A collection that illuminates everyday experience, Views of Jeopardy is the 58th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets In an essay on his own work in 19 New American Poets of the Golden Gate, Jack Gilbert writes that "I am by nature drawn to exigence, compression, selection. . . . One of the special pleasures in poetry for me is accomplishing a lot with the least means possible." Gilbert's poetry is distinguished by sparse lyricism, forthright clarity of tone, and controlled emotion regarding everyday life and ...
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A collection that illuminates everyday experience, Views of Jeopardy is the 58th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets In an essay on his own work in 19 New American Poets of the Golden Gate, Jack Gilbert writes that "I am by nature drawn to exigence, compression, selection. . . . One of the special pleasures in poetry for me is accomplishing a lot with the least means possible." Gilbert's poetry is distinguished by sparse lyricism, forthright clarity of tone, and controlled emotion regarding everyday life and relationships. In his foreword to Views of Jeopardy , Fitts identifies the origins of this approach, calling Gilbert's "abrupt hard mode of expression" the result of preoccupation with "alienation from one's kind, the painful throwing back of the artist upon himself, the compulsive elaboration of the details of a personal myth."
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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Good. -Covers heavily tanned and creased and edges rubbed and chipped w/ corners bumped-Edges of text block unevenly toned and foxed-Prelim foxed and some very light internal foxing-Book ow/ solid and clean-vii/43 pages.
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With a foreword by Dudley Fitts. From the Yale Series of Younger Poets. This is the poet's first book. With both poetic and romantic associations throughout. The book is dedicated to Laura Ulewicz who was a poet associated with the North Beach San Francisco Beat generation and was a lover with Gilbert. The frontispiece woodcut portrait is by Gianna Gelnetti who was also an intimate with the poet. Always strong work by this poet. Near fine illustrated wraps with the gentlest use and usual light toning around spine.
