About this title: Vereen Bell gives us a subtly reasoned account of the pattern of Lowell's poetry is characterized above all by its chronic and systematic pessimism, but that, paradoxically, Lowell's reluctance to accept the consequences of his own unsparing vision is what gives his poetry its vigor, richness, and tonal complexity.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Univeristy Press, Cambridge, MA & London
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780674775855ISBN:0674775856
Description: Good in Very Good- jacket. Some edge wear and scuffs on DJ; large soils on lower edge of book. A biography on Robert Lowell and his poetry. 251 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780674775855ISBN:0674775856
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0674775856. First edition. Light foxing on top edge, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780674775855ISBN:0674775856
Description: Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 0674775856. Dustjacket tattered, torn, and soiled. Boards edgeworn, corners bumped. Slight water damage to ffep and bottom edge.; 9.5" tall; 264 pages. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard U.P., Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780674775855ISBN:0674775856
Description: Fine/Near FIne ISBN 0674775856. W/Dust Jacket 251pgs(Index) DJ lightly rubbed head/foot of spine, at fore-edge corner tips, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, DJ tears etc. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780674775855ISBN:0674775856
Description: 0674775856. Octavo; 251 pp (including index and notes); VERY GOOD+ dustjacket slightly rubbed, two small closed tears bottom front panel; else excellent copy; 6962R. read more
Description: Good. 0674775856 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Edition: F First Edition
Binding: H Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780674775855ISBN:0674775856
Description: Very Good in J Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall (tall) [10], 251 pages. "...a bold new vision of one of America's most distinguished and controversial poets...a subtly reasoned account of the pattern of Lowell's poetic life" (jacket front flyleaf). Includes bibliographical note and index. Slight rubbing and minor nicks to jacket; previous owner's ink signature on front free endpaper; slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. read more
Description: New. 0674775856 Absolutely Brand New. No marks and in pristine condition. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: Very Good. BELL, VEREEN M. Robert Lowell: Nihilist as Hero. Harvard University Press, 1983. 251 pp., 1st ed., v.g. +/wear to d.j. read more
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