In Sentences , contemporary poet Howard Nemerov adds to his distinguished work a collection of gnomic verses, declarative poems, sonnets after other poets, and sustained lyrics. "In [ Sentences ], not only has Nemerov continued to accommodate himself to the literary tradition without falling back on parody; he has also . . . extended the resources of blank verse beyond what any modern practitioner, himself included, has managed to. This extension comprises more than a mere prosodic advance; it is a rhetorical and ...
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In Sentences , contemporary poet Howard Nemerov adds to his distinguished work a collection of gnomic verses, declarative poems, sonnets after other poets, and sustained lyrics. "In [ Sentences ], not only has Nemerov continued to accommodate himself to the literary tradition without falling back on parody; he has also . . . extended the resources of blank verse beyond what any modern practitioner, himself included, has managed to. This extension comprises more than a mere prosodic advance; it is a rhetorical and imaginative advance. 'By Al Lebowitz's Pool, ' 'The Makers, ' 'Monet, ' and 'A Christmas Storm, ' for example, are dazzling in their very naturalness. . . . No one since Frost has done as much to move blank verse from where Wordsworth and Coleridge had left it."--Mary Kinzie, Poetry
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Add this copy of Sentences (Phoenix Poets) to cart. $83.70, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by University of Chicago Press.
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Edition:
1981, Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1980].
Publisher:
Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1980].
Published:
1981
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
9273586841
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Small 8vo. Title page and upper jacket cover b/w photograph by Ted Lacey; red endpapers. Dust jacket. Very good. 85 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
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Very Good. First printing with complete number line. Rubbing at the corners and foredge of the dustjacket, one very small closed tear at the top of the rear panel.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards have only minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0226572609. First printing. Review copy with slip and letter laid in. Near fine in a near fine (fading along the spine) dust jacket.
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Very Good+ Very Good Dust Jacket. 1st printing of 1st edition (true first edition). Very good+ hardcover with very good DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good+. Half-inch tear to half-title page, otherwise book itself is near fine. Unclipped DJ has light sunning, rubbing, and a half-inch closed tear at top back edge. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
