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Catbird's Song
by Wilbur, Richard
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997. BZ5 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in yellow wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A collection of prose pieces by a noted American poet and translator. They include lectures, letters, reviews, addresses, prefaces, and interviews. The author is a former Poet Laureate of the United States, a winner of the National Book Award, the Pulitzer prize, and the PEN Translation Award. 246p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x7.75". Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
Synopsis
The Catbird's Song is a selection of prose pieces, on a variety of topics, by one of the most distinguished poets and translators of our times, Richard Wilbur. These lectures, letters, reviews, addresses, prefaces, and interviews-what Wilbur calls the "prose by-products of a poet's life"-not only reveal the ideas and concerns that inform his remarkable oeuvre but also offer fresh takes on the works and lives of poets we thought we knew, poets we ought to know, and much more. Here, then, are his appreciations of Poe, Milton, Tennyson, and Longfellow; paeans to his contemporaries Elizabeth Bishop, Mae Swenson, and John Ciardi; an introduction to the work of the neglected poet Witter Bynner; his comments on some of his own poems; and thoughts on the art of translation. Throughout all, Wilbur's voice resonates with clarity, reason, and authority.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
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- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW12655
- Title
- Catbird's Song
- Author
- Wilbur, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Nonfiction Non-fiction Literary Anthology Prose Pieces Poetry Poem Poems Poetic Works Lecture Lectures Letter Letters Correspondence Review Reviews Address Addresses Preface Prefaces Interview Interviews American Poet Advance Reading Copy ARC Uncorrected
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Essays; Literature / Literary Anthologies; Fiction / Modern Fiction Firsts;
- Size
- 6"x7.75"
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