
Price: $12.00 

Pastoral Dreams by: Schorsch, Anita
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Pastoral Dreams by: Schorsch, Anita

Softcover. New York, Universe Books, 1st, 1977, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Good, Anthology containing works of art and literature dedicated to the representation of sheep in the pastoral landscape. 71 pages with 37 illustrations (full-color and black/white). Book is in near fine condition, very clean/bright copy. Dust jacket is in good condition, some curling on the edges. Record # 805536
Price: $12.00 

Poems From the Virginia Quarterly Review 1925-67 by: Poetry
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Poems From the Virginia Quarterly Review 1925-67 by: Poetry

Charlottesville, Univ. Press of Virginia, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Record # 65724
Price: $12.00 

Poet Auden, The - A Personal Memoir by: Rowse, A.L.
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Poet Auden, The - A Personal Memoir by: Rowse, A.L.

Hardcover. London, Methuen, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 138 pages. Clean, tight copy. Record # 604303
Price: $12.00 

Poet's Grammar: Person, Time and Mood in Poetry by: Berry, Francis

Poet's Grammar: Person, Time and Mood in Poetry by: Berry, Francis

Hardcover. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages, hardcover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book deals with grammatical forms and inflections as they function in the works of classic English poets and dramatists. An interesting read for scholars and students of English literature and English poetry. Previous owner inscribed their name on the inside front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33723
Price: $18.00 

Postal Routes by: Kirschner, Elizabeth
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Postal Routes by: Kirschner, Elizabeth

Paperback. Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Proof. Clean, tight copy. Record # 604589
Price: $12.00 

Praises and Dispraises - Poetry and Politics, the 20th Century by: Des Pres, Terrence
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Praises and Dispraises - Poetry and Politics, the 20th Century by: Des Pres, Terrence

hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 265 pages. Slight sunning to rear cover of dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 201622
Price: $12.00 

Robert Creeley by: Ford, Arthur
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Robert Creeley by: Ford, Arthur

Hardcover. Boston, Twayne, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages, gilt titles on blue board, black & white frontispiece portrait of Creeley. Bright and clean copy. Record # 62390
Price: $12.00 

Seamus Heaney: Poet of Contrary Progressions by: Hart, Henry

Seamus Heaney: Poet of Contrary Progressions by: Hart, Henry

Hardcover. Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 219 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, gray cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. In this book, Hart discusses Heaney's poetry, his creative and personal situations, and his assimilation of contemporary literary theory. Clean copy. Record # 34275
Price: $24.00 

Sphere History of Literature: English Poetry and Prose 1540-1674 by: Ricks, Christopher (ed.)
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Sphere History of Literature: English Poetry and Prose 1540-1674 by: Ricks, Christopher (ed.)

Hardcover. London, Sphere Reference, Reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 468 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt. Very good color dust jacket has partial sticker markings. Record # 604529
Price: $12.00 

Sumac Reader, The  by: Bednarik, Joesph (editor)
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Sumac Reader, The by: Bednarik, Joesph (editor)

Softcover. East Lansing, Michigan State University Press, reprint, 1997, East Lansing, Michigan State University Press, reprint, 1997, 238 pages. Softcover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. . Record # 467453 Record # 467453
Price: $12.00 

Telling the Barn Swallow: Poets on the Poetry of Maxine Kumin by: Grosholz, ed., Emily
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Telling the Barn Swallow: Poets on the Poetry of Maxine Kumin by: Grosholz, ed., Emily

Hardcover. Hanover, N. H., University Press of New England, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 198 pages, review slips laid in, very clean, tight copy. Record # 800744
Price: $12.00 

The Dance of the Intellect: Studies in the Poetry of the Pound Tradition by: Perloff, Marjorie
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The Dance of the Intellect: Studies in the Poetry of the Pound Tradition by: Perloff, Marjorie

Softcover. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, Reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Must poetic form be, as Yeats demanded, "full, sphere-like, single," or can it accommodate the impurities Yeats and his Modernist generation found so problematic? Sixty years later, these are still open questions, which Marjorie Perloff addresses in these essays. Clean copy. Record # 34249
Price: $12.00 

The Divine Comedy [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Alighieri, Dante Transl. Palma, Michael
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The Divine Comedy [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Alighieri, Dante Transl. Palma, MichaelThe Divine Comedy [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Alighieri, Dante Transl. Palma, Michael

The Divine Comedy [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Alighieri, Dante Transl. Palma, Michael

Hardcover. NY, Liveright Publishing Company, 1st thus, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 585 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This copy has been inscribed by the translator, addressed to Vermont writer Jay Parini. Inscription dated November 30th, 2024 reads: "With Admiration for your Gifts, and Gratitude for your Gift to Me. -Michael Palma" This book describes Dante's descent into Hell, with Virgil as his guide. It examines questions of faith, desire and enlightenment. The poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. Clean copy. Record # 34146
Price: $30.00 

The Odes of Horace: A Critical Study by: Commager, Steele

The Odes of Horace: A Critical Study by: Commager, Steele

Softcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1st thus, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 365 pages, soft cover. Exterior and interior in very good condition, with purple spine and light purple text. Steele examines the odes of Horace with particular attention given to both language and structure. Clean copy. Record # 33596
Price: $15.00 


  
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