Triggering Town : Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing
W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1992. Soft Cover. The distinguished American poet examines the art and economics of writing, touching on communication, teaching, and inspiration. More
W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1992. Soft Cover. The distinguished American poet examines the art and economics of writing, touching on communication, teaching, and inspiration. More
Natl Book Network, October 2001. Hardcover. In this stimulating collection of new and previously published writings, the celebrated theatre and film critic returns to his first love, poetry. In his criticism over the years, Mr. Simon has consistently paid attention to the books of poets, and has in addition written..... More
Yale University Press, January 1991. Trade Paperback. Discussing a wide range of literary theory in a clear and accessible way, prize-winning author Robert Scholes here continues his ongoing construction of a humane semiotic approach to the problems of reading, writing, and teaching. Taking the view that "all the world's a...... More
A Harvest/HBJ Books, March 1975. First Thus. Trade Paperback. More
Twayne Publishers, January 1969. Hardcover. In rubbed, darkened at margins dustjacket. Maroon faux-leather with gold lettering. Maroon end pages. Foxed textblock edges. Clean, unmarked interiors. More
University of Washington Press, 1965. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo in mildly edgeworn dust jacket. Pine green cloth covered boards with silver lettering spine edge. Nice map of Dublin end pages. Binding solid, tight at bottom and a bit pulled at top. Bottom spine edge is slightly bruised. No markings in..... More
A New Directions Book, 1967. First Edition. Cloth. First/first (US) in very good dustjacket. Not price clipped. Darkening to jacket edges/spine. Indian red cloth boards with gold lettering spine edge. Wear to edges of cloth top & bottom of spine. Light tanning to end pages & fore-edge/top-edge. Tight binding. Clean..... More
University of Michigan Press, March 1996. Hardcover. In a culture where passivity and receptivity are stereotypically deemed "feminine" traits, while authority and power are typically associated with maleness, the idea of poetic inspiration--which invests an individual with authority through the act of reception--sets up a conflict between traditional gender roles..... More
Bloomsbury Academic, May 2015. Hardcover. Masculinity and the Paradox of Violence in American Fiction, 1950-75 explores the intersections of violence, masculinity, and racial and ethnic tension in America as it is depicted in the fiction of Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, James Baldwin, and Philip Roth. Maggie..... More
Studies in Romanticism, Spring 1971. Pamphlet. Stapled pamphlet. Volume 10, Number 2 in Studies in Romanticism series. More