Knopf, August 1994. First Edition. Cloth. An intimately perceptive account, by a poet who knew them all, of the brilliant circle of poets who lived and worked in Boston through the half-decade beginning in 1955. That was the year Peter Davison, coming to Boston as a book editor, was swept..... More

Oxford University Press, November 1997. Trade Paperback. In this book, James Longenbach develops a fresh approach to major American poetry after modernism. Rethinking the influential breakthrough narrative, the oft-told story of postmodern poets throwing off their modernist shackles in the 1950s, Longenbach offers a more nuanced perspective. Reading a diverse..... More

HarperCollins, April 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Poetry has the power to move and challenge the reader. It can intensify or even celebrate misery, be cynical or wry, or just laugh outright in an outrageous way. Poetry is as serious and as antic as life, and yet reading modern poetry can..... More

Random House, April 1960. Reprint. Cloth. {6' x 9&1/4'} In marginally tanned dustjacket. Black cloth covered spine with small gold lettering. Dust stains to cloth. Sticker residue top right corner of ffep. Red marker remainder marking bottom textblock edge. Spine lightened by sun. [92 pages]. More

Chelsea House Pub, January 2003. Library Binding. Each Volume, Covering Three To Six Poems, Includes: - User's guide- Editor's note and introduction by Harold Bloom- A comprehensive biography of the poet- Detailed thematic analysis of each poem- Extracts from major critical essays that discuss important aspects of each poem- A...... More

Faber Faber Inc, January 1983. Hardcover. dust jacket is in tact, but has some fading and rubbing on the spine, however the title and author are crisp; some yellowing on front, spine and back, especially along the top of the dust jacket; light shelf wear along top, bottom of front..... More

W. W. Norton & Company, November 2000. Paper Back. In this "nuanced, discerning account of a life famously flawed in its search for perfection" (The New Yorker), Gordon captures Eliot's "complex spiritual and artistic history . . . with tact, diligence, and subtlety" (Boston Globe). Drawing on recently discovered letters..... More

Cambridge University Press, October 2006. Paper Back. T. S. Eliot is not only one of the most important poets of the twentieth century; as literary critic and commentator on culture and society, his writing continues to be profoundly influential. Every student of English must engage with his writing to understand..... More

Faber & Faber, 1988. Reprint. Paper Back. A collection of poems from a tenderly observant poet who writes about what all of us can understand. The title poem describes the poet's journey by train from Hull to London, using the tones and rhythms of ordinary speech and focusing on the..... More

Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), July 1993. Hardcover. Previous owner's name. More

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 1993. Trade Paperback. One of the best-known, best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Larkin had a relatively small number of poems published during his lifetime. This Collected Poems, which J. D. McClatchy called a fascinating and indispensable text in The New York Times Book Review..... More

Faber & Faber, December 2010. Hardcover. This remarkable unpublished correspondence only came to light after Monica Jones's death in 2001, and consists of nearly two thousand letters, postcards and telegrams, which chronicle - day by day, sometimes hour by hour - every aspect of Larkin's life and the convolutions of..... More