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Paperback. Condition: New. Later printing. 221pp. Octavo [21cm]. Matte illustrated wraps. From Publisher: An exquisite body of work celebrating the centennial of one of the most important African-American poets of the twentieth century. Robert Hayden was one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century. He left behind an exquisite body of work, collected in this definitive edition, including A Ballad of Remembrance, Words in the Mourning Time, The Night-Blooming Cereus, Angle of Ascent, and American Journal, which was nominated for a National Book Award. Also included is an introduction by American poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, as well as an afterword by Arnold Rampersad that provides a critical and historical context. In Hayden's work the actualities of history and culture became the launching places for flights of imagination and intelligence. His voicecharacterized by musical diction and an exquisite feeling for the formality of patternis a seminal one in American life and literature.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 0.83x0.55x0.06 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 0.83x0.55x0.06 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 0.83x0.55x0.06 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. First edition. Octavo, 205 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is grey with white print. Price unclipped: ?$6.95? Cover is grey with white print. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1411184. FP New Rockville Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Robert Hayden (1913-1980) was one of the most important African-American poets of the twentieth century. He left behind an exquisite body of work, collected in this definitive edition, including American Journal, which was nominated for a National Book Award in its first publication. An introduction by Arnold Rampersad provides a biographical portrait of Hayden and a critical context in which to understand his poetry. Robert Hayden was a fellow of the American Academy of Poets, a poetry consultant to the Library of Congress, and a professor of English at the University of Michigan. He received numerous awards for his poetry in his lifetime, among them to Hopwood Awards, the Grand Prize for~Handwriting for Today' by Tom Gourdie M.B.E. Pitman and Sons, 1971. Paperback, 63 pp.Condition: Poor£19.99Dog-eared, with foxed covers and edges (blotched and speckled), the text of this classic introduction to italic calligraphy is nevertheless still clear and bright, which is why it remains highly collectible for students of the now-dying art of very good handwriting. The age of smartphones and personal computers has rendered this traditional skill more and more redundant, alas. But the sheer beauty of Tom Gourdie's art within this little volume may spark fresh enthusiasm in its readers. Copyright Ã,© Pitman and Sons Ltd~303123991: Liveright~302728950: Pitman and Sons Ltd~.…