Intense, resonant, and deeply literary, this account of an American poetics shows how today's consumerist and conformist culture subverts the imagination of a free people. Poetry, the author maintains, is central to any coherent vision of life.
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Intense, resonant, and deeply literary, this account of an American poetics shows how today's consumerist and conformist culture subverts the imagination of a free people. Poetry, the author maintains, is central to any coherent vision of life.
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Fine. Text block, pages, boards and binding are pristine. Dust wrapper is like new with mild sunning along spine. Brand new. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. ix, 310pp+ index. Previous owner's blindtsamp on front free endpaper, else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 96x20x136; Harvard University Press, 2004; no additional printings indicated. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket in VG+ condition, arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Fine. The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. Pages are clean. Boards are solid, and spine is square and tight. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Like New. Inscribed by author on front end page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. ix, 336 p., 21 cm. "Amid gloomy forecasts of the decline of the humanities and the death of poetry, Angus Fletcher, a wise and dedicated literary voice, sounds a note of powerful, tempered optimism. He lays out a fresh approach to American poetry at large, the first in several decades, expounding a defense of the art that will resonate well into the new century."-Harvard University Press.
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