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
Yale University Press, April 1996. Hardcover. Almost a century after the death of the French poet Stéphane Mallarmé, readers still puzzle over his writings, still seek to understand his seemingly impenetrable philosophy. In this highly original book, Graham Robb reveals conclusive answers to the mysteries of Mallarmé. Robb's discovery of..... More
University of Illinois Press, May 1988. First Edition. Cloth. Bound in heavy burgundy cloth with bright gold lettering along the spine. Mylar wrapped to preserve. A nice crisp, clean copy. 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
University of Chicago Press, May 1981. Trade Paperback. This work is a guide to the reading of Dante's great poem, intended for the use of students and laymen, particularly those who are approaching the Inferno for the first time. While carefully pointing out the uniqueness, tone, and color of each..... More
Harvard University Press, March 1988. Trade Paperback. John Freccero enables us to see the Divine Comedy for the bold, poetic experiment that it is. Too many critics have domesticated Dante by separating his theology from his poetics. Freccero argues that to fail to see the convergence of the letter and..... More
University of California Press, February 1999. Trade Paperback. The California Lectura Dantis is the long-awaited companion to the three-volume verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum of Dante's Divine Comedy. Mandelbaum's translation, with facing original text and with illustrations by Barry Moser, has been praised by Robert Fagles as exactly what we..... More
Dover Publications, May 1992. Trade Paperback. When Flowers of Evil was first published in 1857, the book almost immediately became the subject of an obscenity trial, and for several generations afterward its themes of eroticism, lesbianism, revolt and decay earned the author a reputation for depravity and morbidity. It was..... More
Cambridge University Press, October 1986. Trade Paperback. Though taking due account of the historical and philosophical dimensions of the poem, Robin Kirkpatrick focuses on Dante as a poet and story-teller. He addresses important questions such as Dante's attitude towards Virgil and demonstrates how an early work such as the Vita..... More
Farrar Straus Giroux, April 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. This collection is a testament to Dante's continuing, uncanny presence in twentieth-century poetry; a presence that appears, as Robert Lowell observed, "in the way most gratifying to a poet -- in the works of his fellow poets who write long after, in..... 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
Humanities Pr, January 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor shelf wear on the jacket. Previous owners name on the front free endpaper. More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, January 1995. Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket. Previous owner's name on a front free endpaper. More
Harcourt, Brace and Companye, 1936. First Edition. Cloth. Stated, First American Edition. Blue cloth covered boards lightened at margins. Spine is darkened, so darkened, that lettering is not legible. Previous owner's bookplate is affixed to front pastedown. A 2nd previous owner's name in ink upper left corner of same said..... 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
Penguin Books, January 1992. Trade Paperback. More
Chelsea House Pub, January 1987. Hardcover. -- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature -- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an..... 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
Columbia Univ Pr, January 1990. Trade Paperback. 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
Knopf, 2000. Trade Paperback. More
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. {6' x 9'} In edgeworn/rubbed dustjacket. Black cloth covered boards with silver lettering. Tan end pages. [101 pages]. More
W. W. Norton, April 2008. Hardcover. Catching Life by the Throat unites the sound, sense, and sensibility that lie at the heart of great poetry. It features eight great poets, with brief, accessible essays concerning their life and work and a selection of their poems, and it is accompanied by..... More
Faber & Faber Ltd., January 1954. First Edition. Cloth. In edgeworn dustjacket. Front flap is clipped. Denim blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering. First UK edition. [136 pages]. More
Random House Inc, March 1989. Trade Paperback. "This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced, " (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version. More
