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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Good. Size: 6x0x8; Trade paperback. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers. Binding square and tight. No creasing to spine. No loose pages. No highlighting, notation, or remainder marks. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.
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.