Anthony Hecht has long been regarded as one of the great modern American poets. His new work is divided into two parts. The first, "Presumptions of Death", contains a collaboration with the artist Leonard Baskin, reproducing 22 wood engravings of death in many guises to illustrate the poems. The second part, "Proust on Skates", contains all Hecht's other poems written since his last book, "The Transparent Man", published in 1990.
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Anthony Hecht has long been regarded as one of the great modern American poets. His new work is divided into two parts. The first, "Presumptions of Death", contains a collaboration with the artist Leonard Baskin, reproducing 22 wood engravings of death in many guises to illustrate the poems. The second part, "Proust on Skates", contains all Hecht's other poems written since his last book, "The Transparent Man", published in 1990.
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Very Good. Anthony Hecht has long been regarded as one of the great modern American poets. Divided into two parts, the first section of this work contains poems on the subject of death, accompanied by illustrations by Leonard Baskin, and the second part contains all Hecht's other poems since 1990. Illustrator(s): Baskin, Leonard. Series: Oxford Poets S. Num Pages: 88 pages, 22 woodcuts. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 146. Weight in Grams: 174. Very good copy. Poetry. 1997. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.