About this title: Compiled when the poet was 33, this selected volume presents a generous sampling of Brodsky's early verse to the English-speaking world--of which he was newly a part when this was published, having immigrated, in exile, to the United Sates in 1972. Here, George Kline, translator, preserves the meter of the original, but chose not to render the rhyme into English in favor of more forceful attention to the content. Throughout Brodsky can be seen exploring the forebears of European poetry--Dante, Goethe, and the Bible--and wrestling with metaphysical themes such as the spirit's conflict with the ...
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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780060104849ISBN:0060104848
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
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, NY
Date published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780060104849ISBN:0060104848
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8 Vo; 1.5 Pound. Translated with intro by George Kline. Foreward by WH Auden; dj in mylar (price unclipped); 172 pages; This book contains more then 50 translated poems including the famous Elegy for John Donne. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780060104849ISBN:0060104848
Description: Very Good+/Very Good+ 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall 0060104848 Nice clean unmarked hardcover first Edition in dustjacket, jacket very nice save for single slight closed tear to back. a few pages have marks or underlining. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books, Baltimore
Date published: 1974
Description: Translated and introduced by George L. Kline, with a Foreword by W.H. Auden. 8°. 168 pages. Original printed wrappers. Near fine condition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780060104849ISBN:0060104848
Description: VG in VG jacket. Hardcover w/dust jacket, 172 pages, boldly SIGNED by the author on the half title page. D.j. in mylar protector. Cloth has a few small spots on front cover; else VG/VG. Signed by Author. read more
Edition: First US Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780060104849ISBN:0060104848
Description: Octavo. 172pp. Cloth & paper over boards; Very Good, previous owner's inscription, pen checkmarks next to a few poems on contents page in Very Good dust jacket; spine lightly faded, some numbers in pen under the price on front flap. Image or additional images available upon request. read more
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Foreword by W. H. Auden. Translated from the Russian by George L. Kline. A Fine hardbound copy in like dust jacket, not price-clipped. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date published: 1973-01
ISBN-13:9780060104849ISBN:0060104848
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Stated First U.S. Edition. Small gift inscription on the front endpaper. Binding tight, square. Very light sunning along top edge of boards. Dust jacket clean with light shelf wear. A presentable copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780060104849ISBN:0060104848
Description: Near Fine/Near Fine. 0060104848 Book 172pgs. Attractive bookplate (Owl on tree, with background) on front pastedown. Black and purple cloth. Silver lettering. light toning to spine edges, otherwise fine, copy with square corners. Unclipped jacket has original $5.95 price on front flap, a few superficial scratches on rear panel, . toning to edges of flaps. in fresh mylar sleeve. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date published: 1973
Description: First edition. Translated, with an Introduction, by George L. Kline ''in close collaboration with the poet''. Octavo. 172 pages. Introduction by W.H. Auden who died before the book was published-it is dedicated to his memory. Fifty-two poems, including Verses on the Death of T.S. Eliot. Tail of spine slightly bumped. Near fine in near-fine dustwrapper slightly rubbed at bottom edge. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780060104849ISBN:0060104848
Description: Fine. Hardcover. 172pp. Stated First U. S. Edition. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Light wear to dustjacket. Contents clean and unmarked. Inscribed to Sam Hazo (Pittsburgh poet, International Poetry Forum) by the translator George L. Kline and separately by Josepg Brodsky which reads "from a Russian with love and gratitude". read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780060104849ISBN:0060104848
Description: Acceptable in Acceptable jacket. 1/2 cloth paper covered boards; Small octavo; Date of Publication: '1973'; City of Publication: 'New York'; Subject: 'Poetry' read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780060104849ISBN:0060104848
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. | Fine in clean, unclipped, mylar-protected dustjacket with couple edgetears and bit of wear at head of spine else near fine. An attractive copy. Transl. and with an introduction by George Kline; foreword by W.H. Auden. read more
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