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.
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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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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.
