Howard Nemerov has written often about wars great and small, the overtly political and the deeply personal. But only with the passage of time, a heightening of technique and deepening of insight, has he been able to write from his experience in World War II as he does here, where historical past and personal history finally dovetail. From "The War in the Heavens" to "The War in the Streets," Nemerov chronicles with devastating grace the harrowing of life. "These new poems of Howard Nemerov are the poems of a master at his ...
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Howard Nemerov has written often about wars great and small, the overtly political and the deeply personal. But only with the passage of time, a heightening of technique and deepening of insight, has he been able to write from his experience in World War II as he does here, where historical past and personal history finally dovetail. From "The War in the Heavens" to "The War in the Streets," Nemerov chronicles with devastating grace the harrowing of life. "These new poems of Howard Nemerov are the poems of a master at his best. What is more, they are accessible. They speak out in a beautiful unclouded voice of the experience of a flyer of the Second World War. Although as 'war poems' they take their place among the best of that genre, they resonate far beyond their history with an arresting immediacy."--Karl Shapiro "Nemerov is the poet of our sanity, his the vision of the heroic ordinary. . . . Forty years after W. W. II, Nemerov's experiences in that war translate into timeless poetry. . . . Nemerov's poetry will outlast our generation: to read it now is to take part in something of ourselves and our world that will--and should--endure."-- The Virginia Quarterly Review "Throughout all his verse, formal language sets up a proscenium, keeping sentiment at a distance. In this elegant theatre, he tells stories that always, first, are works of art."--Denise Low, Kansas City Star
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Fine in fine jacket. 60 pages, 8vo, black boards with a blue cloth spine, dust wrapper. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1987). Fine. Inscribed on the half-title page: "For Bill and Rhoda, 'nother little book, affectionately, Howard."
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Good. Size: 0x5x8; Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Hard cover with DJ. Good condition. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards and DJ. Clean, tight binding. First edition. First printing. Full number line and/or stated 1st edition.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0226572420. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. SIGNED by author on the half-title page. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. 8vo. 60 pp. In protective Mylar.
